One of the lovely ladies in my fb nail polish group posted a devastating swatch of BPAL's The House That Bleeds. Since it had already been challenge enough to talk myself out of these inspired by Crimson Peak things, I had to dive into my stash and find the closest dupe I could to avoid even more impulse purchases. Oh, wait, my first sampling of Trust Fund Beauty included a dead-on vampy red...
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
Just Call My Lawyer is a super saturated, extra vampy, red-with-a-hint-of-brown (let's not
quite say dried blood) shimmer packed into a deep charcoal base color.
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| you can sorta see the charcoal crelly base at the cuticle edge here |
It's the perfect vampy shade in that it never looks quite black, but it does sometimes look like black velvet that just happens to shine red:
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| outdoor, late afternoon sunlight |
It's a pretty perfect dead of winter color, especially if you're doing something daring or sophisticated for the holidays.
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
Only right now? It's neither winter nor the holidays nor am I dressing to the nines for a swank soiree. Let's holo that shiz.
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| bright afternoon daylight |
Everyone keeps telling me that the older Color Club Halo Hues stamp like champs, and, hey, yet again the internet is full of win. This is Cosmic Fate, a peachy-nude, blindingly linear holo, stamped using Uber Chic's Out of Africa UC-01 plate.
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| indirect, filtered daylight |
In shade, it mostly looked silvery (but always with a touch of rainbows), but in the sun, the peachy flare harmonized nicely with the deep red flare of JCML.
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| outdoor, direct sunlight |
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars for JCML. Good formula, wore decently, luscious color (though not necessarily the most unique - it's very very similar to China Glaze X, OPI German-icure, and the like), and a very generous 17ml bottle. In fact, that was the only trouble - the looooooong brush means you have to work very quickly to prevent more polish from dripping down the brush and flooding things.
Where to buy: direct from
Trust Fund Beauty.
~Michelle
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