Polish Post/Press Sample: "Chimera" by Octopus Party Nail Lacquer

*Giveaway prize, upgraded to full size for swatches*

Hiya!  Long time no post I know - I've been such a slacker >.<  This weekend my family and I went to our property in Flagstaff to relax and celebrate my dad's upcoming birthday ^_^  It was lovely!  Gorgeous view of the Painted Desert:

Today I wanted to share with you the beautiful "Chimera" by Octopus Party Nail Lacquer!  I recently won the mini size in a giveaway in the fan group on Facebook, and Dave (owner and alchemist) was so awesome that he sent me a full size instead and asked if I'd like to swatch it for him.

I am no fool, I (over-zealously) said YES!  And here they are!

BEHOLD - Chimera:

Direct Sunlight

Indoors

Chimera was created as Dave's birthday polish :)  It is a beautiful shaded olive-colored holographic polish with some amazing multichrome flakies that pack a real sparkly punch!!  Application was amazing - very smooth, and this polish was nearly opaque with just one coat!  I am wearing two in the photos above.  It dried in under 5 minutes to a shine, though an added topcoat really made that linear holographic effect pop!  It's an all-around gorgeous polish :D  I added a 15 second video to my Instagram account of the amazing holographic and sparkly goodness of Chimera in the sunlight, if you wanna check it out!

Currently the OPNL shop is out of stock, but I know Dave's working on lots of upcoming goodies, and will be re-stocking soon, so make sure you check back frequently- better yet, "like" the Facebook page so you won't miss ANY re-stock and new polish announcements!

Hope you all enjoy/survive your Monday!  See you soon <3

Polish Post: I Love Nail Polish "Cold Fusion" & "Supernova" Pics and Revew

It's the last day of 2014!!!  What a year - I started running this year, archery, Taekwondo, and this blog!  I'm hoping to make this coming year even more productive :)

I've been wanting to swatch some of my new multichrome flakies from I Love Nail Polish (ILNP) since I pre-ordered them - they are such stunners!!  I gotta say, I totally love the new bottles, too.  They make the brand look so much more sophisticated - I feel like I have a super high-end polish with these new bottles :)

"Cold Fusion" 

"Supernova"

Out of the five flakies I purchased, I have my two favorites to show you today.  We'll start with "Cold Fusion"

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Cold Fusion is so very gorgeous, but I found the color shift to be much more subtle.  I'm not sure if it is because I wore it over another blue colored chrome polish by ILNP "Washing Ashore" (discontinued) rather than a neutral base color, like a dark blue or black.  Either way, it is still a beautiful look!!  I'm such a sucker for blues ;)  I love that when applying this, the flakies actually spread out and give nice coverage in just one coat (shown in the photos above).  This would definitely be full-coverage in about 2-3 coats!

The second flakie is called "Supernova":

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Indirect Sunlight

I wore Supernova in one coat over "Grapalicious" (another ILNP discontinued color), and I think it looks really great!  Grapalicious is a dark purple holographic polish, so having that as a base with the power of the chrome flakes creates a what I like to call a WOWZER effect :D  The color shifts in this flakie were a lot more apparent, and application was just as easy as Cold Fusion.  I'll be posting a macro video of that effect in motion on my Instagram today, so keep an eye out :)  

These flakies are superb, and I'm so excited to wear the other three!  They are currently in stock and available at the I Love Nail Polish website.  Here are some links for you:

Store: Here

Facebook: Here

Instagram: Here

I hope you have a wonderful final day of 2014!  What are some of your goals for this next year?

*NOTE: Links in this post are NOT affiliate (i.e. I get no kickback when you click on them).  I simply provide them for your convenience :)