ILNP Ultra Metallic Flakies Swatches & Review

Hi friends! I have two beautiful polishes to share with you today. I bought these from boutique indie brand ILNP a while ago and couldn't keep them from my readers any longer haha.

Juliette is a rose gold ultra metallic flakie with a holographic effect. This is incredibly stunning and I pretty much want to wear it every day. This went on my nails like magic, nice buttery magic. Opaque in two coats. I love that these types of flakie finishes don't require extra top coat to make them smooth like some glitters, just one. :)

Bulletproof Symphony is a medium blue periwinkle ultra metallic flakie with a holographic effect. Reminds me of a pair of jeans, but some really awesome, holographic blingy jeans haha. Applied super easily with full coverage in two coats!

I purchased both of these polishes on the ILNP website for $10 each. What do you think about these?? I wanted to tell you all about how much you all mean to me. All your support, even just coming by to check out my photos, really keeps me going. You're the best!

❤ Kellie

My Picks from the ILNP Fall 2015 Collection Swatches & Review

Hey you, how ya doing today? I'm finally feeling better after my latest cold, phew! I've got two polishes from the ILNP (I Love Nail Polish) Fall 2015 collection to show you. I only bought two of the seventeen shades that they came out with for the season, but I really love the ones I got.

Clockwork is a bronze gold in the ILNP "precious metal" formula, metallic flakes with a range of holographic particles in a silky beige base. The flakes in this are smooth and flat and meld together into a super shiny, luxurious metallic finish. Then you add in the holo and this knocks you over with sparkle! This is two coats. I might be obsessed with this. Not difficult to remove like regular glitters, which is very nice.

Spiced Eggnog is a different type of beautiful, an odd fellow in my collection. I had to have this because it's so unique. A beige "eggnog" crelly base with soft holographic shimmer, and burnt orange speckle flakes that become the "spice". This also had a great formula, very easy to apply. Two coats. It's a love it or hate it shade, and I adore it!

I purchased these from the ILNP website for $10 each. Did you pick anything up from this collection? They just released their Holiday collection and it's amazing. I need to go get some more of their metallic flake polishes, it might be the coolest finish out right now!

❤ Kellie

ILNP Summer 2015 Ultra Holos Collection Swatches & Review

Hi everyone! I hope your week is starting off well! I'm still under the weather, but I think I'm beginning to come around the bend. Summer sickness is the worst! Today I have the second summer collection from ILNP to show you, a gathering of ten ultra holographic shades.

Press Sample

I See You is a tan champagne holographic. It was very smooth and easy to apply. This is two coats.

Next is Float On, a bright oceany blue holographic. This one appears more scattered holo than linear and it's a tad more jelly-ish. This covered completely for me in three coats.

Closure is a vivid apple red holographic. It was completely opaque in two coats. Surprisingly I had a tiny bit of staining on this one so double up on your base coat to avoid that.

Here is Paper Route, a pale grey milky holographic. It was on the sheer side on the first coat, but I used a slightly thicker coat on the second and it became totally opaque. This has a stronger holographic effect than I expected for a pale shade like this.

Ten Fold is a cool toned blueish green holographic. I was expecting this to be a "money green" but it's definitely got more of a blue tinge to it. This was the sheerest of the ten, this is three coats and it's still a bit see through.

This is called Walking Home, a yummy grape purple holographic. Great formula, two coats.

Paige is a fuchsia pink holographic. Another effortless formula, two coats for full opacity.

Next is Honor Roll, a striking navy blue holographic. These dark shades really pop with that awesome mix of linear and scattered she has going on with these ultra holos. Two easy coats.

1UP is a summery lime rind green holographic. Another easy one, two coats.

And last is Missed Calls, an inky black holographic. Excellent rainbows on this one, just wow. Two coats.

These are all really great. Easy formulas, fast dry time and easy removal. You can purchase these on the ILNP website for $10 each. Tell me which one of these is your pick! I have to give it to Paper Route, such a classy shade!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

ILNP Summer 2015 Collection Swatches & Review

Hi there friends! How are you doing? I'm down for the count with a real nasty summer cold, or possibly bronchitis, but I've still got swatches to show ya! Today I am bringing you the ILNP Summer 2015 collection. There are eleven shades of amazingness in this bunch. They also put out a nine shade collection of Ultra Holos I will be showing you next, so stay tuned!

Press Sample

First is Mega (X), the fourth incarnation of Mega in the ILNP family. This is labeled 'X' for "xtreme" holo because it has an extra large holographic pigment size. It was on the thin side; I used three coats here. I was basically blinded by this polish. A must-have for holo lovers because it's very obviously holographic even indoors. If you're interested, my friend Jess did a comparison on all four versions of Mega on her YouTube channel.

Summer Crush is a bright hot pink crelly with holographic flake shimmer throughout. The shimmer really is quite rainbowy and doesn't appear just silver, which I love. Photos do not do this justice. You can still slightly see nail line at two coats, but I think that's all it needs personally. Dries just a tad satiny so use a top coat for shine.

Next is Long Walks, a grey taupe with a nice hearthy warmth to it from bronzey shimmer and soft gold flakes, with a dose of holographic glitter particles. This polish is nicely subtle, classy, and oh so chic. Three coats with a slightly thin formula.

Super Juiced is a bright blurple crelly with gallons of pink shimmer. This is an awesome color and it is so vibrant! Two coats. Needs a top coat for maximum shine.

Here comes Money Bin! This is a stunning gold holographic polish with added gold holo flakes. It's like your nails are made of doubloons! It has great coverage, opaque in two coats. The flakes can get messy upon removal, but it's worth it.

So Coral is a crazy bright neon coral crelly. It's more orange than the original China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy, for comparison. This is an ultimate summer polish. It was streaky on the first two coats, I needed a third to even it out completely. I wouldn't even care if it needed another one, it's so gorgeous!

Next is Harbour Island, a greeny blue teal jelly holographic. It is sheerer than a straight holo and can be worn over other polishes. I wanted to build it up, so here is three coats. It's still on the translucent side but very juicy looking.

Kaleidoscope is another one of ILNP's ultrachrome metallic flakie polishes. This one is a combination of all the multichromes she's done, basically a rainbow of flakies. I wore one coat over Super Juiced. It has great glitter payoff so you can also build it up if you want.

Pink Mimosa is another crazy holographic with holo flakies like Money Bin, this time it's coming to you in a pale rose pink. Awesome formula, two coats here. I am in love with this polish!

Cameo is a multichrome polish that is kin to ILNP's metallic flake topper Neon Rosebud that I showed you a while ago. It shifts from a dark purpley rose to a bright greeny gold, and a few other places in between. Thin but easy to use. Three coats.

And last of this bunch is Shoreline, a soft aqua blue version of the holographic with holo flakies finish they did with Money Bin and Pink Mimosa. There is actually a purple version available too, from their Spring collection called Happily Ever After. This is two coats. It was hard to capture the flakes with my camera, but my friend Emily has some great shots of it, and the rest of the collection, here.

If you missed the presale for this collection, they will be back in stock on the ILNP website today! They are $10 per bottle, except Kaleidoscope & Cameo, which are $12.50 each. What do you think of this fun gathering of color for summer? My favorites are the foil flakie holos, but they're all quite lovely. Tell me your favorites!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

ILNP Neon Rosebud Swatch & Review

Hello my sweets! How are you? I've been pretty overwhelmed at work this past week, there's been a couple people out of the office so I'm doing a few more jobs than usual. So I'm pretty glad it's Friday! Today I wanted to show you a fabulous polish, another ultra chrome flakie from the boutique nail polish brand ILNP (I Love Nail Polish). I showed you one of them a few posts ago, I really loved it. This is the only other one from the collection that I picked up, but I might be going back for more!

This is Neon Rosebud, a metallic multichrome flake polish in a clear base. It shifts between bright purpley fuchsia to pink to green to gold. I layered one coat over BB Couture The Huntsman, an oxblood purpley shimmer. In direct bright light it looks mostly chromey purple with hints of the other colors around the edges.

The flakes really liven up and shift more in lower lights, the shade photo shows the goldy green edges nicely. It really is like a rosebud, with the purpley pinky petals and green leaves around the outside, aww.

Here is an indirect bright light shot, which only halfway shows its true brilliance. These polishes just really have to be seen with in person for you to understand their full fabulosity. It just glows and shifts and glistens and WOW!

I picked this up from the ILNP website for $12.50. There are thirteen flakie polishes in this collection so there are lots of color combinations to choose from. Have you picked up any of the metallic multichrome flakies that have come out, from ILNP or any other brand? If not, what are you waiting for?! Hahaha, seriously, this is a trend I can get behind.

Enjoy your day friends!

❤ Kellie

ILNP Supernova Swatch & Review

Hey thanks for stopping by today! I wanted to show you an awesome new polish from boutique nail brand ILNP (I Love Nail Polish). It's my first bottle of their polish with their new formulas and their brand new chic-as-hell bottles. They are a hot ticket right now, very popular in the nail polish world.

This is Supernova, one of the new shades from their 13 piece collection of Ultra Chrome Flakie polishes. These are seriously magnificent. They have an awesome color shift and can be worn layered over any color, not just black like traditional flakies. This has an awesome range of colors reflecting in it, you can see blue, teal, green, purple, and a little bit of red and gold on the edges. I layered two coats over Nubar Indigo Illusion.

In the shade photo you can see another aspect of the color shift. Trust me when I say that I couldn't even come close to capturing how awesome this is in real life. You need to see them with your own eyeballs! They lay nice and smooth on the nail too, in case you are interested, little to no texture.

I purchased this from the ILNP website for $12.50. I also bought one more from the collection, so you'll be seeing that on here one of these days. I just can't get over how hawt this is! If you haven't tried these metallic multichrome flakies, you need to get on that bandwagon! Let me know what you think :)

Hope to see you again soon!

❤ Kellie