Hello Ladies :) Tonight we're continuing with the incredible 9 Realms collection by Crowstoes. Tonight's offering is a simply astonishing polish - "Vanaheim". In Norse Mythology, Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir, an ancient breed of sorcerer gods. I don't know much about that, but I think there might be some sorcery involved in the making of this polish...
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| Vanaheim by Crowstoes - artificial light |
Vanaheim is a glittering fusion of emerald, gold, bronze, and tiny flecks of sky blue. I'm at a bit of a loss to describe the finish of this one - its predominantly made up of tiny foil glitter particles, suspended in an emerald base, and this makes it a duochrome. In some swatches here (like the above), you can see this clearly coming across as a deep metallic shimmer, and in others the foil glitter finish is dominant. However you choose to describe it the effect is simply stunning and this is one of my favourite polishes of the whole year. For me, this polish was like the skin of a magnificent dragon, the green and gold combined with the iridescent glitter would be perfect as dragon skin.
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| Dragon skin |
In these swatches I'm wearing two coats over my usual NE base and beneath a generous layer of HK Girl topcoat. The finish was totally smooth, no bumpy lumps on this dragon. Application, formula and wear time were also all top notch as you'd expect from Crowstoes.
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| Vanaheim by Crowstoes - 9 Realms - artificial light |
In these swatches (above) you can see the deep emerald shade that dominates in direct lighting (top), and the burnished olive gold (bottom) that appears in side-on lighting conditions. I really love this antique gold shade, I find that a lot more interesting than a straight gold shade and it works beautifully in transition with the emerald.
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| Vanaheim by Crowstoes - 9 Realms - natural light |
The swatches above and below here show this shade in natural light, which is quite different and equally lovely. The green is a bright jewel tone that really pops on the nail, and the gold is a much deeper bronze. This was one of those polishes that I just couldn't keep my eyes off, and I was really sorry to remove. Usually when I try a new shade I stop noticing it so much after a few days and I'm excited to try the next shade in my untried pile. But with Vanaheim I could have quite happily gone straight back to it.
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| Vanaheim by Crowstoes - natural light |
I seem to say quite often on here that I'm not really a green person, and it is one of the least represented colours in my stash, but all the greens I post about I then say I really like. I still don't think I'm a green person, but I think I like the right kind of green, and Vanaheim certainly fits the bill.
I bought my bottle for £10.25 from Rainbow Connection (link in the suppliers page) and I'm really glad I did. This was my 'wildcard' polish to make my total high enough to qualify for the cheap postage rate and it ended up being my favourite of the bunch. Vanaheim and
Huginn and Muninn would be my two top picks for the collection.
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