Elevation Polish Pic de Subenuix

I like everything about Elevation Polish. An indie brand that's not just about glitter..........that's so refreshing! The colours are exactly what I like - browns, greens, purples, blues. And best of all, I love the inspiration behind the polishes - they're mostly based on mountains. Given my love of the outdoors in general and my specific love of running up hills and in wild places, this brand presses all my buttons. But the polishes themselves are great............

This is Elevation Polish Pic de Subenuix. It's sort of a jelly-ish violet purple with a strong green iridescent shimmer. First some pictures from slightly different angles to show off the shimmer....

Elevation Polish Pic de Subeniux

I used three coats here, with Seche Vite top coat. Application is easy, although the polish is quite thick it spreads nicely over the nail and cleans up easily. I've noticed this slight thickness with most of the Elevation polishes I've tried, and I have to say I rather like it.

I've seen mentioned before that Pic de Subenuix is reminiscent of Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie, so I couldn't resit doing a comparison. Here are the bottles together - you can see straight away that Pic de Subenuix has a violet base whilst Scrangie's is more magenta. The other difference is the shimmer itself - in Pic de Subenuix it's fine and dense, but in Scrangie it's sparser and blingier.

On the nail the differences are evident. I think to be honest Scrangie,although it looks great in the bottle, disappoints a bit on the nail, as the shimmer doesn't really stand out as much as the bottle leads one to expect.

Comparison - Elevation Polish Pic de Subeniux and Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie

Comparison - Elevation Polish Pic de Subeniux and Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie

I purchased Pic de Subenuix from Elevation Polish website here  http://elevationpolish.bigcartel.com/. The site includes swatches of all the colours and information about the places that inspired them. Lulu restocks her shop twice a month. She also has a blog http://lovebrownnailpolish.wordpress.com/ where she updates on new colours, restocks and other general news. She ships internationally and her shipping prices are very fair.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie was a limited edition polish that's now sold out. Here's the information about it on RBL's site http://www.rescuebeauty.com/nail-polish/83824700180.html.