Holiday Mani

How was everybody's Thanksgiving? Mine was great and filled with way too much yummy food. What all did you pick up on Black Friday? I wasn't brave enough to go out but I did pick up a few things today while I went put. I know in my last post  I told you all about my Butter London polishes but we ended up visiting with family longer than we planned so to make up for it I thought I would post a quick shot of this holiday mani I attempted using two polishes from China Glaze's holiday collection.

I used With Love, a classic bright cherry red, and Angel wings, a stunning gold holo microglitter. I promise I will post a full review of both polishes and the other three that I purchased from this collection. Both of these are so pretty and have great formulas; I just had to find some way to wear them together. I wanted to try a half moon mani (here is a link to a great tutorial http://www.nailnerd.com/how-to-do-half-moon-nails/) but I didn't have any of those sticky circle thingys so they didn't turn out as cute as I wanted.

Isn't Angel Wings so pretty?! The sparkle is seriously wild. I love these two colors together and can't wait to play with them some more. What is your favorite holiday combo?

Non-Polish Post

Well... looks like I didn't stick to my once a week post! lol
My lovely husband bought me my first Butter London polish and I plan on posting a swatch by the end of the weekend, I PROMISE! I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday weekend and got in some good shopping today :)

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More Hunger Games

I'm a terrible blogger :p
So... It has been a few months since I have posted anything but I assure you that my collection continues to grow. I just don't think I have it in me to mass swatch regularly with my schedule. I do paint my nails about twice a week and I've been trying to keep up by taking pictures as I go. My new goal is to post something new at least once a week. I think I can do it! Since my last post was about China Glaze's Hunger Games Collection, I found it only fitting to pick up where we left off. Since I last posted I have bought 4 more polishes.

 Left to right: Smoke and Ashes, Dress Me Up, Fast Track, Luxe and Lush

First up.... Dress Me Up! The formula on this one was ah-mazing! So creamy and wonderful. I used two coats but you could easily get away with one thicker coat.The color itself is pretty great too. It is like a mauve-y blush. This is the perfect subdued nail for when you want a neutral that isn't beige and boring. The finish was super shiny so I didn't bother with a topcoat for the pics.

One coat 

Two coats:

Two coats outdoors:

One more:

Next up is Fast Track. Now, I know I just said that beige is boring but this one is definitely NOT boring. This one had a pretty fabulous formula too, but at least two coats is necessary to reach opacity. Fast Track is a really pretty yellow leaning beige with a beautiful gold glitter/shimmer. As much as I love this polish, I'm not sure this yellow fellow loves me back. 

Once Coat:

Two Coats:

Two Coats Outdoors:

One More:

Next, Smoke and Ashes. I don't even know where to start with this beauty. This color is. SO. PRETTY! It is a deep forest, blackish green with stunning green glitter throughout. It just gets prettier and prettier the more you stare at it. The formula was pretty thick, but very easy to work with. The clean up kind of sucked though (as you can tell from my pics)

One Coat:

Two Coats:

Two Coats Outdoors (sorry for the glare!)

One More:

Last but not least Luxe and Lush! I love, love, love this shard glitter revolution that is going on right now. This one goes on very easily and gives every polish a different look. I personally like it over dark colors better.  Here it is over the three polishes above.

Over Dress Me Up:

Over Fast Track:

Over Smoke and Ashes:

Overall, I think China Glaze did an unbelievable job with this collection. All of the polishes that I own have perfect formulas and I think the colors fit together very nicely. There is pretty much a color for everyone. My favorite out of these four is probably Dress Me Up. I think the color is adorable and that formula!!! Which is your favorite from the Hunger Games Collection?