Bee's Knees Lacquer Arcana Collection Expansion
Bee's Knees Lacquer Arcana Collection Expansion
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| PRESS SAMPLES sent in exchange for my honest review |
Duke and Duchess Most Perverse
- Maker description: Duke and Duchess Most Perverse-a weird pale brown with green to red shimmer, iridescent flakes that shift blue to indigo and orange to red. This one is technically a magnetic but we don't think you necessarily need to magnetize it.
- $13
- This is a very unique polish and I am here for it! The base can look golden in warm light and the indigo shift of the flakies is so beautiful against this background. I used 2 coats with various topcoats. It naturally dries to a shiny finish. Lovely formula and more opaque than I expected. One coat made for a lovely ethereal look as well. The flakes do like to stick around on skin and after removal.
- Pointer and ring are not magnetized, middle and ring are magnetized.
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| T5 full spectrum bulbs, pointer and middle Bee's Knees Hail Satin topcoat, ring and pinky Finger Paints matte topcoat. |
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| T5 at an angle |
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| T5 |
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| T5 |
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| Sunlight. Pointer and middle Bee's Knees Hail Satin topcoat, ring and pinky Finger Paints matte topcoat |
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| natural light |
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| T5 full spectrum bulbs |
She Who Harrows
- Maker description: She Who Harrows-a pale peach with two types of ghost flakes: OG UP (red/green/gold) flakes and green to blue sibling flakes. The perfect peach for spring!
- $15
- This is a polish I didn't know I needed until I put it on. Peach isn't a color I am usually attracted to or I think looks good on me.
- 3 coats with topcoats. Sheer but builds well, nail line was only the slightest bit visible in very bright direct lighting. This could be used for a sheer wash of color in one coat, my nails but better if you like. Dries to a glossy finish, flakies lay down perfectly. Not too thick or thin, good viscosity and ease of application.
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| natural light |
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| T5 bulbs |
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| T5 at an angle to show flakie shift |
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| T5, Finger Paints matte on pointer and pinky, BKL Hail Satin on middle and ring nails. |
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| natural light |
Ruler of the Deep
- Maker description: Ruler of the Deep-the dark mood sister to Glaciomancy, this is a navy polish absolutely loaded with green to blue ghost flakes.
- $15
- My photos make this look a little brighter than it is, the base is a bit dusty. 3 coats with topcoats, nail line was not visible to the naked eye. Flakies lay down with no manipulation. The polish doesn't run or pull, good viscosity.
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| T5 full spectrum bulbs |
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| T5, at angle |
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| sunlight |
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| T5, Satin on pointer and middle matte on ring and pinky. |
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| sunlight at angle |
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| natural light |
Master of Alchemy
- Maker description: Master of Alchemy-a much requested, very limited mystery bag polish from January. An amethyst polish full of OG UP. No undies needed for this one!
- $15
- This is gorgeous, very opaque, packed full of unicorn pee and amazingly a shade of purple U.P. I don't already have! I used 3 coats with various topcoats. This was 97% opaque at 2, normally I would wear it that way but I wanted it to be perfect for photos and it did deepen the color. Great formula, no streaks, pooling, dragging or running. There's a bit of photo spam...
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| T5 lights |
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| T5 at angle for shiftiness |
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| more shift spam, T5 |
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| sunlight |
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| sunlight at angle.. ahhhhh greeeeen |
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| sunlight |
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| sunlight |
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| Natural light, not a great photo but I wanted to show that the shimmer is apparent in natural light, my video failed me. |
The Consecrator
- Maker description: The Consecrator-a deep blue that borders on turquoise with a red to green shimmer and a rainbow of iridescent flakies.
- $13
- My camera hates me and kept capturing the deep blue and not the turquoise which I definitely saw. I tried every color correction possible with no success. The base actually reminded me of another polish I have, I compared the bottles in hopes you would get a better idea what this truly looks like.
- 2 coats with topcoats. There was some really big flakies in here, I wanted them on ma nailz lol but I didn't get any. The formula was great, easy to minimize clean up as usual, no flooding cuticles or dragging polish. Flakies lay down on their own and this dries to a glossy finish. This did NOT have visible nail line to the naked eye.
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