HPB Presents: Halloween Mani (Heather's Hues Killer Costume Party)

I have a review of another Heather's Hues polishes today which also happens to be my Halloween mani I'm wearing today. This has to be one of the coolest nail polishes I've tried this year and probably one of the top ones I've tried ever. I don't see magic like this too often these days. This was the nail polish I got out of bed to polish a couple of weeks ago. I think you all will agree.

Killer Costume Party (over a black creme)

Killer Costume Party is a clear base and is packed with iridescent chameleon glitters, iridescent color-shift flakes, and multichrome flakes in violet/red/orange and red/copper/bronze.

Collection: Heather's Hues Haunted Collection 2016

Color: Wowza! That is some magical polish! There is some much colorful multichrome and color-shiftness going on. I make less and less sense the more amazing the nail polish. This is a stunner and so unique and magical in my collection.

Formula: Excellent easy to apply formula. I used 2 coats over a black creme. I love this layered it really pops!

Price: This is $10 for a 15ml bottle or $5.75 for 7.5ml bottle on Heather's Hues etsy page.

Overall: Sneak peak! This will be one of my Top 25 of 2016 polishes. This is probably my favorite polish of the year. I love everything about it. How could you not? Everyone needs this one. Get it!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

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Happy Halloween!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 10/23/16-10/30/16

Where did time go? I needed to start melting through my fall scents now because it will be holiday melting time before you know it. I did get through some fall scents this week and it was overall a fairly good wax week!

ScentSationals Ginger Pumpkin
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is basically pumpkin spice on steroids. It's a lot spicier than your average pumpkin spice. I detect ginger and a lot more cinnamon. It's a great scent. I really like it. Despite the cupcake photo on the front, I only get a hint of a bakery note going on. It's really just an extra spicy pumpkin spice. 
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: ScentSationals

Ten Digit Creations Pomegranate & Juniper Berry
Scent Description: tart pomegranate is softened by the earthy aroma of fresh juniper berries
My Thoughts: This is more of a holiday scent to me than fall, but that really doesn't matter. It's a very juicy pomegranate note with earthy and airy notes added to it. It's a really nice scent. I'm a fan of fruity wintery scents like this one. The throw was decent, but it faded fairly quickly. 
Scent Throw: 2.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Wilma's Barbershop
Scent Description: The nostalgic fragrance of shaving cream with maybe a touch of aftershave.
My Thoughts: The description is right. This smells just like plain shaving creme. It's a soft and very soapy clean scent. There isn't anything really overly strong or masculine about this. It's just shaving cream. I really enjoyed this scent. I'll be needing more.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Ten Digit Creations Pumpkin Honey Chai
Scent Description: creamy pumpkin, black chai, vanilla, milk, and honey
My Thoughts: The description on this one is not right in my opinion. This smells like pumpkin, butter, and salt. An obscene amount of salt. This scent is so salty to me! It's not bad, but it's not anything I really could handle for a long period of time. It's like a pumpkin cookie buried in 4ft of salt. It's weird,don't I dont totally hate it. It just needs to be 90% less salty and 90% more honey and chai. I get the slightest bit of chai from this but no honey at all. 
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations 

Happy Sunday!

Sinful Colors Where Oh Werewolf?

I guess it's only Sinful Colors we can really rely on these days for drugstore nail polish. Most of their collections are repromotes or repeats, but they do throw a new shade here and there on occasion. One of the new shades I spotted in their Halloween collection recently was this Walgreens exclusive.

Where Oh Werewolf?

Where Oh Werewolf is a medium gray with a silvery glass fleck shimmer.

Collection: Sinful Colors Halloween 2016 Walgreens Exclusive

Color: This a very saturated and creamy gray base color. I love the opacity of this gray and I adore this glass fleck shimmer. It really pairs nicely with this color and gives it some interest. 

Formula: I had my doubts before I even opened this bottle. I thought this was going to be a sheer color that needed 5 coats to look right or would have to be layered. I was wrong. This is a very opaque color. The formula on this was phenomenal especially considering the price tag. I used 2 coats. 

Price: This was $1.99 at Walgreens.

Overall: This is a winning polish for me. It ticks all the boxes of great polish and the best part is the price. It's hard to find polishes with this type of shimmer and formulated so nicely for only $1.99. This could easily be a $9-$10 indie. Its polishes like these that give me hope that drugstores and mainstream brands might start to reignite themselves. I truly miss being able to shop in store for great nail polish and find them at a great price. This one is a keeper! 

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Thursday! 

Heather's Hues Halloween Magic

I have a new to me brand to share with you today. I came across Heather's Hues when it was posted in FB group about a month ago. I was in bed getting ready to go to sleep and I checked my FB and some of her Halloween colors popped up. It was one of the very rare instances where something got me out of bed to buy! I purchased two colors from that collection and I have one of those to show you today.

Halloween Magic (over orange creme)

Halloween Magic is clear base packed with iridescent chameleon glitters that shift from green to red to orange to yellow, copper holo microglitters, and bronze and gold microflakes.

Collection: Heather's Hues Haunted Collection 2016

Color: I love iridescent glitter and it's not really visited much in nail polish lately. I love the dimension of this polish with microglitter and flakes. I like the autumn color scheme of this glitter too.

Formula: Easy to use formula. I used one coat over a base above. This is buildable, but I found it looked better layered in my case.

Price: This is $9.50 for a 15ml bottle or $5.75 for a 7.5ml on Heather's Hues etsy site.

Overall: This is a gorgeous iridescent glitter. I love the colors of the all the glitters and elements that go into this polish. It gives it interest and makes it unique. I also love that it's iridescent glitter which isn't something I see a lot in nail polish anymore.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

 Happy Tuesday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 10/9/16-10/23/16

This is more like a review of wax over the past 2 weeks. Last week, I caught a cold. I couldn't smell anything for a week, so I skipped last week's post. My sense of smell returned this past Thursday, so I have 2 waxes pre-cold and 2 waxes post-cold to share with you today.

Lake Providence Lodge Lovely Grace
Scent Description: This is a duplication of a famous actress’ fragrance although I think it smells also like another fancy line’s shower gel and lotion. So, I combined the name! This scent is for those who love clean, fresh and slightly floral scents.
My Thoughts: This smells like Philosophy's Amazing Grace scent. It's a lovely feminine, perfume-like scent that is soft and pleasant. I love this scent as it has a more sophisticated touch, but it's still a clean scent. I really enjoyed this one.
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Yankee Candle Crisp Fall Night 
Scent Description: The autumn evening invites with brisk earthiness and dreamy interludes of lavender and woodland notes.
My Thoughts: This is a soft woodsy scent. I go through phases of loving woodsy scents and not being able to stomach them. This one is nice because it's a softer scent. It's not overbearingly woodsy. I definitely get the lavender and woodsy vibe going on and it works well. Yankee Candle wax tarts are known to be really light in throw, this one is light-medium, but it works for a scent like this. I don't think I'd want it to be stronger.
Scent Throw: 2.5/5
Where To Buy: Yankee Candle

Lake Providence Lodge Chamomile & Lavender 
Scent Description: Sweet, calming chamomile is blended with an herbal lavender creating a relaxing and clean scent.
My Thoughts: Chamomile and lavender blends are probably my absolute favorite and this one delivers. It's the perfect soothing, cozy, and relaxing scent I want when it's bedtime or I just need to relax. It's soft, clean, and powdery. I love the throw on this one too, it's strong unlike similar blends from other vendors. 
Scent Throw: 4/5 
Where To Buy: Lake Providence Lodge

Wilma's Bonfire Bliss
Scent Description: Roasting marshmallows at a bonfire!
My Thoughts: I'm guessing this is a dupe to BBW Marshmallow Fireside. I have a Marshmallow Fireside candle and I do detect some differences. Bonfire Bliss I can't help but get a weird coconut note from it, it's not as marshmallowy or smoky as the BBW. It's a nice scent, but not exactly what I wanted from it.
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Happy Sunday!