Essie 'Shine of the Times'

 WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY POST

So 'Shine of the Times' (hehe that name is so funny) is a duochrome flakie layering polish.  It is not holographic.  THIS is holographic.  Duochrome is when from different angles the same polish looks different colors.  And flakies are these little misshapen glitter like things, but they don't 'sparkle'.  And you cant wear a flakie by itself because there clear, but when layered over colors (especialy black) they look really pretty.  This specific flackie flashes from orange to yellow to green and ontop of different colors you see other colors too.  So all the pictures show all the different angles.

Essie 'Shine of the Times'

 WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY POST

So 'Shine of the Times' (hehe that name is so funny) is a duochrome flakie layering polish.  It is not holographic.  THIS is holographic.  Duochrome is when from different angles the same polish looks different colors.  And flakies are these little misshapen glitter like things, but they don't 'sparkle'.  And you cant wear a flakie by itself because there clear, but when layered over colors (especialy black) they look really pretty.  This specific flackie flashes from orange to yellow to green and ontop of different colors you see other colors too.  So all the pictures show all the different angles.

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.

OPI 'Mermaid Tears'

OH MY GOD!  I LOVE THIS COLOR.  This is from the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection  It is a grey-sea-foam green creme, and needed 3 easy breezy beautiful coats.  And I love every color in this collection (I also have 'Planks a Lot' and 'Steady as She Rose'), but this is defiantly my favorite.  I really really love this,  I even wore this as a full mani for 3 days!  That's how much I loved this.  And on a side note I got this at ULTA for $5!  All of the Pirates of the Caribbean are $5!!!  Did any of you get of the Pirates of the Caribbean collections??  Will you???

OPI 'Mermaid Tears'

OH MY GOD!  I LOVE THIS COLOR.  This is from the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection  It is a grey-sea-foam green creme, and needed 3 easy breezy beautiful coats.  And I love every color in this collection (I also have 'Planks a Lot' and 'Steady as She Rose'), but this is defiantly my favorite.  I really really love this,  I even wore this as a full mani for 3 days!  That's how much I loved this.  And on a side note I got this at ULTA for $5!  All of the Pirates of the Caribbean are $5!!!  Did any of you get of the Pirates of the Caribbean collections??  Will you???

Island Girl Mood Nail Color

This is the Mood Nail Color set I got from my Island Girl Haul.  Well mood nail polish doesn't actually change with your mood (umm duh.).  But onto the swatches!

This is the nameless pink.  All of these dry matte although this is the only one that's photographed without a topcoat.  I'm not really a huge fan of hot pink but I do like this color.  This is 5 coats.  Yeah, did I forget to mention the formula on this SUCKED!  I probably should've done another coat.  If I went over it all of the polish below would disappear.   

This was my favorite color.  And it was surprising because in the bottle it didn't look like I would like it, but it's so pretty.  Also It changed the most (see below).  It normally looked like this but in sunlight it was brighter and had the dark green tips.  This is 5 coats and the formula was better than the pinks.

This a really pretty blue.  It was my favorite until I swatched the green.  Color-wise I still love it mostest, but green has it's formula beat.

BEFORE

DIPPED IN POT OF BOILING WATER

They all changed colors but green is the most obvious. (no duh why else is it my favorite?!)

I like it normal better because then you see less awkwardness.  But I still think its cool how under extreme heat it changes color.

Island Girl Mood Nail Color

This is the Mood Nail Color set I got from my Island Girl Haul.  Well mood nail polish doesn't actually change with your mood (umm duh.).  But onto the swatches!

This is the nameless pink.  All of these dry matte although this is the only one that's photographed without a topcoat.  I'm not really a huge fan of hot pink but I do like this color.  This is 5 coats.  Yeah, did I forget to mention the formula on this SUCKED!  I probably should've done another coat.  If I went over it all of the polish below would disappear.   

This was my favorite color.  And it was surprising because in the bottle it didn't look like I would like it, but it's so pretty.  Also It changed the most (see below).  It normally looked like this but in sunlight it was brighter and had the dark green tips.  This is 5 coats and the formula was better than the pinks.

This a really pretty blue.  It was my favorite until I swatched the green.  Color-wise I still love it mostest, but green has it's formula beat.

BEFORE

DIPPED IN POT OF BOILING WATER

They all changed colors but green is the most obvious. (no duh why else is it my favorite?!)

I like it normal better because then you see less awkwardness.  But I still think its cool how under extreme heat it changes color.

Day 9: Rainbow Nails

Well Mimi was supposed to put up to extrmely simple post this weekend but she didn't.  So I'm angry.   GRR!  Well to day was rainbow nails and I saw Rainbow Nail Art and Holo Rainbow, but i don't have anything fancy like that.  I don't even have Red, Orange, and Yellow glitter polishes.  Blogging really shows the gaps in my collection :(.  So I did rainbow skittles on each hand.

UP CLOSE:

Blue: Ulta 'Blue Streak'

Green: Sinful Colors 'Innocent'

Yellow: AVON 'Sunshine'

Orange: Orly 'Sol Cabana'

Red: ALDO NAIL LACQUER 'Pampered Patent'

And I did the rainbow reverse on the other hand so that when you go like that they make a DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!

This is such a basic mani but I like it.  Tomorrow Gradient Nails and I'll post the Day 7 & 8 posts.  That's what's make this lack of post even more of a fail because I had all the pics for one of the post set up for one of them and it's not like I was asking for a essay or anything!!

BTW all of these were 3 coats and cremes

Day 9: Rainbow Nails

Well Mimi was supposed to put up to extrmely simple post this weekend but she didn't.  So I'm angry.   GRR!  Well to day was rainbow nails and I saw Rainbow Nail Art and Holo Rainbow, but i don't have anything fancy like that.  I don't even have Red, Orange, and Yellow glitter polishes.  Blogging really shows the gaps in my collection :(.  So I did rainbow skittles on each hand.

UP CLOSE:

Blue: Ulta 'Blue Streak'

Green: Sinful Colors 'Innocent'

Yellow: AVON 'Sunshine'

Orange: Orly 'Sol Cabana'

Red: ALDO NAIL LACQUER 'Pampered Patent'

And I did the rainbow reverse on the other hand so that when you go like that they make a DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!

This is such a basic mani but I like it.  Tomorrow Gradient Nails and I'll post the Day 7 & 8 posts.  That's what's make this lack of post even more of a fail because I had all the pics for one of the post set up for one of them and it's not like I was asking for a essay or anything!!

BTW all of these were 3 coats and cremes

Day 4: Green Nails

Okay so I need you people to know that I am doing the 31 Day challenge.  But since I can't use the stupid NIKON isn't working (WHY IS IT BROKEN?!?!?).  So I just want you people to know (actually at this point not sure how many people is 'you people') that I am doing this challenge.  EVERYDAY.  And the only thing is that my dad's finishing some really big thing at work and so he's ben getting home later this week.  So of course when he does get home if I have time to swatch then I don't have time to get on here and blog 'n stuff.   Oh well...   OK I'm done ranting.

Here's the picture this is Sinful Colors 'Innocent':

Of course the color came out weird.  Way too not yellow.  It's more of a yellow-green.  Also I know that this post is going up on October 12th but I took this picture and did the first part of this post on the 11th.   Here are the good pictures from later that night

I added this picture in because it goes from the green on the top to yellow on the bottom.   

But the actual color itself I LOVE  it took 3 coats so it was a little bit sheer but this is a really great color.

Day 4: Green Nails

Okay so I need you people to know that I am doing the 31 Day challenge.  But since I can't use the stupid NIKON isn't working (WHY IS IT BROKEN?!?!?).  So I just want you people to know (actually at this point not sure how many people is 'you people') that I am doing this challenge.  EVERYDAY.  And the only thing is that my dad's finishing some really big thing at work and so he's ben getting home later this week.  So of course when he does get home if I have time to swatch then I don't have time to get on here and blog 'n stuff.   Oh well...   OK I'm done ranting.

Here's the picture this is Sinful Colors 'Innocent':

Of course the color came out weird.  Way too not yellow.  It's more of a yellow-green.  Also I know that this post is going up on October 12th but I took this picture and did the first part of this post on the 11th.   Here are the good pictures from later that night

I added this picture in because it goes from the green on the top to yellow on the bottom.   

But the actual color itself I LOVE  it took 3 coats so it was a little bit sheer but this is a really great color.