Color Club 'Candy Cane'

Happy Valentines Day!!  This is my Valentines Mani post.  No nail art.  I'm not a nail art kinda person if you haven't really picked up on that.  I wish I was, I actually found out this technique I might do more nail art....

Anyways, this is 'Candy Cane' from the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe collection along with 'Holiday Splendor' and 'Sugar Plum Fairy' and three others I have yet to swatch. Actually it's 'Candy Cane' on top of Color Club 'Hot Like Lava'.  'Candy Cane' is a pink and lavender glitter with some holo glitter (see the blurry magic below).  This is 3 coats, but it's not totally opaque because in real life I could see 'Hot Like Lava' underneath.  But all in all i really like this nail polish it's a great glitter and I think on top of another color that's more pale this would be a lot less of a hot pink manicure, because if it wasn't for the base color it would be a light purple-pink.

Color Club 'Candy Cane'

Happy Valentines Day!!  This is my Valentines Mani post.  No nail art.  I'm not a nail art kinda person if you haven't really picked up on that.  I wish I was, I actually found out this technique I might do more nail art....

Anyways, this is 'Candy Cane' from the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe collection along with 'Holiday Splendor' and 'Sugar Plum Fairy' and three others I have yet to swatch. Actually it's 'Candy Cane' on top of Color Club 'Hot Like Lava'.  'Candy Cane' is a pink and lavender glitter with some holo glitter (see the blurry magic below).  This is 3 coats, but it's not totally opaque because in real life I could see 'Hot Like Lava' underneath.  But all in all i really like this nail polish it's a great glitter and I think on top of another color that's more pale this would be a lot less of a hot pink manicure, because if it wasn't for the base color it would be a light purple-pink.

Color Club 'VooDoo You'

This 'VooDoo You' (Say that 5 times) from the Back to Boho collection.  Normally, when you buy Color Club you get all 7 in the collection, but for Christmas presents I had bought a whole collection and split it up, so your only gonna see 4 from this collection (sorry).  LOOK AT HOW COLLECTION IS 4 TIMES OVER THERE!!!  

This is a green-grey color that was opaque in 3 coats.  It has a really pretty blue and magenta and silver shimmer.  It's a pretty color, but I don't know I just don't really like it too much.  I don't know...  But it's a nice color

Do you guys have any pretty colors you don't really like?

Color Club 'VooDoo You'

This 'VooDoo You' (Say that 5 times) from the Back to Boho collection.  Normally, when you buy Color Club you get all 7 in the collection, but for Christmas presents I had bought a whole collection and split it up, so your only gonna see 4 from this collection (sorry).  LOOK AT HOW COLLECTION IS 4 TIMES OVER THERE!!!  

This is a green-grey color that was opaque in 3 coats.  It has a really pretty blue and magenta and silver shimmer.  It's a pretty color, but I don't know I just don't really like it too much.  I don't know...  But it's a nice color

Do you guys have any pretty colors you don't really like?

Top 19 Polishes of Now!

Ok so a while back I mentioned doing a top 25 post, but when I was going through my melmer I only found 19 nail polishes that I can call 'favorites', although I'm sure that once I finnish off my untrieds I'll have 25 favorites, but I haven't so they don't count.  The other thing is that I went through and pulled out my favorites, and got to my favorite 5 when I realized that I couldn't figure out where the rest of the polishes stood in 6-19th favorite.  So I have my top 5 and the other 14 favorites in no specific order.

(From L-R: Essie 'French Affair', OPI 'Swimsuit...Nailed It', 'Mermaids Tears', 'Hot and Spicy', ALDO 'Teal the Spotlight')

This is the TOP 5!  Essie being #1 and the ALDO being #5  This shows I have a thing for cremes doesn't it?

(OPI 'An Affair in Red Square', Essies 'Shine of the Times', Wet n' Wild 'Cost is No Issue', Sinful Colors 'Nail Junkie', Jessie's Girl 'Glee')

(Sinful Colors 'See You Soon', Avon 'Classic Fit', Nails Inc. 'House of Parliment', Color Club 'Sugar Plum Fairy', OPI 'Steady as She Rose')

(Color Club 'Hot Like Lava', Revlon 'Poppy', Finger Paints 'Twisted', Essie 'Power Clutch')

There you have it folks, my top 19 of 2012.  For most of these you can see my swatches, but not all have been posted, but if you want to see swatches of a specific polish tell me and I can try to rush-blog :D

What are your favorite polishes??

Top 19 Polishes of Now!

Ok so a while back I mentioned doing a top 25 post, but when I was going through my melmer I only found 19 nail polishes that I can call 'favorites', although I'm sure that once I finnish off my untrieds I'll have 25 favorites, but I haven't so they don't count.  The other thing is that I went through and pulled out my favorites, and got to my favorite 5 when I realized that I couldn't figure out where the rest of the polishes stood in 6-19th favorite.  So I have my top 5 and the other 14 favorites in no specific order.

(From L-R: Essie 'French Affair', OPI 'Swimsuit...Nailed It', 'Mermaids Tears', 'Hot and Spicy', ALDO 'Teal the Spotlight')

This is the TOP 5!  Essie being #1 and the ALDO being #5  This shows I have a thing for cremes doesn't it?

(OPI 'An Affair in Red Square', Essies 'Shine of the Times', Wet n' Wild 'Cost is No Issue', Sinful Colors 'Nail Junkie', Jessie's Girl 'Glee')

(Sinful Colors 'See You Soon', Avon 'Classic Fit', Nails Inc. 'House of Parliment', Color Club 'Sugar Plum Fairy', OPI 'Steady as She Rose')

(Color Club 'Hot Like Lava', Revlon 'Poppy', Finger Paints 'Twisted', Essie 'Power Clutch')

There you have it folks, my top 19 of 2012.  For most of these you can see my swatches, but not all have been posted, but if you want to see swatches of a specific polish tell me and I can try to rush-blog :D

What are your favorite polishes??

OPI 'Swimsuit... Nailed It!' vs. Color Club 'Cold Metal'

So I swatched OPI 'Swimsuit...Nailed It' and Color Club 'Cold Metal' and they both seemed to be rather similar.  Well...  they ain't.  If you look above you see 'Cold  Metal' (CM) and 'Swimsuit...Nailed It!' (SNI).  Well they're both blue, they're both foils and they're both 2 coats.  Other than that, SNI is much more bright and only blue, where as CM is very silver-y and darker.   So, they are NOT at all dupes but I personally think SNI is so much prettier but you can decide for yourself.  Can't wait to see your comments below

OPI 'Swimsuit... Nailed It!' vs. Color Club 'Cold Metal'

So I swatched OPI 'Swimsuit...Nailed It' and Color Club 'Cold Metal' and they both seemed to be rather similar.  Well...  they ain't.  If you look above you see 'Cold  Metal' (CM) and 'Swimsuit...Nailed It!' (SNI).  Well they're both blue, they're both foils and they're both 2 coats.  Other than that, SNI is much more bright and only blue, where as CM is very silver-y and darker.   So, they are NOT at all dupes but I personally think SNI is so much prettier but you can decide for yourself.  Can't wait to see your comments below

Color Club Foiled Collection

I know a million bloggers have already swathed this collection but, I have it so I figured no harm done if I did too.  And all of these are 2 coats.  The first is the color I dislike the most to the color I like the most.

'Foil me once'  Ew.  This is just a not attractive color.  it's the most silver-y of all the nail polishes.  By that I meant that in the bottle you see these lines of silver and this one is the one that shows the silver the mostest.  But it's this pale pink purple color.  I't just not pretty.

This is 'Antiquated'.  One of the 3 that I don't like in this collection.  It's just not very flattering for my skin.  It's a champagne colored foil.  That's really all I have to say about this one.

  

'Perfect Mol-ten'.  Umm...  yeah don't really hate this color but don't like it.  It's again, very silvery, but other than the silver it's this sea foam green color

'Cold Metal'.  This is the one I was looking forward to the most, and all the swatches I've seen make it look just blue.  But it don't.  I mean I like it, but it's just not my favorite.  And considering that OPI 'Swimsuit... Nailed It' is one of my favorite nail polishes, this is 'Swimsuit...Nailed It''s awkward sister.

'Lumin-Icent' is a very pale icy-blue foil.  I really like this because it's not your basic silver but it's not crazily colored.  I don't know, I just like it.

'Hot Like Lava'.  This is my favorite because it's so not silver, and the color is so bright.  It's such a bright hot pink.  And in the sun it's so SHINY!

Overall, I 1/2 like this collection.  And out of the 3 I didn't like one of them didn't look good with my skin but probably would with people with darker skin.  And the other two just weren't pretty.  But even the unattractive colors had great formulas.  Only 2 coats for full coverage and none were to thick or thin.

Color Club Foiled Collection

I know a million bloggers have already swathed this collection but, I have it so I figured no harm done if I did too.  And all of these are 2 coats.  The first is the color I dislike the most to the color I like the most.

'Foil me once'  Ew.  This is just a not attractive color.  it's the most silver-y of all the nail polishes.  By that I meant that in the bottle you see these lines of silver and this one is the one that shows the silver the mostest.  But it's this pale pink purple color.  I't just not pretty.

This is 'Antiquated'.  One of the 3 that I don't like in this collection.  It's just not very flattering for my skin.  It's a champagne colored foil.  That's really all I have to say about this one.

  

'Perfect Mol-ten'.  Umm...  yeah don't really hate this color but don't like it.  It's again, very silvery, but other than the silver it's this sea foam green color

'Cold Metal'.  This is the one I was looking forward to the most, and all the swatches I've seen make it look just blue.  But it don't.  I mean I like it, but it's just not my favorite.  And considering that OPI 'Swimsuit... Nailed It' is one of my favorite nail polishes, this is 'Swimsuit...Nailed It''s awkward sister.

'Lumin-Icent' is a very pale icy-blue foil.  I really like this because it's not your basic silver but it's not crazily colored.  I don't know, I just like it.

'Hot Like Lava'.  This is my favorite because it's so not silver, and the color is so bright.  It's such a bright hot pink.  And in the sun it's so SHINY!

Overall, I 1/2 like this collection.  And out of the 3 I didn't like one of them didn't look good with my skin but probably would with people with darker skin.  And the other two just weren't pretty.  But even the unattractive colors had great formulas.  Only 2 coats for full coverage and none were to thick or thin.

Color Club 'Sugar Plum Fairy'

This is from the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe collection.  It's 6 glitters and a top coat (and I got mine at Ross for $8!).  'Sugar Plum Fairy' is a light lavender holographic glitter.  Because a friend of mine told me that this one took more coats I thought that it wouldn't cover, so I started with a layer of LA Colors 'Black Velvet'.  I really wish I hadn't done that, because it shows where the glitter doesn't cover.  And this is 4 coasts.  So if you use this layer over silver (Used that on a friend of mine (Sarah) and it looked great).  But the rainbows that flash across the nail is MAGIC!  (top picture in the sun bottom in the shade)  Do you have any holographic nail polish?

Color Club 'Sugar Plum Fairy'

This is from the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe collection.  It's 6 glitters and a top coat (and I got mine at Ross for $8!).  'Sugar Plum Fairy' is a light lavender holographic glitter.  Because a friend of mine told me that this one took more coats I thought that it wouldn't cover, so I started with a layer of LA Colors 'Black Velvet'.  I really wish I hadn't done that, because it shows where the glitter doesn't cover.  And this is 4 coasts.  So if you use this layer over silver (Used that on a friend of mine (Sarah) and it looked great).  But the rainbows that flash across the nail is MAGIC!  (top picture in the sun bottom in the shade)  Do you have any holographic nail polish?

Color Club 'Holiday Splendor'

This is AN AMAZING color from the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe collection.  It's a bunch of holo and silver glitter in a teal base.  It's so frikken' beautiful.  Sadly it's a bit sheer, so this is 4 coats, but it's worth it.  It dries matte because of the gritty glitter, so use a top coat (not seen here).  I have swatches of some of the other Beyond the Mistletoe collection coming up.  (top picture in focus, bottom picture out of to show the glitter)

Color Club 'Holiday Splendor'

This is AN AMAZING color from the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe collection.  It's a bunch of holo and silver glitter in a teal base.  It's so frikken' beautiful.  Sadly it's a bit sheer, so this is 4 coats, but it's worth it.  It dries matte because of the gritty glitter, so use a top coat (not seen here).  I have swatches of some of the other Beyond the Mistletoe collection coming up.  (top picture in focus, bottom picture out of to show the glitter)