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Elevation Polish - The Stones Throw Collection
There are 5 polishes in this collection: one holographic polish, one shimmer, one creme, one micro-flake and one clear-based glitter...
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Let's just dive right in, shall we?
Epidote
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Epidote is an olive green holographic polish with a perfect formula. Two coats for full opacity and no top coat for the photos. I had no issues at all with this one. My favorite type of holo, which I call (correctly or incorrectly) a tightly scattered holo. It almost has that linear effect but not quite and doesn't have the "spectraflair" look to it. *There is no spectraflair in this one but rather 2 different holographic pigments.
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Indirect natural lighting...
Full sunlight...
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Limestone
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Limestone is an off-white creme polish with gold shimmer and micro-flakes. No issues to report with this one either. As with most opaque white-ish cremes, it's a tad thicker than some other finishes but it's not too thick and applies smoothly and easily and is perfectly self-leveling, which is rare with opaque whites! I used two coats for full opacity and one coat of Dazzle Dry top coat. (Note: It dries to a semi-gloss finish on its own.)
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Indirect natural lighting...
And I had a little fun playing around with Limestone as a base and Epidote and The Arches II...
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Quartz Monzonite
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Quartz Monzonite is a clear-based glitter polish with pale grey, fuchsia and black glitters in circles, squares and hexes with bright yellow or chartreuse green micro-hexes and what appears to be red or orange shimmer or micro-shards. The glitter is dense and comes out of the bottle easily. No digging or dabbing at all. Everything spread nicely on the nail and laid perfectly flat. No issues to report at all. I used two light coats of this one over Elevation Polish River Rock as my base for my full mani with one coat of Poshe top coat for the photos. I've also used it over a few of the other colors as well so you could get a good look at it, as well as over a Stones Throw Skittles mani.
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Indirect natural lighting...
Over Epidote on an accent nail...
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And over Elevation Stones Throw Skittles...
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River Rock
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River Rock is a dark, cool grey polish with what looks to be mainly copper shimmer but I also see violet, gold and green shimmer. The formula on this one was perfect - smooth and creamy. No issues at all. Two coats for full opacity and no top coat for the photos.
Artificial lighting...
Indirect natural lighting...
Full sun...
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The Arches II
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| The Arches National Park, Utah Photo credit: ux1.eiu.edu |
The Arches II is a red-based orange creme that dries to a semi-gloss finish. The Arches has long been one of my favorite Elevation polishes and this one is the same color and finish but with a slightly better formula. It's a tad thinner than the original and it self-levels perfectly. No issues to report at all. I also have comparison photos of the original The Arches and The Arches II.
Artificial lighting, no top coat...
Artificial lighting, with top coat...
Indirect natural lighting, no top coat...
Comparison with the original The Arches...
And I had a little fun with this one too - a gradient with Epidote...
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Well that's The Stones Throw Collection - what do you think? It's pretty difficult for me to pick a favorite because they're all so different and special in their own way. But I'm going to pick Epidote I think. If I didn't already have and love The Arches, it might have been a tie between Epidote and The Arches II. Basically, I couldn't pick just one. I really love Limestone but I find it difficult to wear most whites. I do love how Quartz Monzonite pops over it though! And the formula is great.
Which are your must-haves from this collection?
This collection will be available starting September 7, 2013 at the regularly scheduled re-stock.
Elevation Polish releases new collections on the 7th of each month and re-stocks on the 7th and 22nd of each month and are available on the Elevation Polish site here and retail for $8.50. You can also follow her blog for news, re-stock information, new collections, etc. A full line of Elevation Polish is now being carried by Llarowe - you can visit the llarowe website here and follow Llarowe on Facebook for more news and information.
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I need them all!! I already have The Arches but I love it so much that I want this one too! LOVE the gradient at the end too!
ReplyDeleteRiver Rock is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI "need" them all! I think Epidote is my favorite with the Arches II coming in a close 2nd.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning!! I will be ordering them all!
ReplyDeleteI love your glitter gradient with the Arches :) amazing!
ReplyDeleteEpidote looks so unique! I've never seen a holo in that color, ever. Definitely my pick from the collection.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome collection, great swatches, I think Quartz Monzonite is really interesting :)
ReplyDeleteRiver Rock and Limestone are gorgeous. For sure going on my wish list.
ReplyDeleteThis actually looked like a pretty cool Halloween collection until I read about the rocks.
ReplyDeletegreat colours, and a great blogging showcase x
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