I Spit Roses: Formula X for Sephora Alchemy

So I've had I Spit Roses by Peter Murphy stuck in my head all week (I had it stuck in my head most of last fall as well) and since this polish has a dusty purple-rose feeling to it, I thought sharing this video would be fitting.

This polish is one of the limited edition fall/holiday polishes for Formula X. I partly wanted it because of the name Alchemy and the shiny cap was pretty appealing as well. At first glance the polish didn't look that exciting it reminded me of OPIs The World is Not Enough and from far away they probably could look similar enough. But, Alchemy is definitely more foil finish and less glass fleck (TWiNE is a glass fleck sort of shimmer)  and instead of just being browny-rusty-purpley it changes depending on the lighting. I think this is mostly due to the different color particles in the polish. Up close it reminds me of CYMK printing, and that brings me back to highschool graphics class. I suppose a more accurate term would be CYM as the shimmers are magenta, cyan and yellow, but there does not appear to be any black in there. I think part of the reason this comes off more rose colored is either there are silver shimmers in there as well or there is just a greater amount of magenta...or maybe there are two different pinky-red shades in there, it is very difficult to tell. This is one of those polishes that I seem to catch myself randomly staring at during the day, especially if I am somewhere with some different lighting.

Aside from CYMK this polish also reminds me a bit of Superman ice cream. Though I suppose it sounds a bit classier if I say it reminds me of a color process/model as opposed to a garish ice cream :-)

Sorry for so many photos, but this polish is just a bit mesmerizing. In some lights it just looks neutral but in others the multi color particles really stand out and do this kind of crazy thing with my eyes. I'd also like to apologize for the tip wear and the chip on one hand, I was scrubbing some stuff with a Brillo pad earlier in the day and it didn't occur to me to take photos before I started scrubbing... oops.

I'm not sure how long this will be in stores but if you are at all interested in a color that looks sometimes pink, sometimes steel grey, sometimes yellow sometimes mutli color you should definitely at least go to Sephora and test it on their little plastic nail sheets. So glad I bought this one.

Happy Election Day!

~DA