



Hemlock is a pale opal shade with a green iridescent shimmer. I personally think Hemlock is a perfect name for this shade as for some reason it kind of makes me think of wizards, witches and spells (and I’m not quite sure why!).
This is a very pale shade that is not very obvious but then in the right light the light catches on the green shimmer. You could wear this on it’s own but I thought I would experiment applying this over the top of black and white nail varnishes.

Apologies that I apparently didn’t do a very good job of painting this over the black nail varnish! I quite often paint a nail on my nail wheel and then tilt it and discover I haven’t applied the varnish fully around the edges.
The effect of Hemlock on it’s own and then over white is quite similar; applying it over white seems to make it appear ‘darker’. However you get quite a different effect applying this over black. Applying it this way makes the varnish stand out much more and makes the green shimmer much more prominent. This would probably be a pretty good Halloween look.
I think the reason I’m not keen on this shade is because of the green shimmer as I’m not keen at all with green on my nails. I do actually have a 17 nail varnish that is very similar to this that contains a blue shimmer through it instead of green. I used to use this a lot a few years ago but I’m not sure if that particular shade is actually available anymore. I might check this out and if it is I’ll do a dupe post.
Hemlock costs £14.50 and is available from the Illamasqua website.
Becky x
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