Celestial Cosmetics: Opie, Reaper Crew and Chrome Amaranth

Good morning friends!  Hope your Monday went by without a hitch.  And if you are in one of the freezing Polar Vortex zones I hope you are staying as warm as possible.  Maybe looking at some sexay-hot polish will help keep you in warm spirits.  I have some lovely Celestial Cosmetics to share today and while they are readily available to Aussie gals, they aren't so easy for us US gals to nab.  Thank goodness for stockists like Color4Nails!  You can purchase all 3 of these at Color4Nails now.  

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Up first I have the Color4Nails exclusive shade, Chrome Amaranth.  Chrome Amaranth is a silver chrome polish with red glitter.  I also noticed some holo glitters in there, but they are sparse.  This polish was a little sheer, after 3 coats I still had a little visible nail line.  I did not use topcoat for my pictures but I'd recommend it because the glitter gives off a slightly bumpy look.  

Now I have 2 Celestials from the Sons of Anarchy collection.  This one is Reaper Crew.  Reaper Crew is a black linear holo with a very sparkly and pretty rainbow flame.  Application and formula were both fantastic.  Reaper Crew applied like butter in 2 coats and was very glossy and shiny without any topcoat.

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This is Opie, also from the Sons of Anarchy collection.  Opie is a shiny, foily, metallic silver linear holo.  This is a gorgeous polish!  Application and formula were both top notch.  I used 3 coats for full opaqueness and no topcoat.

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OPI Gwen Stefani Collection: Push and Shove, 4 in the Morning & Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Good morning!  I couldn't wait to share these with you!  I was very lucky to find the Gwen Stefani for OPI collection in my beauty supply store earlier this week and trust me when I say I bought them out.  And even went back 2 more times.  Anyways, this collection is pretty hot and I picked up the 3 that I thought were the most unique.  Here they are!  

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This beauty is Push and Shove.  Push and Shove is a silver chrome polish.  It is pretty amazing.  It looks like foil on my nails.  I was a little worried about buying it because I have never used this type of polish before, and I know they can be unforgiving with nail ridges.  So I lightly buffed my nails first and then used the base coat provided - a mini bottle of Drop That Base.  I very carefully and slowly applied 2 thin coats of Push and Shove.  I took care to not over work the polish or go over the same place too many times.  You can lightly see the buff marks in the macro but I was still happy with the outcome.  Push and Shove is gorgeous!  So this was 2 coats and no topcoat.  

Next up is 4 in the Morning.  I think I loved this one the most of the 3 I bought.  It's an amazing black "satin" finish polish that applied like a dream.  There is a very slight silvery shimmer that makes 4 in the Morning much more interesting than just a flat black matte.  The formula and application were both spot on perfection.  I used 2 coats and no topcoat.  

The other "satin" in the collection is Love. Angel. Music. Baby.  I love it for the color and the name.  It makes me think of Gwen and her L.A.M.B. collection of shoes and purses...mostly the gold tennis shoes!  The nice thing about this color is that it's not a solid gold.  It has silvery white flecks in it that give it more depth.  Love. Angel. Music. Baby. had a fabulous formula and application was really wonderful.  I used 2 coats for full opacity and no topcoat.  

Red Dog Designs Birthday Suit

Good morning!  And what a good morning it is.  I'm posting a holo, my most favorite kind of polish.  And it's a nude holo to boot...my most favorite holo color (besides red).  I really don't know why I love nude holo so much.  It's just so damn pretty.  Understated, wearable, beautiful, goes with everything, I could go on and on.  My friend Gina at Red Dog Designs sent me this gorgeous one of a kind nude holo as a Christmas gift and I put it on the day after Christmas.  It is perfection!  Gina excels at glitter bombs but I swear she should offer other finishes in her shop because they come out so fabulous.  

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Birthday Suit is a really lovely nude holo.  But it's not really a straight up nude color.  I can see some very light purple in there when in indoor lighting.  Birthday Suit has a great linear holo, it's just the perfect strength to add that noticeable touch to the natural color.  The formula and application were both wonderful.  Birthday Suit was very creamy and opaque.  I used 2 coats and 1 layer of topcoat.  

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Pretty Jelly: Bullet Rouge, Diamond S-teal-er & Dream Cloud

Happy first day of 2014!  I hope you made it to midnight to celebrate and didn't feel too cruddy today (if you celebrated too much that is).  I wasn't going to post anything but I felt like I just wouldn't be starting off the year right so here I am, almost 6:00 pm, typing up a post.  I have a couple lovely Pretty Jelly holos to share with you.  All were very pretty colors, with great formulas.  I definitely want to try more from this brand and look forward to what Pretty Jelly has in store for 2014.  I do believe there is a currently a sale so make sure you head over to the shop and check it out!  

Sale info: code OLD13 for 15% off $25+ orders.  Code NEW14 for 25% off $75+ orders.  Sale ends on 1/5/14.

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From the Glamorous Thief collection, Bullet Rouge is a pretty "magenta-red holographic polish" has "sparkly pigments that give it extra sparkle in addition to the holographic prism."  I very much enjoyed color and the tightly scattered holo in Bullet Rouge.  You can see that it literally glows in some of the pictures.  The formula was great, easy to apply with no issues to bring up.  The brush is a bit on the skinny/small side, but that has no effect on the polish.  I used 2 coats and no topcoat.  

Diamond S-teal-er is another lovely holo from the Glamorous Thief collection.  It has the same "sparkly pigments" as Bullet Rouge and is simply described as a "teal holographic polish."  Diamond S-teal-er is another tightly scattered holo but you can see the tiny holo sparkles more easily in this one.  Another great formula and application here.  I used 2 coats and no topcoat.  

Finally we've come to my favorite of this post, Dream Cloud.  As far as I can tell Dream Cloud isn't part of any collection.  It's described as a "cool slate grey holo" that "looks like a storm cloud of ideas."  I love that description as much as I love the polish.  Dream Cloud is more of a light linear holo.  Formula was a little more thin than Bullet Rouge or Diamond S-teal-er.  The first coat of Dream Cloud was a little sheer so I used 3 coats to build up the richness of the color.  Application was great.  No topcoat used.  

LOOK at all the colors in the macro!