China Glaze Holiday Polishes

Hey Everyone!

Yeah I know I'm late on these, if you wanted to see these when they actually came out, but I think a lot of bloggers have pictures of them because they aren't that hard to grab! I still want to have pictures up for my own use, and yours too, so I'm posting these! Better late than never, I think ^_^

I only have four of these, and of course, one is a gold. I swear, I'm not really sure how many times I have to tell myself that golds look odd on my skin before it will sink in!

I've got more pictures and reviews after the jump!

St. Patty's Day NOTD

Happy Monday!

Short post today! I just wanted to post what I'm wearing for St. Patty's Day! I like stripes, so this is a simple little design. I can barely call it nail art, but I did use nail tape so I feel like I'm allowed at least that, right? I'm getting a little rainbow vibe from this one too.
I used Butter London Swinger and China Glaze Running in Circles. I swatched these two colors together and liked them in my 5 ways post, so I decided to wear them together.

Hope you have a good St. Patty's Day!

5 Ways: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Lazy Sunday!

Well, it will be for me. I had all these plans today, but it's supposed to rain pretty much from now until much later this evening, so I'm gonna hang out here and watch hockey. We really spanked the penguins yesterday afternoon, and I'm hoping we can spank 'em again today. Not to mention, I'll get to talk a lot of smack to my pens friends in the process, which I would love.

I haven't done a 5 Ways in awhile, so I decided while I was figuring out which green polish I'd wear on Monday, I'd swatch some colors and maybe inspire someone.
I've only recently found that I have the courage to wear green, honestly. I love wearing green clothes, but I wasn't too sure about it on my nails. I'm happy to say that my phobia is gone :)

Check out the jump for more pictures and thoughts!

China Glaze Side Saddle

Hello Again!

I took some time off! I've actually missed posting on here, and thanks to some inspiration today, I'm going to start back. I've been a bit down, so I hope posting some regularly will help to pick my spirits up! I don't think I have any regular followers, so I can't really say I hope you've all been well, like I know you, but I do hope you're at least having a good week!

I've got a short post today, nothing fancy. I found this one awhile ago, but I never did post it. This is China Glaze's Side Saddle. It's old and I'm betting if you like CG, you've seen this one before. If not, you're in for a treat because it's nice! Here is Side Saddle:

Lighting: Sunlight

Lighting: Shade

I remember having to do three coats of this because it's patchy, and even with three it had a slight patchiness around the tops to it. I'm not even really sure how to describe this one, in terms of color. Burgundy reddish brown? It's got some shimmer to it, which you can see a bit in the sunlight picture. It's a good fall color, for sure. I better post these fall colors before spring rolls around!
This is one old, but you can still purchase it from places like Head2Toe Beauty. What do you think of this one? Maybe I'll start posting some of my older polishes on Thursday and call it throwback Thursday nail day, until I can get all of my bottles swatched..
Thanks for stopping by!

Comparisons: Zoya Mira vs China Glaze Grape Pop

Hi Again!

I've got another comparison for you today. I'm glad I'm finally able to do these, because the more of these I do, the more I realize that I really like specific colors! I'm so bad about buying varying shades of the same colors. And if it's purple, it's happening.

So I've got Zoya Mira on my pinky and ring fingers and China Glaze Grape Pop on my index and middle fingers. These are pretty similar but they aren't dupes. Check it out:

You can tell a bit better with the bottom picture that these aren't dupes. Mira is probably a shade lighter, and less cool toned. Grape Pop is definitely more blue based. I like both of these.
Formula wise, Mira wins it. Zoya almost always puts out a top notch creme, and Mira is no exception there. It's smoother and a bit thicker (in a good way) than Grape Pop.
I've got two coats on and no top coat for each of these. I love how shiny both of these are. I hope this is helpful to you! Happy Friday!

China Glaze: Immortal

Hello Again!

China Glaze's Immortal is probably old, and a lot of you have seen it, but I'm a bit of a completionist, you see. First, I want to put all the polish I own online, so I can see swatches of what I've got and not buy 500 polishes that all look the same. Second, if I include a polish as a base to a glitter, I like to dedicate another post to the base so I can show both polishes. So with that, here is Immortal:

This picture is a more color accurate picture, the first picture has an old greenish cast to it.

I love this. The shimmer is so noticeable and so pretty on the nail, it takes something potentially "done" and boring and turns it into something beautiful and unique. I love a shimmer in a creme. Especially when it's noticeable in low light. I've got 2 coats on with no top coat. It's pretty glossy on it's own. Formula is nice and opaque, no streakiness or runny behavior. One of my favorite grey polishes, easily. Great for fall.

I bought this on Head2ToeBeauty. Have a great day! 

Comparisons: OPI Definite Moust Have VS China Glaze Make Some Noise - Are They Dupes?

Hi Everyone!

Today I have another comparison for you. This time, it's OPI A Definite Moust Have vs. China Glaze Make Some Noise. I also threw in Zoya's LC on my thumb, but I wanted the main comparison to be between the OPI and the China Glaze. Here are the pics!

I've got Definite Moust-Have on my pink and middle fingers and Make Some Noise on my ring and index fingers. Like I said, I threw LC in there on my thumb as well. I have another shot, plus close ups of these polishes after the jump!

Vampy Purples: China Glaze First Class Ticket and OPI Black Cherry Chutney

Happy Friday!

It's super cold outside today, so I think a post think this is alright. They fit the kind of weather that's happening.

I've got two vampy purple shades to share today, one from China Glaze and the other from OPI. This time of year, everyone seems to get on that vamp wagon, and I'm happy to say that I get on that myself sometimes. I like a nice, vampy color on a cold day, and well, today's the day for that.

Black Cherry Chutney

First Class Ticket

First Class Ticket, up close!

My poor middle finger cuticle. They've gotten better, but this weather kills my skin. I have to remind myself to slather that lotion on!
Black Cherry Chutney is a super dark black cherry (sorry, it really is that color). Actually, it looks darker in the bottle than on the nail, which I think is a good thing. When you see it in the bottle it straight up looks black. The thing that's odd about this, is that it's not very opaque. It took 3 coats to even it out without balding. This is part of OPI's classic range, so you can buy it at most places that sell OPI. It's pretty old so I'm sure you've probably seen it before.

First Class Ticket is a dark blurple. I've seen swatches where this looks much more purple. Up close, you can see it has some blue flecks to it, which adds a nice depth. The lighting here isn't really the best (it was overcast), but this is what it looks like in low lighting. Formula was a bit thin, but workable. I wasn't careful and it flowed into my cuticles a bit. I bought this at Head2ToeBeauty.

Hopefully you like vampy shades too! Thanks for stopping by!

Five ways: 5 Nice Shades of Red

Hi and Happy Monday!

It's happy for me since I don't have to work today, and for the next few weeks! I guess that's a perk of working for a university, right?
I enjoy doing 5 ways posts, and I figured I'd do one with some red polishes to get everyone in the mood for Christmas. I picked red based on finish and how much I liked them. Here they are:

The polishes are:

Thumb: Zoya Rekha , creme, 2 coats
Index: OPI Danke-Shiny Red, metallic, 2 coats
Middle: Butter London Chancer, glitter, 2 coats
Ring: China Glaze Elfin Around, foil, 1 coat
Pinky:  Zoya Sarah, sparkle, 2 coats

I've got closeups and thoughts after the jump!

Comparison: Zoya Jules versus China Glaze Fast Track

Comparison time!

When I was swatching Jules and Fast Track, I was rolling my eyes because I chronically choose similar colors and I was thinking, "here we go again." They aren't as similar as I thought they were initially, but they're close. Here they are:

Sunlight

Shade

 This is two coats of both. It's kinda like Jules is a more opaque version of Fast Track. Jules looks more like an antique kind of gold, which might be why I like the color better on my skintone. Fast Track is definitely more sparkley, while Jules is a bit more subdued.
Looking at these, I'm still torn over Fast Track. I love the shimmer in it enough to get over the fact that I don't think it's super flattering on me.
Hope this is helpful! :)

China Glaze Autumn Nights: Rendezvous With You and Tongue in Chic

Hi there!

I've got two polishes from China Glaze's Autumn Nights collection, Rendezvous With You and Tongue in Chic. China Glaze released a fairly large fall collection, but I've been snagging up lots of polishes from different collections, and I wanted to give my wallet a break so I just purchased two.. I'm trying to be good, but it's hard! I've got more pictures after the jump:

Marc Jacobs Petra: Comparisons

Hello Again!

I recently went a little overboard during Sephora's sale and bought... well, I bought some things. Lol. Among them, Marc Jacob's Petra. I've been eyeing this one for a few weeks and decided to splurge during the 20% off sale. I wanted to put up some comparisons, because while Petra is very lovely, it's also a bit more than I like to spend on nail polish normally. I tend to buy very similar looking colors, and I wanted to see if I did the same thing this time. Here's the start of my little experiment:

I started with China Glaze's Rendezvous With You on my forefinger and ring finger, and Marc Jacob's Petra on my middle and pinky fingers. They're definitely not dupes. They're... mildly similar. Obviously RWY is much more purple. I was somewhat relieved. Then I remembered I had more purple-ish foil polishes. Dun dun dun?

Here I've got China Glaze Rendezvous With You on my forefinger, Marc Jacob Petra on my middle finger, OPI The World is Not Enough on my ring finger, and OPI It's My Year on my pinky finger. Luckily nothing here is a full on dupe. The World is Not Enough and Petra are similar though. I didn't think It's My Year would be very similar at all, but it is a purple-pink foil. It would be more similar if it didn't have gold shimmer.

I like this picture because you can see the pretty pink sparkle shimmers in The World is Not Enough. I actually like this one almost as much as Petra. Formula wise, TWINE is much more thin. I have on 4 coats for full opaqueness, while I have on 2 coats of Petra. For anyone curious, I have on 2 coats of RWY and 4 coats of IMY.

If you want to see the post I have of Petra just by itself, you can go here. I've got some sunlight and shade pictures of it.

If you can live with The World is Not Enough not being an exact dupe of Petra, it's still available on Amazon. I hope that's helpful!

China Glaze Fast Track

What's up!

I can't believe it's already November. I've already started on my Christmas shopping. Every year I start a bit earlier than I did before. I bet companies love that, right? One of these years I'm going to sit in the mall on Christmas Eve and just people watch. That's probably a strange goal, but there it is.
So, more neutrals today; I've got China Glaze's Fast Track to show you. This is from the Hunger Games collection from last year:

If you want to see more picture spam, check out the extra pictures after the jump!

China Glaze Blue Years Eve

Hello Again!

I've got China Glaze's Blue Years Eve today, mostly because I wanted to swatch it for anyone that's curious as to what it looks like. It's a fairly old polish, but I think the more the merrier when it comes to pictures of things to buy on the Internet. I used this as a base for one of my favorite indie polishes. Here is Blue Years Eve:

I used three coats for this, and it was still just a tad but bald in some areas. You can see the baldness near the cuticles of my nails in the sun picture. While I do love this color, it's very very pretty, it's a thin polish. I was surprised by how thin it was; I definitely wouldn't think that it would take 4 coats for full coverage based off of the color in the bottle. It's worth it though, I really do like this color.

I bought this from Head2Toe Beauty. They have really great prices on China Glaze polishes. I tend to get more than one polish when I order from them! I'll be posting the indie polish that I layered over this soon. Thanks for looking!