Nail Polish Haul!

I got my order from Head2ToeBeauty and I am STOKED. I am totally, 100% in love with each and every one of these colors... Beware! This is a VERY pic heavy post. I did my best to capture the polishes in their true form. Some of the swatches have outdoor and flash photos. If you see two minis, the outdoor is on the left and inside is on the right. You can click on the pics to get full sizes (around 900 x 700). You -need- to blow some of them up -- the shimmer on some is outrageous.



















They came packaged in lovely little China Glaze boxes.



















Left to right: Tempest, Pucci-Licious and Wild at Heart (omg look at the holo)



















Left to right: Foxy, Afterglow and Bogie



















Left to right: Wild and Willing, He's Going in Circles, Bare if You Dare

Onto swatches!














China Glaze - He's Going in Circles: This is an absolutely stunning pale green holo. My mom hates green anything and actually loved this color, so that says a lot -- the indoor photo (right) shows the rainbow holo sparkle. I'm sure it actually shows better in sunlight, but it hasn't been very sunny lately here. Love this.














Color Club - Wild and Willing: This is a lovely orange-bronze-pink duochrome. I am excited to wear this. The fine glitter particles are more noticeable in person.














China Glaze - Bare if You Dare: Horrible, horrible swatch. This is lighter and peachier than it's shown here. I took 15 photos of this and none of them showed it properly. I will post a NOTD with it soon. Think Nars Orgasm in a nail polish.














Color Club - Wild at Heart: Most disappointing swatch ever. The bottle came out fine but I could not get the holo to show on this. It hated being on tape. This is a medium purple packed with silver and holo glitter... a stunner.














China Glaze - Tempest: Is it blue? Is it purple? No one knows! This is another stunner... I love the name! It is very stormy and mysterious. It flashes between medium blue and violet purple. Gorgeous.














Color Club - Pucci-Licious: This is a neon medium purple, a lot less blue than it shows here. This one is so amazing! It's pastel without being too girly or Easter Egg like, but yet it's non-streaky and applies so smoothly. This does dry to a slightly matte finish so a top coat is definitely recommended. I am wondering if this is a dupe for Illamasqua's Jo'Mina. I don't have Jo'Mina so I can't compare, but in real life they look awfully similar.














China Glaze - Afterglow: Omg, if you love nail polish, blow this photo up. My macro loved me on this shot -- look at the light blue shimmer! This is such an amazing polish. I will have NOTD photos at the end of the post -- you can apply 1-2 coats for a sheer, subtle look, or do 3-4 like I did and get a stronger pink base. I do still have a bit of VNL though -- it makes me think of Mac's Stars n Rockets in nail polish form, sort of.















China Glaze - Foxy: From the new Vintage Vixen collection. I absolutely adore this (well, as I do everything else...). The outdoor swatch simply didn't do this justice -- blow up the indoor one. You can see the gold/bronze shimmer floating in it. It's a brown toned red and will be beautiful in autumn.














China Glaze - Bogie: I tried to capture this one, it's another from Vintage Vixen. The VV polishes are dark and fall and very hard to capture. The indoor shot shows it more as what it is: an eggplant shimmer. It has a subtle silver glitter, and is quite lovely.

An overall shot (outside, click for full size):









And to round out this post -- My NOTD: 4 coats of China Glaze's Afterglow. Gorgeous.

NOTD: China Glaze VII

I picked up China Glaze's VII at Sally's last night for $1.99 (think they're normally $4.99). I didn't have a color like it, so I thought hey, why not?

It definitely went on smoother than that POS Revlon polish from the other day. And smelled nicer, for that matter. Then I kinda went overboard, was feeling an arabic design so here's what I came up with...

















These photos don't do the VII justice, but I'll go on...


































































It's quite subtle from far away, no?

Hope you enjoyed! Think I'll keep this one for a while.

NOTD: Nude-esque with stickers!

I'm in love with this mani even though I did something horrible to my right hand (sooo out of practice)... I love the little heart stickers :)

Sorry for crappy pics. I'm at work so I had to use my cell phone camera. Yep. That bored.

Items Used:
- Nail Magic
- Gelous base coat
- 3 coats of China Glaze "Heaven"
- Seche Vite top coat





















































The first close up nail pic is a little heart shaped locked box thing...with a key next to it, and the bottom photo is a set of three varying sized hearts. The stickers are gold foiled edges with milky white centers.

"Heaven" is an interesting color. It's a bit sheer and finnicky for my liking... I'd like to find something with a better formula. But the color is gorgeous. It's a shimmery nude leaning towards peach.

China Glaze: Nova (aka ZOMGGlitterbomb)

I am in love.

Seriously.

(and with more than my fantastic English boyfriend)

Check it:

















































(Blurred for maximum glitterness)

Holy crap. This is fantastic. I can't wait to see this in the sunlight. It look 3 strong coats to get even coverage, and I did a spot 4th just to fill in gaps. It was reduced to $3.99 at Sally's! I am upset that I missed the rest of this collection.

Side note, I do think this would be best over black or a silver polish. Gonna try that after this begins to wear.

Go find this on eBay or at your local Sally's. Or somewhere else. Seriously. Like now.

And just for good measure, a video of awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cPmo-xIbyI

Monthly Favorites: Volume 1

Every other makeup person is doing it. So. Yeah.

- Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat (it's a base coat). I got this from Sally for $5.99, I believe. It's really good! It definitely prevents staining and I've noticed when combined with my Seche Vite topcoat, the nail polish can be peeled off in one chunk.
- Bath and Body works Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin body spray. Yes, I know. I'm a whore for this shit.
- Victoria's Secret shimmer lotion in Love Spell. Oh my god is all that needs to be said.
- E.L.F. professional bronzing brush. I looked on their website for this and it's not the same one I have, mine is from Target and is black. I love this thing, seriously. It's amazing for blush and it was only $1!
- Rimmel blush in Pink Rose. Very pretty and sheer. Perfect for me... too bad it's discontinued.
- L'Oreal Voluminous mascara in Black Brown. I'm impressed with this mascara! It gives nice volume and length with minimal clumping on multiple coats.
- CoverGirl TruShine lipstick in Plum Shine. Gorgeous color, especially with Mac's dazzleglass in Funtabulous over top.
- Revlon matte eyeliner in #04, Pure White. Decent for the waterline.
- The Body Shop Aloe Soothing Day/Night Cream. Just switched to this from my clean and clear moisturizer and I love it. It's cleared up the redness in my skin like crazy. My bottle is a bit old so I don't get the soothing effect, but I will definitely rebuy.
- China Glaze nail polish in Harmony. Gorgeous purple/silver metallic. Great staying power as well, think I wore it for 4 days with no chipping.