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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

China Glaze Holiday 2016 Seas and Greetings Collection Swatches & Review

This year for the holiday season China Glaze is doing things a little differently! They are taking us on a tropical escape from the snow and cold to give us "warmed up" winter in the form of bright shades, shimmer and vibrancy! Let's take a look at the Seas and Greetings collection!

Good Tide-ings is described as a cool blue lavender, or in other words, a periwinkle crème. This is a total one coat wonder, excellent buttery formula that is very opaque. I used two coats here, as usual.
China Glaze Good Tide-ings

Warm Wishes is a watermelon coral with super subtle silver shimmer. This formula was on the thin side, so it could be runny if you overload your brush. I noticed some slight streaks after two coats, so I used three layers here.
China Glaze Warm Wishes

Joy To The Waves is a shimmering "serene" blue with a strong gold flash. This is thin and a bit sheer. I used three coats for full coverage. This type of shimmer can get brushstrokey so I recommend polishing with care.
China Glaze Joy To The Waves

Eat, Pink, Be Merry is a pale pink with subtle shimmer. Another thin formula, and a little sheer. I found that floating the brush over the nail instead of pressing down to be the best method of application to ensure a streak-free finish. This is three coats.
China Glaze Eat, Pink, Be Merry

Partridge In a Palm Tree is an aqua green matte with silver shimmer. This is one of those mattes that dries SUPER fast. And if you put on too thin of a layer, it can crack upon dry down. I got the best results when I applied this very quickly with a good amount of polish on my brush. If you manipulate it too much you will get uneven streaks. Very opaque, this is two coats but you could get away with one if applied well.
China Glaze Partridge In a Palm Tree

And you know I had to show this to you with top coat. The shimmer comes out like whoa!
China Glaze Partridge In a Palm Tree

Let's Shell-ebrate has a clear base with purple hexes, super tiny purple microglitters and soft gold flake shimmer. I layered two coats over Eat, Pink, Be Merry. You could also layer two or three coats of this on by itself for a different look.
China Glaze Let's Shell-ebrate

I wanted to show you a shot of Let's Shell-ebrate in the shade to better highlight the gold flecks, as they are quite prominent but the full sunlight photo washes them out a bit.
China Glaze Let's Shell-ebrate

Snow Way! is a winter white with a strong iridescent gold shimmer flash. Pale shades can be tricky to apply, but this was pretty straightforward and not finicky. I used three coats here for full opacity.
China Glaze Snow Way!

Tis The Sea-Sun is a vibrant coral crème with a sprinkle of practically invisible shimmer. A more orangey red kind of coral, thin but not runny or difficult. I found this really easy to polish with actually! This is two coats.
China Glaze Tis The Sea-Sun

Sand In My Mistletoes is a peachy nude crème. This was a little thin, but surprisingly opaque. I saw some faint streaky-ness on two coats though, so I used three for good measure.
China Glaze Sand In My Mistletoes

The More The Berrier is a metallic magenta foil. A more typical holiday type shade, this reminds me of a bold party dress. This is absolutely a one coat polish, I even left it alone at one because it looked so great I felt another coat couldn't improve it any more!
China Glaze The More The Berrier

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starfish is an iridescent gold-to-green shimmer topper. I am convinced this was made to pair with Partridge In a Palm Tree, it looks perfect in my humble opinion haha. This is two coats over Partridge.
China Glaze Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starfish

Seas and Greetings is a striking amethyst purple shimmer. This formula reminds me of the old school polishes that were full of chemicals, kinda sheer and a bit watery but when built up they look really dimensional and glowy. This is three coats.
China Glaze Seas and Greetings

This collection is available now at Sally Beauty Supply stores and online at www.sallybeauty.com for $6.99 each. This is a crazy refreshing color palette for me right now, being knee-deep in the usual holiday reds, greens and dark colors haha. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I'm really pleased with the departure from the status quo for the season. My favorite is the combo of Partridge In a Palm Tree and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starfish. What do you think of this collection?

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Zoya Winter/Holiday 2016 Enchanted Collection Swatches & Review

We made it to Wednesday, congrats to us! And happy November to all you autumn-loving folks, I'm totally digging the crisp weather right now. Today I have the Winter/Holiday line from Zoya to share with you, the Enchanted collection. This six shade palette gives us two metallic "flips" and three PixieDusts! Zoya said they were retiring this textured finish a while back, but they must have reconsidered due to popular demand, as they gave us some in their summer collection too.
images via Zoya

Waverly is a deep sapphire blue with blue sparkles in the exclusive PixieDust matte sparkle formula. I am SO happy to have new colors in this finish, it's so striking. Applied easily and dries quickly to a textured, sandy finish. I prefer these in their textured state, but you could use a few layers of top coat to make it smooth if you want. I always wear a base coat, though they say you don't need one for these. However this is a very pigmented blue, so it may stain.
Zoya Waverly

Lorna is a luscious berry magenta with a sugary bling in the matte sparkle PixieDust formula. The sparkle from the glitter in these may seem shy in the photographs, but it's delightfully twinkly in person. Two easy coats here.
Zoya Lorna

Alice is an enigmatic periwinkle PixieDust with subtle magenta and blue sparkles. This formula seemed thinner with a slightly chunkier heft to the glitter. I was thinking maybe I would need three coats but it became opaque in two. This is nice and unique, an exciting shade to have in a texture finish.
Zoya Alice

Elphie is a bewitching emerald green PixieDust matte sparkle. Another excellent formula, full coverage in two coats. I think this is probably named for Elphaba from Wicked, which is of course awesome. I needed this green texture in my life, sexy and so wearable.
Zoya Elphie

Saint is a vivid periwinkle shimmer multichrome with a magenta shift. This has a thin but easy formula, a bit prone to brushstrokes but they don't look bad with this type of finish. I used three coats for full coverage.
Zoya Saint

Olivera is a mesmerizing color-flip metallic with an indigo base and a green and purple shift. This is seriously gorgeous, dark and glimmering. Very close to being a one coater, two layers makes it perfect though. I can see myself wearing this over and over.
Zoya Olivera

The Enchanted collection is available now on the Zoya website for $10 each. What do you think of these lacquers? I'm pretty taken with them, this is probably my favorite Zoya collection all year! I would say Olivera and Elphie have to be my favs, how about you? Enjoy your day sweets!

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Monday, July 25, 2016

OPI Fall/Winter 2016 Washington D.C. Collection Swatches & Review

Happy Mani Monday everyone! I'm excited to bring to you the next great collection from OPI, the Washington D.C. collection for Fall/Winter 2016! Actress and fashion icon Kerry Washington has joined the OPI family as a Creative Ambassador recently and co-designed this collection with Cofounder and Creative Director Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. There are 12 regular shades and three limited edition colors, all crèmes save one that has a slight pearl shimmer, in dramatic and sophisticated tones. Let's jump in!
Image via OPI

CIA = Color Is Awesome is a dusky blue teal crème. This applied evenly and was really pigmented. This is two coats. I didn't have any staining with this shade when I wore it as well, which is great.
OPI CIA = Color Is Awesome

Freedom of Peach is a soft, warm peachy orange crème. The formula was great and I got full coverage in two coats.
OPI Freedom of Peach

Inside The ISABELLEtway is one of the limited edition "bonus" colors, a caramel malt brown crème. This formula is epicly good, basically a one coater! I used two as usual though.
OPI Inside The ISABELLEtway

Kerry Blossom is another limited edition shade, a dark plummy purple crème. Dries darker than it appears in the bottle, but not too dark. This is two coats, but you may need three if you're a stickler for very thin coats.
OPI Kerry Blossom

"Liv" in the Gray is the last limited edition polish, a dark grey crème with a tinge of green. This is an amazing one coat wonder! I used two coats like I always do though.
OPI "Liv" in the Gray

Madam President is a vivid magenta pinky red crème. Another fabulous formula, not too thick or thin. Almost a one coater, but two layers covered 100%.
OPI Madam President

Never A Dulles Moment is an interesting yellow crème, kind of sunshiney mustardy. OPI describes it as a "curry yellow". This was a tiny bit streaky on two coats, so I used three. It was better than I expected though for a yellow!
OPI Never A Dulles Moment

OPI By Popular Vote is a rich magenta berry-ish red crème. This one also had a great formula, opaque in two even coats.
OPI OPI By Popular Vote

Pale To The Chief is a "nearly nude" light beige with a very soft pearl finish. The first and second coats kinda pulled up the polish if I went over my strokes too much, so I recommend using a good amount of polish on your brush and doing the three stroke method. The third coat evened everything out for full coverage.
OPI Pale To The Chief

Shh...It's Top Secret! is a deep, dark espresso brown crème. This had an ok formula, I think you might need three coats if you do thinner layers than I do, but I used two.
OPI Shh...It's Top Secret!

Squeaker of The House is a cool, chocolate mousse brown crème. This almost has a slight purple tinge to it which is neat. This went on smooth and easy, almost a one coater but again I used two.
OPI Squeaker of The House

Stay Off The Lawn!! is a lush rainforest green crème. Excellent pigmentation and formula, a one coater! I used two here.
OPI Stay Off The Lawn!!

Suzi - The First Lady of Nails is a gorgeous olive green crème. Another awesome one, two coats. I love that there are two greens in this collection!
OPI Suzi - The First Lady of Nails

We The Female is a dark garnet red crème. I feel like a broken record, but this one is great too! Two easy, pigmented coats.
OPI We The Female

Yank My Doodle is a warm "tawny copper" crème. Another super great formula, only two coats. Dat name tho!
OPI Yank My Doodle

This collection will be available in August wherever OPI is sold, such as Ulta stores, Sally Beauty Supply, and professional salons. They retail for around $10 each. What do you think of this collection? If you're a crème fan, these are sure to be a dream come true for you! The formulas are seriously almost all amazing, the viscosity is excellent, neither thick or thin, and flowed on the nail like butter. I'm super impressed with this collection, even though the colors might not be groundbreaking in terms of uniqueness, they're all welcome to my stash! **EDIT: If you're looking for swatches of the two Ulta exclusives for this collection, see my review HERE!

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

GlitterDaze Escape to Paradise Collection Swatches & Review

Aloha beauties! Today I wanted to imagine a tropical getaway with sun, relaxation, and ocean breezes, so of course I had to show you the GlitterDaze Escape to Paradise collection! These came out a while ago, but they are still available to pick up and they are seriously perfection for summertime nails. All ten shades applied with serious ease, great formulas and two coats for full opacity! And only one layer of top coat was necessary for me to get a smooth finish. Let's take a look!

Bikinis & Bellinis is a bright rose pink jelly polish filled with iridescent shimmer that shifts through yellow and blue, as well as holographic shimmer, sterling silver and holographic flakes.
GlitterDaze Bikinis & Bellinis

I Need Vitamin Sea is a beautiful sea foam green jelly polish filled with purple to pink iridescent glass fleck shimmer, holographic shimmer, holographic and sterling silver flakes.
GlitterDaze I Need Vitamin Sea

Dancing A Go-Go is a deep warm purple jelly shade with iridescent glass fleck shimmers that shift from blue to purple, as well as holographic shimmer, sterling silver and holographic flakes.
GlitterDaze Dancing A Go-Go

I'm Not Melon-choly is a bright chartreuse jelly polish filled with orange/pink iridescent glass flecks, holo micro glitter, holographic and sterling silver flakes.
GlitterDaze I'm Not Melon-choly

Staycay is a lavender jelly polish filled with gold to green shifting iridescent glass flecks, holographic shimmer, and sterling silver and holographic flakes.
GlitterDaze Staycay

Caicos By The Ocean is a turquoise blue jelly shade filled with iridescent glass fleck shimmers that shift through orange and pink, as well as holographic micro shimmer, sterling silver and holographic flakes.
GlitterDaze Caicos By The Ocean

Let's Have A Waikiki is a magenta shade filled with pink/purple iridescent glass flecks, holo micro glitter, holographic and sterling silver flakes.
GlitterDaze Let's Have A Waikiki

Pool Boys Wanted is a complex blurple/periwinkle jelly polish with orange to pink shifting iridescent glass flecks, holographic shimmer, sterling silver and holographic flakes.
GlitterDaze Pool Boys Wanted

Wanderlusting is a coral jelly with gold to green shifting iridescent glass fleck shimmer, holographic shimmer, holographic and sterling sliver flakes.
GlitterDaze Wanderlusting

Getting Steamy In Santorini is a smoky charcoal jelly polish filled with pink and purple shifting iridescent glass fleck shimmer, holographic shimmer, holographic and sterling silver flakes. (I wore this in the mani I did for my guest post on Very Emily's blog!)
GlitterDaze Getting Steamy In Santorini

This collection is available on the GlitterDaze website now for $12 each. I really enjoyed them all, but my favorites have to be Pool Boys Wanted, I Need Vitamin Sea, and Wanderlusting. What about you?? Have a great rest of your weekend!

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Cirque Colors Vice 2016 Collection Swatches & Review

Hi friends! New York based indie brand Cirque Colors has a new collection for Summer out now, the 2016 edition of the Vice Collection! You remember last year's Vice colors? They were hot, but these might be even hotter!

Plastik is a brilliant magenta purpley pink crème. This leans a little purple, and is incredibly bright. Opaque in two easy coats. Dries a little satiny, so you'll want a top coat for shine.
Cirque Colors Plastik

Rehab is a bright blue-purple crème. Not neon, but really saturated and it fits in with the other summery shades nicely. Excellent formula, two coats.
Cirque Colors Rehab

Electric Daisy is a neon chartreuse yellow crème. Intensely bright, you practically need shades to look at it! I was almost able to get this opaque in two but I needed three for complete coverage. But look ma, no white base!
Cirque Colors Electric Daisy

High Roller is a bright mint-turquoise crème. I don't know if this type of color is possible to get neon, but this is pretty close. A great, easy formula. Two coats.
Cirque Colors High Roller

Sin City is a sizzling neon flamingo pinky coral-red crème. This is so super vivid and my lame camera absolutely refused to show it's true intensity. You'll just have to believe me, it's CRAZY neon! A little on the thin side, a tad runny, but opaque on two coats. You'll want a top coat for shine.
Cirque Colors Sin City

We Trippy is a sparkly linear holographic top coat, the only comeback shade from last year's Vice collection. I loved it last year and I love it this year! I layered one coat over all the shades, turning them into holo babes!
Cirque Colors We Trippy - Vice 2016 Collection

This limited edition collection is available now on the Cirque Colors website. They're offering special pricing until July 1st (or while supplies last), you can purchase all five Vice 2016 crèmes for $55 (which is $10 off - originally $65). Individually they are priced at $13 each, along with We Trippy. What do you think of this scorching set? My friend Ida over at Ida Nails It did an awesome watermarble with these, check it out! Talk to you again soon! :)

❤ Kellie
The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.
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