We keep having these little snippets of warmer weather, and I'd be more than happy if wintertime was done with. When the man suggested a green polish, I went straight for the super springtime Shleee Fire King.
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
Certainly named for and inspired by the jadeite-colored milky glassware line, Fire King is a beautiful slightly greyed jade green. Overlying the base color, there's a vibrant pink-to-gold shimmer that's at least partially made up of microflakies.
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| same indoor, bright CF lighting - check out the gold shift |
Depending on the lighting conditions, this one will appear a little more saturated green or lean a little more softly greyed. Even in low lighting, though, that flake shimmer is luminous without being super flashy.
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| indoor, window-filtered daylight |
The formula here was a little thin, a bit streaky on the first coat, and really needed 3 coats to get to this degree of opacity - nothing at all unusual for a pastel shade. The one layer of topcoat I'm wearing here instantly smoothed out any unevenness and gave it this crelly-type glassy look.
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| indirect overcast daylight |
It's a soft springtime color, though nowhere near candy-colored easter egg type springtime. The hint of grey in there means it's plenty wearable year-round. I'm more than ready to declare Shleee as the queen of contrast shimmers.
Rating: a luminous 4 out of 5 stars, this one is a definite keeper.
Where to buy: unfortunately, as always Shleee usually pours any color only once, perhaps twice if there's a high demand for it. This means Fire King is long gone, but keep your eye out for older colors in destashes & blog sales.
~Michelle
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