The man picked "purple" for my next color, and I unearthed something from Mount Untried that had come highly recommended to me, Orly Royal Velvet
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| indoor, CF lighting |
Royal Velvet (btw, Orly duped themselves when they released Mysterious Curse, so same stuff if you have that label instead) is a sheer plum-colored base that is absolutely packed with a very finely milled blue-to-red color shifting shimmer. The ultimate effect is that the base color always looks dark and vampy, while she pearly shimmer is duochromatic.
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| outdoor, overcast daylight |
In low light, RV looked like a black pearl glowing dully, while in brighter light, a faint sparkle struck off the surface.
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| outdoor, direct late afternoon sunlight |
In all lighting situations, this was a quite dark polish, but it was never black. The shimmer often appeared as a cobalt blue flash when the base color looked darkest.
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| window-filtered bright sunlight |
And then I'd get that lovely shifting duochrome where the cobalt slid into an almost purple red.
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| indoor, incandescent lighting |
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| bright window-filtered daylight |
The jellyish base required 3 coats for the evenness and opacity you see here, but things dried quickly enough that the extra coat was NBD. Though it was a sorta-jelly, it wore much better than expected, with only fine, even edgewear and no chipping at all after several days. While wearing this beauty, I happened to receive a destash sale package that I'd recently ordered, only to find this:
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| excuse the crappy lighting, but you get the idea |
Apparently, I'd subliminally reached for Royal Velvet as soon as I ordered something that looked exactly like it. What can I say, I'm a total sucker for duochromes, and at least I swoon consistently at this sort of color shift?
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| L to R, Orly, SpaRitual, Orly, SpaRitual for both pics |
SpaRitual's Health, Wealth, and Happiness is a 100% dead dupe for Orly Royal Velvet. Both of them needed 3 coats for opacity, both of them have the exact same color shift to the shimmer. Both of them even have those rubberized caps that make things so easy to handle. I have a slight preference for the brush on the Orly, and I think it covered a little more evenly and dried a hair quicker, so I'll be passing my new SR on to a new home.
Rating: Royal Velvet gets a super strong 4 out of 5 stars.
Where to buy: this is part of Orly's core line, so can be found at any beauty supply store, or online.
~Michelle
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