Starlight Polish OGUP Group Customs, Unicorn Wishes and Ghost Flakes

Starlight and Sparkles OGUP Group Customs

PRESS SAMPLES, provided for my honest review

Starlight and Sparkles Ghost Flakes and Unicorn Wishes

Haaayyyyyyy OGUP! I'm excited to show you the upcoming group custom toppers! I'm not really a topper person, not sure why but I neglect them. This has reminded me not to do that. I loved seeing how these transformed over different base colors as well as finishes. I've been really feeling matte lately and I'm truly a shimmer girl. With the right polish anything can happen apparently, even becoming a topper user. Onto the review and details!

• Available only to members of OGUP at this time, excluding Obsidian. Sale details can be found there and varies if you are domestic or international.. Unicorn Wishes will return somewhere at a later time. Ghost Flakes is one time only. Both are limited to 300 bottles so be quick.
• Photos taken in natural light and sunlight except where noted. In general my LED light didn't do these justice and/or the photos were redundant.
• Neither of these are the red to green to gold shift but 2 different sibling pigments, also discontinued.
• Comes with the cute charms!

GHOST FLAKES

Ghost Flakes is a topper with flakes that shift from glowing blue to violet to near invisibility with shimmer that shifts the same. Fun fact,"unicorn pee" pigments were made in both flakes and shimmer forms and that's the case with these. The flakes and shimmer are actually made of the same substance. Issa notes that these flakes are larger and more irregularly shaped than the shimmer and thicker than those you may be familiar with such as those used in Essie's Shine of the Times, Inglot and Nfu-Oh's polishes. I didn't have any trouble with them nor did I notice that they are thicker. One coat of my regular topcoat did the trick nicely. This is so perfectly named. In some lights and angles this absolutely glows and at an angle the flakes can almost disappear, especially IN PHOTOS grrr. It creates a beautiful opal effect.. I did try sponging this onto one naked nail. The result was very pretty, you can create an almost solid layer of flakes that really looks like a jewel but shows your natural nail beneath, much like looking at it in the bottle. Unfortunately without latex cleanup was a bear, those flakes loooove to stick to the skin and my camera would NOT capture this beauty, it must be seen in person to be appreciated.

2 coats of Ghost Flakes over 2 thin coats of Obsidian, topcoated and matted. Only one coat is needed for a pretty and visible effect but I did 2 for the camera. 

1 coat of Ghost Flakes over various creme bases, topcoated and matted. It was very camera shy here, I should have used 2 coats for the cameras sake but the flakes are visible in person.

Easy to use formula, not runny or thick. Appropriate dry time, flakes lay down on the nail without any fuss.

Can be messy to remove as the flakes like to stick to skin, swipe down the nail.

$20,15ml, capped at 300, not returning.

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Clockwise from top: LED artificial light, sunlight, sunlight

UNICORN WISHES

Unicorn Wishes is a combination color shifting shimmer and multichrome glitter topper. The shimmer is a "UP" sibling pigment that shifts from cool green, deep blue, flashes turquoise and indigo at extreme angles. The glitter shifts from teal green through blue, violet, purple and into fuschia. This is amazing matte, especially over grey and red, they really allow the shimmer to pop.

2 coats over one thick coat of Obsidian, 2 coats over colored bases. topcoated and matted. again 2 coats really isn't necessary to get a nice effect but I wanted more glitters.

Easy to use formula. Not runny or sticky, good dry time. 

No problems with removal, glitters are tiny.

$16, 15ml, one per person capped at 300 bottles at this time.

Natural light:

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not sure why the pinky looks different, I think it's just the angle

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 Artificial light/LED:

OBSIDIAN

Bonus shade! Obsidian is a cool black with a touch of shimmer that really adds to the complexity. Cool toned and a bit smoky, dries to a satin finish. Issa suggests using this under toppers to add dimension and I agree, plus it's pretty on it's own! I may wear black polish solo for the first time ever. Available now from Starlight.

• 2 thin coats, can be worn in one thick coat. Shown in its natural finish, no topcoat.
• Great formula, easy to control the amount and get full coverage.
• Good dry time, quick but not so fast you get ridges or overworking is a problem.

Obsidian, sunlight.

Thank you to Starlight for providing these polishes, they are all lovely. The group customs won't be available in the new 7.5ml half size but the rest of Starlight's catalog is and they are available now, rejoice!

Shop here: Starlight and Sparkles  and follow on social media for updates on new and retiring polishes. international peeps, you can shop at Psyche's Beau.

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