China Glaze - Glitter All The Way

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Today I have some old swatches that I forgot about to share with you! I love Christmas polish collections so much! If you're a red, green, blue, or glitter I WILL snatch you up! There were so many great polishes in China Glaze's 2012 Holiday Joy collection, and today I have Glitter All The Way to share with you! This is less of a holiday polish to me, and more of a Mardi Gras polish for SURE! I'm obsessed with New Orleans, well Louisiana in general, and Mardi Gras has always fascinated me! It's a party it a bottle!

Glitter all the way is clear based with purple, green, red, and gold various sized glitters swimming within. The result is a bling-y manicure indeed! This two.....maybe three?... coats over a pink polish and I love the way it looks! I can't wait to see what China Glaze has in store for us this holiday season!

Enjoy your Sunday!

<3 Dana

I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Oh hey there!

Yea, yea, yea. It's been almost three months. I know. Life's gotten into the way. Planning a wedding, getting a new job and promotion, having more of a social life, having other new hobbies/passions (Warhammer 40k, wax blogging) that polish blogging just took a back seat. I stopped buying for a while, I even stopped painting my nails for over a month and a half. The passion's coming back to me though! I've been buying polish like crazy again (poor wallet) and I might even be up to swatching if I ever get the time! For now I have a quick swatch to share that I never uploaded, China Glaze's Running In Circles from their Cirque Du Soleil collection. Who can go wrong with a great green glitter this bright?! I hope this isn't my last post for another three months, I'll be back soon! ;)

Have a great rest of your Sunday!

China Glaze - It's A Trap-Eze!

Allo!

I'm digging my current manicure so much, I just had to post it today! Life doesn't allow me any swatching time right now, so I've been settling on posting my manicures that I'm wearing. :) I'm starting to get a little back-logged so I'll start trying to play catch up soon.

Today I have It's A Trap-Eze! to share. I don't know why, but I've been wearing a lot less vintage polish and a lot more newer ones. Hmm. Weird. I received It's A Trap-Eze! from my recent Secret Cupid swap, it had been on my wish list since I first laid eyes on this collection. What's not to love?! Milky pale blue base loaded with multi-sized rainbow glitter. So awesome. Right up my alley. Formula was thin, but of course it makes for great layering looks for this bad boy! This is three coats. LOVE.

Don't forget to check out my blog sale! click HERE.

Have a great day! 

China Glaze: Pizzazz

Hello there, ladies!

I know I mostly try to post my passion for vintage polish, but I gotta tell ya - there have been so many newer polishes coming out that have really caught my eye! This winter I fell head over heels over China Glaze's Holiday Joy Collection. I ended up with over half the collection, and looking back I think I might still need to get my hands on more. :P 

Today I have one of the stand-out glitters Pizzazz to share today. Gah this polish is so awesome! The main glitter that stands out is the silver, but following closely behind is pink, blue, purple, orange, and green. It's a party on my nails! This is three coats over Revlon Orchid Chrome. LOVE. I can see myself reaching for this glitter for many times to come. 

Enjoy your Tuesday! :)

China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

I was trying to think of a festive, fun winter polish to show you today - and China Glaze Ruby Pumps just popped into my head! It's a cheery transition from Christmas to New Years indeed! **FYI** I don't know what's wrong with my camera. I haven't touched any of the settings, my lens isn't smudged, I need Jeff to look at it. I hate these blurry pics but they will just have to do for now! It's still a gorgeous polish! 

Now I used to the re-released core version of Ruby Pumps, but I sold it in my blog sale after finding this bad boy on eBay. I had a teeny little bidding war, but in the end I won. :) This bottle is from the original release of the Wizard Of Ooh Ahz Collection in 2001. There's so many polishes out there inspired by Dorothy's famous shoes, but this may very well be my favorite. This is three thin coats. 

HAPPY 2013!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! China Glaze - Party Hearty

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

It's officially my favorite holiday of the year! I always get sad right before Christmas because I know it'll be over soon and I have to wait a whole year again. I'm such a dork. Jeffrey and I aren't going home for the holidays this year, I work (DOUBLE TIME, BABY!) till 3, then he's cooking me a fancy dinner and I think we might go see a movie. I can't wait! I'll miss my family and friends but it's nice coming up with my own traditions.

I tried to find the perfect holiday polish to use on Christmas, and while searching through my stash it dawned on me China Glaze Party Hearty will be PERFECT! Party Hearty came out in their Holiday 2010 Collection, 'Tis The Season To Be Naughty And Nice. Party Hearty is a fun, festive, chunky glitter that consists of different sizes of green, red, and gold glitter. It's HTF now, so I was happy so snag this from a blog sale for only eight bucks. This is three coats over Bonita Treasure Chest. 

MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Sally Hansen - Mistletoe

We meet again!

I'm sorry, did you say you were ready to see another vintage Sally Hansen Christmas glitter? Well hot damn, you're in luck! ;P

Today I have Mistletoe to share. There's nothing complex to it really, just a mixture of small and bar glitter in a clear base. But what I really love about it is the vibrant, festive green love to the glitter! It's so Christmas-y and fun! There are so many SH glitters floating around on eBay right now, and I need them all. ALLLLL. I need more monies first. :p This is two coats over Cover Girl Red Revolution.

Have a fun day, all!

China Glaze - Ultamate Holiday

TGIF!

I hope everyone's week went by fairly quickly, I know mine did! 

Today I have a China Glaze LE Ulta Exclusive from 2011 to share, Ultamate Holiday. They released this one and a rust/gold colored polish Fireside Glow, which I never got around to picking up. I found this all by itself at Ulta last year, and prices are just too steep for the duo. I'll get my hands on it one day! Ultamate Holiday is just so dang delicate and pretty! A GREAT holiday polish indeed! A light gold glitter polish with holo glitter is so simple just so stunning at the same time! This is another very thirsty China Glaze glitter, so I had to use one coat of Gelous and one coat of Seche Vite. This is three coats.

Have a great Friday!

China Glaze - Winter Holly

Hey there!

I hope you're all having a good jump start to your week - yesterday was crazy busy at work! I REALLY hope today doesn't turn out to be a repeat. 

Today I have a GREAT holiday glitter to share, Winter Holly from China Glaze's 2012 Holiday Joy collection. If there's one thing I've learned since getting into polish, it's that when China Glaze does green glitter, they do it RIGHT! So I moment I found out there was one in this collection, I knew it had to be mine! My swapping pal Ashlee threw this is with our last swap and it was LOVE at first sight! :p Winter Holly is a dense pine green glitter polish with a micro fine rainbow/holo glitter mixture swimming within. It just looks so freaking awesome! Now it DOES dry really gritty, so this is shown with two coats Gelous and one coat Seche Vite. Three coats.

Have a great Tuesday!

China Glaze - Blue Bells Ring

Hey there! I'm back!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We drove back to Ohio to spend a few days with family and friends. We ate a lot, drove a lot, and had lots of laughs - it was perfect! :) 

Today I have a polish to share from China Glaze's Holiday Joy Collection from this winter - Blue Bells Ring. I want so many polishes from this collection (THOSE GLITTERS!) but I'm trying to cut down on polish shopping so I can do Christmas shopping and Secret Santa's. The moment I saw this VIBRANT metallic blue masterpiece, I knew I had to make an exception. This blue is so intense and in your face - pictures don't do it enough justice! It must be seen in person! It was pretty much perfect after one coat, but I used two. So pretty! 

Have a great Monday! <3