A-England Incense Burner

Incense Burner is a violet-based brown with lots of multi-chrome shimmer shifting between brown, purple, gold, and green. The formula is thick and highly pigmented, I really don't like that. It took a bit of effort to apply it cleanly and close to the cuticle. I don't like correcting the manicure after I've dried the polish, so it's a must for me that a polish allows application without any troubles. This is definitely not the case here. I will, of course, give Incense Burner another chance after adding lots of thinner. 

Incense Burner can be fully opaque in just one thicker coat but it would be harder to apply it without getting some of it on the cuticles. I chose to apply two thinner coats in order not to bother with cleaning up. It dries up pretty fast and is as durable as many other A-England polishes. I've had no issues with removing it.

I've seen some very beautiful swatches of this polish so I was disappointed with the way it looked on me. Most of the time it's just plain brown. With lights on, or in the sunlight, I can see the purple shimmer shifting to green sometimes. And that's all. The polish is still very good-looking but those swatches with extremely bright shimmer are misleading, in my opinion.

UPD. I used Incense Burner as an accent for my mani so I was able to do take some macro pics. Press 'read more' to see them~

In the shade

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