Hallo fellow Pahlish fiends! It's me! Today, the 10-shade Japanese fairy tale June 2018 collection called Pahlish Mukashi Mukashi (Once Upon a Time).

Pahlish Seto Taisho / Teacup Soldier – Mukashi Mukashi Collection June 2018 (above). 

Pahlish Seto Taisho / Teacup Soldier – Once Upon a Time Collection June 2018 (above).

I'm gonna swipe creator Shannon's words and just slap 'em up right here so you can get a feel for what inspired her:

"Mukashi Mukashi...

A few months ago while doing some research for names we came across a table of storytelling phrases in different languages, including the Japanese variant "mukashi mukashi..." Every culture has one of these that loosely translates to what we think of as "once upon a time" and usually a variant of "and they lived happily every after" as well.

We had been working on a collection inspired by Japanese stories and some of our favorite animes on and off for the last few years but this was what really brought it all together for me. I hope that you all enjoy these polishes as much as I enjoyed making them!"

Shannon Pummill

Pahlish Nurikabe / Wall Creature – Once Upon a Time Collection June 2018 (above).

Pahlish Kappa / River Child – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below).

Pahlish Kappa / River Child – Once Upon a Time Collection (above).

The collection is stuffed with scattered holo pigments, holo flakies, shifty shimmers, soft shades and light formulas. Many of these took me 3 coats to reach opacity, but results across the board were floaty and fairly-like. There's an amazing element of charm in all 10 bottles.

Pahlish Umibozu / Sea Monk – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below).

Pahlish Umibozu / Sea Monk – Once Upon a Time Collection (above).

Pahlish Tanuki / Raccoon Dog – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below).

For most of these pretties, I did my regular kind of thin first coat, a second fatty, a third fatty, and a whack of my Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat. 

Pahlish Kitsune / Many Tailed Fox – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below).

The way these polishes show varies greatly under different lighting so I tried to shoot everything twice so you could see them in natural indoor light and again with a side of salad (aka grass) but sometimes it's cloudy and rainy (grrrr). 

Pahlish Momotaro / Peach Boy – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below).

When the sun doesn't cooperate at the precise time of day I'm swatchin', holo doesn't pop and my skin comes out looking all kinds of martian or lobster – needless to say, those photos didn't make the cut.

Pahlish Issun-Boshi / Inch High Samurai – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below).

Pahlish Issun-Boshi / Inch High Samurai – Once Upon a Time Collection (above).

You could conceivably use a matching pair of underpants for any of these (iKnow b/c iTried) but the results won't give you the same kind of... allure? Magic? Fairytaleness? Yeah, that.

Pahlish Kintaro / Golden Boy – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above).

Pahlish Kasa-Obake / Living Umbrella – Mukashi² Collection June 2018 (above & below)

So there you have it, Pahlish friends! Japanese folklore and fairytales at their finest fingerpaint form! And you know what else? It's a June 2018 release so it's available now at Pahlish.com! You gonna? If you are, I'll tell you my favourites have to be Umibozu, Tanuki (because I never thought I'd ever wear a Raccoon Dog on mah nailz) Issun-Boshi and that Kasa-Obake. 

What are your faves? Huh? You know I need to know!

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