Whew, we made it to another weekend! I'm looking forward to enjoying another three day weekend with my LO and BFF who is visiting for the weekend. She's here on business but it's actually fun business - we have to visit hotels and event sites to scope them out for future events that she will be planning. For example, we're having dinner at the SLS hotel's highly acclaimed and super expensive Bazaar restaurant on Sunday night so she can discuss details with their event manager. I wish my job had perks like this!
Tonight I have another Elevation polish to share with you, and that's Alphubel, a light blue cream with a glowing teal shimmer. Well, there's a shimmer in the bottle at least, the shimmer on the nail is very difficult to see but it's there. I'm not terribly upset about it because it was gifted to me. I used two coats in these pictures with no topcoat so you can see the finish. It dried with a slight shine on its own.
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel |
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel |
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel |
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel |
I topped this with Lynnderella's Snow Angel. There's something about light blue creams and white glitter that I can't resist. I think that it reminds me of looking out upon a snow covered field below a cloudless sky. Snow Angel's application was a little disappointing, surprisingly there glitter wasn't as dense as I would have liked and I didn't get as many large glitters with each stroke. I used a layer of SH Insta Dri to smooth it down.
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel topped with Lynnderella Snow Angel |
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel topped with Lynnderella Snow Angel |
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| Elevation Polish Alphubel topped with Lynnderella Snow Angel |
It still turned out as a very pretty mani but I'm disappointed with both brands overall. The shimmer in Alphubel was very slight once on the nail - I guess you can say I'm not a fan of hidden shimmers. I like shimmers to be a little more visible than this. I have denser white glitter toppers than Snow Angel but maybe that's the beauty of it, maybe it's suppose to look delicate. For $23 a pop, I expect an amazing polish and this wasn't IMO. What do you think, do indie polishes warrant the higher price tag if they don't perform as well as you'd expect?
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