Girly Bits Darkly Dreaming

It's rapidly getting colder around here, with less leaves on the trees, and a quick slide toward winter barreling down on us.  Definitely time for something vampy-dark!

indoor, bright CF lighting

Girly Bits Darkly Dreaming is a deep forest green jelly sprinkled with fiery copper shimmer.  It's a very wearable, earthy green that never tipped into looking black in lower lighting.  The first coat went on a bit streaky and uneven like saturated jelly polishes often do, and the 2nd coat didn't quite even that out for me.  Though I liked the slightly lighter color at 2 coats better, a 3rd coat was needed for opacity and evenness, which also brought it to the same color depth as what you see in the bottle.

outdoor, afternoon sunlight

In lower lighting, the deep base color swallowed up most of the shimmer, with just a little glimmer flashing out here and there, while more of the glowing embers look flashed out with light shining directly on it.

indoor, CF lighitng

I don't always have the best luck with jelly polishes, and Darkly Dreaming is no exception.  Like jellies often do, this one wore quickly, with the dark color just making the smooth, even edgewear more obvious.  Also, this didn't start out as shiny as jellies typically are, and even with topcoat (which I always wear regardless of how shiny anything starts out) it looked a little dull and scratched up after a couple of days.  

Rating:  3 out of 5 stars.  This will probably make a perfect christmas tree green for holiday nail art, with the added sparkles contributing nicely.

Where to buy:  either direct from Girly Bits, or see her list of stockists.

~Michelle