Swatch - ILNP Grape Alicious & Molly

Hi all!

A while ago I passed a work related exam and treated myself to a few ILNP (I Love Nail Polish) holos. I bought 4 of them during the pre-sale and got a 5th Limited Edition for free (any pre-order of 3+ polishes received Absolute Zero, only available through this promotion, wheeee). I've worn nothing else since my box of goodies arrived earlier this week. I am in love. These are my first proper holographic polishes as well, I own one HEMA holographic polish which is not worth your money. Especially not once you've seen these.

All ILNP polishes come in a cute box with a name sticker on top, so easy to store in your Helmer and you still know which polish is which. The cap has a rubbery finish which gives it very good grip. All pictures are two coats, no top coat. I do recommend to use top coat as I did have slight sheet marks the next day.

Flash

ILNP Grape Alicious is a re-release and it is a vampy dark purple. It is gorgeous. In direct light it is slightly lighter in colour like the bottle shots on the ILNP website show. In direct light and with flash the holographic bend is amazing, I could watch it all day. I unfortunately don't have sunlight pictures, the sun was hiding behind clouds all week (plus I tend to be at work if it does show itself).

Flash

Indirect light

The picture above shows the polish in indirect light (lightbox), and below the transformation with flash. It is so lovely. These are also the last pictures before a major nail break... I added a gradient with Admire Me on my second day when the break happened, before I could take pictures *grumbles*.

Flash

Next up is ILNP Molly. She's a magenta holo that is to die for and has the adorable name sticker on the bottom of the bottle. Again all pictures show 2 coats and no top coat.

Direct light

I managed to break a huge corner off my middle finger nail (and my thumb as well) the second day I was wearing Grape Alicious, I had to file it shorter to make it less obvious *sad face*. I cheered myself up afterwards with Molly on my nails. How could it not cheer me up? Look at it!

Indirect light

Flash

I just love the linear bend this polish throws at you, and that colour... love these shades of pink. Nice and bold.

Flash

The other ILNP holos I bought are Admire Me and A.C. Slater. You'll see A.C. Slater on Monday for the 33DC Challenge. Admire Me will make it to my nails again soon. I love them all!

There are a lot more new releases on the ILNP website, including holo versions of the Multichromes! Trust me, it was hard to limit myself to a few of them. They were officially released yesterday, so grab some while you still can! I do recommend signing up to the ILNP newsletter, you'll get notice of pre-sales. Their pre-sale system is flawless, you can add yourself to a queue and get a message once your spot on the website has opened up.  That way the website does not crash due to high traffic. It's smooth sailing this way.