Today I have my first Elevation Polish to show you. I was lemming this brand for a while, but in the past, they always restocked in the middle of the night (for us europeans), so I had no chance to get anything. But now they started an american afternoon / european evening restock, plus Llarowe also carries this brand, so I finally got my polishes ;-)
As base color I used Butter London Big Smoke, a dusty navy polish with a sapphire shimmer. The color is a little less vibrant than the pictures show, it looks more like it does in the bottle shot, with slight grey untertones. I used three thin coats for opacity.
Then I added one coat of Elevation Polish Lake Achit. Lake Achit has a clear base filled with white, periwinkle, navy, blue and teal glitters in various sizes and forms, hexes, squares and even stars. Application was easy, no fishing for glitters needed, and only the biggest hexes and the stars needed some placing.
While most Elevation Polishes are named after mountains, this one is, obviously, named after a lake. Achit Lake is a large freshwater lake in the west of Mongolia (according to Wikipedia. I didn't know that :-p).
As Lake Achit dries pretty smooth, I added only one coat of Essence Better Than Gel Nails Top Sealer to finish.
Elevation Polish are available at their own store and at Llarowe.
I really, really was looking forward to when you would start to show your Elevation polishes!!! And what gorgeous glitter you choose, I love it. But also the BL base color is outstanding. Together they make a true imoression of a lake :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it. And you know, there are a lot more EP to come ;-)
DeleteLovely! look at those little glitter stars! they're adorable, what a fantastic efect they deliver, layered over such a gorgeous blue shade! pefect mani, Aglaya!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nati! You really made me smile with your kind words :-)
DeleteVon der Marke sind immer wieder ein paar Nagellacke in meinen Warenkorb gewandert, aber dann immer aussortiert worden. Ich finde das es einige wirklich hübsche Lacke von der Marke gibt. Bin mir ziemlich sicher das ich auch bald einen von der Marke haben werde, übrigens waren immer wenn ich bei llarowe bestellt habe oder bestellen wollte sehr viele Lacke von der Marke noch zu kaufen...Aber das geht ja immer recht schnell :P
ReplyDeleteElevation Polish ist zurzeit (noch) nicht so gehypt, da ist der Einkauf (noch) ziemlich einfach. Ich kann mich allerdings auch an eine Zeit erinnern, vor ca. einem Jahr, als heute total gehypte Indie-Marken wie Enchanted Polish noch ziemlich einfach erhältlich waren. Das kann ganz plötzlich umschlagen...
DeletePretty! I love the end result, but even the blue that you used as a base is to die for gorgeous :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm glad you like it! Butter London's price tag is pretty heavy, but I think colors like Big Smoke are quite worth it :-)
DeleteBeautiful combo! Your blue and green combos are going to be the death of me... :D
ReplyDeleteJust keep breathing, there are many many more to come ;-)
DeleteLOL!!!
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