Shleee It's Unlike Us

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One of my facebook groups has a prompt for the month of June of sci-fi nails in blue, and with that focusing my aim toward one particular part of my untried mountain, it's more than past time for me to rifle through my blues...

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
indoor, bright CF lighting
Shleee Polish keeps getting me with both her aesthetic and her inspiration choices.  It's Unlike Us is a quote from and a nod to the inhuman presence inside "the shimmer" (omg polish pun!) from the film 'Annihilation'.  It's a dusky, greyed denim blue filled to the brim with red-to-copper-to-gold aurora shimmer, and dusted wish scattered holo particles.

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
outdoor, bright sunlight
The shimmer here truly changes the polish based on the lighting conditions.  In bright light as above, I saw a bright band of contrasting shimmer shining as a stripe down the center of the darker base, rocking that "glowing from within" thing.  In lower light as below, the shimmer really blended into the base, changing the overall color to a warmer, plummy stone.

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
window-filtered overcast daylight
The shimmer isn't that Clarins 230 mimic that we sometimes see from polish makers lately, since it never quite gets over to green in its shift, but there's hints of it around the bottle edge:

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
indoor, bright CF lighting
And there's plenty of fantastic shift in the red to gold range:

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
outdoor, late afternoon sunlight
It's Unlike Us went on in 2 perfect coats - ideal thickness, good brush quality, jam packed with that gorgeous aurora shifty shimmer, and 100% opaque.  She's really knocking it out of the park, and I'm still fully convinced Shleee is the queen of contrast shimmer polishes.

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
indoor, CF lighting
To match the organic motifs that play such an integral part in Annihilation, I've stamped a pattern somewhere between vines and amoeba from Creative Shop 17 using MoYou London Electric Teal.

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
outdoor, afternoon sunlight
The bright teal-leaning blue really popped against the warm wine background, but also looked fantastic when that red turned to gold.

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
outdoor, late afternoon sunlight
As per usual, I had absolutely zero issues with pickup of the image - Creative Shop plates are always huge winners for me, especially impressive with their unique and super detailed designs.

Shleee Polish It's Unlike Us
outdoor, bright daylight
Rating:  4 out of 5 stars, a gorgeous color, good wear time, and a great formula.

Where to buy:  direct from Shleee's web store if it's still in stock (which it was at the time of this writing - since she blew up in popularity earlier this year, batches have been nicely larger!), or try her new stockist Girly Bits for a few slightly older colors.

~Michelle

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