Apparently, I'm on a Pahlish kick lately...
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| indoor CF lighting |
Valley of Ashes is from a Great Gatsby-inspired collection, and I think it may be the most ingenious interpretation of source material I've ever seen: it's grey like the valley, with a bright emerald flash peeking through like the green light across the water in the book. Awesome.
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| outdoor, indirect sunlight |
Valley is a crelly finish that had a much thinner consistency than I typically expect from indies in general, and Pahlish in specific - I often have to thin down her crèmes a little, but this was smoothly flowy and bordered right up to the edge of being
too thin. The thinness means that if you want to use it as a layering polish, or if you like the subtle VNL veiled look, one coat will do ya:
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| indoor, incandescent light, one coat, no cleanup. |
The electric green sparkle to this was more hidden in low light, and strangely nonexistent when in light from multiple sources (example: in a high-ceilinged department store that had more than a dozen lights overhead). It never appears to be a flat grey, though, and even when it's not green, it's still shimmery.
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| outdoor, indirect late afternoon light |
The green is richer and much more present than my camera shows here, though, no matter my attempts to catch it in different lighting.
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| with flash - note all that shimmer in the bottle - it's really there on the nail, too |
Sparkly green fire in a nice grey would be enough for me, but guess what? Secret duochrome!!!
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| indoor CF lighting |
See how the green tinges toward purple on the top edges of those 2 nails? Here's a sadly blurry pic that shows the purple twinkle off better:
The subtle duochome shift of the shimmer crept up on me plenty of times:
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| outdoor, direct sunliht |
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Valley of Ashes didn't wear so well on me (chippy on my dominant hand by day 2), but GAH that color!
Where to buy: this is an older color, and Pahlish hasn't mentioned on fb any inkling of bringing it back.
Llarowe still has a listing for this color, though, so maybe it'll be restocked some day? Well, here's hoping, because now i REALLY need a bottle of Beautiful Little Fool!
~Michelle
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