Stella Chroma; October Polish Pickup Exclusive - For Fawkes Sake

Afternoon all.  It's Monday so you know what that means.  I am at gymnastics watching my daughter be the cutest thing ever.  Anywho, I thought I'd go ahead and start sharing the October Polish Pickup shades I have and I thought I loved the September polishes, the October ones are AWESOME!  The theme for the month is Mythical Creatures so that should tell you all you need to know!  This polish is created by Stella Chroma and it's a fabulous red shade inspired by Fawkes from Harry Potter.  For Fawkes Sake and the other October PPU shades will be available from 10/6-10/9 and just like every sale prior, you only buy what you love!  For Fawkes Sake will be $12 a bottle.  Let's jump in and get into more details about For Fawkes Sake!

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Elevation Polish Spam: Holos

Good morning!  Time for SPAM!  You ready?  I have a few posts lined up featuring some of my Elevation Polish collection!  I decided to start with holos this time because well, who doesn't love a good holo?  And Lulu makes them so perfectly that I think everyone can appreciate them.  These are all available in the shop now.  

*nothing to disclose*

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Up first is the gorgeous Tre Cime de Lavaredo from the Italian Collection in August 2014.  It's a bright gold holo.  It's got a light touch of gold flakies in it and it's absolutely gorgeous!  It's a brighter gold in direct sunlight, if you were wondering.  Formula and application were both fabulous.  I used 2 coats of Tre Cime de Lavaredo and no topcoat.

The Sea Was Red is a more recent release.  It's from the Journey Told Through Music Collection in January this year.  This is a stunning red to copper/gold duochrome holo.  The Sea Was Red is a perfect polish.  Holo, color shifting, absolutely stunning.  The formula and application were both wonderful.  I used 2 coats of The Sea Was Red and no topcoat.  

Darkest Safari is a beauty that will surely speak to those of you who love dark and moody colors.  This is from The Africa Collection that released in October 2014.  Darkest Safari is a "dark green holo with green/gold shimmer."  Beautiful.  I'd say this is a loose linear finish and it work well with the dark shade.  Formula and application of Darkest Safari were stellar.  I used 2 coats and no topcoat.

My last core collection holo to share is Sunset Among the Palms from the Hawaiian Punch Collection, November 2014.  This beauty is a "magenta/pink with a dash of holographic pigment and charcoal shift to blue flakie shimmer."  I'm in lust with this amazing color.  Though this was the first time it has graced my nails it has been my pedi many times over already.  Formula and application of Sunset Among the Palms was really lovely.  I did find this one a bit sheer so I used 3coats for full coverage and no topcoat.  PS - this is going to be one of my go to colors for vacations this summer!  

Summer of Untrieds Day 24: Holographic

Good morning lovelies!  I have a fantabulous gold holo to share with you on day 24 of the Summer of Untrieds challenge!  This beauty hails from Glitter Daze, and I am completely loving this brand!  I'm so glad I had a chance to try it out as well as to meet the super sweet maker Sana.  I've already been on her website creating up a wish list of more Glitter Daze that I want to get my grabby hands on!  Now there is still a week left of the challenge and you can participate.  All you need to do is post a picture of your mani on Facebook or Instagram and use #summerofuntriedschallenge, #julyuntriedchallenge and #wishesofablueeyedgirl.

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This amazing golden holographic polish is called High Rollers Club.  It's a really awesome metallic-foily gold in shaded light, then you move into the sun and BAM!  Super gold holo!  It's such a rich and luxurious color, the name is so perfectly fitted.  High Rollers Club was created specially for bloggers and Daze of the Month Subscribers.  The formula and application of High Rollers Club were both awesome.  I used 3 coats and no topcoat.   

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Lumina Lacquer The Snow King and Colors by Llarowe Woman from Tokyo

Good evening dears!  I have a lovely mani to share and just didn't want to wait!  It still has a holiday feel but it's not red, green, white or blue - GASP!  It's all about the purple, silver, gold and HOLO!  I quite like how it turned out.  I used some of my favorite brands for this mani - ones you've seen plenty of before on my blog so I'll skip introductions and jump into the online links.

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Colors by Llarowe: Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

China Glaze: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

I started this with 2 coats of China Glaze Gothic Lolita.  Gothic Lolita is from the 2012 Electropop collection and is a very lovely medium purple with some gorgeous shimmer.  It had a fabulous formula and great application.  I topped it with Lumina Lacquer The Snow King.  I love this glitter mix.  It's full of gold, silver and 2 shades of purple holo glitter in fun shapes - circles, snowflakes, stars, hearts and snowmen.  Sadly I didn't get any snowmen out this time.  But the nice thing is you can avoid pulling those glitter shapes out and this can be a year round color!  The Snow King had great formula and application.  Loads of glitter came out with each brush dip and it the glitter laid nice and flat on my nails.  I finished this with Colors by Llarowe Woman From Tokyo, a deep purple linear holo.  It's a very pretty color and it had a fantastic formula.  Application was a breeze.  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  I only used topcoat on my glitter nails.