Midsummer Skies is a super pale lavendar that in my bottle and on my nails looks a lot paler than any of the pictures I saw on the Pahlish Bigcartel Site or on any other swatches. But this could either be due to differences in the batches or how it plays against my skintone and in different lighting. OK so now we established the base color - the softest lavender just short of pastel you can think of - on to the glitter. Ogling my bottle I see copper and aqua blue tiny whiny micro glitters in myriads. On me the copper glitter though looked mostly like a burnt dark orange only out in the sun you can guess that there is a hint of copper.
Now the formula: those pale colors are notoriously carrying a reputation of coming in streaky and patchy formulas. Pahlish Midsummer Skies appears the same upon the first coat but a second medium thick coat provided a perfect opacity. It is not 100 % selfleveling as you can see on my middle finger but if I did not load my brush with too much polish, this was no issue. Dry time was quick and the surface of my nails was smooth and decently shiny. The removal is no big deal but you might be surprised to find that the polish has a sandy feel when coming off - due to the micro glitter but there is no elbow grease required.
Final thoughts: this lavender is one of the prettiest I have in my stash and it walks the line so well between overly sweet and vibrant - just perfect!!!
I ordered Pahlish Midsummer Skies with Pahlish Bigcartel Shop here.
I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for stopping by!!!
Christine <3
What a lovely shade Christine! You wear pale lavenders fantastically, the microglitter is what makes it so special, so "Pahlish" right? I'm always surprised by this brand they keep coming with great unusual combos!
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Thank you my dear friend <3!!! You got it - it is indeed a very Pahlish shade - haha, and I agree, Pahlish has in incredible sense of color and what works together, no wonder that they by now hold a full drawer in my Helmer all for themselves (ehem - blushing slightly). Have a lovely evening xxx
DeleteHi, I'm back again. Just finished my summer job and are into more exciting things and foremost have more free time to do fun stuff, like nail polish, nail art, blogging and blog reading. And now to the polish; Wow, this looks so gorgeous! First it reminded me of a Oopsie Daisy (pastel blue with tiny dark glitter, like dark copper/blackish) I got but when looking at the close ups I see this is quite different with the colored micro glitter. :P
ReplyDeleteYAYYYYYYY GELIC IS BACK!!! So happy to see you here, still, I hope your Summer job was fun too but I did miss you, sweetie! Trust Pahlish to have a slightly hidden but totally surprising effect in any of their polishes. I think I remember that Oopsie Daisy polish and I really liked it too - those pastels that come with a little punch are more to my liking then the plain creams :-)
DeleteOooh how sweet and delicate of a shade, and the glitters add a bit of pop and fun to it. What a great combination. :)
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Thank you my dear Yun - I hoped you would like it as you really have an eye for pastels with an edge I find - your swatches always make me crave for pastels, then I go and buy them and on me they are just meh - well with the exception of Pahlish who always add a little bit of an extra into their shades ;-)
DeleteIt looks really nice and I like all the different colours in it :-) Looks super in the second photo :-D
ReplyDeleteSuch a perfect mixture of colors :)
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