Application was great. Shilin Stone Forest has a consistency that is slightly thicker than I was expecting but still fluid and creamy. The flakies are small and medium-sized for the most part and do make their presence felt during application with occasional tumbling and protrusions over the free edge, but the use of thin coats will minimize this kind of thing and facilitate leveling as well. Shilin Stone Forest is the sort of polish that self-levels as it dries down and it camouflaged my nail bed ridges quite handily. Pigmentation is excellent; this polish is very nearly opaque in one coat. I used two for completely even opacity. It does ghost slightly at the edges if layers aren't perfectly aligned. Cleanup is easy and straightforward with only a touch of stubbornness on the part of the flakies. Shilin Stone Forest dries naturally in good time to smooth shiny finish that shows just a bit of texture from the flakies at the macro level.
Photos show two easy coats of Shilin Stone Forest over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Glisten and Glow HK Girl.
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
Elevation Polish Shilin Stone Forest |
All of Lulu's polishes are inspired by geography and natural phenomena, and this particular polish was inspired by a notable set of limestone formations near the city of Shilin in the Chinese province of Yunnan, which is located in the far southwest of the country. Believed to be over 270 million years old, the eroded vertical pinnacles of limestone appear to rise from the ground in the manner of stalagmites, many in fir tree shapes that give the illusion of a petrified forest -- thus the name Shilin Stone Forest. I always learn the most interesting stuff when I swatch an Elevation Polish!
entrance to the Shilin Stone Forest |
Shilin Stone Forest near Kunming, Yunnan (source) |
Very cool, no? So is this polish! Though certainly not as wondrous as the real thing, Shilin Stone Forest is a lovely, sleek grey that's eminently wearable year round and I would think appropriate for professional settings as well. From afar it's quite subtle -- it's only close up that you see the charcoal flakes and sparkling holographic particles that make this grey uniquely special.
love,
Liz
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