HPB Presents: Halloween Mani (Heather's Hues Killer Costume Party)

I have a review of another Heather's Hues polishes today which also happens to be my Halloween mani I'm wearing today. This has to be one of the coolest nail polishes I've tried this year and probably one of the top ones I've tried ever. I don't see magic like this too often these days. This was the nail polish I got out of bed to polish a couple of weeks ago. I think you all will agree.

Killer Costume Party (over a black creme)

Killer Costume Party is a clear base and is packed with iridescent chameleon glitters, iridescent color-shift flakes, and multichrome flakes in violet/red/orange and red/copper/bronze.

Collection: Heather's Hues Haunted Collection 2016

Color: Wowza! That is some magical polish! There is some much colorful multichrome and color-shiftness going on. I make less and less sense the more amazing the nail polish. This is a stunner and so unique and magical in my collection.

Formula: Excellent easy to apply formula. I used 2 coats over a black creme. I love this layered it really pops!

Price: This is $10 for a 15ml bottle or $5.75 for 7.5ml bottle on Heather's Hues etsy page.

Overall: Sneak peak! This will be one of my Top 25 of 2016 polishes. This is probably my favorite polish of the year. I love everything about it. How could you not? Everyone needs this one. Get it!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

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Happy Halloween!

Darling Diva Beau Job

Ahem. What a name for a polish!

One of the things I like about some indie brands is that they offer grab bags. They're mystery grab bags that usually range from $20-$25 for around 5 polishes. This is a great steal because these days you can easily spend $30 on just 3 indie polishes.

The indie world is still a bit overwhelming for me. If I like a brand, but I can't decide what I really want to get, a grab bag is the perfect way to go for me. The cool thing about grab bags is they often include prototypes or limited edition polishes you can no longer purchase in the regular rotation. When I do group gift exchanges I often put indie grab bags on my wishlist. That's how I ended up with this polish from Darling Diva! I've always liked this brand, but when it comes down to deciding what I want I can't make up a mind, so a grab bag does that for me!

Beau Job over a purple creme

Beau Job is a color shifting shimmer pigment (green-blue-purple shift) with multichrome flakies in a clear base.

Collection: Last Night in Vegas LE Duo 2015

Color: This is one of the coolest nail polishes I've ever seen. It's like all the magical unicorn power in one polish. The color shifting shimmer is strong and vibrant on the nails and the multichrome flakies really add beautiful dimension. This polish is liquid magic.

Formula: Excellent formula. I used one coat. It applied easily and smoothly.

Price: This one is no longer available for purchase, but I got it in a grab bag, so you may score one too the same way. Darling Diva grab bags are $20 and can be found on her site.

Overall: I don't have another polish even remotely like this one. This is gorgeous and so unique and complex. What's interesting is the duo it was released with, it was paired with a lighter purple. I personally think you really get the best effect with this polish layered over a dark color. That color shift really pops against dark colors. This is a great topper and I'm very impressed.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!

Serum No. 5 Power Reflective Top Coat

*I received the following product in exchange for my honest review. 

Yes, I'm still working through Cosmoprof polishes! This one is by Serum No. 5. This is my first polish from them, but I'm very familiar with the brand as I've been oogling over their polishes for a long time. This polish is definite oogle worthy!

Power (over Color Club Take A Hike)

Power is a clear blase filled with a rainbow of multichrome micro flakies.

Color: Wow! This is perfection. I love the rainbow of color-shifting flakies in Power. This shiny, sparkly, and color-shifty (hehe)! This is stunning. I don't have much else to say about that.

Formula: Top notch. I love the size of these flakies. They're teeny which gives you excellent coverage. I used one coat above and this was a breeze apply. You can see the great coverage I got in only one coat.

Price: This is $14.50 on Serum No. 5's website.

Overall: Power is a beautiful flakie topper. I love the rainbow of colors and the multichrome effect. The formula is spectacular and it's just an all around winning polish!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to all we celebrate!

Pretty Jelly 3 Year Anniversary Shades

*I received the following products in exchange for my honest review. 

I have more Pretty Jelly goodies to share with you on this Friday. This collection consists of three colors to celebrate Pretty Jelly's third anniversary. One of the best new trends in indie polish that I'm head over heels about this year are multi-chrome flakies, rainbow flakies, and metallic flakies. I'm a blingy girl, and these flakies take bling to the extreme. These three anniversary shades all have rainbow flakies in them and are blingtastic to the max!

Transcendent Triennium

Transcendent Triennium is an opaque gold holo glitter and rainbow flakies with an emphasis on the
pink/purple. Note: My camera really picks up on the pinky/purple flash on this, but in real life this does have an overall golden look to it as you can see on the sides of my nails.

Celestial

Celestial is an opaque silver holo glitter with rainbow flakies.

Amore

Amore is an opaque pink bronze glitter with pink, red, gold, and blue flakies

Collection: Pretty Jelly 3 Year Anniversary Shades 2015

Colors: These are all three absolute stunners. I love all the shades and they all offer something different. Celestial is cool toned, Amore is warm toned, and Transcendent Triennium kind of falls in between. You're getting different tones in all of these and the color shifts and flashes from these flakies are incredible!

Formula: Excellent opaque glitter formulas. I used 3 coats on all three and got full opacity. I think some of you could get away with 2. These glitters cover the nail easily and evenly.

Price: This is going to be releases as a set on on Monday 10/26. You can buy the set for $32.40 (10% off) between 10/26-11/2. These will be available for individual purchase on Pretty Jelly's anniversary 11/10 for $12 each. You can purchase these from Pretty Jelly's etsy site.

Overall: These are incredible glitter/flakie combination colors. I love the depth and complexity each of these shades have. Again, another thoughtful collection from Pretty Jelly. If you love glitter and flakies you will not be disappointed by these shades. They're a must have in my book!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Friday!

Indigo Bananas Galactic Halo (Holo)

I have new to me indie polish to share with you today! Well, it's not really new to me. I've known of Indigo Bananas for quite some time, and have/had quite a few on my wishlist for awhile. This is the first polish I've owned from the brand, so as for me actually trying the brand it is new. I received this as part of my HPB Valentine Exchange gift from Katie over at Lustrous Lacquer! Many thanks!

Galactic Halo (Holo)

Galactic Halo (HOLO version) is a lavender to copper chrome flakie (a special type of thin multichrome flake) & linear holographic polish.

Collection: Chrome Flakies

Color: As you can see I copied and pasted Indigo Banana's color description. This is one that is so complex and multi-faceted I can't describe it. This color in general does lean purple, but as you can see it has the beautiful effect of the flakies and holos mixed in. This looks different from various angles and is amazing!

Formula: The formula on this was easy to use. I used 3 coats above.

Price: A mini 8ml bottle is $7.75 and a full size 15ml bottle is $12.00. You can purchase it here.

Overall: This is one of those polishes you put on, and your jaw drops. I thought we saw it all with nail polish before these multichrome flakies. I didn't think something so cool could exist in nail polish. Galactic Halo (Holo) is spectacular!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Wednesday!