The Cheryl Flavour: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Don’t Be A Luna-tic

Day 10: Today I have swatches of China Glaze Don't Be A Luna-tic!

Don't Be A Luna-tic is a turquoise aqua blue holographic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. This polish is actually more holo than what is captured in the photos!

Application-wise, this polish is kinda sheer so I had to use 3 coats to cover up all the bald spots. Application is smooth though, like applying MUS holo polishes.

Don't Be A Luna-tic is a tone greener and slightly lighter than SCI-FLY BY.

I had a hard time capturing the holo on film as the colour reflects the light a lot.

I like this one! I don't know why, but I like it. Kinda feels like I have hi-tech nails when I have it on. LOL

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Swatch: China Glaze Infra Red

Day 9: Today I have swatches of China Glaze Infra Red

Infra Red is a warm magenta pink holographic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. This is one of the darker colours in the collection but it's not as holo as the rest. :(

Application-wise, this is polish is super smooth to apply, almost no bald spots and opaque. However, I think it has a slight problem of staining..

Infra Red reminds me immediately of OPI Extravagance & Orly Miss Conduct, so I took my bottles out for a little comparison. It seems that Infra Red is the missing link between the 2.. LOL.. I'll do a swatch comparison next time.

Although the holo is not so great, it's still a beautiful colour though. If you love DS Extravagance or Miss Conduct, you'll probably love this too!

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Cosmic Dust

Day 8!! I'm already over halfway there! Today I have swatches of China Glaze Cosmic Dust!

Cosmic Dust is a silver metal holographic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. I do think this colour is rather unique as it's not the usual bright silver holographic like OMG, but is a silver with a hint of grey.

Application-wise, this polish is rather sheer and I had apply 3 coats to cover all the bald spots and achieve a opaque finish.

Super holo!

I here declare that I'm in love with the Hologlam 2013 collection! I have been seeing people say that this collection is not enough, but that is not true! Sure, it's not the same type of holo like the ColorClub Halo Hues, but it's holding it's own well!

This collection would probably be like the old OMG collection and increase 5 times in value next time. I for one would definitely not miss them!

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Swatch: China Glaze When Stars Collide

Day 7: Today I have swatches of China Glaze When Stars Collide! After 2 days of light colours, we have a dark colour again!

When Stars Collide is described by China Glaze as a warm maroon colour but IMO, it more like a deep plum colour. This polish is slightly more red IRL than what is shown in the pictures.

Application-wise, it's super smooth. I used a normal base coat and there was bald spots for the first coat, but the second coat covered them up pretty well.

This is not really my type my colour, but I'm sure a lot of people will love this. It's super holo too!

I sure many of you would love this shade! Is this a must-get for you?

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Astro-Hot

Day 6: Today I have swatches of China Glaze Astro-Hot!

Astro-Hot is a soft baby pink holographic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. This is also one of the common colours from the collection.. there are already lots of baby pink holographic polishes out there.

Application-wise, this is the best one so far. I used a normal base coat and there were hardly any bald spots, compared to the others that I had swatched which all had problems with bald spots. I almost pulled it off with one coat, but it's slightly sheer at one coat, so I still went with my normal 2 coats.

It's actually really holo! All the polishes from this collection belongs to the smooth holo kinds and not the coarse ones like ColorClub's Halo Hues. But that doesn't mean they are not as pretty!

Pretty pretty!

So this adds to my collection of pink holos, I think the closest I have to this is probably MUS Britta and ColorClub Halo-grahic. I'll do a comparison post after I'm done with all the swatches from this collection!

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze SCI-FLY BY

Day 5: Today I have swatches of China Glaze SCI-FLY BY!

SCI-FLY BY is a light silver blue holographic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. This is probably one of the more common colours from the collection, but the holo-ness is amazing!!

Application-wise, I used a normal base coat and there was bald spots. This is the first from the collection which I had to use 3 coats to cover up the bald spots, however application was really smooth.

I'm impressed by how holo this SCI-FLY BY is! The holo even managed to shine through under my dim room lights!

One of the lighter colours from the collection.

Although this colour is not very unique, but the holo-ness made up for it IMO. I'm getting impressed by this collection so far!

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

Swatch: China Glaze Galactic Gray

Day 4 and today I have Galactic Gray for you!

Galactic Gray is a gun metal holographic nail polish and I must tell you, it's really really super gorgeous! The dark colours in this collection are all super amazing!

Application-wise, I used a normal base coat and there was bald spots for the first coat, but the second coat covered them up pretty well.

If you look closely, I missed a spot on my pinkie and you can see the bald spot there..

We live for beautiful rainbows!

I love Galactic Gray! Definitely a must get! Don't even have to ask!!

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze OMG A UFO

Today's swatch is OMG A UFO from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. I love this one!

This polish totally exceeded my expectations! OMG A UFO is a moss green/ olive green holographic polish. I love the colour and it's more holo than I expected!

Behold the holo-ness!

I don't have anything close to this in all of my collection, holo polishes or not!

Personally I think this is 1 of the must get from this collection! (although I have not finished swatching the collection and this is probably too early for me to say something like this. =P)

What do you think of this color? Do you like it as much as I do?

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Not In This Galaxy

I'm trying to swatch one polish from the China Glaze Hologlam Collection 2013 everyday. Hopefully I'll be able to keep to it this time!

Today I have Not In This Galaxy from the collection!

Not In This Galaxy is a warm coral holographic polish. I usually love corals, but I'm not so sure about this one. I think the colour actually makes it look less holo because the colour of the rainbow is too close to the base colour.

I don't have any coral holographic polishes in my collection, but it's actually pretty close to Jade Delirio Rosa (comparing Not In This Galaxy on my nails with Jade Delirio Rosa bottle).

Application-wise, I used a normal base coat and there was bald spots for the first coat, but the second coat covered them up pretty well.

Took more pictures this time cos I had a hard time trying to capture the holo!

What do you think of this colour? Would you get it?

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Swatch: China Glaze Strap On Your Moonboots

I have a swatch post of a really beautiful polish today! It's Strap On Your Moonboots from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection!!

This polish is described by China Glaze as a midnight sky blue colour with strong linear holographic of course. I guess that's kinda accurate. =P

Application-wise, it's quite okay. I used a normal base coat and there was bald spots for the first coat, but the second coat covered them up pretty well.

Really beautiful!!

Well, first swatch of the China Glaze Hologlam Collection down. I'll try to swatch the others if I'm free.. No promises though! <3

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