Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans

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After a big themed shenanigan in mismatching colors on each hand, I decided my next look needed to be a little more clean and simple.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
indoor, CF lighting
Great Lakes Lacquer released Brooklyn Shenanigans as a 2017 PolishCon exclusive, and the swatch photos were right up my alley, but once it arrived I filed it with the other wine colors and kind of forgot about it.  This was very foolish on my part.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
outdoor, direct sunlight
Brooklyn Shenanigans is a subtle duochrome that really knocked my socks off.  There's a deep plummy purple base with a holo somewhere between tightly scattered and loosely linear, and then a contrasting shifty shimmer that goes from pink to gold.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
outdoor, direct sunlight
When that shimmer tilts gold, as above, the whole look is a warm red with molten bronze overlying.  When instead things tilt pink, as below, you get a more cool magenta shade.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
bright afternoon daylight
 It's not at all a dramatic duochrome with a rainbow of wild shifts, but it absolutely looks different in different rooms of the house or angles in the sun.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
outdoor, direct sunlight
The formula was utterly perfect, smooth and even, with total opacity in 2 coats, and almost no cleanup needed. I don't have a lot of Great Lakes Lacquer polishes, and this is a clear reminder they should be higher up my purchase priority list.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
outdoor, direct sunlight.  love that shimmer!
When I asked his thoughts on what I should pick for this mani, the man's suggestion was "something summery, like a bright sunburst." While I skipped out of a total bright gold look, I used the petal tips of a gorgeous floral design from UC 6-02 in gold, so it's somewhere between spring flowers and summer rays, and it's working for me.

Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
outdoor, bright sunlight
Great Lakes Lacquer Brooklyn Shenanigans
indoor, bright CF lighting
Rating:  4 out of 5 stars, a completely lovely color, and now one of my overall fave wines.

Where to buy:  since this was a PC exclusive from a couple of years ago, you'd need to trawl blog sales & destashes to find this one.

~Michelle

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