Elevation Polish Huangshan

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Elevation Polish Huangshan

This is a stunning and really unusual glitter. It's a mix of matte and shiny bright yellow glitters in a variety of sizes and shapes (including circles) and iridescent yellow microglitter. I've seen a few great swatches with Elevation Polish Huangshan over lighter colours, but for my first mani with it I really wanted to see how it looked over a dark base.

Here are a couple of front-on pictures in different lights to show the overall effect:

Elevation Polish Huangshan

The polish I chose to pair it with is Make-Up by Barbara Daly Storm. This is a very dark grey jelly - or possibly even a crelly (somewhere between a cream and a jelly). I used one coat of Storm, one coat of Huangshan, followed by another coat of Storm and a final coat of Huangshan. I used a coat of Gelous followed by a coat of Seche Vite to smooth the everything out. The dark grey jelly over the yellow glitters turns them green and teal and gives the whole mani quite a bit of depth. You can see this better in the angled and close up shots:

Elevation Polish Huangshan

I purchased Huangshan directly from the Elevation Polish Website. Make-Up by Barbara Daly is a Tesco own brand polish, and this is a limited edition colour from a few years ago. However, a black jelly such as Essie Liquorice would give a similar effect. I'd like to try Huangshan with a purple jelly such as Verity Deep Violet, as well as over a lighter colour :)