Star Kin by Every Sensory Review

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Hey ladies, for those of you in NZ, there's a new indie brand on the block!

Star Kin by Every Sensory is a mother/daughter team creating some gorgeous holo and glitter polishes. My friend Ami of Every Sensory is the 'daughter' creator.
She posted photos of some of the holos her and her mum had mixed one day and everyone thought they were gorgeous so she started offering them for sale. Now she's opened up her own Etsy store (with NZ shipping only, stinky P.O!), so you MUST stop on by.

Here are some of her polishes I have bought so far:

Star Kin Burganberry

 Burganberry is a gorgeous wine with a scattered weak linear holo effect. I just love the shade of wine, it reminds me of an Enkelini holo I wanted for over a year, but could never get my hands on because there was no international shipping. The formula is quite nice, a little sheer so I used 3 coats. This looks better in actual sunlight btw, you get a really nice rainbow sparkle.

Star Kin R.S

 R.S is a true ruby with a scatterd holo and weak linear effect. I love the colour of real rubies!!!!! And the blue rainbow is quite dominant in this formula so you get a really beautiful looking glossy holo. The formula was of a nice consistency and I got away with just 2 coats, score!

Star Kin Fog People

 Fog People might just be my favourite! It's got a concrete grey base with silver and gold holo glitters as well as some scattered holo pigment. It sparkles like mad and is such a unique shade. Application and formula were pretty good. It has a thicker formula than the holos but not too bad. It spreads nicely. I used two coats and then layered one coat of Glitter Gloss on top because it dries textured.

Star Kin Jaws

Jaws is a deep navy/indigo smothered in blue, purple and magenta micro-glitter. There is also a glowing red that comes through, I'm not sure if there is some holo glitter in there or if it is just the magenta glitter, but it is gorgeous! You can see the red in the flash photo. The formula is seriously thick and gritty though, so I used thick coats to help spread it over my nails. I used 2 coats in the end, but it's pretty opaque after 1. I made it look glossy with two coats of Glitter Gloss.
This type of glitter is one of my favourites!

Star Kins range from NZ$10-13.50/10-15mL bottle. They are phasing out the 15mL bottles in favour of the silver topped Jaws ones which are 10mL.

I hope you stop by the store,


xxx
NPA

From the Vault... SPAM

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These photos have been sitting in my edited file for a few months now, so I decided I had to post them now or say bye-bye...

Enjoy!

 Pahlish Twelve Drummers Drumming

 Twelve Drummers Drumming - I can't remember if this was 2 or 3 coats... Probably 3 since it's sheer. It's got a creamy nude base with gold/orange micro-flakes, iridescent and copper glitter. Beautiful!

L'Oreal 811 

 811 - do these mini sized L'Oreals actually have names or is the boring number all we get? Gorgeous blue with green shimmer though! This was 2 coats.

Sation Delete Your Junk Male

 Delete Your Junk Male was part of the Miss Antoinette Collection, but I couldn't get it to photograph true to life so I never posted it. In person, this is a dark pink jelly with subtle white sparks, just like Love Is In The Heir! Sadly it just looks super coral/orange/red in photos... Maybe it's got some neon to it? Anyway, this was at least 3 coats because she's pretty sheer.

 OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest

Every Month Is Oktoberfest is a deep aubergine loaded with rich rusty shimmer. Two thin, easy to apply coats and you're good to go. Faboush!

Red Carpet Lacquer Glades over BYS Black & Gold

 Glades is a glitter colour-shifting top coat. The glitter is translucent and when layered you see a shift from green-yellow-orange. I applied two coats over a back base with gold shimmer flakes.

Elevation Polish Grotte et Cascade

 Grotte et Cascade is a rich, deep brown with blue, purple, pink and red micro-flake shimmer. It's opaque in 2 coats and sooooooooooooooo gorgeous! I've been rocking it a little this winter already.

Lilacquer Leeloo Multipass

 Leeloo Multipass - who didn't love The Fifth Element?! It's quite possibly the only Mila Jovovich film I've ever seen :) And Brucey is AWESOME as per usual. LM is another shade that would not cooperate with the camera. It's a warmer orange with pink shimmer, but it looks terribly yellow toned in these shots :( This one was a streaky sucker; I might have ended up with 4 coats because I was trying to even it all out! I think 2-3 coats was opaque.

Daring Digits Love Dragon over Pahlish Eight Maids A Milking

 Love Dragon is a pink to purple shimmery micro-flake top coat. I added two coats to a pink and purple Pahlish glitter and it looked so sparkly! The name is fantastic too!!!!!

Dollish Polish Mermaid Scales v2.0 with stamping and gems

I tried my hand at a mermaid tail themed manicure and all was swell until I put top coat over the rhinestones. It went all bubbly and nasty :( I learnt not to top coat these gems though... I used BM 209 and China Glaze Millennium for the stamping.

China Glaze Full Spectrum

 Full Spectrum is a pink/silver duo-chrome choc-a-block full of rainbow hexes. I've since sold this because I'm not that in to the rainbow glitter, but the base is pretty. This was two thin coats.

Femme Fatale Quivering Heart over Hits Unconventional

 I've posted Quivering Heart before, but this is it layered over a darker base. I love how the moody red-purple duo-chrome sets off the gold sparks in QH.

Candeo Colors Sweet Sierra over Essie Madison Ave-Hue

Sweet Sierra is a lavender and rose pink holo glitter top coat. It's squarey-hex and sparkles like mad! I'm wearing 1 coat over a pink from Essie.


Yes, that got rid of so much backlog! Now I need to go study and edit some newer snaps!!!!!


xxx
NPA

My OPI Mariah Carey Collection Picks

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I've been very selective with new OPIs lately. I just got to the point where I didn't actually need ALL the polishes! Now I'm trying my hardest to only buy big brand lacquers that I don't have something like already in my collection.

The Mariah Carey Collection had quite a few interesting releases, but I stuck to the two most special ones!

OPI Sprung

 Sprung is a gorgeous orange/gold/pink micro-flake shimmer. It's another Warm & Fozzie, Pros & Bronze relative. There is a kind of foil look about it at times. I only needed 2 easy to apply coats for full coverage, whereas these micro-flakes tend to be sheer, Sprung is pretty pigmented.

 OPI Stay The Night

 Stay The Night is a light black liquid sand with deep pink glitter. I think I like the finished product because the fine pink hexes sparkle so nicely when it's matte. The formula is a little disappointing though, because the base is very thin and comes off looking like a deep brown, so I used 4 thin coats in the end for full coverage and maximum blackness! You can get away with 3 if you aren't as picky :) Dry time is longer than the average lacquer.


Here it is with two coats of Aqua Daisy Glitter Gloss:

Glitter hungry indeed! I prefer it textured.

Which are your favourites from the Mariah Carey line?


xxx
NPA