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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| outdoor, bright sunlight |
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| 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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