Christmas Tree On My Nails!

An early Christmas nails! China Glaze This Is Tree-Mendous from the Happy HoliGlaze collection is really the perfect Christmas Tree color! :)

I also stamped some snowflakes on my other fingers with ColorClub What A Drag but it can hardly be seen on my nails.

Polishes Used:
China Glaze This Is Tree-Mendous
OPI Care To Danse?
OPI What Wizardry Is This?
ColorClub What A Drag
ColorClub Cloud Nine
China Glaze Fairy Dust

China Glaze Crinkled Chrome Collection - Swatches!

So here it is! The swatches for China Glaze Crinkled Chrome collection!

The Crinkled Chrome collection is described by China Glaze as "Chrome meets pastel, giving feminine flair to this crinkled metal look." So here are the swatches!

China Glaze Iron Out The Details is an icy blue metallic chrome polish with textured crinkled looking finish.

Next, China Glaze Crush, Crush, Baby

China Glaze Crush, Crush, Baby is a light lilac metallic chrome polish with textured, crinkled finish.

China Glaze Don't Be Foiled

China Glaze Don't Be Foiled is a gorgeous teal, seaform green metallic chrome polish with textured, crinkled finish. (Colour is much darker & greener in real life).

This is much closer to the actual colour of China Glaze Don't Be Foiled.

Next, China Glaze Wrinkling The Sheet.

China Glaze Wrinkling The Sheet is a very light metallic lime green chrome polish with a textured, crinkled finish.

The green is much more obvious in real life.. I used natural light today and it got the colours all a little too light.

China Glaze I’m Chromatic is a light metallic pink chrome polish with textured, crinkled finish.

Quite a pretty sweet pink!

Last of the collection, China Glaze Aluminate.

China Glaze Aluminate is a silver metallic chrome polish with textured, crinkled finish.

Very pretty & white silver. I guess all the silver polish fans would love this!

My thoughts:

I was initially very curious about this collection from it's name "Crinkled Chrome', but after swatching the first bottle, it's quite apparent that there's no chemical reaction.. blah blah.. rocket science behind it.

It's really just tiny beads & bar glitters mixed into the polish to create the 'crinkled' effect. Very much like the rest of China Glaze's textured polishes.

Here's how it looks like half-removed:

As for the application, Chrome polishes are generally smooth and this is no exception. However they do tend to get gooey really quickly.

In the end, I added some thinner to them and they were great after that. Be careful not to add too much or the polish might turn too thin to hold the stuffs (the bar glitters etc..) and they might sink to the bottom (just my guess).

Overall, these polishes gave me a really hi-tech, sci fi feel.. haha! My favourites are Don't Be Foiled (Teal) and Aluminate (Silver)!

So what do you think of this collection? Do you textured lovers love this as well?

*For those interested, the Crinkled Chrome collection is now available for sale on PolishAlley.com

China Glaze Crinkled Chrome Collection Preview!

Check out what just arrived! The China Glaze Crinkled Chrome collection for Winter 2013!  They are stated to create a crinkled, crumpled foil effect when applied. Cant wait to try them out!

From left to right:

China Glaze Crush, Crush, Baby (Lilac)
China Glaze Wrinkling The Sheets (Green)
China Glaze Don't Be Foiled (Teal)
China Glaze I'm Chromatic (Pink)
China Glaze Iron Out The Details (Blue)
China Glaze Aluminate (Silver)

For those interested, The Crinkled Chrome collection is now available for sale at Polishalley.com!

China Glaze Scattered & Tattered

I must admit, I was never a fan of any of the polishes from the China Glaze Glitz Bitz 'n Pieces collection, because I always felt that they looked kinda messy. But now I changed my mind! Check out Scattered & Tattered on my nails!

I was actually inspired to do this nail when I saw something similar on the hands of another girl while I was on the train. I had no idea what she used, but it I immediately thought of Scattered & Tattered & can't wait to try it out on my own. :)

I used China Glaze Cloud Nine for my base, for a sheer off-white base colour with subtle glitters, and topped one coat of Scattered & Tattered over it.

Very satisfied with the effects here, with it looking a little like graffiti or splashed paint.. haha!

What do you think?

Polishes Used:
China Glaze Cloud Nine
China Glaze Scattered & Tattered

Cutesy Little Polka Dots!

I felt like doing something cute, so I decided to go with the classic polka dots!

The polishes I used today are OPI Chic From Ears To Tails and OPI Can't Find My Czechbook! Both very bubble gummy polishes with beautiful shiny gel like finish. Love them!

What do you think of my nails today? :)

Polishes Used:
OPI Chic From Ears To Tails
OPI Can't Find My Czechbook

OPI What Wizardy Is This with Jade Psicodelica

Did a simple manicure today and I'm loving it!

I combined a Holo polish Jade Psicodelica with a sands polish OPI What Wizardy Is This? and it gorgeous~!!

Loving the contrast over here. Too bad I managed to smudge it right after I took my photos by scratching myself and tips got rubbed off.

Here's another pic!

Polishes Used:
OPI What Wizardy Is This?
Jade Psicodelica

China Glaze Travel In Color

If you remember, I actually posted about China Glaze Travel In Color (Iridescent Top Coat) in my Happy HoliGlaze swatch post, but I used it over some creme polishes which did not bring out the true beauty of the Top Coat.

One of my readers, Liz Blyer (Thank you Liz!) actually commented on that post to say that Travel In Color is stunning over Black, so that's what I'm going to show today!

In the photo, I have 2 coats of China Glaze Travel In Color, over 2 coats of black creme polish.

It's really hard to capture the effect on camera, but Travel in Color flashes a beautiful purple with specks of blue when the light hits it.

The black base brings out the iridescent effect really well!

I guess the right base colour is super important for this polish to bring out the gorgeousness! :)

What do you think?

Simple Strip Nails

I admit that I had became abit slug-ish and unproductive lately.. something that I would really like to change and get myself back on my feet again.. Get back to doing productive stuffs and putting meaning into my life.

I want to start painting my nails regularly again as well, just that I'm kind of having a creative block lately.. I need more inspiration!!

I did something really simple today.. Just because I like the colours. :) It's nothing wow material.. but just something to get me started again~

Polishes Used:
OPI Mermaid's Tears
OPI Pink Friday

My Halloween 2013 nails!

Happy Halloween! I decided to do a set of pumpkin Halloween nails this year because it's simple and fuss free. LOL.. I'm becoming lazy.

I kind of ran out of pumpkin facial designs to do thus I added in a spider and a black cat as well.

Hope you guys like my Halloween nails this year!

Polishes Used

OPI In My Back Pocket

Purple Leopard Print Nail Art

It had been a while since I did nail art so I decided to do a simple leopard print nail art to get me going again!

A successful attempt if you ignore the smudge marks. =P

Polishes Used:
OPI You're Such A BudaPest
China Glaze Lemon Fizz
China Glaze Fairy Dust
OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys

China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection - Comparison

Had been really busy and hardly had time to do my nails.. :(

Here's a quick comparison for some of the polishes in the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze collection!

First up, is China Glaze Mingle With Kringle which I had mentioned that it reminds me of China Glaze Goldie But Goodie from the Autumn Nights collection.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie

I didn't went and took a look at my Goldie But Goodie when I was swatching the Christmas collection, but just from my impression, I thought Mingle With Kringle seems really similar to Goldie But Goodie.

It was only when I swatched them side by side then I realised they were a totally different kind of golds. Mingle With Kringle is a much brighter yellow leaning kind of gold that would really look like a pot of gold, while Goldie But Goodie is a more brownish leaning copper type of dirty gold. Infact Goldie But Goodie hardly even look like gold anymore when placed beside Mingle With Kringle.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie

What is similar between these 2 polishes is probably the application and finish. Both are foil like polishes, Mingle With Kringle is bright gold with coppery darker gold flakes, while Goldie But Goodie is rust gold with silver micro shimmers/flakes.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie

Goldie But Goodie is more opaque between the 2, and they both dis-integrates into irritating gold flakes that sticks to your skin when you try to remove them.

Next up is a comparison between the reds:

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps

Ring In the Red, Just Be-Claws and  Ruby Pumps are all red with shimmers/glitters but you can see from the picture that they are very different from each other.

Out of these 3, I must say I'm absolutely in love with China Glaze Ring In the Red! It's one of my un-tries and when I swatched it.. I was like.. woah! So pretty! LOL

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps

Nevertheless, I would admit that Just Be-Claws is a great colour for Christmas, especially for nail art as it's quite opaque. It is also very suitable for people would like something less flashy. :)

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps

I will use China Glaze Ring In The Red for my Christmas Manicure this year! haha!

Last comparison for today would be the blupple glitters!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

Another comparison that came to my mind when I was swatching is these 2! China Glaze All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

China Glaze All Wrapped Up and LA Girl Eutopia are quite similar colour, with LA Girl a little more purple. Their main difference is their glitters.

China Glaze All Wrapped Up is made up of very dense fine glitters, while LA Girl Eutopia is made up of sparse small hex glitters with some large hex glitters.

In summary, All Wrapped Up is more suitable to be used on it's own, while Eutopia is more suitable to be used as a topper.

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

Between these 2, I think I like China Glaze All Wrapped Up more just because of the way it sparkles under the light. So pretty!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

That's all for my comparison today! None of the other polishes sparked any interest in me to compare them so I'll just be doing these 3.

Hope these swatches helped! :)

Swatch - China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection: Part 2

Hi Everyone! Thanks for waiting, here are the swatches for China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Part 2!

First up is China Glaze Put A Bow On It!

China Glaze Put A Bow On It is a clear base polish densely filled with micro magenta glitters!

I used 1 coat on my pinky finger to show how fine & dense the glitters are! For the rest of my fingers, I had about 3 coats on to cover all the bald spots.

Application is smooth, but it's really hard to fill up the sides & the nail tip areas. I guess one of the solution for this is to apply a base color that's really close to China Glaze Put A Bow On It?

Really sparkly & christmas-y in actual! Pretty!

China Glaze This Is Tree-Mendous:

China Glaze This Is Tree-Mendous is a clear base polish densely filled with green & gold micro glitters.

1 coat on Pinky finger, about 3 coats on the rest of the fingers. Actual color in real life is a little more lime. I think it's quite close to the colour of Pine Trees?

I'm a sucker for glitters like these. :) Majority of the glitters are green with some gold for extra bling and christmas spirit.

Sparkling prettily under the light!

China Glaze All Wrapped Up

China Glaze All Wrapped Up is a clear base polish densely filled with violet blue micro glitters. My fingers would look a little green in the pictures as I had to edit the colours a little with some photo apps. This is one of the colours that my camera can never capture correctly.

1 coat on Pinky finger, about 3 coats on the rest of the fingers. I have tried to make the colours as close as possible to what I see on my fingers.. might still be slightly different though.. The polish looked more purple in the bottle, but more blue on the nails.

The formula is similar to the previous 2 polishes, but slightly easier to control on the edges.

China Glaze All Wrapped Up reminds me of 1 of the glitter polish from L.A. Girl. I'll probably do a comparison post soon!

Next, China Glaze Bells Will Be Blinging

China Glaze Bells Will Be Blinging is filled with some small + slightly larger blue hex glitters, gold holographic hex glitters, and some short holographic bar glitters. And densely packed glitter.

A close up shot on 1 coat of China Glaze Bells Will Be Blinging. I really like these half length bar glitters from this polish! They dont look or feel hairy unlike some of those previously released, and they actually look really pretty!

Super gorgeous & sparkly! I think I have about 3-4 coats on for the 3 fingers though. Application is easy and it's not hard to fish the glitters at all. China Glaze do have great formulas for their glitters.

Lastly, a bottle shot!

Next, China Glaze Be Merry, Be Bright:

Unlike the previous 4 in this collection, China Glaze Be Merry, Be Bright meant more as a topper than to be used on it's own. China Glaze Be Merry, Be Bright is filled with smaller magenta and violet  hex glitters + some larger violet hex glitters in a clear base.

1 coat on the pinky finger, and about 4-5 coats on the rest. I didnt use any base as I suck at pairing some times and I dont want to ruin this polish. =P

The blue looking glitters are actually more violet in real life, very similar to China Glaze All Wrapped Up.

Last of the glitters, China Glaze Your Present Required

China Glaze Your Present Required is filled with multi-coloured, multi-sized glitters in a clear. Also meant to be a topper glitter polish. I can see white, gold, silver, green, blue and magenta coloured glitters.

I like how this polish looked on it's own without any base! It looked so cheerful that I felt happy just looking at it. My boyfriend thinks it look kiddy and childish though.. pfft! boys.. what do they understand.

Super gorgeous! I doubt I'll ever find a base color suitable for it though.. there's so many colours here!

Last of all!! China Glaze Travel in Color

China Glaze Travel in Color is a top coat that creates an iridescent-like effect when applied over any polish colour. Note that Travel in Color is not your normal sized China Glaze though.. it's the mini size 9.6ml bottle.

In my pictures, I'll have 2 fingers of the same polish. 1 with Travel In Colour, the other 1 without. Here I have China Glaze Santa Red My List and China Glaze So Blue Without You.

These are the 2 foil polishes in the Happy HoliGlaze collection. Iridescent effect is more obvious in real life, though it's barely there as well.

Here I have OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips and China Glaze Pelican Gray. Iridescent effect is actually more obvious than on the foil polishes above, but you cant see it as it's super hard to capture on photo. :(

To be honest, the Iridescent effect of China Glaze Travel in Color is not as great as I anticipated, but I guess I didnt really experiment with much colours as well so it might actually look great when paired with some particular colours.

One thing for sure, it doesnt go well with foil blues. -.-"

Okay! It's late now and I need to go sleep.

If you ladies are interest, all the polishes from the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze collection are now available at http://PolishAlley.com!

Good Night! I'll probably do a comparison post next!