Hello Ladies! Tonight I have a real treat of a polish to share with you, from a collection that is one of my absolute favourites of 2014 and in fact, ever. There are two standout collections for me this year - the Picture Polish LE duochromes, and the 9 Realms collection by Crowstoes. As a brand, Crowstoes stand head and shoulders above the rest for me. The creativity behind each collection is just on a whole other level, so any new collection is something to get excited about, and boy did I get excited about this one! Over the next few posts I'll be sharing with you all the polishes I picked up, and I'm starting with my favourite: Huginn and Muninn.
The 9 Realms collection is inspired by Norse mythology. In Norse legend, Huginn ('thought') and Muninn ('memory') are the raven avatars of the god Odin, they flew throughout the world and brought knowledge back to Odin. The polish of the same name is a stunning multichrome in shades of royal purple, forest green and earthy brown:
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| Huginn and Muninn by Crowstoes - 9 Realms - natural light (shade) |
Pictured here I'm wearing two thin coats over black, but from swatches I've seen you can achieve the same effect with three coats and no undies. The colour combination on this is strikingly beautiful, and quite unlike any other multichrome in my collection. The green and purple complement each other beautifully, and the combination really drew to my mind the image of a mystical forest with dark green shade and purple autumn leaves, and the beady eye of a raven peering out from the canopy:
The multichrome effect is most apparent in natural light and shade. Under artificial lighting one colour tends to dominate, depending on the direction of the light relative to the nail surface:
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| Upper Row and Lower Left: Artificial light, Lower right: natural light (shade) |
In the swatch above you can see the gorgeous royal purple, the golden brown and green transitional shade, and the rich emerald. In the lower right corner is a swatch taken in natural light and you can see the purple and green clearly together on the nail. In artificial lighting, at direct angles (ie most of the time) it's the purple shade that dominates, with the green appearing at higher angles/along the curved nail edge.
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| Huginn and Muninn by Crowstoes - 9 Realms - artificial light |
This swatch captures the closeup detail of the two main colours at the opposing ends of the multichrome spectrum. In the purple you can clearly see royal blue and magenta shimmer, and the green is a combination of forest green, teal and gold. Quite how they managed to pack so much depth into one polish is a mystery to me. I couldn't love this polish more, it's utter perfection.
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| Huginn and Muninn by Crowstoes - 9 Realms - natural light |
I can confidently say that Huginn and Muninn will make it into my top 3 polishes for the year 2014. It has as sold out faster than any of the other 9 Realms shades but is not LE so keep your eyes peeled for restocks. I picked mine up from Rainbow Connection for £10.25.
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