China Glaze Khrome Collection & Last day to enter giveaway

Hi! Swatches first then comments!


Milennium - silver chrome. Wow, I have never seen such a chrome like this before. It's literally mirror-like.


Metallic Muse - a blue-green chrome. I thought this was going to be similar to Adore from the Romantique collection but its different. Adore is more green. And this one is blue-ish green.


Hi-Tek - bronze/copper ish chrome. This was my favorite of the bunch. Something about it made it look so pretty :)


2030 - gold chrome. My second favorite.


Sci-Fi - silver/lavender chrome. I added lavender because it has a slight light purple tone to it. And of course my nails broke after it reaches its max length.. lol


Robotika - Soft brown chrome. This is the less reflective one. But it's still pretty :D

These went on smoothly although I had a problem with Milennium, 2030, and Metallic Muse. The problem was I used a regular base coat. And all my ridges on my nails showed through. Another problem was I realized a top coat kind of ruins the finish. Seche Vite top coat was put on Milennium, 2030, and Metallic Muse.

To solve the problem, I used two coats of Nail Tek Foundation II base coat. Which is a ridge filling base coat. I put them under Hi-Tek, Sci-Fi, and Robotika. As you can see ridges are less shown and more smoother application. And since these dry fast. I didn't use a top coat for these three. And voila, it looks better than the other three!

That's all I have for you today. And don't forget to enter my giveaway. Today's the last day, I'm accepting all entries till 11:59 PM Eastern USA time! Good luck all!

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Extreme Shininess!

Thanks again to Brooke of "Getcha Nails Did" (link to the right) for the Maybelline Mirror Image Chrome polish set she sent me this month! I decided I had to try it out this week, and it definitely lives up to its name.
Because this is a nail “art” blog, of course I had to try imbedding some heart-shaped rhinestones in my super-shiny nails. But I wasn’t sure if a regular top coat would dull the finish or not. Hence, the empty spots you see on a few of my nails, where the rhinestones have already fallen off. I’ll try some regular top coat on these later, and if it doesn’t dull the finish, I’ll replace the stones. I suspect that a stamped design would be really cool over these, but again, have to test the top coat first. Top coat would really be handy for this one, since I’ve got some tip wear going on after only two days.In any case, talk about “bling” for your nails! This is a two-step system, a clear base coat that goes on cloudy and dries to a very shiny finish, followed by 2-3 coats of the silver, which goes on alarmingly streaky, but dries to a nice, smooth, super-shiny mirror. These babies do actually reflect shapes and shadows, and give my nails a lot of “dimension”. The “yellow” based photo above is without a flash inside, and the brighter photo below is with a flash. You can see that they’re shiny no matter where they are – even in the dark, they pick up any little light in the room to reflect.
This is a great “party wear” polish, and I intend to try doing a French-type manicure with it one of these days, using this polish on the tips. Super-groovy, and it dries pretty fast, so not too much wait time between coats.

Next week – more moodies!

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