Cadillacquer Trolljegeren

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Well it seems I'm all mixed up on my alternating light then dark looks... so I'm pushing "reset" with a paler shade.

indoor, bright CF lighting

The man said "blue" when I asked for color inspo, and I decided that would be a soft sky blue instead of a big stormy saturated one.  

window-filtered indirect daylight

Cadillacquer released Trolljegeren for the October 2021 Monsters & Mythicals PPU.  It's a very sheer, barely-there sky blue that's been jam-packed full of aurora shimmer and opaque matte blue hex glitters in at least 2 sizes.

window-filtered indirect daylight

The formula on this was absolutely superb, with no fishing or placement needed to get the glitters to spread out roughly evenly, and with extremely simple cleanup.

indoor, bright CF lighting

It's a bit of a chameleon, looking more sparkly and leaning much warmer in bright light when the aurora shimmer is most prominent.  In lower lighting, the aurora takes a back seat to the subtle sky tint to the jelly base.  

bright daylight

Rating:  4 out of 5 stars, this is thoroughly unique in my collection, and would take 3 other polishes layered to make this look.  The sheerness means this would make a topper quite easily, and would likely look very dramatic over navy or sapphire blue. 

Where to buy:  as with all PPU, it's one-and-done unless re-released at PPU rewind in July (which it did not this year), so you'll want to stalk destashes & blog sales to get a bottle.

~Michelle 

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