Elevation Polish The Sea Collection Swatches & Nail Art

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Today I have my monthly installment of Elevation Polish swatches and nail art from The Sea collection!   In general I love Elevation Polish, you know that, but occasionally there is a collection where every color will strike a cord with you and every color will feel special.  That's how I feel about The Sea collection.  Teals, blues, subtle shimmer, holographics, matte glitters, and the best of all lots and lots of one coaters.  The gods have smiled down upon me or Lulu and I just have similar tastes but whatever.  She did specifically say these were colors that she wears all the time and I can see why.  Let's take a look at all the pretty...

Weddell Sea

First off is Weddell Sea.  Of all the polishes in The Sea Collection this one was the one that was the most intriguing and difficult for me.  Weddell is an off white creme based polish full of white and silver shimmer and a mere hint of holographic pigment.  Sometimes this polish leans a slight bluish tinge on me. When you hit a really strong light that's when you can see the holo effect the best, however most of the time it's hiding.

This polish was also the thickest of all the colors in the collection.  Lulu stated that she focused closely on the formula for this collection and thus a lot of them are one coaters.  This one was a bit too thick for me so I thinned it with Seche Vite thinner.  It leveled out nicely after that and I was able to apply it in 2 thinner coats.

Mani-louge

Base Color: Weddell Sea

Accent colors: Elevation Polish Punchak Jaya, Pa'ako, Ceurnos del Paine, Wuyi Mountain, Silver Sword 

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #30

Stamping plates:  Loja BBF 15 and 18

I struggled with Weddell a lot because I didn't want to overwhelm the delicacy of this polish and the result was that I ended up creating two different looks, but I'll only show you one today ;)

The Med 2

A teal with green shimmer that shifts from green to gold depending on the lighting. For those that don't know the original Med was a small batch prototype a few months ago. I wasn't able to acquire it though I did drool over it. So I was surprised and pleased to see a reincarnation of the SBP has made it into the regular EP line up.

Mani-louge

Base Color: The Med 2

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #30

Stamping plates: Winstonia W01 (square plates)

This polish swatched out exactly like I knew it would - flawlessly.  The color reminded me of those little aquariums you own as a kid or see in school classrooms so I created a little reef and the lone fish to capture that image.

At just the right angle you capture the gold transition but the green is the most apparent.

Thracian Sea

A dark grey creme with heavy purple undertones.  This polish is probably one of my favorites of the entire collection! You may be wondering why but the answer is very simple.  This polish is what I call an homage to perfect formulation.  When I applied it it was literally the perfect self-leveling one coater.  ONE.  I also happen to own more grey colored polish than any other color in my collection except maybe blue.

What I love even more about this polish is that it represents an atypical color that we don't generally think about when we think of the ocean, but anyone who has lived in Maine or New Hampshire can tell you the ocean can most definitely be grey.

Mani-louge

Base color: Thracian Sea

Accent colors: Elevation Polish Puncak Jaya, Mt McKinley, The Med 2, and Weddell Sea

Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Light Blue

Stamping plate: Cici & Sisi 01

This grey leans so purple on me it's almost eggplant.  I love it!

Ceram Sea

A green leaning turquoise creme.  Another flawless formulation.  Again another one coat wonder! Please excuse me while I swoon.  In my opinion Ceram is the true teal of the bunch.  It's not a true turquoise because of the way it leans heavily toward the green territory.  Because of this I decided to create a mani with a sharkish theme and I think it played out nicely in the gradient I created using Ceram.

Mani-louge

Base Ceram Sea

Gradient: Puncak Jaya, Ceram Sea, and Thracian Sea

Glitter Topper: Finding Nemo

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2

Stamping plate: Lily Anna 01

The gradient I created using Puncak Jaya, Ceram Sea, and Thracian Sea was art in and of itself.  This turned out so pretty!

This polish is so pretty.  I still can't believe this is one coat only given the opacity. 

Bohai Sea

Bohai is a cobalt blue holo that lies somewhere between a scattered and linear type.  The formula was flawless pictured here in 2 self leveling coats.  This was really the only polish of the entire collection that required two coats for opacity.  So you can see Lulu really did a phenomenal job with the formulations (which IMO she always does but these were on a whole other level).

Mani-louge

Base Color: Bohai Sea

Accent Colors: Elevation Polish Puncak Jaya, Silver Sword, Pa'ako, Streetside NYC, Torres del Paine, El Cap II, SPB Base of Haugusan, and Pahlish Bromance (April LE Duo).  Orly Neon Heat (pink fish)

Stamping polish; Mundo de Unas

Stamping plates: MyOnline Shop Jr 29 and Jr 30

I love this polish! It's festive, bright, and perfect for the summer.  Because the holo pigment is medium this polish manages to stay in a subtle category at least when no in direct light.  And let's be honest have I ever met a blue polish I don't like? The answer is invariably no.  Not possible but whatever lol!



 I went with another ocean look here again which I felt was appropos considering this is the Sea Collection.

What do you think? I know that was a lot of pics because this time there were 5 polishes in the monthly collection.  Do you have any favorites?  I have to say for me Thracian Sea and Bohai Sea were personal favorites.  I'll be getting a few back ups per usual!  Lol.  These polishes will release for purchase on June 7th at 9PM CST and June 22nd at 9AM CST.  Elevation Polish retails between 8.50-12.00 USD.  They can be purchased here on Big Cartel.  I know you are wondering why I'm missing the Yeti for June from this post and that's because I already had too many swatches and art for the Sea Collection.  I created a separate post for the Yeti polish so stay tuned.  Thanks for reading and see you next post...