Saturday, July 27, 2013

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Pefite Teal

Another Nabi swatch post while I'm still swatching the China Glaze Halloween collection. Today I have Nabi Pefite Teal!

Nabi Pefite Teal

Nabi Pefite Teal is a sea-form green holographic polish with teal flash!

Nabi Pefite Teal

The holographic effect for Nabi Pefite Teal is great compared to some of the others, and it is until now the most lasting Nabi holographic I've tried on.

It lasted for a whole 3 days without chips on my nails without any top coat!

Nabi Pefite Teal

I know I should compare against one of the ColorClub Halo Hues but I think it wouldnt be fair. =P

Polishes Used:
Nabi Pefite Teal

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Preview: China Glaze Halloween 2013 - Monster Ball collection

My nail polish haul today!!

China Glaze Halloween 2013 - Monster Ball collection

I have to tell you, the glitters in this collection look really gorgeous! Swatches coming soon!

From left to right:
China Glaze Howl You Doin'
China Glaze Fang-tastic
China Glaze Boo-gie Down
China Glaze Bat My Eyes
China Glaze Bump In The Night

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Nothing says, "Friday!" like NEON!

We have another group mani today & the theme is 'Nothing says, "Friday!" like NEON!'

I haven't been doing nail art for awhile so I'm really excited to do this one!

neon friday

For my Friday Neon, I did some neon blocks and stamped over with Cheeky plate CH16. I really like the colours in this mani! They're so cheerful~

I'm pretty inspired by my Friday neon mani and I really want to do another with more colours and the colours less blocky! =P

Stay tuned for that! Meanwhile, check out all the other 'Nothing says, "Friday!" like NEON' contributions here!

Polishes Used:
China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts
China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada
China Glaze Splish Splash
China Glaze Solar Power

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Autumn Nights Part 2

Hi Peeps! Finally today I have the 2nd half of the China Glaze Autumn Nights Collection!

Click here to read Part 1!

Previously I have called the 2nd half of the collection coarse shimmers and that was before I swatched them. Now I would say they are more foil-like.

First Up: China Glaze Goldie But Goodie


China Glaze Goldie But Goodie

China Glaze Goldie But Goodie is a rust-gold shimmer polish as described by China Glaze, and I think the main reason for that is because even though the polish looked gold, it's actually majority gold shimmers with some copper and silver shimmers.

China Glaze Goldie But Goodie

Again, these polishes are actually what I have in mind when you say shimmers. I think the formula is closer to being foil. Goldie But Goodie is rather opaque, you can get away with a careful one coat, but I did 2 anyway.

China Glaze Goldie But Goodie

A close up macro shot.

China Glaze Goldie But Goodie

It's really hard to take a macro shot of the polish so sorry for it being so blur at the sides. But I think we can see what is in the polish like this! :)

Next, China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets


China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets

China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets is a platinum silver shimmer polish with some bigger gold shimmer flakes.

China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets

China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets is a lot like an inverted version of Goldie But Goodie. Polish is opaque as well, with a foil like formula.

China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets

It's actually quite gorgeous! A little something different from your normal silver foils.

China Glaze Rendezvous With You

China Glaze Rendezvous With You

China Glaze Rendezvous With You is the most interesting shade for me in this half of the collection! Rendezvous With You is a deep plum purple shimmer polish over a very dark base. I cant tell if it's black or a really really near black purple.

China Glaze Rendezvous With You

It's kinda hard to photograph this polish for me because when I put up my light, the sides go black. It's a little like duo-chrome.

China Glaze Rendezvous With You

From here you can see clearly the purple shimmers with dark base. There's some silver shimmers in it as well.

China Glaze Rendezvous With You

I think this polish is the most must-get from this half of the collection!

Next, China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo


China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo

China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo  is a rose-gold shimmer polish with some gold-copper larger flakes.

China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo

This polish keeps making me think Raspberry.. I have no idea why. haha.

Again, I think the formula is close to being foil, and it's opaque, easy to apply. Why do they say everything is shimmer?

China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo

Close up shots of China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo. You can see the larger gold flakies over the rose base.

China Glaze Strike Up a Cosmo

This photo shows more of the base. I think this polish is worth getting as well.

China Glaze Charmed, I’m Sure

China Glaze Charmed, I’m Sure

China Glaze Charmed, I’m Sure is one of the only two cremes in the collection. It's a deep eggplant creme polish.. Not a colour I usually wear but I do think it's gorgeous.

China Glaze Charmed, I’m Sure

Application is completely smooth for me. I didnt have the usual problem of cremes being too thick.. Very easy to control!

Last but not least, China Glaze Queen B


China Glaze Queen B

China Glaze Queen B is a blue-purple creme polish from the collection. Actual colour is slightly more purple in real life but it's really close already.

China Glaze Queen B

Under direct light. I couldnt capture the right colour on my camera so I wore it to office and used the camera at work to take these photos. haha!

Overall, some of the opinions I have heard about this collection is that the fall colours are usually pretty much the same and a lot of you probably have them.

Well, if you dont have them, this might be a good time to get them. And in my opinion, they are not really shimmers and China Glaze did try to jazz them up abit especially for the foil like polishes. China Glaze Rendezvous With You is a must get for me definitely!

For those interested, China Glaze Autumn Nights collection is now available for sale at http://PolishAlley.com

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Autumn Nights Part 1

Hi everyone! Today I have swatches of some of the new China Glaze Autumn Nights collection!

There are a total of 12 polishes in this collection which described by China Glaze as 10 Shimmers and 2 cremes. For myself, I had loosely categorized the polishes into fine shimmers & coarse shimmers + creme.

For today's post, I will be swatching the 6 fine shimmers!

First up, China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans!

China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans

China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans is described by China Glaze as a rich-blue shimmer polish but seriously.. I see no shimmer.

Formula and finish, I think it is really similar to some of the polishes from OPI Germany collection (if you know which are those I am referring to). It's sort of a metallic chrome like finish. Very very opaque, you can easily get away with just one coat.

China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans

I love the strong & vibrant colour of this polish, but the downside for me is.. brush stoke marks! Distinct brush stoke marks. I think they are quite unavoidable for this kind of finish. If you have some techniques that can prevent brush stroke marks, please let me know.

Next, China Glaze Red-Y & Willing

China Glaze Red-Y & Willing

China Glaze Red-Y & Willing is a deep red shimmer polish. I love the intensity of this polish. It's one of my favourite in the collection!

China Glaze Red-Y & Willing

China Glaze Red-Y & Willing is filled with shiny red shimmers. The shimmers are very subtle, but they are there. Does look more like a metallic finish rather than shimmer as well. Very opaque!

China Glaze Kiss My Glass


China Glaze Kiss My Glass is a blue gun-metal polish. I see no shimmers.. just plenty of metallic.

China Glaze Kiss My Glass

Colour is really true to China Glaze's description of Blue-gunmetal with plenty of brush stroke marks. Very opaque though.. might work for stamping.

Next, China Glaze Public Relations


China Glaze Public Relations

China Glaze Public Relations is a violet gun-metal polish. This polish is really similar to China Glaze Kiss My Glass except that there is a hint of violet in it.

China Glaze Public Relations

Very opaque as well, you might be able to get away with 1 coat.. but brush stroke marks is a huge problem.

I admit I wasn't trying to be careful when painting, It might look better if you are careful, I'm not sure..

Next, China Glaze Don’t Make Me Wine

China Glaze Don’t Make Me Wine

China Glaze Don’t Make Me Wine is a red-violet shimmer polish. The colour is really pretty though it's not really my type of colour.

China Glaze Don’t Make Me Wine

Formula and finishing is similar to China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans. Very subtle shimmers with metallic chrome finish.

Last for today and my favourite of the collection, China Glaze Tongue & Chic!

China Glaze Tongue & Chic

China Glaze Tongue & Chic is a beautiful emerald shimmer polish! Actual colour is more green than shown in the picture.

China Glaze Tongue & Chic

This photo is much closer to the actual color. Isnt it gorgeous? Doesnt have that serious brush stroke issue as well. Really perfect!

I have come to the end for Part 1 China Glaze Autumn Nights swatch. Stay Tuned for part 2!

For those interested, China Glaze Autumn Nights collection is now available for sale at http://PolishAlley.com

Read Part 2 of the collection here!

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink is a bright pink holographic polish with orange-y fuchsia flash. This pink is so bright that it's almost neon!

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

The downside of this polish it that the holo factor is kind of meh.. It is a very very fade linear holo that you can only spot if you know it's there. Otherwise, it just look like tiny holographic shimmers.

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink vs Jade Delirio Rosa
Nabi Holographic Hot Pink vs Jade Delirio Rosa
For comparison, I decided to compare against Jade Delirio Rosa as both polishes looked the most similar from the bottle.

You may not be able to see due to the super strong holo effect of Jade Delirio Rosa, but Nabi Hot Pink is a much brighter & stronger pink than Jade Delirio Rosa.

Overall, I would recommend this polish if you are looking for a beautiful bright pink, but probably not if you are looking for a strong holo polish.

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Hot Pink
Jade Delirio Rose

Monday, July 8, 2013

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Green

Nabi Holographic Green

Today I have Nabi Holographic Green, a beautiful apple green holographic polish with teal flash!

Nabi Holographic Green

Love this one! The holographic effect is quite strong! It might easily be one of the most holo polish among all the Nabi that I have swatched!

For comparison, I compared against Milani Hi-Tech.

Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech
Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech
Colour-wise, Nabi Green is closer to apple green, while Milani Hi-Tech is closer to lime green.

I guess the biggest surprise for me is to find out that Milani Hi-Tech is actually a linear holo too! LOL.. I used to think all of Milani holos are scattered.

Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech
Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech
I'm sorry but Milani Hi-Tech is no match against Nabi Holographic Green! =P

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Green
Milani Hi-Tech

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Sky Blue

Another Post! Nabi Holographic Sky Blue!

Nabi Holographic Sky Blue

This polish actually looked more lavender than blue in the bottle so initially I was like.. "what.. why is it called sky blue." But after 2 coats, the blue started to show. So I guess it really is blue, but maybe not sky blue though.. Light denim maybe?

Okay.. So Nabi Holographic Sky Blue is a light denim blue holographic polish with beautiful burple flash!

Nabi Holographic Sky Blue

The holographic effect for this polish is quite strong! Finally! After 2 consecutive mild ones, I almost thought it's my lighting and not the polish. Luckily this came along! :)

Nabi Holographic Sky Blue

Gorgeous holo deserves 3 photos! LOL

Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def
Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def
For comparison, I decided to compare against China Glaze High Def from the Tronica collection. Both polishes actually have really similar holographic flash but as you can see, Nabi Sky Blue is much more holo than CG High Def.

Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def
Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def
The shade for Nabi Holographic Sky Blue is not as unique as some of the others, but if you are a holo junkie like me, I guess you need to get this! :)

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Sky Blue
China Glaze High Def

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Navy Blue

Nabi Holographic Navy Blue

Nabi Holographic Navy Blue is a beautiful deep blue holographic with green flash. I love the colour, but the holographic effect for this polish is kinda weak.

Nabi Holographic Navy Blue

Can you spot the little green flash? Of course it's more obvious in real life.. I just had some problems capturing them on the camera.

I didnt have any blue holo polishes in my stash like this as well. All my blue holos are much lighter than this. Love the unique deep blue shade of this polish!

Nabi Navy Blue vs China Glaze Take a trek
Nabi Navy Blue vs China Glaze Take A Trek
I did a comparison with China Glaze Take A Trek as I thought it might be similar to the denim blue of Take A Trek.. As you can see, they are nothing alike. =P

Nabi Navy Blue vs Jade Hypnose
Nabi Navy Blue vs Jade Hypnose
I also did a quick comparison with Jade Hypnose. Jade Hypnose like most of my other blues is much lighter than Nabi Navy Blue, and have a hint of green in it.

Verdict: This polish is beautiful if you ignore the fact that it is actually a holographic polish. Holo-wise, it's a little disappointing for me. Would you get it just for it's colour?

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Navy Blue
China Glaze Take A Trek
Jade Hypnose