KBShimmer Let it Beetle

Sometimes a plan just comes together so perfectly, you can't resist.

indoor, CF lighting

KBShimmer created Let it Beetle for last month's flora & fauna themed Polish Pick-up, and though I tried to talk myself out of it (my multichrome loving heart surely has something similar, right?), Suzy mentally slapped me upside the head.  "Michelle, it's a green multichrome, obviously  made just for you."  She was right, of course.

window-filtered overcast daylight

Creative Shop had an amazing flash sale last month, and my stack of gorgeous new plates and the PPU shipment arrived together.  CS 50 had a fantastic june bug image, and BM-S245 had a smaller pinky-sized beetle, so this look had to happen.

outdoor, direct sunlight

Let it Beetle is a gorgeous green-based multichrome, with a peek of jade green at the edges in most all lighting.  The shimmer shifts from a warm copper in direct light, to gold, to a cooler peridot, then emerald, and finally electric blue.

outdoor, late afternoon daylight

The above pic is almost the entire shift - the copper is harder to catch on camera but it's very much there IRL, and then it gets more blue at longer angles as below.

outdoor, bright afternoon daylight

window-filtered daylight

This color absolutely glows.  It's metallic and fiery in bright sunlight, but somehow looks lit from within, bordering on neon, in low light. 

window-filtered shady daylight

My nails were never just one color.  This is an intensely shifty polish, always at least 2 colors at once, and the kind of thing you catch yourself staring at regularly.

indoor, bright CF lighting

My accent nails are a base of 2 coats of Bee's Knees A Mantis Shrimp's Favorite Color.  I used my ride-or-die NanaCoco Love Black for the stamping polish, and colored in the beetles with Let it Beetle directly on the stamper head.  I had zero problems with pickup on either plate.

window-filtered daylight

I'm showing 2 coats of Let it Beetle, which was visually opaque.  When bright light back-lit my nails I could see through the shimmer, so a 3rd coat may be needed if you have a stark white free edge.  Plenty of multichromes on the more sheer side look amazing over black, so give that a whirl if you like a dramatic look, but I think this looks perfect on its own.

indoor, bright CF lighting

Rating:  a flawless 5 out of 5 stars.  The formula was smooth and perfect, applying easily and evenly.  This polish is 100% in my wheelhouse - shifty, green, gorgeous - and it wore like iron to boot.  After a full 6 days, I have no chips and only very subtle edgewear. 

Where to buy:  PPU is a one-and-done, so cross your fingers this comes back during greatest hits month, or try the PPU buy & sell facebook group to grab one.

~Michelle