Minuscule potholes in the surface of magazine paper, for example, can for some clash disagreeably with its apparent glossiness.
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Up close, the images are slightly grainy, giving them a tactile quality in addition to the glossiness bestowed by the artificial coloring.
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The photos reveal the glossiness of this show, as well as the cast's wartime wardrobe (read: short-shorts not dissimilar to Brad Pitt's).
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"It is such an amazing oil because [you can] use it before heat styling to protect the hair, or after for glossiness," he says.
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One example is the work of Jamaican-born artist Helen Elliott, who eschews the natural shiny, slick glossiness in favor of a stoning process.
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The super-glossiness is what sets this apart from your average mani, so grab a shiny, mirror-like topcoat to add that finishing touch.
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In contrast to its aural glossiness on record, Sivan gave the live version of the track, which you can see above, a real grit.
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The glossiness will start to fade a bit if you smack or lick your lips, but it'll still have a slight sheen to it.
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The video's glossiness marks a slight departure for the 20-year-old East Londoner, whose meteoric rise in 2015 was characterized by an aggressively DIY aesthetic.
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It's a combination of blockbuster space opera without the soulless glossiness, retro-futurism without the kitsch, and a gritty used future that still feels vibrant and fantastical.
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I got the Demi flat in the beautiful, goes-with-everything Saddle, which is the perfect color to show off the softness and glossiness of the leather uppers.
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One of the things I remember most strongly about BioShock is its glossiness — instead of looking simply wet, walls felt like they'd been lacquered, and enemies' blood seemed almost gelatinous.
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Though some find it too strong, others will take pleasure in the sour-grape aftertaste of this forceful wine, whose bruised-eye glossiness would best be paired with artisanal young-barnyard-animal cheese. 3.
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That warning's even in the small print when you go to buy the phone from the Apple website, so we all knew, or should have known, to expect the extra glossiness to result in extra scratches.
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Regardless of the gravity of some of its situations, the movie maintains a consistent cheery glossiness and is lit in the manner of a particularly lifestyle-opulent hip-hop music video (like the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize").
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Like most shows aimed at teenagers, there's a lot to take in — the drugs, the sex, the language — but unlike other shows aimed squarely at Gen-Z that make older generations clutch their pearls, Euphoria has an HBO glossiness.
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The stridency of her critique of the "glossiness of late capitalism" feels out of step with the rest of the book's subtle analysis — for example, of how society routinely fails the loneliest among us, as happened during the AIDS crisis.
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High-gloss finish used for kitchen elements In paint technology, the sheen is the glossiness of a paint finish. Glossy and flat (or matte) are typical extreme levels of glossiness of a finish. Glossy paints are shiny and reflect most light in the specular (mirror-like) direction, while on flat paints most of the light diffuses in a range of angles. The gloss level of paint can also affect its apparent colour.
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Reviews for the first series were positive, with Radio Times saying, "Taking New York has the glossiness and drama of Made in Chelsea with the likability and comedy of The Only Way Is Essex - and it's silly, fun and completely addictive".
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Plastic substrates also exist. No official paper industry standard defines glossy, semi-matte, etcetera, though an objective scale is available for the glossiness of papers used in offset litho printing. Hewlett- Packard, Epson and Kodak all use their own terms to describe their paper, such as Everyday (HP), Premium High Gloss and Luster (Epson) and Ultima (Kodak). ECI (www.eci.
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Owing to its intense and permanent coloration and glossiness, precious coral skeletons have been harvested since antiquity for decorative use. Coral jewellery has been found in ancient Egyptian and prehistoric European burials, and continues to be made to the present day. It was especially popular during the Victorian age. Precious coral has hardness 3.5 on the Mohs scale.
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Eucalyptus luculenta was first formally described in 1999 by Lawrie Johnson and Ken Hill from a specimen collected by Johnson in 1983 between the Balladonia Roadhouse and Mount Ragged. The description was published in the journal Telopea. The specific epithet (luculenta) is a Latin word meaning "full of light" or "bright", referring to the glossiness of the fruit underneath a waxy coating.
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The glossiness of the leaves increases as the plant matures. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils on a peduncle long, the individual flowers on a pedicel long. The mature flower buds are oval to pear- shaped, long and wide with a conical or slightly beaked operculum long. Flowering occurs from July to September and the flowers are white or creamy white.
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This shows that it is only the very final stage of the transformation of retinal signals into estimates of the surface property of colour that gives rise to conscious experience. Recently, Kentridge has been using functional neuroimaging to distinguish the brain areas involved in the perception of colour, shape, texture and glossiness to complement corresponding neurological studies. Kentridge is a member of a number of academic societies, including the International Neuropsychological Symposium.
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Silicones are ingredients widely used in skincare, color cosmetic and hair care applications. Some silicones, notably the amine functionalized amodimethicones, are excellent hair conditioners, providing improved compatibility, feel, and softness, and lessening frizz. The phenyl dimethicones, in another silicone family, are used in reflection-enhancing and color-correcting hair products, where they increase shine and glossiness (and possibly impart subtle color changes). Phenyltrimethicones, unlike the conditioning amodimethicones, have refractive indices (typically 1.46) close to that of a human hair (1.54).
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Like his aunt Carolyn, Wyeth enjoys painting domestic animals, such as chickens, dogs, pigs, and horses. He pays particular attention to the texture of the animal's fur or feathers, the glossiness of its eye, the grass around its feet. To create the desired effects, he uses brushstrokes for texture and varnish for sheen. Wild birds that appear frequently in his work are the common seagull and the raven, the first of which also features in his Seven Deadly Sins series.
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Clipped four-year-old male wire fox terrier Wire fox terriers kept for show are hand stripped; if the hair becomes too long, it is taken out by hand in order to preserve the colors and the glossiness of the coat. Many kept as pets are clipped monthly by a groomer. Clipping dulls the colors and makes the coat soft, curly and more difficult to keep clean, but it is preferred by many owners due to being a simpler (and cheaper) procedure than stripping.
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It's a film with no heart, no sense, just a series of orchestrated, contrived scenes..." Sanap commends Kapoor for being 'sincere' but that there is nothing about him the audience "hasn't seen before...." and that Parineeti "lacks gravitas. There is glossiness instead of authenticity..." In conclusion he says, "The film had the potential to be a real crowd-pleaser, but it feels forced, confused, and takes the audience for granted. It is better to say good-bye to this one." Udita Jhunjhunwala of First Post gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, saying that its "romance suffers from a dull, infantile script.
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View of Delft in oil paint, by Johannes Vermeer. Oil paint is a type of slow- drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried oil paint film. Oil paints have been used in Europe since the 12th century for simple decoration, but did not begin to be adopted as an artistic medium until the early 15th century.
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In a case study of an armoire with this condition from the 1930s from The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts: "Conservators used a more stable synthetic resin, a type of acrylic copolymer dissolved in a solvent, to consolidate weakened areas of the original varnish without significantly changing the glossiness of its finish or its color. To provide a consistent overall finish, they tinted a portion of that solution the same color as the aged cellulose nitrate to fill some of the more jarring losses. In the future, the new varnish will not be easy to remove, if it can be removed at all, but the synthetic resin used by the conservators is known to have good aging properties." Newman, Richard.
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Biomorphic Realism As with the series They Are Among Us, in Biomorphic Realism the artist continues to look at random objects, strangers on the street, fleeting signs of a higher existence that cannot be captured by a glimpse or a name. The artist’s technique of applying dozens of interlacing layers of paint and lacquer gives the canvas surfaces a glassy glossiness, underlining the fluidity of the shapes of art and of life. Red Expression In this series of paintings created in 2012, Mas takes the spectator into her experience of seeing the world in a rhythmic, pulsating dimension. The artist depicts her own environment with the intimacy of a diary: people feeding pigeons in a park, cyclists, a couple having a rest or awaiting for someone.
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" James Urquhart of The Independent called the book "a powerful piece of art", writing: "Besides sharp, witty dialogue, an emotionally charged plot and the vivid characters' ethical struggles, The Other Hand delivers a timely challenge to reinvigorate our notions of civilised decency". Equally, Andrew Rosenheim of Publishers Weekly found the book noteworthy for Cleave's "ability to find a redemptive grace in the midst of almost inconceivable horror." while Jeremy Jehu of The Daily Telegraph deemed it an "elegant parable" and a "challenge to every cosy, knee-jerk liberal inclined to spout off about our shared humanity and global obligations." A separate Daily Telegraph review, this by critic Ed Lake, took a dissimilar stance, opining that that book is "pervaded by a vaguely distasteful glossiness", and that "if Cleave is writing from great depths of feeling, he hides it well." Lake deemed the book "faultlessly relevant, but ultimately cloying.
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