Shleee Polish Laszlo

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The polish world was shook when ILNP released Eclipse - a jaw-dropping red-to-black duochrome - last Halloween, and shortly that pigment was out in the world and being used in plenty of goodies.  Though I of course snapped up several variants, they've all languished in the neverending Mount Untried...

indoor, CF lighting

Laszlo is part of a series Shleee Polish released named after characters & moments in the show What We Do In the Shadows (which is hilarious and awesome).  

outdoor, bright sunlight

This particular version of the duochrome has a linear holo added to the mix, which is gorgeously sparkly in any bright lighting, but doesn't grey out the polish much so that it stays a nice rich black.

outdoor, bright sunlight

This particular pigment is a true duochrome, not a rainbow of shifts between two poles.  Laszlo flips straight from black to red with barely a hint gold in between.

indoor, bright CF lighting

The lack of overtones and in-between shades is actually really cool, because it means that while it appears red in direct light, in some lighting (above) it's a black that just "shines red," and in others it's legit a black holo (below).

outdoor, bright sunlight

I'm wearing 2 perfectly smooth coats here.  The first coat looks rather sheer, barely charcoal, but then  it becomes fully opaque on the second.  

outdoor, bright sunlight
indoor, bright CF lighting

Rating:  a gorgeous 4 out of 5 stars, this is a seriously gorgeous color with a very easy to work with formula.  It showed edgewear without chipping within 2 days, like some very dark polishes do, but was otherwise fantastic.

Where to buy:  direct from Shleee polish, or one of her stockists (I believe Girly Bits keeps some of her stuff in stock longer than you can buy from the Shleee store).  

~Michelle

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