My Go-To Mani...What's yours?

Hey you guys : ) I wanted to share with you guys, the polish that I ALWAYS reach for when I have like no time to do a mani. Well last night I had to do this. I came home from work, nekkid, hee hee, and Jack, Chloe and I had to run out to get some dinner and ice cream, so I quickly threw this on. I LOVE this, it matches everything, always gets compliments, only 1 coat and dries UBER fast. So what is it.......China Glaze Millenium!

I did this entire mani in under 5 minutes, and left the house as soon as I finished, and grabbed  my purse. No dings and/or scratches. Now, I know it won't last long, since I didn't do a top coat, but as I know, and so do you, I will remove it in the morning, lol.

So do you guys have a certain polish that you always reach for when you're in a hurry? What is it?

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Color Club Ms. Hautie

I was so excited when I first saw Ms. Hautie! She has a gunmetal grey chrome like base with pink shimmer and little bits of glitter. 

However, once I had applied Ms. Hautie and added the final coat of top coat, I was let down. Where did the pink shimmer go? That was the thing that I was attracted to most in Ms. Hautie. Also those pretty little glitter pieces were covered up by the thick grey polish. Some glitters are still visible though.

I have been wearing this polish for a couple of days now, hoping that I will find some lighting that will bring it to life! Sadly I haven't found one. Artificial, natural, shade... The sun does bring more of the chrome out which is quite nice.

Maybe it's a different look Color Club were going for? I'm not really too sure what Ms. Hautie is trying to achieve. Maybe if the polish was less opaque or less frosty, those little glitter pieces and pink shimmer might be able to shine through.

Mixed feelings on this one.

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China Glaze Delight

Here is another I was meaning to post but forgot about :O

China Glaze's Delight. From their new Romantique collection. It is so beautiful inside and out, can almost be blinding in sunlight if you look directly at it for too long :D

Two coats here. Second coat looks just like the first, just smoothes it out and fixes up mistakes :) Romantiques are perfect for using with Konads, even better than the Konad polishes themselves sometimes!

This is my second brown and I am loving it to pieces! I may have to venture into a few more of the Romantiques, I swear that blue calls my name everytime I scroll past it.

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Black Onyx + Bloom Chrome Konadicure

Here is a Konadicure that I am really proud of :D

I used OPI's Black Onyx, two coats as the base and Revlon's Bloom Chrome as the polish for the stamping. I can't remember the plate off the top of my head, but I will let you know when I do :)

The Revlon Chrome's work well with the Konad stamps as you can see. Where the stamp doesn't go on to your nail, the Chrome polish turns into noodles, which can get a little messy, so you just have to be careful of that lol.

With the design I did it randomly on each nail as I didn't want each nail looking like clones. I am very pleased with how it turned out :D

Also, Poshe worked well, it didn't drag the image, but then again I didn't use Konad polish...

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MAC Lucky Number

I've been meaning to post Lucky Number for awhile now, but I couldn't get any nice pics!

Lucky Number was released with MAC's holiday collection for 2009, Magic, Mirth & Mischief.

It's pretty much done on one coat, but I think it needs the second just to patch it up.

The formula is similar to the China Glaze Romantiques. On the thick side but gives you amazing coverage.

I wasn't fussed at all on Lucky Number when it first came out, but after seeing it on a few of the MAC SAs I decided to get it. I'm still not interested in the silver one though. Silver doesn't look all that great on my skin tone.

I'm betting this would work well with Konad :)

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China Glaze Devotion

This is one stunning polish! Either used by its self or with the Konad :D

This is just two coats here and the first coat is really no different. I did two because I missed bits etc.

The Romantique polishes flow very smoothly on to the nail and a little goes a long way. I only needed a tiny little blob of Devotion on the end of the brush to cover my whole nail.

China Glaze have being making excellent collections lately :)

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Skittle Me Happy! I

Ok so there are a few parts to this Skittle Me Happy! series, today is Part I.

I received a few romantiques today in the parcel from TransDesign. Not happy with TD, they charge a ridiculous amount for shipping and I get smashed polishes >:( For that much shipping I would expect these polishes to be protected, even wrapped individually! D:<

Back to being happy, here are the Romans :D

From the thumb to pinky:

Devotion - Quite possibly my favourite out of the lot! Two coats, a little streaky, but nothing that bothers me :)

Emotion - A little more red than I was expecting, but it still looks really pretty. Two coats, the one I had least problems with.

Harmony - Oh! I love this one too, this is just one coat. I got a little polish happy and applied a thick coat n_n;

Admire - Really nice, but I'm not feeling it. I will definitely give it another chance though. Had little lumpy things in it...

Delight - I'm surprised I remembered all the names :O I like this brown, two coats. Went on smoothly.

Overall, I am really happy with them, I think I just need practice on applying them. Can't wait to use them with Konads!

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China Glaze Romantique 2009

Woohoo! I managed to swatch a full collection n_nb This collection happened to be China Glaze's Romantique, released at the beginning of this year. Mum was kind enough to let me swatch hers (she ordered all of them lol!).

Each photo here was one coat, no top coat, no basecoat. There were none that I had a problem with, the formula was even throughout the collection. I also did no clean up, so they are extremely easy to use :D

Enjoy! And don't forget to enlarge!

Music Month Update: It has been pushed back a week due to not enough time to create 5 manicures with nail art.

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OPI Vintage Violet

Vintage Violet reminds me of easter eggs in their foil.

This was also a little to pearly for my liking... This was just two coats. Very chromey and blinding in the sunlight. Although I never tried it with a top coat.

Nice formula. I was a little worried about this one, because the photos I had seen of it looked incredibly streaky.

Right, I am off into town this morning as I will be every morning from now on for three months x_x So I will try to blog as much as I can while doing my course for you! I think I might have to take photos during my lunch break lol that's about all the free time I'll have.

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Eighteen at Last!

For my eighteenth I wanted something that stands out... Chrome. Holo. Silver. Glitter. Hearts. All in one!

I started out with two coats of Devotion, followed by one coat of Shimmer then one coat of Heart To Resist.

This seriously hurts to look at for longer than 30 seconds! It is that cool! :D Mum loves it and is going to try it herself... I will have to take photos of her hands again, she has come such a long way!

I wanted to make the Devo & Shimmer a little more 'Steph', so the lovely little red hearts and glitter from Heart To Resist found their ways on to my nails n_n

Please enlarge the pics to see these polishes in all their glory!

I wonder what my Nana will think of it... lol

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China Glaze Admire

Thought I should post this before it gets forgotten about :)

Two coats of China Glaze's Admire. Very pretty, but I don't think it is the right shade of lavender-pink for me.

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