Shleee Forgotten Things

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 I reached for a metallic color this week, and after looking through the bins of silver and gold, spotted just what I wanted in the copper section.

indoor, bright CF lighting

Shleee Polish continues to be one of the absolute queens of shimmery goodness.  

outdoor, afternoon daylight

Forgotten Things starts with a super sheer, barely smoke-tinted base.  It took 3 thin coats to build up to opacity, so it would very easily serve as a topper - this would look smashing over any shade of grey all the way through to black, or a very dark red.

indoor, bright CF lighting

In direct light, Forgotten Things is a beautiful, rich copper.  It quickly shifts over to bronze at a slight angle - easily evident across just the curve of my nails - and hits a bright peridot green at longer angles.  Scattered across that is a really nice holo flake, whose silver vanishes into the metallic base in low light, then leaps into bright rainbows in bright light (below).

outdoor, afternoon daylight

There's some ultrachrome flake thrown into the mix as well, though they tend to hide out a whole lot.  While I saw them on the brush during application, I could only catch a glimpse of a very few in only just the right lighting situations (below).  

outdoor, shaded from bright daylight

My pics really don't do this one justice, and I think look a lot more sheer and delicately colored than IRL.  The intense shimmer was much more deeply saturated in most lighting situations, especially in lower light, and the polish never showed any uneven or see-through patches.  Dial the copper note in the below macro up by a good 30% and you get close, though the green in the same pic is 100% accurate.

outdoor, shady daylight

Though the gold and bronze notes do show up pretty accurately, too. 

indoor, bright CF lighting

Rating:  a solid 4 out of 5 stars, this applied beautifully, wore nicely, and was super shiny for a week straight.  Ideally, I'd like it a little more opaque, but if a bit of sheerness is needed to show off all this shimmer it's still firmly a win.  

Where to buy:  Shleee occasionally drops a restock of an older color, otherwise check with her stockists.  

~Michelle 

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