Showing posts with label China Glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China Glaze. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Marching Orders Take Two

Hello! Before I begin I want to welcome both Amber from Nails Like Lace and Roisin from Cuti-CLUE-les to Twinsie Tuesdays. We also Heather from Peace, Love & Polish joining us the third week of June. Give these ladies a warm welcome - each has an amazing blog and skills that deserve some serious recognition.   :)

Today's Twinsie topic was marching orders. I received my marching orders from Traci from DrinkCitra, who ordered a summer inspired manicure with glitter. Nothing screams summer more to me than a neon pink manicure or pedicure. I layered three coats of China Glaze Shocking Pink (Neon) and then topped it with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. I looooved this mani, although the wear time on this one didn't make it all too long. By the next morning I could feel Shocking Pink lifting from my nails. I'm going to attempt this again, but maybe with a different base coat.


 
Make sure you check out all of the ladies and see who had to come up with what  ;)
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at DrinkCitra
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Oldest Untried

Good Morning! The theme for today's post was a difficult one for me - our oldest untried. I have SO many untrieds that I can't even begin to figure out which is the oldest. When I first found out that 8ty8 Beauty was located on Long Island I went on a major haul. Within a few weeks of finding them I had purchased around 75-100 bottles of polish, mostly China Glaze. Today I decided to go with China Glaze Fly, which I don't ever recall wearing. I was a bit disappointed in Fly, to be honest. In the bottle there is some purple shimmer but once on the nail it disappears. It does have an amazing glow to it though....

Two coats of Fly...


What's your oldest untried?
Don't forget to check out my Twinsie Tuesday ladies and their oldest untrieds:

Amanda at Amandalandish
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Kelly at Tuxarina
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Rachel at Top Coat It
Traci at DrinkCitra
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Favorite Color (China Glaze Skyscraper)

Good Morning! TGIT....because Tuesday is better than Monday, lol. Our theme for today was our favorite color. I have two favorites, magenta and blue. Since I've done magenta before for a twinsie post (the color of our rooms) I decided to go with blue. I chose China Glaze Skyscraper. I used two coats for the photos below and topped it with Seche Vite. As much as I love glitter polish, they've been getting pushed towards the back of my Helmers more and more. No matter what I do, I have chips within 24-48 hours. Womp womp...



Be sure to check out my Twinsies. I'm excited to see which of us have the same favorite colors...

Check out my Twinsie sisters here:
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Polish Roulette (China Glaze Bare it All and Mango Madness)

Good Morning! It's Tuesday, so we know what that means  :)  The theme for today was polish roulette, where we picked two random polishes from our stash and make them work together. I headed over to my Helmer and decided to dive into my China Glaze drawer since I haven't shown them much love lately. I picked out Bare it All. When I went back in for a second dip, I may have looked just ever so quickly before reaching down and grabbed Mango Madness. I don't consider it cheating, my eyes were closed when I reached down lol. I attempted to do a gradient, which turned out to be a little more uneven than expected. I used three coats of Bare it All and a coat of Mango Madness. Sorry for the cruddy photo. I dropped my camera when the zoom was open last week and now it's broken  :*(


Check out my Twinsie sisters here:
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - Copy Cat Post # 2

Good morning! Today we have another Copy Cat post. The first time around I was paired up with Anna from Going to the Showing. She has amazing nail art skills. Due to arthritis/carpal tunnel of some sort that it taking over the joints in my fingers the last few days I was feeling less than skilled this week. I decided to go with something simple. I searched and searched through Anna's posts until I found a polish that I also owned. I did two coats of China Glaze Emerald Fitzgerald topped with Seche Vite. For whatever reason, I just don't like this polish on me. It looks fantastic on Anna, but on me I think it clashes a bit :::puts in purge pile:::

Check out Anna's post featuring Emerald Fitzgerald here.

My swatches:

 
Just. Not. A. Fan.  I embrace my paleness at all times but I feel like this just makes me look uber washed out. It's much more dark teal than it is emerald. I wouldn't even consider it a true green. I've had it on since Sunday, but I'm blaming my laziness on that.
 
Don't forget to check out all of my Twinsies and their copy cat manicures.....
 
Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Twinsie Tuesday - New Years Inspired Mani (China Glaze - For Audrey)

Happy New Year to each and every one of you! I hope everyone has a fantastic 2013 filled with nothing but the absolute best (nail polish and cosmetics included). This week's TT theme is a New Years inspired mani. I'm cheating on this one and using a polish I wore a little over a week ago. Shh - don't tell anyone ;)

Pictured below is two coats of the famous For Audrey by China Glaze. The perfect Tiffany blue creme with pretty great formula. Application was easy but I did have quite a few chips within the 24-48 hour mark.


For my actual NYE mani I have on one of the new colors from the Zoya Lovely collection. I haven't finished swatching them all and testing the wear so I didn't want to show that one off just yet.

Make sure to check out what my Twinsies are starting out 2013 with....

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Twinsie Tuesday - Christmas Inspired Mani (China Glaze Glittering Garland)

Good morning and a very Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate Christmas!! I hope everyone gets a few good things, enjoys their time with their family and that everyone stays safe. Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is a Christmas inspired mani. Sadly, I've only worn two holiday polishes this entire season. My favorite Christmas polish is China Glaze Glittering Garland, so I decided to feature it in this post. Glittering Garland is a medium green packed with glass flecks. The formula is great and opaque in two coats. This may be one of the most stunning polishes I own....



In addition to todays post, we have a very special announcement. Jamie from Polish, Please will be joining the Twinsie Tuesday girls starting today. Make sure you check her out her blog and give her a warm welcome!!

Click the links below to see all of the Christmas inspired manicures  ;)

Amanda at Amandalandish
Ashley at Art Evolve
Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Again, a very Merry Christmas to all of you!
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Friday, December 14, 2012

China Glaze - Cowgirl Up

Good morning! Happy Friday to each of you. 5:30pm today will begin my four day weekend...woohoo! I expected to have to go into work on Monday, but instead of a Christmas party my job gave us off on Christmas Eve which totally works for me!

Today I have a polish that I'm not too crazy about. It's Cowgirl Up, from the Rodeo Collection by China Glaze. I thought this looked stunning in the bottle, but once on the nail I wasn't very impressed. It's a very dark magenta/purple. The color is very me, but I'm not a fan of the finish which is frosty. When in direct sunlight and bright lighting, there are little blue flecks which you can  almost see in the photos below. These flecks aren't apparent in normal lighting, and the polish looks much more frosty. The formula was good and I only needed two coats to get it opaque. I topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite.

I apologize in advance for the funky ring finger. I have a break that is very far up and I tried to patch it - which you can tell is a complete fail. I also have a bit of tip wear, I haven't been good about taking my photos right away lately....



I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Twinsie Tuesday - Halloween Themed Mani (China Glaze Zombie Zest)

Good Morning! Hopefully everyone in the Northeast is fairing well today. Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is a Halloween themed polish. China Glaze has put out some amazing Halloween collections and I have a lot of favorites. One of my absolute favorites is Zombie Zest because it's so ugly it's beautiful! Zombie Zest is a green polish with strong yellow tones and swampy green glass flecks. The formula wasn't my favorite, I found it to be pretty sheer and watery and I needed three coats to get it fully opaque. This is a stunner and it's completely unique in my stash. The photos below show three coats of Zombie Zest and a coat of Seche Vite.

 

 
Don't forget to check out my Twinsies!
 
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Tara at Polishy of Truth
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Friday, September 21, 2012

China Glaze Medallion

Happy Friday everyone!! I've had these photos kicking around for the last few weeks, and with all of the posts on the Zoya Guilty Pleasures set I decided it was time to post this. First off, I'm not a huge fan of gold nail polish or gold glitter but I was in Sephora a few weeks ago and tried the Sephora by OPI 18k gold top coat and instantly fell in love. I couldn't bring myself to spend $30 on it, so I came home and decided to look through my stash. I figured I could find something to fill the void.

I pulled out China Glaze Medallion which I had bought during one of my first trips to 8ty8 Beauty. It has been sitting in my stash, untried, for about 1.5-2 years. I layered one coat over Misa Dirty Sexy Money and fell in love. Obviously it's not a dupe for the 18k gold top coat but the price is fair and friendly. I scored this beauty for $3.88. Medallion has small gold glitter and holographic glitter in a clear base.

I have two coats of Medallion on my pointer finger and one coat of Medallion on the remaining nails.


 
 
Is it exact to any of the gold flake top coats? Nope. Does it work for me and my wallet? Sure does.  :)

What do you guys think? Will any of you be purchasing the new 18k gold top coats that are coming out (by OPI and Zoya), or does anyone own the Sephora by OPI polish?

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