I am so in love with this polish! I have quite a few teals but something about this is just lovely.

As I previously mentioned this is teal leaning towards blue with a little bit of golden shimmer in it. This color both went on and wore beautifully. The one complaint I have is that there was a lot of blue staining when I removed it! But I also don't use a base coat which would probably help.

Just a quick post to let everyone know that today you can get free shipping from Zoya! Just use the code FSF. That means you can order a single polish or 20 and still get free shipping! I picked up a simple 4 bottles myself ;) :
Malia
Sienna
Zara
Kotori

Who else is ordering and what did ya get?

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Sugary cotton candy or strawberry milkshake pink. Swatches shown are 3 coats. Not really feeling this color personally. I always have difficulty wearing pinks though I own a ridiculous amount of them.


Konad- gray is China Glaze Recycle and the black is Wet n Wild.

This color photographs very red. It is a coral-pink with red tones to it but not as red as it is here. I tried and tried in different lighting and it just wouldn't look right. This is 2 coats of OPI You're Such a Kabuki Queen with 2 coats of Orly Prisma Gloss Gold.

I've read a lot of hate on the Prisma Gloss but I don't mind, it is a lighter dusting of glitter than you normally can find and it is a nice light touch instead of being in your face glitter. This wore really crappy. Maybe it is just me but OPI tends to chip really quick for me :/ Which is why I usually steer clear of them.

Just a quick post to show something I tried. I was curious if a matte coat would work out stamped over regular polish...not so well. I also tried a matte base with the same color stamped over it...also not so well. It worked but you can barely tell. I may try this again with a bolder Konad design at some point.

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What I would call a manicure from HELL

Entourage and Custom Kicks are from the China Glaze Kicks collection. Entourage was VERY disappointing. Not the color, but the application. What you see here is 4 coats- still not opaque- and it could have used another. If you look in the above picture at the right ring finger you can see an example of "pulling" which I had A LOT of with this color. (Pulling is what I call when you apply another coat and it pulls the coat before it off- leaving a bald spot). It also seemed to take forever and a day to dry. Which, when doing 4 coats is NOT fun! You may also notice some kitty fur embedded in this manicure caused by the taking forever to dry.

Entourage is however a nice lime green with silver shimmer while not being too in-your-face-neon. I love the finish on it but I don't think it is worth the effort.

Custom Kicks I cannot wait to use as a base. Beautiful medium teal with gorgeous gold shimmer. I have high hopes for you, Custom Kicks. Don't let me down! It worked wonderfully with the Konad.

And then the Konad...why do your all over plates have to be the same size as my nails? I love all over plates but how annoying. I had to stretch the zebra lines out by hand- not fun either.

I finally (after battling with UPS) received my latest TransDesign order containing polishes from the new China Glaze Up and Away collection and I cannot wait to try them all! However, I'm not happy that my order was missing two polishes. CG 2030 and Millennium, ordered with Konading in mind. They will credit me back next time I order but I can't help but be disappointed- I want them NOW! Anyways, on to my first NOTD from the Up and Away collection: Peachy Keen.
I love simple cream colors and this collection is full of them. This color is lovely. I would call it a pastel orange more than peach. Creamy "creamsicle" orange. I have a love of orange polishes but they do not love me. Around my nails is too red to pull of orange but this one I will wear anyways. Swatches shown are two coats. I was afraid these would take 3 or 4 coats to go opaque but I'm happy to find they don't. Nothing else to really say about this color, application and wear was typical of China Glaze for me (I usually change colors before they chip).

I must admit I am impressed. I picked this color up with another bogo half off (Love struck- foil hearts and glitter in clear) and I swatched the other and it was horrible. But this is lovely. Marine Blue is more of a teal I would say, the swatch is two coats. The first went on streaky and I was ready for disappointment but it pulled through on the second. This color is gorgeous. Application was alright after the first coat was down. Only complaint I have is this has a weird semi-matte finish and IMO requires a top coat.

While making a quick stop at Kmart I found these beauties. I have yet to see these anywhere else.




Look recently done with both Megalast colors over Claire's Marine Blue (swatch coming soon).

Figure I might as well share my swatches and nail art with everyone out there in the blogging-world :)

So, I will begin with a review of one of the new Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes. I purchased Peachy Keen. I originally scoffed at the price tag of $6.50 for a rather commonly colored drug store brand polish and I'm not convinced it is worth that still...


I did four coats of Peachy Keen and it still is not opaque. I then did a coat of China Glaze Matte Magic over it. The formula is pretty standard, a little runny and nothing special. The first two coats were streaky and horrible looking so this needed at least three coats.. The brush is similar to the Insta Dry brush but a little wider and thicker it also feels cheaper than the Insta Dry brush- stiffer.


The wear was bad- this chipped the next day pretty easily but that could also be due to the matte top coat. Based on this polish I don't see myself shelling the $6.50 out for another bottle of this formula. The colors are all nothing special so there isn't much reason to return to this line. The color is pretty but not great. In store I expected a more beige tone but it is a true light pink with no shimmer. It would be a good french manicure color if it weren't so streaky.