As part of the recent Fall 2014 collection, Llarowe released several limited edition one batch & gone colors. The one I had to have was Sherwood Forest:
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| indirect sunlight |
As far as I could tell, all the LEs seemed to have a hefty dose of the infamous red-to-green shifting sparkle pigment found in Clarins 230/Max Factor Fantasy Fire, and SF was no exception. It's a deep forest green jelly packed with this shifting shimmer, which ends up meaning it's got quite a few different personalities.
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| indirect early morning sunlight |
Like some jellies, it's a bit sheer. I'm wearing 2 coats here, which was fully opaque when the shimmer was fired up, but showed through around the edges at other times - 3 coats would take care of things just fine.
When viewed straight-on, sometimes the green base is completely masked by the shimmer pigment. At those times, it's a red/brown, dark to the point of vampy (though never completely black), with little if any green to be seen.
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| bright CF lighting |
In softer lighting, the duochromatic nature of this shifty pigment is much clearer, and the greens of both the polish base and the shimmer become more obvious.
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| indirect sunlight |
At extreme angles, it indeed hits that yellowish-emerald flash typical of this magic shimmer.
My fave look for it, as with anything of a color-shifting nature, was when I caught as many colors as possible at one time. When it works like this, it's very much a fall-in-a-bottle shade.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. A lovely staple for my fall fingertip wardrobe, with the usual sort of even edgewear typical of jellies.
Where to buy: since this one was LE, blog sales & ebay are the way to go.
~Michelle
Edited to add: in a facebook group somewhen in 2017, Leah Ann confirmed that this polish does *not* have the same shimmer as Clarins 230 - this is an aurora shimmer polish.
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