Hello ladies! Tonight I have the final post from the Crowstoes 9 Realms collection. Tonight's polish, "Nidavellir", takes its name from the homeworld of the dwarves in Norse Mythology.
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| Nidavellir by Crowstoes - natural light (shade) |
Like collection-mates
Muspelheim and
Vanaheim, Nidavellir is a duochrome micro-glitter polish. Densely packed with colour shifting glitters this shade shifts from teal blue to purple. Pictured here in natural light (in the shade) you can see all the colours on the nail at once, but in all other lighting conditions one of the three shades will dominate depending on the angle of the nail to the light source.
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| Nidavellir by Crowstoes - artificial light |
The microglitter duochrome formula is really intriguing in these polishes....they remind me of pointillist paintings, tiny spots of colour coming together to make something beautiful. In artificial lighting (below) you can see the lovely jewel tones of the blue-indigo-purple shades in transition. The bottom of the bottle lets you see the full spectrum in the polish, but the gold tone you see peeking through doesn't translate to the nail (nails aren't as curved as the inside of a bottle!)
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| Nidavellir by Crowstoes - artificial light |
In these pics I'm wearing two coats over black undies, with NE base and HK Girl topcoat. No issues with formula and application, all Crowstoes polishes are top notch in the quality stakes. Below you can see the final swatches which are taken in direct sunlight. Here you can see that the main shade is far more of a teal green/blue than the royal blue shade you get under artificial light. Also, the end tone is much more of a magenta than the purple you get under artificial light. This polish, like its collection mates, is a real chameleon. I really liked this one.
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| Nidavellir by Crowstoes - sunlight |
I picked up my bottle for £10.25 from Rainbow Connection (link in the suppliers page). This is my last post in the 9 Realms collection series, I hope you've enjoyed it :) This is a very special collection, and well worth a look if you can find it in stock.
