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!!

Holiday Nails Day # 3. China Glaze Luna makes me feel like an Ice Queen!

Happy Monday! Only a day until Hannukah begins and only a few days until Christmas. Where did December go?!?! Anyway, I'm still on my holiday mani kick but I wanted something to break up the green and reds for you guys, so I turned to a blue. Don't worry, I'll be back with a green tomorrow lol. When I think Christmas, I think snow. While we haven't had any up here in New York yet, it's awfully cold! (Just 17 degrees last night)

I chose to wear China Glaze's Luna and I instantly felt like the Queen of Ice. I had been thinking about selling this untried, but I'm sure glad I didn't because it's absolutely gorgeous. Luna has an icy blue/silver base mixed with multi-colored glitter pieces, as well as some silver micro-glitter mixed in. The base on this polish isn't 100% frosted or 100% metallic, it's somewhere in the middle. The formula was really easy to work with, and this was opaque in two coats. Under the lighting in my office, the glitter pieces seemed to dance. It would have been ideal to take a photo there, but I don't think anyone would have understood and I rather avoid the awkward moment that would occur if someone caught me in action lol.

The photos below are indoors. I'm pretty sure all of these are with no flash. It's 2 coats of Luna and a coat of Seche Vite.

This polish makes me want to sing the chorus of Cold as Ice by Foreigner lol

China Glaze 'Violet Hush'

Today's swatches are China Glaze 'Violet Hush' which is an older polish. As you can see from the pictures, the writing on the bottle is different and the cap is silver instead of black. I found this polish while dusty hunting. I'm not sure what collection this is from or from what year, I can't find anything out on Google.

This is not my style. At all. The reason I bought it was that I saw the silver cap and made the woman working at the salon dig through her showcase to get it for me. As soon as she handed it to me I knew I wouldn't love it but felt bad and took it anyway. Plus I figured I may never see it again.

'Violet Hush' is what I would consider a rasberry purple with a high frost finish. It's full of brush strokes no matter how hard I try to get rid of them. It shows every flaw in my nail (like that enormous split on my middle finger). The formula was a watery and liked to run to my cuticles. This may be the first China Glaze polish I really don't like.

I wasn't sure if I even wanted to show these swatch photos. I decided I should since it may help someone out one day if they come face to face with 'Violet Hush'.