Starlight Polish "Mythological Gems" Part 1 Dravite, Kyanite, and Garnet

Starlight Polish Mythological Gems: Dravite, Kyanite, and Garnet

FABULOUS PRESS SAMPLES AHEAD

Extremely photo heavy, close to 100 photos

Hey Guys! You are in for a real treat if you like color shifting shimmers and photo spam. Let's be real, of course you do, otherwise you would not be here. Today I have the first 12 of Starlight and Sparkles new Mythological Gems Collection, an offshoot from her current Mythological line. This collection includes 3 base gem tones, filled with all 4 of the shifty Mythological shimmers. Personally I'm partial to the predominant green shimmer of Unicorn, no one could have guessed right....?

THE IMPORTANT DETAILS:

• Available Friday Dec 29, 7pm MST 
• Permanent Line
• Full size bottles will be $14.00, 5ml minis $6.50
• Shop here: Starlight and Sparkles
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• 3 coats with topcoat used in all swatches unless noted
• The formula was consistent throughout the collection.Just slightly thin as they are jelly like, no running or pooling. I find it best to really load up the brush and do a medium to thick coat. This cuts down on the amount of brush strokes needed and results in more even coverage. The brushes are on the thinner side.
• Easy to remove, dry time is good, no staining or noticeable smell.

"DRAVITE"

The Dravite base in Phoenix Dravite, Dragon Dravite, Unicorn Dravite, and Kelpie Dravite is a chocolatey brown, and is based on dravite, which is brown tourmaline.

KELPIE DRAVITE

Kelpie Dravite is a chocolate brown base with shimmer that shifts from teal to violet, and flashes aqua and purple at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque in approximately three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.

This was very close to being opaque at 2 coats. Second favorite Dravite, this is such a unique color combination.

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PHOENIX DRAVITE

Phoenix Dravite is a chocolate brown base with shimmer that shifts from red to gold to green, and flashes vivid red and bright green at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque in approximately three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.

Very close to opaque at 2 coats. This is the Unicorn Pee shimmah yal!

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UNICORN DRAVITE

Unicorn Dravite is a chocolate brown base with shimmer that shifts from cool green to deep blue, and flashes turquoise and vivid indigo at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque in approximately three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.

Once again this was super close with 2 coats. My favorite of Dravite and possibly the entire bunch. That shimmer just makes my green lovin' heart sing. I had more trouble with streaks on this one, still evened out at 3 coats.

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LED daylight bulb at an angle

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DRAGON DRAVITE

Dragon Dravite is a chocolate brown base with shimmer that shifts from bronze gold to green, and flashes orange and teal at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque in approximately three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish. 

Super close to opacity at 2 coats. Its so interesting to me how these shimmers perform in various bases. In the Night polishes Dragon gave an overall greenish olive look, here it's quite a warm brown.

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Full sun

Full sun. I felt I needed both of these, don't ask why. 

natural light outside

LED daylight bulb

LED bulb, at an angle. oooooo, ahhhhh

LED daylight bulb

COMPARISON

Swatched in the same order as above. Pointer to pinky: Kelpie, Phoenix, Unicorn, Dragon.

Indoors, natural light

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LED daylight bulb at an angle

"KYANITE"

The Kyanite base in Phoenix Kyanite, Dragon Kyanite, Unicorn Kyanite, and Kelpie Kyanite is a translucent medium blue, and is named after kyanite, which is occurs most frequently in shades of blue.  The base for Kyanite is a tweaked version of the base used in Autumn Air, a custom polish created with Phoenix pigment.  The recipe for Kyanite is different because of a change in suppliers for colorants, and it has also been made slightly stronger in color.

KELPIE KYANITE

Kelpie Kyanite is a translucent medium blue base with shimmer that shifts from teal to violet, and flashes aqua and purple at the extremes of its color range.  There will likely be visible nail line at three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.   

My VNL was not noticeable in person with this polish.The camera is really toning down the awesome blue green shimmer in this one, it's 

quite visible most of the time.

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a tiny sliver of sunlight

natural light at an angle. Isn't that cobalt beautiful?

LED daylight bulb

LED daylight bulb

PHOENIX KYANITE

Phoenix Kyanite is a translucent medium blue base with shimmer that shifts from red to gold to green, and flashes vivid red and bright green at the extremes of its color range. There will likely be visible nail line at three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.  Phoenix Kyanite is a tweaked version of a custom color called Autumn Air.   Phoenix Kyanite differs from Autumn Air in the both the alteration of base color recipe, which has been changed to use the colorants from Starlight and Sparkles’ current supplier, and to slightly increase the strength of the base color, and also in that the original Autumn Air custom had a higher quantity of Phoenix pigment, which has not been replicated in Phoenix Kyanite for price reasons. 

Argh U.P. is hiding from me!  VNL definitely there, if you have a strong nail line like me layering will be needed with this one. Sooooooo pretty though.

Natural light outdoors

sunlight

green showing at an angle

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LED daylight bubl

LED daylight bulb

LED daylight bulb

UNICORN KYANITE

Unicorn Kyanite is a translucent medium blue base with shimmer that shifts from cool green to deep blue, and flashes turquoise and vivid indigo at the extremes of its color range.  There will likely be visible nail line at three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish. 

natural light indoors

natural light outside

full sun

LED daylight bulb

Indigo coming out to play at an angle. LED bulb

unsure, I think natural light

DRAGON KYANITE

Dragon Kyanite is a translucent medium blue base with shimmer that shifts from bronze gold to green, and flashes orange and teal at the extremes of its color range.  There will likely be visible nail line at three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.

full sun

full sun at an angle

natural light outdoors

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LED daylight bulb

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COMPARISONS

Swatched in the same order as above. From pointer to pinky: Kelpie, Phoenix, Unicorn, Dragon.

Last 3 photos are 4 coats of Phoenix Kelpie compared to 4 coats of Ninja Mystic Glacier.

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 Ninja Mystic Glacier on Ring and pointer, Phoenix Kyanite on middle and pinky. 4 coats each with topcoat.

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"GARNET"

The Garnet base in Phoenix Garnet, Dragon Garnet, Unicorn Garnet, and Kelpie Garnet is dark red, and is based on red garnets.

KELPIE GARNET

Kelpie Garnet is a dark red base with shimmer that shifts from teal to violet, and flashes aqua and purple at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque with two or three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.

This shimmer here is very camera shy, more apparent in person.

partial sun

natural light outside

full sun

LED daylight bulb

Led daylight bulb

natural light. sorry for the potato photo here

PHOENIX GARNET

Phoenix Garnet is a dark red base with shimmer that shifts from red to gold to green, and flashes vivid red and bright green at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque with two or three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.

natural light indoors

natural light but the sun hated me

natural light outside

LED daylight bulb

LED daylight bulb

natural light

UNICORN GARNET

Unicorn Garnet is a dark red base with shimmer that shifts from cool green to deep blue, and flashes turquoise and vivid indigo at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque with two or three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish. 

Unicorn wins again for me. This is a lovely contrast. Very close to being opaque for me at 2 coats.

natural light indoors

natural light outside

full sun

partial sun

LED daylight bulb

unsure but I think LED

DRAGON GARNET

Dragon Garnet is a dark red base with shimmer that shifts from bronze gold to green, and flashes orange and teal at the extremes of its color range.  It is opaque with two or three coats, but can also be layered to use less polish.  

Again this shimmer turned out more rusty than I expected.

natural light indoors

natural light outside

full sun

full sun at a slightly different angle, shows a cooler face.

LED bulb at an angle

LED daylight bulb

natural light

COMPARISONS

Swatched in the same order as above. From pointer to pinky: Kelpie, Phoenix, Unicorn, Dragon. 

natural light indoors

full sun

sunlight at an angle

LED daylight bulb

LED daylight bulb

Wowza I am finally finished! Did you make it to the bottom? Have a cookie on me and start planning your shopping list. :) Do you have a favorite? I am torn between Unicorn Garnet and Unicorn Dravite. Please let me know in the comments. As always, thank you for reading. :)
-Erika

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