ILNP Celeste

Like Avalon and Nexus, Celeste was released earlier this month by ILNP as part of the Spring 2018 collection. This one is described as a lilac holographic polish with gold shimmers. The color is indeed a desaturated lilac that is heavily silvered by ILNP's signature holographic mix of particles and microflakes. It's also packed with loads of tiny, highly reflective pale gold microflake shimmers that light up as light travels over them and create a warm golden flash. In combination with the holographic components, they give this polish an especially lacy, ethereal look. The prismatic effects are strong, with a prominent mobile prismatic flush in ambient light and a moderately dispersed linear flare in direct light.

Application was great! The consistency of Celeste is fluid, light and smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, easy, self-leveling slip over the nail that is amenable to thin or thicker coats as preference dictates. Pigmentation is very good. Some sheerness on the first coat builds easily to wearable opacity in two. There's a bit of component scattering with cleanup. Celeste dries naturally in very good time to a gently textured finish, easily smoothed by topcoat.

Photos show two coats of Celeste over KBShimmer Love You Strong Time treatment and KBShimmer Fillin' Groovy basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

ILNP Celeste

So pretty! I love the delicate, lacy look of this polish, it reminds me of a springtime landscape when the dogwoods are in bloom everywhere or the flowering plum trees here on our place when the breeze releases the tiny petals to fall like light snow. Between the shimmers and the holographic components, there's all kinds of sparkly lightplay too, and the pastel lilac color is the perfect springtime backdrop. Exquisite!

love,
Liz