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