China Glaze Sea Goddess Collection - Swatches

Today I have swatches for the China Glaze Spring 2014 collection - Sea Goddess!

The Sea Goddess collection is a textured collection that is slightly different from the previous ones that China Glaze had released. From what I observed, this collection can be categorized into 2 types: the sandy ones and the sparkly ones!

First up are the sandy ones:

China Glaze Teal the Tide Turns is a light teal textured polish with green glitters.

The textured bits in this polish is very fine and really felt like sand! The coverage is also much better compared to the previous textured collections by China Glaze.

A close up! Application-wise, it's like jelly polish! Super easy to control & apply.

I applied top coat over it to see what happens, and somehow it became jelly like. I don't really like this finish though. I prefer it much more without top coat.

China Glaze Shell We Dance is a bright pink textured polish with silver & pink glitters. I love the name for this one!

Shell We Dance actually reminds me of mashed Strawberries when I was applying it, however it turns into a sandy texture when dried.

Isn't it gorgeous in close-up?

Looks really squishy & jelly with top coat!

China Glaze Sand Dolla Make You Holla is a white textured polish with multi-colored glitters! Definitely my favourite out of this collection!

A beautiful close-up of a sandy beach with colorful sea shells! LOL

Totally gorgeous with top coat as well. Major love!

Next are the sparkly shimmer ones!

China Glaze Seahorsin’ Around is a turquoise textured polish with gold shimmers. I'm sorry that it looked so blue in the pictures. It's actually more green in real life (a.k.a. - just turquoise).

Here's what it actually is:

A close-up! You can see the shimmers sparkle in the bottle.

With top coat! If I were to do a comparison, I would say that for this half of the collection, the finish is quite similar to OPI's Bond Girls collection.

China Glaze Tail Me Something is a beautiful lilac textured polish with lavender tiny glitters.

You can see the tiny lavender glitters in the close-up, but they are actually not that obvious in real life. The color is beautiful nevertheless.

Sparkly with top coat over it! They tend to eat up the top coat though.. This is taken almost immediately after top coat is applied so it's still glossy.

China Glaze Wish On a Starfish is a light pale pink textured polish with gold shimmers.

A gorgeous work place friendly color!

Close-up. The shimmers are the most intense for this polish, compared to others in the collection.

It looks really shiny & pretty here.. but unfortunately I had this on for the longest (cos it's the last that I swatched), and it basically ate all the top coat & is still as gritty as ever. LOL

My thoughts:

I was never a fan of the China Glaze textured polishes but I must say that I really like these! Especially the 3 sandy ones for both their texture and their colors. :)

The sandy ones might be a pain to remove though, as they breaks down in really fine bits that really felt like sand. I wonder how they did it. haha!

For those interested, the China Glaze Sea Goddess collection is now available for sale at http://PolishAlley.com

So what do you think? Would you be getting these?

Nail Art Neon Studs

So I just got some neon nail art studs from PolishAlley.com and this is me trying them out!

These neon studs comes in 6 colors, with both square & circle studs for each colors. The circle studs are smaller than I thought (they were 2mm each) but they were actually just right for me as my nails are reallly small.

To stick the studs on, I applied a coat of top coat over my base color (which is China Glaze Aquadelic btw), and quickly arrange the studs on my nails before the top coat dries. I was afraid that the studs will fall off easily so I decided to apply another coat of top coat over everything again.

Luckily they still looked nice with a glossy finish. Unfortunately my top coat was turning gooey and there was a ton of bubbles. :(

Here's how it looked before the top coat!

Polishes Used: 
China Glaze Aquadelic

China Glaze Ruby Pumps

Chinese New Year is in about 2 weeks so I've decided to do a mani that fits the mood! :)

I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps as base and lightly topped China Glaze Techno over the tips. What do you think?

You cant really see from the pictures, but I love how Ruby Pumps sparkles under the light with it's shimmers. Definitely one of the best reds out there.

A simple yet one of the most popular nail designs for CNY!

Polishes Used:
China Glaze Ruby Pumps
China Glaze Techno

Funky Neon Nails For The New Year

Hi Everyone! I finally got the pueen plates which I had wanted for so long but they do not ship out of USA (I got them via SpreeAlley btw), and finally finally got to use them!

So here's what I did for my first mani of 2014!

How do they look?! I stamped Pueen Plate Pueen07 over China Glaze Neon & On & On.

I'm so in love with these Pueen plates! They have so many beautiful full nail designs that I (almost) only use, and they are so huge as well so I don't need to worry that it wouldnt cover my whole nail.

Major love! Definitely one of the must-get plates for stampers (other than Bundle Monster).

Well, 2014 is going to be an exciting year for me! In this year, I'm getting married, getting my own house for the very first time and I'm going for Honeymoon in the USA! (*Ladies, I'm coming!)

So far, the plan is to visit Florida (for Disney World & Universal Studios), and then head to New York for a few days. Any recommendations of good places to get nail polish around these areas would be greatly appreciated! Or any other states / cities nearby that we can visit would be great too! :)

Hopefully 2014 would be a great year for you as well, whoever you are, reading this post. :)

Cheers to 2014!

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