Bee's Knees Lacquer - Nevernight Chronicles
Welcome, welcome! I hope you're looking forward to Bee's Knees November release! Just a few days left till release, 11/27 noon EST, mark your calendars! Nevernight Chronicle is a fantasy series by author Jay Kristoff - if you're a fan, don't miss the opportunity to pick up this collection! *Polishes provided as press samples for review*
Some info about the release first: 20% sitewide sale ends Monday 11/30 11:59 EST & shipping will be combined. If you'd like your order held and combined with Buzzmas (Dec 1-6th), leave a note at check. In addition to this 9 piece collection, there will be a trio of LE polishes for the big shopping days - Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. I've got a blog post here with those swatches for viewing!
When All is Blood - a deep raspberry with OG (red to green) UP. Because of the red flash, it looks more red than pink. $14
Swatches show 2 coats + top coat. On the first coat this one definitely looked like a raspberry base, but the second coat and the UP shimmer definitely make it appear red. It's surprisingly pigmented so I stopped at 2 coats and didn't have any VNL, which is always a plus in my book!
Lady of Oceans - stormy blue with glowing purple shimmer $11
Swatches show 3 coats + top coat; this one still shows a hint of VNL in my pictures. but has a good amount of shimmer to really add a pop of color
The Moon - a soft holo with seafoam to purple shimmer $13
Swatches show 2 coats + top coat; the shimmer was a really nice touch to spice up a silver holo, and the opacity is good!
Gravebone - a mushroomy gray with green to blue sibling UP $14 Swatches show 3 coats + top coat. Mushroom. Gray. Not gravy!! It's easy to misread this one from a quick glace. The polish itself is a pleasant surprise! I was expecting this one to remain sheer on me but it handled my free edge nicely and keeps switching between green and blue shimmer!
Lady of Earth - forest green ultra holo $13
Swatches show 2 coats + top coat; hello holiday green!! If you're into traditional holiday colors, a green holo is a good addition to any collection!
'Byss and Blood - a rusty chocolate with OG (red to green) UP $14
Swatches show 3 coats + top coat; this one is a bit sheer on me but is a really nice color! Grabbing some undies would make this one a pretty versatile color!
Lady of Flame - fiery red with a red to orange shimmer. It's darker than Red Room and missing the orange undertone. $11
Swatches show 2 coats + top coat; this one is on fire!! The shimmer is so vibrant and the opacity is great on this one!
Lady of Storms - a deep emerald with green to blue sibling UP $14
Swatches show 3 coats + top coat; one more green! I really love the deep emerald color and the flashes of blue add even more depth to it! I
Our Lady of Blessed Murder - a black polish with gold to green ghost flakes and a bright blue magnetic shimmer $14
Swatches show 3 coats + top coat and various magnetic effects; index nail is not magnetized. On application it appears that there's a somewhat sheer/clear base that's packed with shimmers and flakes, at 2 coats it was still looking a little sheer for me so I added another coat to build up the base color. I used a straight line magnet on the pinky nail, a crisscross fishnet looking one on the ring finger (old Essie magnet cap), and a ring magnet on the middle nail. The fun part about a ring magnet is that it pushes the pigments away instead of pulling them together to get a traditional line, it's more of a "negative space" effect.
Oh wow these look good :-D
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