China Glaze - Kinetic Candy

Hello everyone,

Hope you've had a nice weekend!
Sorry for the long absence... again ;) But I was away for the week-end -  in Paris again (more exactly near Paris, in Essonne) for a big birthday party. And it was great!  

So today I have for you another polish from the China Glaze's 2012 Electropop spring collection: Kinetic Candy.
This is quite a nice colour and the quality of the formula and the application were great.. it's just that it's really not flattering at all for my skin-tone. And also... I've had this weired feeling the whole time I was wearing it: that I was wearing a piece of faïence on my nails! Maybe because the faïence in my parent's bathroom was (and still is) exactly the same colour ! ;) weired associations ;)

The only thing that I found not to be OK with it is that it doesn't last for as long as I'm expecting it to... I've applied it in the evening, and by the end of the next day it already chipped on 3 fingers (and I didn't do any house work - I was at work ;)). Too bad.

So here I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze Kinetic Candy + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

In conclusion:

Application: 4.0/5
Formula: 4.0/5
Finish: 4.5/5
Drying time: 4.0/5
Opacity: 5.0/5

Overall: 4.3/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

Hugs! 

China Glaze - Aquadelic

Hello everyone,

Hope you're doing fine!
Me... I'm having quite a hard week at work and I'm finishing very late... hardly have the time to prepare myself for the next day!
But life is better when you get polish now and then, right? - I'm sure a lot of you know what I men ;D
So,  I've received my command of 4 bottles from the China Glaze Electropop Spring collection a few days ago. I've only worn Kinetic Candy and Aquadelic until now. And I gotta say that Aquadelic - the one I'm going to show you today - really made day!

Some say that it is very close to China Glaze For Audrey... I don't own For Audrey, but from other swatches I've seen, I guess they do look a lot alike, but Aquadelic seems brighter and a tad bit bluer.
Anyway, I find this polish to be GREAT! I really love it. I've worn it with a t-shirt in about the same colour and it looked magic! ;D
The application is very good, also the opacity. Two coats are needed only in order to even out the brush strokes from the first layer.

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze Aquadelic + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

In conclusion:

Application: 4.0/5
Formula: 4.0/5
Finish: 4.5/5
Drying time: 4.0/5
Opacity: 5.0/5

Overall: 4.3/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

Hugs! <3

China Glaze - Glittering Garland

Hello everyone,

This is one of the 2 polishes I've purchased from China Glaze's Let it Snow 2011 winter collection. I've also got Tinsel town, but... it is still amongst my "untrieds"...

Glittering Garland is a must have, in my opinion! It is one of the most beautiful greens I've ever seen! Not a joke. Ans i do have a few greens in my collection ;)
It's a deep, rich Christmas-tree-green, with light green/gold duochrome flecks! The effect is superb.
Two coats are enough for full opacity, the application is great and it dries fast! What more do we need? ;)

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze - Glittering garland, no top coat:

In conclusion:

Application: 5/5
Formula: 4.5/5
Finish: 5/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 4.5/5

Overall: 4.7/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

Hugs!

China Glaze - Electric Pineapple

Hello everyone,

Hope you've had a great weekend!

I guess I'm a little bit late with my swatches, people are already swatching fall collections and me, I'm not even close :) But, hey, we're still in July, I don't want to think of the fall yet! (even though we've got here a weather "de merde". One can easily think we're in October... pfff :) )
So, in order to get some positive thoughts and remember we're in the summer... I'll swatch for you today Electric Pineapple from China Glaze Inslad Escape collection (summer 2011). These pictures were taken a week ago, while we still had some sun and blue sky... *sigh*...

So, Electric Pineapple is a gorgeous yellowish green, very summery, very joyful.But,  I haven't found anything electric about this polish, is just bright.I think it look a lot like last year OPI's Fiercely Fiona. I don't have that one to do a comparison. I hope someone will do it, beacuse I'm really curious to see how these two would look side by side.
The application was pretty OK, the formula is good, but a little thick for my personal taste. 2 thick coats are enough for full opacity.
Here I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze Electric Pineapple + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

Here I went a little fancy, and got into that "picasso mood" :) ... I only wanted to try out the scotch tapes technique and my dotting tool. ;) Not the best I could do, but anyhoozle, this is how it came out :

Oh yes, I used Sinful Colors-  Innocent, Zoya - Apple and Color Club - The Lime Starts Here.

And before going to bed, for the fun, my sleeping bunny (oh, no, not "sleeping beauty" ) ;)

Snorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :D

LOL! ;)
Good night everyone!

BIG HUGS!

China Glaze- Ahoy! vs. China Glaze - Strawberry Fields

Hello everyone,

As I promised, here is the post dedicated  to the comparison between China Glaze ahoy! and Strawberry Fields.
 Here are the babies (oh, I love them both! :) ):

Strawberry Fields (SF) on the Left and Ahoy! (A!) in the Right.

 The formula of these two are is very similar. The same consistency, but I found that for some unknwn reason, Ahoy! applied a tad bit better than ST.
As you can see already from the previous pictures, the fist big difference is that Ahoy! is a a little darker than Strawberry Fields... or, if you prefer.. a little more toward fuchsia than ST.
The second big difference is that ST has gold shimmer, while Ahoy! has fuchsia shimmer inside it.

I've applied 2 coats of each, and both are opaque with 2 coats, both very shiny and sparky.
Here L've applied ST on my index and ring, and Ahoy! on my middle and pinkie:

In this picture you can also see (if enlarged) the gold shimmer for the ST(middle) and the fuchsia one for A!(ring).

I conclusion, these beauties are certainly not dupes. But the resemblance is obvious. If you like more daring and stronger colours, I'd say, go for Ahoy!. If you you are inclined more towards light pinks, fruity colours, go for Strawberry Fields.
But me... I cannot pick a favourite, I love them both!!! :D What a polish junkie like me can do?? Well...get them both :D

See ya soon!!!
Big hugs!! :)

China Glaze - Ahoy!

Hello everyone!

How you've been doing? Here we are, on my favourite day of the week: Friday ;D An entire weekend ahead of me :)
To celebrate that, let me give you another pink polish! (the 5th in a row?)
We've had a few rays of sun light this morning in Toulouse, so I jumped on my Ahoy! and on my camera and here we are: the gorgeous China Glaze Ahoy! from the China Glaze spring 2011 collection.
It's a polish that has a lot in common with China Glaze Strawberry Fields. A lot, and I'll be doing a direct comparison in a next post.

This is wonderful pink, almost fuchsia pink with a lot of fuchsia shimmer inside it. it applies very well and for me it's opaque in 2 coats. The finish just wonderful! Shiny, smooth and sparky at the same time.
I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze Ahoy!, no top coat:

And in direct sun light:

A blurry one so that you can see better this gorgeous spark..

I'll see you dearest follwers very soon!
Until then: big hugs! ;)

China Glaze - Strawberry Fields + ... strawberries ;)

Hello everyone,

My pink madness continues .. :D

Here is China glaze Strawberry Fields. The famous! Yes, I've seen this on many blogs, but the one that convinced me to buy it, was Liz's blog (Liquid Jelly). She also did some amazing stuff with this polish, one of which was my inspiration for today nail art part ;)

Strawberry Fields is indeed a gorgeous polish, a beautiful pink -> (straw)berry - pink! It makes me think of a strawberry sorbet :D Yum! :P And it's got this incredible gold shimmer in it that gives it a "sun kiss" and an unique spark. I just love it.
It applies well, but his younger brother Ahoy! applies a little bit better.
Too bad my nails are shorter right now...maybe the polish would look better if I had longer nails... I'll probably re-swatch it later.


Here I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze Strawberry Fields, no top coat (dries quickly!):

And here are the STRAWBERRIES! :D I felt like playing a bit with my polishes :D So for this design I've just used a thin painting brush... and nail polish! :)
For the "leafs" I used Deborah - I's Evergreen, and for the "seeds" I used Deborah again, but this time the shade called "Yellow Fiz" (swathed here, an Orly Lemonade dupe, but of better quality in my opinion).

 Sorry about the picture spam ;)

Oh well, I guess I'll be doing a pink week, what do you think?  My pink mood is not over yet :D LOL
I also have to swatch China Glaze Ahoy! and I'll do a comparison between the two (they are very similar, but no, they are not dupes).

And oh, my sweetest followers, the ones who follow me and I don't follow you, please write me an e-mail or leave me a comment with the url of your blog. I usually look into your profiles to get the link to your blog. Some of you don't have it, so if you want, leave me a comment. It will be my pleasure to follow you too ;)

See ya soon!
Big hugs!!