Iconic Effect Tortoiseshell

Today I am showing you my beautiful custom polish, made by Kelly and Kerrie at Iconic Effect. I was SO lucky to win a giveaway which included a polish of  my choice from their range (I chose their Extreme Holo top coat) and a custom polish. On the day of this exciting win, I was actually wearing Iconic Effect Turtle Shell, and as I lay in bed thinking what would I like, I thought, something similar to Turtle Shell but more autumnal in tone.
What they came up with is this stunning beauty, russet brown hexes, bright pink squares, plum squares, small magenta hexes, gunmetal and gold hexes and tiny weeny red and brown glitter - I think that's everything!!
I dithered for a while whether to do my first mani using this over a dark red, or what I eventually chose, Leighton Denny Graycious. I felt that this lovely polish deserved a bit of a contrast, it blended beautifully with the likes of Nails Inc Victoria, but the russet reds and deep pinks stand out so well against the lovely dark grey of Graycious. (I also swatched it over Femme Fatale and it looked gorgeous!)
I love this, love that is special because its custom made and it is just so stunning! Kelly and Kerrie really did make me something utterly beautiful, thanks girls!!

Iconic Effect Tortoiseshell

 

 

 

 

 

Iconic Effect Turtle Shell

This is another fantastic UK Indie polish, from Iconic Effect and it is beautiful. I feel a bit bad that I have had this for a while without swatching it but this was one I knew I'd love and I was kind of saving it for darker days. I swatched it over black a few days ago and was blown away!

Iconic Effect Turtle Shell is a mix of green squares, black, steely grey and green hexes, and lots of tiny glitter in a teal jelly base. It catches the light beautifully, picking up shades of blue at some angles and a hint of holographic too.

This polish could be layered up to show off  that beautiful teal and I will try that next time but I had in my mind I want to try it over Nails Inc Black Taxi. So, two elements are not apparent because I used it over black, you can't see the teal and you can't see the black glitter, but you can see both quite well on the 2nd bottle shot.

Despite losing the black glitters, there are so many other glitters in here that I think it still looks fantastic. I love glitters over black but I also love the fact that I can use this over green, blue, teal or on its own .

This is just so super sparkly, catches the light all the time and is very smooth after one coat of top coat. There is great distribution with one coat of the glitter, giving just the right amount of glitter on the nail for this mani.

Iconic Effect Turtle Shell