Showing posts with label fall nails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall nails. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Swatch Time: Essie Cashmere Bathrobe

Hey everybody!

I hope you've been having a great week so far! Today I'm going to swatch my pick from the Fall 2013 Essie For The Twill Of It Collection: Cashmere Bathrobe.

For the pictures below, I used 2 coats. The formula was nice and easy to apply.




Cashmere Bathrobe is a dark heather grey with a really pretty silver shimmer. The silver shimmer is kind of subtle, which I think makes it even better. The shimmer is a little hard to see in some of the pictures, but I promise it's there!

Anyway, I love this polish because it is very unique in my collection, and it is a great polish for the fall. It's definitely going to be one of my fall go-to polishes! :)



How are you guys liking Essie's fall collection? Any other favorites?

-Colleen

Monday, August 12, 2013

Swatch Time: China Glaze Flying South (from On the Horizon Collection)

Happy Monday everyone!

After being gone on college visits the past few days, the first thing I wanted to do when I got home earlier today was to paint my nails! So, today I have for you a polish from the China Glaze On The Horizon Collection, Flying South. I have never been to into the texture-like polish, so when I saw it in the store, I wasn't quite sure if it was really up my alley. I decided to try it anyway, and bought Flying South to give this feathery kind of polish a try.

Flying South was definitely one of the hardest polishes to photograph, because it seemed no matter what angle or position I took a picture in, I felt like I couldn't quite capture it quite right. Here are some pictures of 2 coats of Flying South over 2 coats of a maroon colored base from Sephora by OPI (it didn't have a name):




I wasn't sure I would like in the beginning, but I actually really like it! Flying South is a clear polish with orange and white bar glitter, and copper-colored microglitter. It was easy to paint on, and although the formula was a tad on the thick side, it was really nice to work with. When using this polish on top of another color, I would use it on darker colors. I've seen some people use this polish on top of white, and I didn't think it looked as good as it does on darker colors, where the darker base color brings out the orange bar glitter and copper microglitter much better.

 
Flying South and the other On The Horizon polishes from China Glaze are perfect colors for the fall, so if you're looking to try some textured polish or feather-like polish, this China Glaze collection would be a great thing to start with! 

-Colleen
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