Baroness X, "The Alchemist Collection" swatch and review

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  Hey X Army and friends! Thank you so much for joining me today, I have a new collection from Baroness X for you and as usual these are lovely. Packed full of color shifting shimmers,multichrome, flakies, and holo, this set of jellies lives up to it's magical name. Baroness X is a brand I regularly purchase from so I'm very thankful and excited to swatch these for you guys! I especially love their scented bath and body items, stay tuned for a little blurb at the end. ;)  Picture heavy, consider yourself forewarned....they were just so pretty.

• Releases on October 21st, 12 pm PST.
• Sold individually for $11, Full size sets for $40, and 8 ml mini sets for $24. There will only 20 sets available so be on time! As a general mini hater I must tell you the tall bottles and full size brushes make these easy to use.
• Language of the Universe and Elixir of Life are being sold as L.E due to some of the included pigments. 
• While these are described as jellies all but one built up in 2 or 3 coats on me, even with the attention loving nail line I am blessed with.
• Photos not taken in natural light noted.
• All shown with Glisten n Glow top coat. I don't do anything without this stuff or it's smudge city.
• The blingy extras don't add any extra work when removing.

This is described as a berry jelly with blue to berry to red shimmer, silver holo flakies and holo pigment. The shift is predominately blue head on but the others come out to play at an angle. I would call this a multichrome as the shift is very obvious to me. Second favorite of the bunch as I'm a purple lovin' sheeple. 

• The formula was a little thick and began to dry very quickly due to all that glorious shimmer. Make sure to load enough for your whole nail on the brush, and work quickly and try not to  overwork it or you will get shimmer ridges and pull up what you already put down. Allow each layer to dry very thoroughly. Don't be an impatient pants like me.
• These swatches show 2-3 coats, I swatched this twice. The first time was after long day, I was tired and impatient, I needed 3 coats to cover patches. I was also curious if a 3rd coat added depth to this or Elixir of Life, no difference. The second time I only needed 2 generous coats.
• No staining and great wear, 3 days before I removed it without any chips.
• Limited edition.

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Described as a royal blue jelly with "unicorn pigment" that shifts pink to gold to green, holo flakies, and linear holo. Personally I see this as lighter than royal blue and with the shimmer it appears quite periwinkle or blurple. The holo mostly shows in direct lighting such as sunlight and LED, otherwise it looks like a soft sprinkling of stars.This goes for all of these. Shimmer is most often pink, shifts at extreme angles and bright direct lighting.

• 3 regular coats, very easy to use. Still some visible nail line but not very noticeable. We see you, OK?!
• No staining or trouble removing.

Demi describes this as an Emerald, almost teal jelly base with gold to green to teal colorshifting flakie shimmer, metallic gold flecks, and holo. I agree completely with this description and you guessed it...this one is my favorite. I tried not to choose the green..I really did. This shade is not overtly warm or cool so that makes it versatile, multi seasonal and in my opinion wearable on all skin tones. No lobster hands here! I LOVE those gold flecks.

• 2 easy coats.
• I can't report about staining as I only wore this for the swatch thus far. I always wear base coat and double up if I'm worried.

Hey pretty lady! I should really give red more of a chance. This is described a deep fuschia-red jelly,shimmer that shifts from purple to deep red, to fiery orange, metallic gold flakies, and holo pigment. Obvious shift, I hereby dub thee...multichrome. If I am understanding this wrong someone please correct me.

• 2 generous coats. The formula is much easier to use than Language of the Universe but use the same techniques for flawless results.
• Easy to remove.
• Limited edition.

Baroness X also sent me a bubble bar to review. I purchased this one^ but expect a post on them soon. All of those bubbles are from 1/5 of a bar placed inside a mesh bag under the running faucet.

They are long lasting and smell wonderful. I think I may need a little more to smell it in my bath water. Yes,I did take the photo from inside the tub :).

So which shade is your favorite? Will you be picking up any smelly goods such as the acetone additive? Also love, btw. Let me know in the comments. If you are a new customer go ahead and make an account now because the rewards program is really nice and you may want to check out in a jiffy, especially if you are after minis.

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