Provided for Honest Review

Hello my gorgeous readers!  I know that I said that the Alchemy Lacquers Moonshards were going to be released a couple at a time however recently due to school and work schedules the amazing Rebecca has decided to go ahead and release the rest of them NOW!  That means you don’t have to wait and I can go ahead and show you the rest of the amazingness that I have!

Without further ado!

First up I have Io:

Alchemy Lacquers – Io

Io is a gorgeous squishy deep purple scattered holographic jelly polish and has a healthy dose of Ultrachrome flakies!  I’m not the biggest purple girl but this color is so luscious that I am utterly smitten!  I love the shift of the flakies in the jelly base and it is just a gorgeous polish!

Alchemy Lacquers – Io

First allow me to address, I’m not sure why it appears that the tips of my fingers aren’t fully polished – I assure you while I was looking at them in person I saw no issues with the polish,  it wasn’t until I was cropping these pictures that I noticed it.  I can only assume that the lighting or user error plays some factor.  Strange unpolished looking tips aside the formula on this is standard for a jelly – a bit sheer in the first coat but building up quite nicely due to the deep color.  Pictures show three coats plus topcoat

Alchemy Lacquers – Io

See this is the SAME nail (on the same day) as one of the ones that looks as if it’s unpolished.  In this picture it looks clearly as it’s supposed to.  Ah, well, hopefully ya’ll can overlook my obviously amateur photography skills.

Next up I have Phobos:

Alchemy Lacquers – Phobos

Phobos is like an amped up neutral!  Love that so much about this one.  It’s a light brownish jelly polish with ultrachrome flakies.  I feel like that there is some kind of shimmer or something or it could also just be the play of light on the flakies in the polish but it seems to have a magenta glow about it.

Alchemy Lacquers – Phobos

I love how shifty this one is due to the flakies in the light jelly base.  Formula was great, a nice spread on flakies and while it is a jelly polish it builds up to opacity without any problem.  Pictures show three coats plus topcoat.

Alchemy Lacquers – Phobos

Yeah this picture really shows how awesome the polish is!

Next up is Titan!

Alchemy Lacquers – Titan

Yes my nail shape changed in this picture – sorry about that I had swatched some of these earlier and some later so there may be a slight variance in nail shape.  Enough about nail shapes!  Titan is a teal jelly base with blue and green ultrachrome flakies (multi shifts in each color) and that sort of gives it this teal leaning emerald color with sparks of gold.

Alchemy Lacquers – Titan

Again formula is great – flakies spread evenly without issue.  Pictures show three coats plus topcoat!

Alchemy Lacquers – Titan

So next up we have a topper, Pandora:

Alchemy Lacquers – Pandora (Over Indigo Bananas – Halcyon)

This one utterly freaked my camera out!  This is a shimmery shifty topper with multichrome flakies.  I honestly wasn’t sure how I would feel about it because it was a topper but Oh.My.HECK.  When I put it over purple I thought I was going to pass right out from the sheer gorgeousness!

Alchemy Lacquers – Pandora (Over Indigo Bananas – Halcyon)

So much shimmery shiftiness!  Perfect application which I would expect from a topper anyway.  Doesn’t seem streaky and the effect is very smooth over the base color.  Pictures show one coat over undies plus topcoat.

Alchemy Lacquers – Pandora (Over Indigo Bananas – Halcyon)

YES!  Look at those flakies shimmering there.  I paired this with a dark purple, Indigo Bananas – Halcyon.

Allow me to introduce you to Ganymede!

Alchemy Lacquers – Ganymede

I LOVE this one so much.  It’s a maroonish jelly color shifting base with maroon/gold/whoknowswhatcolors multichrome flakies.  So the base is color shifting and the flakies are color shifting and well the whole thing is a shifty masterpiece!

Alchemy Lacquers – Ganymede

I tried to catch some of the bronzy shift going on here.  So much play of color with this one!  Application was flawless and the flakies spread out nicely without manipulation.  Pictures show three coats plus topcoat.

Alchemy Lacquers – Ganymede

You can REALLY see the shiftiness here.  So much love.

Last but certainly not least is Callisto!

Alchemy Lacquers – Callisto

Callisto is a creamy nude holographic polish with a plethora of multichrome flakies.  Such a bland way of saying its SPECTACULAR!  I love this one so much.  I’ve really got a thing for nude and nude-based polishes right now for some reason and this one really ticks the boxes for me.

Alchemy Lacquers – Callisto

The formula on this one is crazy good.  Even spread of flakies without manipulation, no dragging, and it built to opacity in two coats.  Pictures show two coats plus topcoat!

Alchemy Lacquers – Callisto

Every time I look at this picture I want to run and put this one on again!

Polishes used on all manis:  Barielle – Nail Rebuilding Protein; Alchemy Lacquers Moonshards; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

Per usual you should definitely check out the links below to follow, drool over, and get your own Alchemy Lacquers.  There are a few more Moonshards that were released after I received these.  They are just as amazing and beautiful as these from what I’ve seen!

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My dearest readers, I cannot wait to show you these gorgeous polishes from Alchemy Lacquers.  I’m sure by now everyone is highly well-versed in the ultrachrome flakie phenomenon.  I waited until I started to see something besides flakies and holo before jumping completely on the wagon because I was skeptical about longevity and what they could truly bring to the table in terms of pretty polish.  But makers quickly starting doing interesting things with the flakies and I was convinced that while the initial craze may die down, these are something that will enhance the polish game for awhile.

Then Rebecca; the amazing, the wonderful, the crazy-busy, the crazy-creative, genius that she is; started working with the flakies and developing gorgeous prototypes that set us all drooling with her sneak peaks.  Now the collection has a name, theme, and is ready to be unleashed upon the masses!  I think I pestered her daily through her entire testing phase.

The Moonshard collection is not a typical collection, it’s going to be released two at a time until they are all released and currently there are eight polishes in the collection, two of which were released at the same time as the Infinity Collection.  Each of the polishes is named after a moon in our solar system.  Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to the first two Moonshard polishes!

First up is Calypso:

Alchemy Lacquers – Calypso

Yes yes yes…everything about this polish is phantasmagorical!  Calypso is a sheer white-ish jelly based polish with a strong shimmering shifty quality of its own.  Then added to that is a healthy dose of holo and ohemgee the flakies!  A whole slew of ultrachrome flakies were added to the mix.  These gorgeous flakies shift from blue to purple to magenta and green.  Stunning.  There really is hardly a way to describe this polish because there is so much going on.  Suffice it to say it’s a must-have.

Alchemy Lacquers – Calypso

This is a sheer polish, but utterly buildable.  I didn’t have any problems with the formula or application.  The flakies spread out evenly and laid flat on the nail.  Unlike glitter there’s not a heavy texture to these so no special topcoating procedure needed to be done.  Pictures show three coats plus topcoat.

Alchemy Lacquers – Calypso (Macro)

In my opinion that right there is the money shot.  Seriously if this doesn’t send you running to snag up your own bottle of this magic I don’t know what will!

Polishes Used:  Barielle – Nail Rebuilding Protein; Alchemy Lacquers – Calypso; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

Next up is Oberon:

Alchemy Lacquers – Oberon

Oberon is amazing.  This is a metallic teal-based polish that shifts like crazy, is holographic, and oh yes has a healthy mixing of fabulous flakies.  It’s no secret that I’m a glitter junkie.  Not a lick of glitter exists in this polish and yet I am strangely addicted to how beautiful it is!  This is one that I may need back ups of back ups of.

Alchemy Lacquers – Oberon

Just look at that!  Gorgeous.  Anyway formula on this one was amazing.  Perfect coverage in two coats.  Flakies dispersed nicely throughout the polish.  Sometimes polishes with a strong metallic feel like this one get a little streaky and/or show every flaw on your nail but not this one, it self-leveled like a dream and I had a perfect smooth application.  Pictures show two coats plus topcoat.

Alchemy Lacquers – Oberon (Macro)

Can we just bask in the glory and amazingness of this polish for a few moments?

Polishes Used:  Barielle – Nail Rebuilding Protein; Alchemy Lacquers – Oberon; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

Well what do you think about the first two releases from the Moonshard Collection?  Hit me up here or on Facebook, I promise I don’t bite…much.  You should totally go and snag these up before the masses catch wind of how gorgeous they are because you know how that goes!  You can find these at Alchemy Lacquers’ Etsy Shop.  If you want to keep up to date on all the news and sneaky peaks of upcoming polishes you should DEFINITELY follow Alchemy Lacquers on Facebook and Instagram.

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