China Glaze Medallion

Okay, I admit it, I have another Quirius polish on right now (Sunshine Energy!) but you'll have to wait for it. I'm feeling obsessive right now which means I need to post what I wore before it.

China Glaze Medallion, weak morning sun


From China Glaze's Specialties collection, this is three coats of glitter (with OPI RidgeFiller and 2 coats of Poshe topcoat for the bumpiness). In the picture, you can see tiny bits of bare nail here and there, but honestly? In real life this is so shiny bling that no one notices. I didn't even notice until I uploaded the pic. But if it bothers you, its easy enough to do a coat of gold polish first. Actually, I think next time I'll try black underneath.

Sinful Colors Euro Trash

I'm tearing my hair out, not having time to change my polish as often as I would like. Dreadful, isn't it? =)

Had to do another low-key mani for work, but I was feeling the need for some sparkle so I pulled out an untried, Sinful Colors Euro Trash (which I don't care for the name of).

Sinful Colors Euro Trash, sun




I completely forgot to do a shade pic. Sorry about that...*feels guilty*...its quite pretty in the shade, reminds me of sparkly champagne. This is three coats, so if you don't like sheer, its probably not for you. But its so pretty....you know you want it...ah, I need more sleep. Don't listen to me!

Next time: Orly Pixy Stix (I hope!)

Color Club Haute Browns - Part II

First I apologize for the delay getting these posted. My weekend was taken over by an adorable ball of fuzz that my nephew found in my mother's backyard. Grandma said she would keep it but recruited me to de-flea and babysit the little monkey for the weekend. Luckily for you, I didn't have my camera ;)

So, Part Two of the Haute Browns by Color Club are the two "darker" colors of the collection and a gold. All of these swatches were done without base or top coat.

Color Club Golden Girl, shade


Color Club Golden Girl, sun


This was 2 coats, very easy application, I didn't have to do any cleanup. You can see some brushstrokes, however.

Color Club Black-ish, shade


Color Club Black-ish, sun


Black-ish is a nice reddish brown. This is two coats, again no trouble with application. There is some bubbling on my ring finger, but I believe that had more to do with the strong wind that was blowing through the house.

Color Club Haute Couture, shade


Color Club Haute Couture, sun


Last is Haute Couture. This is my favorite from the collection. A deep vampy brown, this is two coats. Smooth application, although the camera did pick up what might be a bald patch on my ring finger. It could just be a reflection. It wasn't visible to the naked eye. Haute Couture has a very glossy finish even without topcoat.

Milani Cyberspace & Milani 3-D

I woke up this morning to a beautiful cloudless sky. Perfect for trying out my new Milani 3Ds! As much as I wanted to buy them all, I controlled my impulses and restricted myself to two, the blue and the gold. (I'm so proud of myself. Lol.)

This Spring Milani released a collection of neons and holographics that I've heard are to be part of the core line. I don't know if that's true or not but I hope so! These would be a great permanent addition to their collection of colors. While I love seasonal collections, it can be frustrating to hunt them down. Where I live, sometimes we don't see a spring collection until fall! Maybe they get lost at sea, heh. But on to the pictures!

Milani Cyberspace


This was three thin coats and if you stare at it you can sort of see visible nail line. I'm thinking this would be great layered over one of the new neons.

Milani 3-D


Again, three thin coats but 3-D is more opaque than Cyberspace. Both polishes had excellent application. It was easy to apply thin coats, great coverage and a smooth finish. Both of these were done without basecoat. I don't buff my nails so I usually use a ridge-filling basecoat, but these didn't show my ridges at all.

While these aren't quite the same as the China Glaze OMGs or Kaleidoscopes, (Hmm, I wonder if I can do a comparison? I'll have to check my stash...) they're still very nice holos for a reasonable price. Some drugstore polishes are getting rather pricey. (I'm looking at you Sally H.) Shoot, I'm happy to see holographic nail polish in a drugstore brand again!

Color Club Wild and Willing

Duochromes are a particular love of mine. I love all polish. Cremes, shimmers, glitter...even sheers, although I don't wear them much due to having stained nails. I'll even tolerate a frost if it isn't too frosty. Maybe. But duochromes...the way the color plays across the curve of my nail fascinates me.

Last fall Color Club released the Wild at Heart collection which is where today's polish comes from. Wild and Willing is a beautiful gold-orange-pink with green winking at you from the edges. First up, a bottle pic.



In the bottle you can see multiple colors around the edges. Hmmm, does that make this a multichrome?





I took so many pictures trying to capture this one, it was hard to pick out only a few to show you. I'm always trying to improve my photography skills and I hope that one day I can do this beautiful polish the justice it deserves.