One good purple-green duochrome deserves another, and after the bright metal of a England's Katyusha, I swung all the way back over to blackened vampy with Zoya's Olivera.
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| indoor, CF lighting |
This bottle shot tells the whole story right up front: Olivera is a lush, inky navy blue packed with a duochromatic shimmer that shifts from purple to emerald. In one coat (and if you use a medium-thick coat, one is all you need), it's a more sapphire blue. In two as shown here, the blue darkens out to navy - if you have some sweet skills managing consistency of your application technique, you really do have 2-in-1 here.
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| indoor, window-filtered daylight |
Olivera has to be the closest thing I've ever seen to the iridescence of a grackle. In low light, it's never quite black, always keeping at least a suggestion of color around the edges, like a grackle in shadow. Either Maleficent fans or birdwatchers or just lovers of vampy shades in general should just snap this right on up ASAP.
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| outdoor, shady daylight |
In the sun, again like the flash of sunlight on a grackle's iridescent head, wow does the emerald green come out to play, looking often right at the edge of teal while shining through the inky blue base.
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| outdoor, direct sunlight |
And then shifting right on over to purple at angles.
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| outdoor, direct sunlight |
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| outdoor, direct sunlight, shimmering like feathers |
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. The one drawback of Olivera is that it's so inky dark that even the slightest of edgewear is starkly visible to a polish junkie's eye, and I did get very mild tip wear in just a bit over a day. The formula was thick but smooth and easy to work with, and cleanup wasn't too hellacious for a shade this dark.
Where to buy: Zoya is sold at beauty shops like Ulta, and is readily available on Amazon or direct from Zoya.
~Michelle
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