A Polished Narcoleptic: Bee's Knees April 2019 release, Marvel inspired

Bee's Knees April 2019 release, Marvel inspired

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Sent in exchange for my honest review
This is not a filter, its a real rainbow courtesy of my Rainbow Symphony Gemies :)

For this month's release Bee's Knees was inspired by the infinity stones and some individual characters .The result is this beautiful rainbow of what I would call soft neons and 2 unicorn pee sibling shifty toppers .They will be available on April 1st at noon edt. Someone please do infinity gauntlet art with these. Grow another finger if you have to, for art and geekery! There will also be new mystery bags priced at $30 as almost all colors have OGUP or sibling pigments. Some previous mystery bag shades will also be returning solo, exciting!

I have done a few things differently than I normally do. I have shown each of these over base coat and without any top coats. These do dry to a shiny finish on their own but I always wear topcoat for normal wear.
I have matched up each topper with 3 cremes and then shown it over the remaining three plus black in a skittle.
Each creme will be $8 and the toppers $15.
Unfortunately I didn't have any sunlight when I swatched these but I did take photos in natural light and my full spectrum T5s which is very close to sunlight.
I found the formula of all of these very similar. Good viscosity for a smooth and even application, self levels nicely.
Super bright/neon shades are really hard to photograph accurately, at least for me. Please compare various swatches. I have done my best with my current equipment.

REALITY

Reality-pastel red polish inspired by the Reality stone, shown solo and topped with
Higher Further Faster-a very dense green to blue UP sibling topcoat inspired by Carol and Maria of Captain Marvel

2 coats and then one coat of Higher Further Faster. Personally I look at this as a coral shade, slightly more pink toned than it appears, the bottle in this first photo is pretty accurate. The topper warms it up even more. This is an amazing almost neon and I love it even more with either of the toppers. Planning a pedi with this as we speak.

Reality, artificial light

Reality, natural light

Reality, topped with Higher further Faster, natural light

Reality, topped with Higher further Faster, artificial light, at an
angle. Hello blue shift.

Reality, topped with Higher further Faster, artificial light

POWER

Power- a bright violet polish inspired by the Power stone

Shown solo and then topped with Higher Further Faster-very dense green to blue UP sibling topcoat inspired by Carol and Maria of Captain Marvel

2 coats and then one of the topper. This is so beautiful and the blue really pops over it.

Power, natural light

Power, artificial light

Power topped with Higher Further Faster, natural light

Power topped with Higher Further Faster, artificial light

Power topped with Higher Further Faster, artificial light at an
angle

SPACE

Space- a bright periwinkle blue polish inspired by the Space stone

Shown solo and topped with Higher Further Faster-very dense green to blue UP sibling topcoat inspired by Carol and Maria of Captain Marvel

2 coats then one coat of the topper.

This is less blue in person, periwinkle is an accurate description and I love it. With this the topper doesn't really contrast but instead it matches and adds a lovely twinkle/glow.

Space, natural light

Space topped with Higher, Further, Faster, natural light

Space topped with Higher, Further, Faster, artificial light

HIGHER FURTHER FASTER

Here Higher Further Faster is shown in one coat over the remaining three cremes and black. Artificial full spectrum T5 lights.

As you can see this topper is not opaque on it's own, 3 coats on my thumb.

TIME

Time- a bright lime green polish inspired by the Time stone. Shown solo and the topped with I Have Nothing To Prove-a very dense green to gold UP sibling topcoat inspired by Captain Marvel.

2 coats solo and the one of the topper. I have nothing to prove warms and brightens this noticeably.

Time, natural light

Time, artificial light

Time topped with I Have Nothing to Prove, artificial light

Time topped with I Have Nothing to Prove, natural light

SOUL

Soul- a bright creamsicle orange polish inspired by the Soul stone. Shown solo and then topped with I Have Nothing to Prove-a very dense green to gold UP sibling topcoat inspired by Captain Marvel.

2 coats except pointer (3), I seem to have something going on with this nail. This is truly a perfect creamsicle, my natural light photos are the most color accurate.

Mind, artificial light

Mind, natural light

Mind topped with I Have Nothing to Prove, natural light

Mind topped with I Have Nothing to Prove, artificial light, at
an angle

MIND

Mind- an almost neon yellow polish inspired by the Mind stone. Shown solo and topped with I Have Nothing to Prove-a very dense green to gold UP sibling topcoat inspired by Captain Marvel.

2 coats except pointer (3) and then one coat of topper. The shiftiness over yellow is really difficult to see but the shimmer is glowy. This was probably the most difficult to photograph accurately, it's between what you see here.