Today I have my monthly installment of Elevation Polish awesomeness. This month's collection is called the Forest Collection and it features a host of soothing deep rich colored polishes that are sure to spike any polish lovers' desires. As usual Lulu has done an outstanding job of creating a collection that has a little something for everyone. The Forest Collection is packed full of neutral shimmers, devastating crellies jammed with iridescent glitter and of course holographics. Coming hard on the hills of the Summit 2 Collection the Forest Collection feels like a twist in the usual offerings we see over the summer i.e. neons, neons, and more neons with a little matte glitter thrown in for flair. I have to say I throughly enjoyed the change of pace. Now let's get started...
Pointless Forest 2
Described as a teal glitter polish by Lulu which vastly understates the deliciousness and the rich depth of this polish. What we have here is a scrumptious deep green crelly finish that leans teal. It is also packed with gold, blue, purple, and more square shaped iridescent glitter.
It's hard to look at it directly because the polish feels like it shifts with the light. It is by far my absolute favorite of this entire collection and is the very definition of complex perfection. I regretted taking this mani off the minute it left my fingers.
Mani-louge
Basecoat/ Topcoat: Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel / Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat
Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #1
Leadlight polishes: Homemade blends ;)
Stamping plate: MyOnline Shope Jr 16
I tried to capture the subtle hints of glitter glimmering through the polish along with the pastel beauty of a garden.
A gorgeous taupe polish packed full of deep raspberry pink shimmer that subtlety shifts depending on the lighting. Oh my! I cannot tell you how I love polishes like this! And of course because the base is taupe and essentially a neutral it's immensely flexible as a base for nail art.
However, because I was so in love with this color I decided to play it nice and soft for the nail art here. If you look closely at the enlarged swatches you can see the shimmer including these intense blue flecks that I didn't notice until after I started editing my photos!
Mani-louge
Basecoat/ Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote /Sally Hansen Diamond Flash
Stamping polish: China Glaze L8G8, Sally Hansen Color Foil in Titanium Flash
Stamping plate: Konad M63 and M64
In the end I think I still overwhelmed the base color a bit despite keeping the art relatively spare.
A dusty grey black flecked shimmer mixed with holo pigment. I love grey polishes! I think they work well as neutrals to high contrast color nail art. In this case Shilin was so soft it seemed at times to be easily overwhelmed by any change. The holo pigment itself was difficult to capture lurking even in the sunlight, and as you can see from my photos I got the best depiction indoors in my lightbox. I choose to keep the nail art for this one exceedingly simple as once again I fought not to overwhelm the delicacy of the polish with too much art.
Indoors
Outdoors
Mani-louge
Basecoat/ Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote /Sally Hansen Diamond Flash
Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #1
Stamping plate: MoYou London Pro 04 XL and Pro 07 XL
Hinglajgarh Forest
Described as a bright green I think this polish actually leans toward sage green with a strong linear holo. In my opinion the richest representative the Forest Collection. I love this one as well! Then again what's not to love? It also happens to be a very near one coater which is always winning in my book.
Indoors
Because this is the Forest Collection I tried to capture that same feel in my nail art. I'm not sure of my success, but I love how this one turned out. It was jungle themed.
Well jungle themed and tribal. I love how this came out!
Outdoors
Mani-louge
Basecoat/ Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote /Sally Hansen Diamond Flash
Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #1 and #7
Accent polishes: Elevation Polish Aconcagua, Streetside NYC, and Puncak Jaya
Stamping plate: Winstonia W02
These polishes were sent for my honest review which I honestly would have purchased anyway. For more information please see my Disclosures Policy.
I'm loving that tribal/jungle mani. beautiful polishes and yes, I'm with you, it's nice to see a change on the neon here, neon there, everywhere a neon for summer.
ReplyDeleteThank you sweetie! Agreed I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the neons this season from mainstream lines as well as indies. Lulu is always good at creating a nice balance and I love that!
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