Friday, July 22, 2011

Optic Lusion "Crimson King'

i know nothing about this brand. i picked up "Crimson King" (i assume named after Stephen King's fictional shapeshifting character) at a dusty supply store. it had leaked into the threads and partially evaporated. when i thinned it, the bottle was about 80% full. it's a shame, because this polish is really neat.
it's a heavily pigmented (could have pulled off one coat) olive green with violet and silver multichrome shimmer. the multichrome in this polish is not extremely pronounced, but it definitely adds extra interest. i took a bunch of photos because i was loving how it looks on my longer-than-usual nails.

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i wish i knew where to buy more of this brand!!!

8 comments:

  1. Ooooh, I like it! Reminds me a little of Ozotic 503

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  2. Very pretty color what a great find!

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  3. I think this was made by LeChat in the late 90's. I'm going by memory so I may be off a bit. They had a few other colors in this "line". Great score!

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  4. ohmygosh this color is gorgeous!!!!!! I seriously am in love with it:) It looks fantastic on you btw :D

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  5. wow, a nice one! reminds me of Nubar Shock Sea Green. ooh, and i *loved* Insomnia.

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  6. I'm not the biggest fan of duochrome polishes, but this one is pretty cool. I'd wear it for sure. I kinda want to visit Le Chat's headquarters since they are in the East Bay. I wonder if they have any old polishes in the vault.

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  7. Wow, you got lucky with this one, it's gorgeous!!

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  8. Cat: i had no idea Chat's hq was here! we should go bug them!!

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