A Love Letter for ILNP Open Fields

So today, since I didn't have too long to prepare a more detailed post (because I just got back from a weekend away) I'm sharing with you one of my favorite straight flakies I've played with so far!



I really just love the color shift of ILNP Open Fields, it's the perfect combination of gold to green to blue on the edges and is really just so spectacular as a straight flakie! I haven't tried wearing it along yet, but I think that might just make my head explode.



Open Fields is the first ILNP flakie I broke out for a mani all on it's own, and because I holo all the things, I just had to layer it over ILNP Princeton to see what it looked like with some lovely holo behind it.



It was gorgeous. And I know I don't have an alone shot of ILNP Princeton, but it is just this lovely creamy mint green holo. Open Fields was a lovely compliment to it.



Then I kept seeing these gorgeous swatches of Open Fields layered over a grey. So I went to my collection and found the perfect grey pairing. The base here is Zoya Caitlin, which is almost a purple leaning grey color.



It created the most perfect background, and someone on IG said that the base here almost looks matte and I agree. It is just a great solid creme base and it looks great behind the beauty of the shift in Open Fields.



So what do you think? What has been your favorite flakie so far? And yeah, ILNP is having their holo flakie presale right now, so you should really check it out. I have of course ordered the holo version of this (because WOW, Cait at Polish Hound really wowed me with her swatches).

And the flakie scene is really picking up. The silver flakies with the mulitchrome flakies with the holo, the combinations are endless. I'm currently wearing a spectacular one by Different Dimension that combines a lot (if you follow me on IG, you'll see it!). The makers have really run away with this trend so far, and I'm liking a lot of it. Especially the ones that are combined with other types of things like like, holo etc.

That's all for today, but don't forget to enter my blogiversary giveaway, it ends on Friday!

ILNP Holo and Flakies Stripes Manicure

Going through my recent purchases lately, I came across my flakies, and the new one I purchased to round out my collection and this idea just popped into my head.

What will they look like all together on the same nail, in stripes, almost rainbow like and put together? And how cool would it be to have a holo base?! Because I'm starting to suspect my motto should be, holo all the things!



I'll start with the stars of the show! I got a fun mirror and thought it would be a good idea to use it to bounce the light to show off these lovely colors. In the shot above are ILNP Electric Carnival, Supernova, Mega (L), Open Fields and Phoenix.

Now onto the lovely mani!



So you know the order of the stripes, from top to bottom are Electric Carnival, Open Fields, Supernova and Phoenix. Mega (L) is the base. I used nail vinyls to create this look! Nail vinyls are the best! They can make any manicure look terrific!



What I love so much about this manicure is, you can really compare the flakies side by side here. You can see the color shift, and the way the shifts play of each other. Almost a rainbow of flakies.



And then in the sun, you have holo amazingness. Mega (H) is new to my collection, and it makes a super fun base! I love it, but I'm not going to lie, makes it a little harder to see the flakie shifts!



Flakies are tough in the sun. And since I live in California, the sun is out a lot! I think their shift hides in the sun, they really shine in the shade. This is why I thought the holo base would be great!



All the flakies in this post can be found at ILNP! The flakies retail for $12.50 and the holos retail for $10. 

So which is your favorite? I can't choose but I really really like seeing them all together. And layering? I haven't even tried that yet, but I've seen some crazy combinations out there lately! Flakies are all over the place, what have tried with them? What shift do you like best?!

ILNP Ultra Chrome Flakies Review

Hey guys! I got my ILNP Ultra Chrome Flakies in the mail today and I don't care how late I had to stay up to post this, it was going to happen!

It is nearing midnight now and I had to cover a school board meeting, but I couldn't resist staying up to play with my new polish and bring you guys swatches right fast!



Now these photos are not the greatest, but I wanted to get you the awesomeness as soon as I could!

The ones I chose, from left to right, are Open Fields, Electric Carnival and Supernova!



A close up of the three. From left to right in this shot - Super Nova, Electric Carnival and Open Fields. I did two thin coats over Zoya Chantal (I finally found a flattering nude creme, so amazing)



These polishes were extremely easy to work with and I can't wait to play with them and pair them with different base coats! I just wanted to get a side by side comparison for all you people who are interested in purchasing them! If your curious about my five nails above, they are EC, SN, EC, OF and SN.

Unfortunately, due to shipping issues with ILNP getting their bottles, the release date is most likely pushed back until late December. But follow them on Facebook to get all the latest updates. Each bottle retails for $12.50. If you want to get them as a gift for Christmas and they aren't in stock on time, try getting them an ILNP gift card, it will be just as good and they can get the polish as soon as ILNP restocks! I hope you all like this post, I just love these polishes. I only chose three from the entire collection – believe it or not there are actually 13 to choose from!