My late Christmas Manicure!

Hi guys! So I was away with my family on Christmas and haven't had the chance to post my Christmas Manicure. I actually did this same manicure last year and loved it, so I thought I'd try it out again. I used a base of China Glaze Poinsetta from last years Christmas Collection and then Tinsel Town sponged onto the tips.

I also wanted to remind you guys about my blog sale where I'm selling HEAPS of polishes, including some of my absolute favourites and HTFs to make it easier when I move states next month !
BLOG SALE

China Glaze Running In Circles!

Hi guys!
I know it's been forever since I've posted but I've been so busy getting ready to change universities and with work, and then I got sick etc etc but I have a post for you today! yay!

This is China Glaze Running In Circles from their new Cirque De Soleil Worlds Away Collection. It's a vibrant light emraldy green with a gold shimmer, it reminds me a lot of Zoya Apple.
I used two thick coats for full coverage

And another thing you might notice! I've gone back to short nails!

Essie Where's My Chauffeur? Swatch & Comparison

Hi guys! Today I'm showing you Essie Where's My Chauffeur from their holiday 2012 collection, I can never pass up a turquoise!

I used two fairly generous coats for essies small brush.

I then decided to do a quick comparison with a few popular turquoise shades you might have.

Left to Right:
China Glaze For Audrey, Orly Frisky, Essie Where's My Chauffeur?, Zoya Wednesday, Essie Turqouise & Caicos.

No 100% dupes here, the closest by far was Orly Frisky (In Real Life) While Frisky is more opaque it stains like a bitch which I didn't experience when removing Where's My Chauffeur?

China Glaze Holiday 2012: Champagne Kisses

Hi guys! Today I want to show you a stunning polish from China Glaze's holiday collection this year. This is Champagne Kisses. It's a pale gold/beige glitter that is just beautiful! I would say this is my favourite polish from any holiday collection this year so far. It is opaque in 2-3 coats and dries pretty fast. It sort of reminds me of sand, but sparkley lol. Oh I just love it!

Post-Halloween, Halloween Lacquer: China Glaze Mummy May I?

Hi guys! I wanted to wear this polish to show you before Halloween but I just didn't get around to it sorry! This is China Glaze Mummy May I from their Halloween collection two years ago.

This is a super dark blackened purple base packed with magenta glitter. It is on the thick side and a bit gloopy but opaque in two coats and the glitter was spread pretty evenly.

China Glaze Halloween 2012: Cast A Spell

Hi guys! Today I'm showing you a polish from this years China Glaze Halloween Collection Wicked. This one is called Cast A Spell.

It's a dark olivey green with a strong gold shimmer throughout. It was very opaque I barely needed a second coat. I thought it might be similar to OPIs Live and Let Live/Die (I can't recall the name off the top of my head) from Skyfall 2012 but this one leans a lot more olivey/brown and has a lot more shimmer than the OPI.

Throwback Thursday: Halloween 2011 - China Glaze It's Alive

Hi guys! Today I thought I'd swatch a polish from last years China Glaze Halloween Collection called It's Alive. 

It's Alive is a swampy, murky, olivey green jelly base packed with glitter. It suprisingly didn't look horrible on me in my opinion. I used two coats over a base of China Glaze Cast A Spell

Would you ever wear a shade like this?

Matte Glitter Manicure: Feat. China Glaze Halloween 2012 Make A Spectacle

Hi guys! Today I want to show you a cool combination I did using a polish from China Glaze's 2012 Halloween Collection Wicked callec Make A Spectacle

I used a base of Essie No More Film and then added Make A Spectacle which is a multi coloured irridescent glitter polish. I then finished off with a coat of Essie Matte About You.

Please excuse the weird lighting, the sun was on its way down when I took this picture :)

Thanks For Reading!

Do you prefer glitter matte or glossy?

China Glaze Sea Spray & Stamping

Hi guys! Today I'm showing you Sea Spray for China Glaze which is a really pale blue with a lot of grey in it with a super faint silver shimmer. I used two coats for full coverage and then decided to do a little bit of stamping on an accent nail. I used Konad special white and a stamping plate from BornPretty.com 

As you can see that little impatient me decided to add topcoat strait away thus causing a little bit of the design to smudge but it still looks okay.

China Glaze Caribbean Blue

Hi guys! Today I wanted to show you one of my old favourite polishes from China Glaze! This one is called Caribbean Blue and it came out with their Bahama Blues collection in 2008.

It's a sky blue packed with silver micro glitter giving it a quite unique finish.

This is two easy coats!

I love re-visiting old favourites!

Have you re-discovered any goodies lately?

China Glaze Peachy Keen

Hi guys! As you can see my hands and  nails are still a bit dry but I wanted to show you an oldie but a goodie. This is Peachy Keen from China Glaze. It's bright but it's also pastel in a way. A lovely creme formula opaque in two coats.

What do you think of Peachy Keen?

Black and Gold Leopard Stamping Design

Hi guys! So today I intented to try out a new stamping plate I got from KKcentreHk that has some unique designs on it. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get this plate to work at all, so I'm assuming I got a 'dud'.

But I did use the stamping set also available from this website which worked beautifully.

For this design I used China Glaze Liquid Leather and Passion  to stamp along with Konad M57.

China Glaze For Audrey & White Cap

Hi guys! So today I'm going to show you my current NOTD.

This is two coats of China Glaze For Audrey, my alltime faviourite polish! and then one coat of white cap on top. White cap is basically microscopic gold gitter particles in a super super sheer-it-would-take-a-million-coats-to-be-opaque white base. 

I didn't realise till after I did this combo that it is very similar to the one I did a few weeks ago based on Sigmas eye shadow Orsay from the Paris Palette. However, this is obviously more blue, and I think the gold is more subtle.

China Glaze Emerald Sparkle

Hi guys, super quick post today I'm sorry. I'm currently travelling :)

This is China Glaze Emerald Sparkle. It's a relitively hard to find polish, but it isn't going for rediculous prices on eBay like the OMG or Kaleidascope shades.

This is two easy coats.

It is extremely difficult to get this to photograph correctly, as it literally GLOWS and my camera cannot pick it up :(

Darling Diva Polish: Ringer Swatch & Comparison

Hi guys, sorry I haven't been posting much lately I've been so busy aha.

Today I'm showing you an Indie polish by Darling Diva Polish. This is called Ringer, and is a supposed dupe for Max Factor's Fantasy Fire.

It's a sheer blurple jelly base with colour shifting pigments infused throughout. I layered one coat over China Glaze Gothic Lolita

Final picture is of Gothic Lolita by itself.

So onto a comparison!

Left: Darling Diva Polish Ringer, Right: Max Factor Fantasy Fire

 Left: Darling Diva Polish Ringer, Right: Max Factor Fantasy Fire

By itself, both three coats.

Left: Darling Diva Polish Ringer, Right: Max Factor Fantasy Fire

One coat of each over black.

So ultimately I think this is a dupe, and in all honestly I like it BETTER! It has the same red to green shift as Max Factor Fantasy Fire and the same jelly base, but just more sheer. The bottle is a LOT larger than Fantasy Fire, as is the brush which makes Application a lot easier and more even. This polish also only costs $8 which is a lot cheeper than what you'll find Fantasy Fire for on eBay!

Thanks for Reading!

 

China Glaze On Safari Collection: I'm Not Lion

Hi guys, today I'm showing you another polish from the China Glaze On Safari collection.

This is I'm Not Lion - such a cute name hehe.

I'm not Lion is a pale gold glitter with holographic particles. It looks like its got some silver glitter in there too. I used three coats, but two would probably have been fine. I did double up on the topcoat, but it isn't an extremely hungry glitter.

China Glaze DV8 & Nail Polish Ring!

Hi guys, today I'm showing you one of my alltime favourite polishes!

China Glaze DV8 from the OMG collection! I used two easy thin coats for this teal holographic goodness!

 I'm also wearing this awesome nail polish ring I got from etsy. This was made with Bandeau by Urban Outfitters (I'd never heard of this, but I think I need it!) and OPI DS Shimmer.

See more of my swatches from the OMG collection:

China Glaze OMG

China Glaze 2NITE

China Glaze IDK

China Glaze FYI

China Glaze LOL

China Glaze On Safari: Exotic Encounters Swatch & Comparison

Hi guys, today I'm showing you one of the polishes from the new China Glaze On Safari Collection for Summer 2012. This is a collection of twelve shades that are a lot more 'fall' colours than the traditional summer shades, but then again China Glaze just released a 12 piece neon collection aha.

The first one I'm showing you is Exotic Encounters.

Exotic Encounters is a creme teal which leans A LOT more toward the green side. It also has a dustiness  to it. It applied well with no streaks, but I did find that the brush seemed to pick up a lot more polish than I needed, even when wiping some off, so something to keep in mind. This polish was very pigmented and you could totally get away with one coat if you so wished. I did two coats in my swatches as photos tend to bring out every inconsistancy in polish aha.

 I also did a comparison for you guys.

Left: OPI Jade Is The New Black, Middle: Exotic Encounters, Right: Essie Go Overboard.

Thanks for Reading! 

Are you planning on picking anything up  from this collection?

Candy Laquer Peyton & China Glaze Bahemian Escape

Hi guys!

So this week I did my first "indie polish" brand order.. I ordered from Candy Lacquer on Etsy.

In my oppinion the problem with indie sellers is that they are often out of stock, don't get me wrong, I understand that they are handmade and that takes time and money, but it is frustrating sometimes. Before going indie shopping also keep in mind that these shops go on holidays so you may not be able to order when you want.

Regardless of this, the service was very good and shipping was quick, the products were well packaged as well.

The first polish I'll show you is called Peyton, it's a spectraflair topcoat! The formula is nice and easy to apply. While it's not the most IN YOUR FACE holo around, it does have a fair degree of rainbow. In my pictures it's a little subtler as I had barely any sun!

I layered one coat of Peyton over China Glaze Bahemian Escape.

Candy Lacquer is available on Etsy HERE. Most polish retails for $8 per 15mL, but Peyton if I remember correctly was $12.

NEON! China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

Hi guys, today I'm showing you a neon, unfortunately this is not from the new china glaze neon collection but from last years poolside neon collection.

I'm not the hugest fan of neon, as I cannot really pull it off, and it's not really "me". 

Anyway, this is one coat of Flip Flop Fantasy over White on White. I had a hard time photographing this one so I had a shot at editing it to make it colour accurate, hopefully you can't notice lol

Actually when I upload this, it looks a bit too pink, argh godamn.

This is a pink leaning CORAL neon.

This second photo is a little bit tooo pink..