Elevation Polish Heights of Hawaii Collection and Nail Art

Hey lacqueristas,

So if you know me well which some of my long time followers do you know I love and adore Elevation Polish.  I have been an avid supporter and fan of this brand since what feels like time immemorial lol!  Well Lulu the creator is brilliant and her brand is my unrivaled favorite of all the many polishes I own.  Creme, holos, and glitters alike she steals my heart over and over again and so today I'm hoping to steal yours with my nail art for her recently released collection inspired by all things Hawaii.  This collection is specifically special to me as one of my best friends in the world is Hawaiian and this post will be the start of I hope many more featuring nail art for the Elevation Polish brand.  So let's get started!

Pa'ako = Pretty
This is a soft pink creme which depending on your skintone may seem somewhat nude.  I am not such a person lol on me this pink is very salmony and I like that.  To be absolutely honest the softer the pink the harsher it seems on my skintone so I was refreshed at the blush of Pa'ako which ended up looking extremely flattering.  Pa'ako became the base for much of the nail art you will see today. It applies sheer in the first coat and becomes opaque in 2 self-leveling coats.  Gorgeous!

Haleakala
Holy holo batman!  Deep deep cranberry purple with an intense linear holo and a very subtle golden shimmer.  What can I say about this polish?  Absolutely perfect in practically every way.  Sheer on coat one and opaque in 2.  I kept looking at it trying to figure out what kind of art ot create finally I decided to place some hibicius flowers.  I used Mount Ventoux which from the Fan Collection as a accent.  The stamping you see here is all advanced method using Cheeky Jumbo Plate 2 Tropical Holiday.  How apt :)

Plumeria
Multicolor matte circle glitters in a shimmering blue clear base.  Let me tell you as far as I know Lulu was the first lady on the block making glitter toppers with circle glitter and she has always been brilliant at it!  Plumeria is a such a happy polish so many beautiful colors - acid yellows, soft pinks, blues, greens, oranges, and more!  I chose to layer it over Pa'ako and used a little bit of placement on the accent nail.  Again I'm using hibicius flowers and a little Hawaii emblem from the same Cheeky plate.

Silversword
A heavy silver shimmer polish with a very slight holographic pigmentation.  It has a very very slight green shimmer that's a bit hard to find but if you hit just the right light indoors you can see it clearly mostly when the holo is the least apparent.  So of all of the polishes of the collection this one is my favorite.  I like that it changes to a completely different polish when you head outdoors.  A holo in one setting and a shimmer in another.  I chose to do simple triangles using Haleakala and then apply black stripes around it just to keep it simple and elegant.  God I didn't want to take this one off as simple pretty always kills me!

 Shimmer in sunlight

 Holo in sunlight (just angled my nails a bit here)

So thoughts?  I think as usual Lulu hit one out of the park!  Flawless formulas, various polishes for everyone this collection premiered a bit later in the month than usual which is the 7th, but you can still scoop every single pretty seen here today on the 22nd of January at 9PM CST on the Elevation Polish website.  Polishes retail from $8.50 -12.00.  I have one more special release polish to post as well which I will put up tomorrow called Yeti's Broken Heart.  Poor Yeti lolol!  Thanks for reading and see you next post!

These polishes were provided for review, but let me assure you even if they weren't I would have bought them anyway as I have been a member of monthly buy group for over a year now!  Helplessly addicted!