The Cheryl Flavour

Sunday, February 17, 2013

A England Saint George

I have A England Saint George on today!

Saint George is a deep dark green/teal holographic polish and it's really absolutely gorgeous! Actual colour in real life is slightly more green than shown in the picture.

I added some holographic silver stripping tape for a french tips effect & I totally love how it turned out! It looks so classy and with so much personality. <3

What do you think?

Saturday, February 9, 2013

CNY 2013 Manicure!

Happy Chinese New Year 2013!

Polishes Used:
OPI Otherwise Engaged
OPI Dim Sum Plum
China Glaze Golden Enchanment

China Glaze Texture Collection 2013

Another swatch post today! Today I have the China Glaze Texture collection!

The texture collection is pretty interesting, many people thinks that it would be like the OPI's sands, but they're actually quite different! The finish for the textured collection is actually glossy and doesn't need top coat at all. It looks exactly like those textured walls IMO.

Even though the colours are rather opaque, would advise at least 2 or more coats for the 'texture' to be more evenly applied across the nail.

China Glaze Of Coarse! is a beautiful bright blue

China Glaze Bump & Grind is a hot pink redish colour. This is really bright and beautiful too!

China Glaze In The Rough is a lime coloured textured polish. Actual colour looks more yellow IRL.

China Glaze Unrefined is a bright barbie doll pink textured polish!

China Glaze Itty, Bitty, Gritty is a melon/coral colour textured polish. This is probably my favourite of the collection, both name and colour-wise. :)

China Glaze Toe-Tally Textured is a bright orange textured polish. The colour is actually quite nice, but Orange really doesn't suit me. :( it makes my skin looks so yellow!

Just a short simple post today.. So what do you think? Is the Textured collection a yay or a nay for you?

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Take A Trek

Finally! The last of the Hologlam 2013 collection! Today I have swatches of China Glaze Take A Trek!

Take A Trek is a cool denim holographic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection and this is absolutely beautiful!!

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.

OMG, I have to say this again & again.. Take A Trek is absolutely gorgeous!! Holo-ness is normal grade but the colour! Who can resist denim?! Denim holo!

I love this! I think it's my favourite of the collection! And to think it's placed at the last! I totally chose to swatch them at random and I think this is fate. Save the best for the last. LOL

Finally I'm done! What do you think of this collection? Love them? or just meh? I totally love them! Holos all the way! Keep them coming please!

I'll be doing a post consolidating all these swatches of the Hologlam collection soon!

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

Friday, February 1, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Get Outta My Space

Day 11: Today I have swatches of China Glaze Get Outta My Space!

Get Outta Of My Space is a light powered violet holograhic polish from the China Glaze Hologlam 2013 collection. Beautiful soft colour with power holos!

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.

One of the more common shades from the collection. From the bottle, it's rather similar to Colour Club Cloud Nine.

Super holo! The holo shone even under dim lights!

What do you think? Would you get this soft feminine beauty?

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

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

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

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!

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

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!

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection:

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!

See swatches of the other polishes in this collection: