China Glaze Hunger Games Capitol Colours Collection

Happy Friday!! I have a very picture heavy post today. Today I have the China Glaze Hunger Games Capitol Colours collection to share. I still have yet to watch the movie, but I did read the first book and fell in love with it. I'm actually looking forward to the movie whenever I have time for it. Anyways, I was quite excited when I heard China Glaze is making a collection for the Hunger Games.

Foie Gras is a mushroom brown creme. 2 coats.

Dress Me Up is a mocha light brown creme. 2 coats

Stone Cold is a charcoal black matte with silver shimmer. 2 coats

Fast Track is a light taupe creme base with gold shimmers. 2 coats. Absolutely love this one.

Hook and Line is a frosty light gray. 2 coats. Oh my, how unique and interesting is THIS one?!

Harvest Moon is a metallic copper shimmer. 2 coats. Another gorgeous color.

Mahogany Magic is a medium brown creme and it kind of reminds me those Werther's caramel hard candy. Yum..

Argo is an olive green shimmer. 2 coats. 

Riveting is a fiery orange red with gold shimmers. 2 coats. It has a slight jelly finish. This one is beautiful!

Smoke and Ashes is a black base with blue and green shimmers. 2 coats. I love the green and blue shimmers in it.

Electrify is a mixture of gold and red glitters. 3 coats. Such an interesting glitter combination. This would be perfect for Chinese New Year lol

Electrify over Mahogany Magic

There's also a top coat called Luxe and Lush which is a chunky flake glitter in a clear base. I did it over a few polishes, which you can see below.

Luxe and Lush over Foie Gras

Luxe and Lush over Dress Me Up

Luxe and Lush over Stone Cold, you can see how shimmery Stone Cold is!

Luxe and Lush over Hook and Line

The formula for these were very good. They all applied very nicely and smoothly. I had so much fun wearing these. I can't really pick a favorite because there are so many gorgeous colors and so unique. I'm getting a headache just trying to think of one I like most of the rest. I guess they are all my favorites then haha

I ordered these from Victoria's Nail Supply and it was totally worth the money. What do you ladies think of this collection?

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Nicole by OPI Four 2012 New Shades

Happy Sunday!

Today I have more Nicole by OPI polishes to share. There's four additional new shades added to their 2012 collection. And the colors are quite pretty, especially the glitter! Let's have a look.

A Lit-Teal Bit of Love is a metallic blue. 2 coats. I didn't expect this one to have such a metallic like finish! A surprise right there.

A Million Sparkles contains mostly blue round glitters with some gold round glitters and pink bar glitters. This took 3 coats for full coverage. What an interesting combo!

Shoot for the Maroon is a burgundy shimmer. 2 coats. I guess you can call it maroon.

Vio-let's Talk About Red is a fuchsia shimmer with flashes of purple. 2 coats. Very cute name that suits the polish, except this is not really red.

Formula for these were excellent as usual. I never really had complaints about Nicole by OPI polishes formula. They all applied very nicely. My favorite is A Million Sparkles (no surprise there) and A Lit-Teal of Love only because it surprised me with the metallic finish! The other two colors weren't really unique and easily dupeable so I didn't really enjoy them.

What do you guys think of this collection?

(These were sent to me for review)

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GOSH Swatches & Review

Today I have GOSH polishes to share with you guys. This is my first time ever trying this brand of polish. I've read and seen great swatches and reviews on this brand. I was super excited when I saw these at my local Duane Reade. Once again these swatches were done before I broke my nail, aside from the first swatch!


Mystical is a gorgeous taupe base with purple shimmer. 2 coats. This one reminded me a lot of Chanel's Paradoxal. They are not dupes though, because Mystical is more brown and lighter than Paradoxal.


Forest Floor is a forest green creme. 2 coats. Such a beautiful green. I received a lot of compliments when I had this on.


Rebell Yell is a blackened teal creme. 2 coats. I love how this one looks black, but with lighting the teal shows!


Ocean is a metallic aqua blue. 2 coats. Very minimal visible brush strokes for a metallic. This one was super bright and very appealing to the eyes.


Purple Heart is a duochrome of purple and green. 2 coats. I love duochromes so when I saw this one, it was a definite must have for me.


Here showing the green


And here showing the purple

The formula for these were excellent. They really opaque in one coat, but I did two to smooth things out and out of habit. They applied so smooth and even, including the metallic. I love applying polishes with no frustration. It makes me happy lol. I don't know much about the brand but it won't be the last time I will be reviewing for this brand. I will be stalking my Duane Reade for any new polishes from GOSH. I believe these were $8 a bottle. I think they're worth it being that their formula is excellent and the colors are gorgeous.

Well that's all I have for today! What do you guys think of GOSH polishes?

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31 Day Challenge - Day 8 - Metallic

Now this is getting more challenging! What cartoon is metallic?

 Lumière from Beauty and the Beast! He was a candelabra, and therefore metallic in nature.

I started with a muted ivory polish that I frankened.

Then I wanted a marbled or antique looking backdrop. So I stamped bundle monster BM07 with Barielle Coco Bar all over. 

Then some black acrylic paint.

This is acrylic paints with the exception of the gold. That is Color Club Gingerbread Man (because I don't have a gold acrylic paint)

More acrylic paints....

A thick coat of Seche Vite!

He's so cute and full of personality. I love it!

What's coming up for Day 9 and Rainbow????

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Barielle Haul - Part 1

Hi guys! I recently acquired lots of Barielle polishes. I got them through the online deal site Hautelook for $4 each. They just came in the mail and I can't wait to show them to you. I will split this up into 4 parts so as to not overwhelm you with pictures all at once. :) I'll show you each row in a single post and save the 10th polish wonder for it's own special post at the end.

Top Left is - Out Grey-geous

I was disappointed in this polish. :( The bottle is gorgeous. A silver metallic with fine gold shimmer/glitter. But it looks so dull on the nail.

 It was very thin formula and this was 3 coats. Honestly, it might have helped to have a 4th coat because I still noticed some visible nail line at certain angles.

 You may be able to see the gold shimmer on the middle nail is this picture. I was hoping it would be more present, but it was hidden the entire time.

Top Middle is - Wrap Me in Ribbon

The formula of this was also very thin. It required 3 coats for opacity. The color is a deep pink metallic.

 It's a nice color that I actually didn't have already. So I'm happy to add this shade to my stash. I just wish it were opaque enough to stamp with.

Top Right is - Polished Princess

A metallic medium grass green. Same story with this one, 3 thin coats until opacity. Not opaque enough to stamp with. :(

 It's quite a vibrant and eye catching shade. It fits well within my collection.

Come back tomorrow for more Barielle!

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Solution for Frosty Brushstrokes!

There is an easy way to solve the problem of the pesky frosty polish that applies and show each individual brushstroke. It can really distract from the beauty of the polish, so how can you get rid of it? Sponge on the final coat!

Take for example Pure Ice Platinum.

This is 3 coats and it's full of brushstrokes.

Take a small piece of a makeup sponge, or a clean eye shadow applicator like pictured here, and sponge on the last coat of nail polish.

Look at that smooth finish?! What a drastic change! It's a super easy technique that anybody can use to get more use out of their polishes. Now you don't have to pass up anything for fear of pesky brushstrokes!

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy!

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