Celestial Cosmetics Iron Born

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Hi all!  I've got a hankering for a certain pair of red faux-suede platform booties spotted on the fabulous Maria of Cult Nails fame on instagram and am trying to hatch a plan to acquire them in time for our belated Oktoberfest party tonight without giving C the chance to say no... Mom, if you read this today and you see them on me tonight, you'll know I was successful, lool.

I've got on my nails today another thermal holo beauty from the Color4Nails/celestial Cosmetics collab collection, The Seven Kingdoms.  This polish is called Iron Born and it is the most unique holo color I've seen in a while.  In the bottle, it's cold, slightly purple leaning steel grey with a medium strength holo.  Looking at it in the bottle is interesting, though, because it almost gives the appearance of a complete absence of color.  Your eyes focus on the rainbow and while it does not give off a searing linear effect, it somehow makes the color of the polish almost... nondescript.  It's so weird.  And, totally cool.  On the nail it warms to a surprising and elegant silvery lavender-taupe.

 

Iron Born heats up very quickly and gives off a less natural gradient and more precise french tip-like

appearance, another plus for the time and artistically challenged among us.   This one has a slightly flat, metallic finish.  Topcoat adds shine and does not diminish the rainbow.  The formula is elementary, as I'm learning to expect from Celestial Cosmetics.  I used two coats of polish.

 

Because Iron Born adapts to body and environmental heat so quickly, it was hard for me to capture the polish in a completely cold state, but I tried to act fast, lol.

Sorry for the less than awesome photo/pose, haha, but I basically stuck my hand under cold water, dried it off as quickly as possible, and snapped a shot before the polish could morph.  So this isn't really even an accurate representation of what this is going to look like on, but I wanted to throw it in here, anyway.  Results are going to be more akin to this--

I'll wrap this up by saying that as gimicky as I initially felt like thermal polishes are, I'm really enjoying both the thermal holos from Celestial.  They're so soft and elegant and just plain pretty.

Iron Born and the rest of the Celestial Cosmetics The Seven Kingdoms collection will be available for sale internationally at color4nails.com.

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Thank you for reading, wish me luck on the booties, lolol, and have a beautiful day!! ♥

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Celestial Cosmetics Little Finger

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Hi everyone!!  Exciting things have been happening for e-tailer Color4Nails and proprietor Sisi, not the least of which is the launching of a collaborative collection of special effects polishes with Aussie indie newcomer Celestial Cosmetics.  The gals are Game of Thrones fans and this fun and beautiful set, called The Seven Kingdoms Collection, is a nod to the acclaimed show.  I'm stoked to be able to preview four of them within the next few days.

First up is Little Finger, an orchid purple thermal faint linear holographic polish that heats to a dusty sky blue.

This polish is awesome.  The holo strength and rainbow is similar to that of the Milani holos and has the same jellylike finish.  The formula is amazing-- I used two easy coats and one layer of topcoat, which does not dull the rainbow.  The only complaint I have-- and it's almost not so much a complaint as an observation-- is that this, and it might be this particular bottle, has a few errant red and pink bits floating around.  In the twenty coats I used altogether, one coat yielded a pink bit but it was easily and neatly discarded.

The natural gradient effect Little Finger emulates on longer nails is so pretty and for someone as decidedly unversed in nail art as I am, this is a real treat.

 Here are a couple shots of Little Finger on my cold little fingertips, lolol :)

There's not a temperature or an angle at which this polish doesn't look beautiful.  Little Finger is an awesome option for my fellow holo fiends heading into the cooler months but not quite content to pack away the rainbow just yet.

Little Finger and the rest of the Celestial Cosmetics The Seven Kingdoms collection will be available for sale internationally at color4nails.com.

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Thank you for reading and have a lovely day!! ♥

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