Back to the slightly interrupted all-Halloween-all-month nail fun: Shleee Royal Witch.
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
Shleee isn't so much on the restocks on the regular, but with enough fan demand or a quick selling out of the first iteration, she does release "updated versions" of past colors, with very little variation in the batches that I can see.
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| outdoor, full sunlight |
Royal Witch is a lusciously vampy wine made of a plummy purple base plus some subtly duochromatic shimmer that tilts from a red-purple to a true red. There's some extra tiny red glitters scattered in (about the same size as chunky glass fleck-type shimmer) that makes it dry down a little gritty; 2 layers of topcoat are needed to get a smooth finish over the 2 coats of polish here.
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| outdoor, bright sunlight |
I've stamped using URB-10 and El Corazon white polish. The skull design was just a skosh too wide for my nails, but
the "shrinking" technique shown here works just as easily as it looks - the trick is to squish your stamper in the same direction you want the size reduced.
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| outdoor, shady daylight |
Royal Witch is indeed vampy, with a blackened edge, but still managed to retain color and not just appear black in low lighting, even with the stark white of the stamping on top.
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| check out that little wine to red shift, yessss |
Rating: a lovely 4 out of 5 stars, a perfect fall-weather staple
Where to buy:
direct from Shleee, if still in stock.
~Michelle
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