China Glaze The Glam Finale, Holiday 2017 Collection - My Picks

For my last post of the year, I have my picks from the Glam Finale Collection by China Glaze.  There are 12 polishes in this collection in a mix of formulas including glitters, shimmers, metallics and matte.  Here are my picks:

Sparkle On is a red jelly base with multisized red and hex glitter.

Big Hair & Bubbly is a mix of small and micro hex gold glitter in a clear base.  It can be used as a topper, but builds up to full coverage nicely.

Don't Be a Snow-flake is a milky jelly base with small silver glitter and holographic hex glitter.  This is one of my favorites.  I love the look of this one.

Queen Of Sequins is a dark purple base with blue and copper/pink shimmer.

New Year, New Boo is a royal blue shimmer.

Game Day!

Black - Who Are You Calling Bossy?!? by OPI

Gold - Good Grief! by OPI

White - White Out by China Glaze

China Glaze Street Regal Collection Fall 2017 - My Picks

The Street Regal Collection from China glaze is a collection of 12 polishes in crème, shimmer, metallic and matte finishes.  Here are my picks:

Baroque Jungle is an emerald shimmer.

Glamcore is a deep eggplant shimmer.

Royal Pain In The Ascot is a deep garnet shimmer.  (The name of this one completely amuses me!)

Game Day! Go Steelers!

Black - Who Are You Calling Bossy?!? by OPI
Gold - Sun's Up Top Down by China Glaze
Glitter - Golden Enchantment by China Glaze

China Glaze Seas and Greetings Holiday 2016 Collection - My Picks

The Seas and Greetings collection features 12 polishes in crème, metallic, glitter and matte formulas.  China glaze surprised us all this holiday with a collection that seems more fitting for spring and summer.  It's inspired by the oceanside with beachy shades, but they pull in the holiday theme with the polish names.  This is the first time that I haven't been head over heels for a holiday collection from China Glaze.  Oh well, maybe next year.

Eat, Pink, Be Merry is a light pink with pink shimmer in a crelly formula.

Sand In My Mistletoes is a light nude with a peach tone in a crème formula.

China Glaze Rebel Collection Fall 2016 - My Picks

China Glaze released their Rebel Collection for Fall 2016.  It consists of 12 polishes in a mix of formulas including crème, shimmer, glitter, metallic and matte.  Here are my picks.

Heroine Chic is a charcoal brown metallic polish with red/pink-ish shimmer.  I liked this one more than I thought I would.  It's a great shade for fall and it's unique to my collection. 

 

Purple Fiction is a bright, somewhat metallic purple with pink shimmer.  LOVE!

 

Teen Spirit is a dark blackened purple with blue and purple shimmer. It's an extremely close dupe to the ever popular "Cosmo With A Twist" that OPI released last year.  I missed out on that one so I was thrilled to see this!

 

 

Combat Blue-ts is a royal blue matte.  As with all matte polishes, this dries extremely fast. It took a few attempts for me to get it somewhat smooth looking.

 

 

 

Movie Mani - Star Trek Beyond!

Star Trek Beyond opens in theaters tonight and I can't wait!  Here is the mani that I did for the occasion.  I call it my "Klingon" nails. 

Cling On by China Glaze
Magnetix Magnet V design by China Glaze

Take A Trek

In anticipation of Star Trek Beyond opening in theaters this Friday, I've gone through my stash of polish and found a few that have a Trekkie theme.  This is Take A Trek by China Glaze.  It's a medium blue linier holographic polish.  While this is not a new shade, (it was released back in 2013) its name is perfect for the occasion!

Take A Trek by China Glaze

Funky French

Here is a Funky French with Lime After Lime by China Glaze.

Lip Smackin' Good and I'll Pink To That

Today I have a simple, yet fun stripe mani that I did using two colors from the Summer 2016 Lite Brites collection from China Glaze.

 



Hot Pink - I'll Pink To That by China Glaze
Coral Pink - Lip Smackin' Good by China Glaze

China Glaze Lite Brites Collection

Today I have swatches of The Lite Brites Collection that China Glaze released for summer 2016. 

Bite Me is a bright peachy pink with gold shimmer. It's one of my favorites in this collection.  It's a bit brighter in person and perfect for summer!

Hot Flash is a bright cherry red polish in a crelly formula.  Nothing too unique color wise, but I'm a huge fan of jelly and crelly formula polishes, so this gets a thumbs up from me.

I Got A Blue Attitude is a blue-ish purple crème polish with a teeny bit of shimmer.  The shimmer is almost not worth mentioning because it's barely visible.

I'll Pink To That is a fun, bright Barbie Pink crème. What more can I say?

 

Let's Jam is a pale lavender with blue shimmer.  I liked this more than I thought I would.  I have other shades that are similar, but the shimmer in this makes it unique.

 

Lime After Lime is a pastel neon green crème.  I love neon greens, but my camera does not! 

 

Lip Smackin' Good is a bubble gum/coral pink with gold shimmer.  I was surprised at how much I liked this one.  I almost passed on it.  I'm glad that I didn't. 

None Of Your Risky Business is a neon orange creme.  It looks like the cheese powder that you get in a box of macaroni and cheese.

 

 Papa Don't Peach is an orange jelly with gold micro glitter.  It's a little bit gritty, but top coat smoothes it out.

 

We Got The Beet is another gritty one.  It's a purple jelly with the same gold micro glitter.

What I like About Blue is a light turquoise with gold shimmer.  This is another one that I almost passed on.  I love it!  I'm so glad that I decided to include it.

 

Whip It Good is a bright yellow crème.  I love yellow nail polish in the summer and this is a great one.  Not too pale and not too neon.  Just right.

Son Of A Nutcracker

Son Of A Nutcracker is part of the "Cheers" collection that China Glaze released for this past holiday season.  I didn't purchase it back then because it didn't look Christmassy to me.  It looked like something that should be in a spring or summer collection.  Recently, I found it on sale so I picked it up.  I'm so glad that I did.  It's a beautiful deep coral with orange shimmer that glows on the nail.  It's way more appropriate for spring and summer in my opinion and I'm enjoying it this time of year.  This would be a gorgeous pedicure color.  I'm glad that I didn't miss out on it!

China Glaze House Of Colour Collection - My Picks

The House Of Colour Collection by China Glaze is a collection of 12 polishes released for Spring 2016.  It's a collection of pastel cremes, a couple of glitter toppers, shimmers and a chrome.  Here are my picks:

 

About Layin' Out is one of my favorites.  I love this type of shade for spring and summer.  Plus, it's a crème/jelly formula which I love! 

 

Don't be Shallow is a light blue crème/jelly polish.  The formula was really thin and required 3 coats for it to be opaque.   

Girls Just Wanna Have Sun is a pale yellow crème.  Shades like this are typically streaky and require 3 coats to even out, but this one was perfect in two.

 

Let's Chalk About It is a white crème with the slightest hint of pink.  It has the same great formula as Girls Just Wanna Have Sun and only required 2 coats.

Sorry I'm Latte is a beige crème.  It's extremely office/work friendly and the name is really cute!

 

In The Near Fuchsia is my absolute favorite of the collection. It's a bright fuchsia crème/jelly formula.  Super shiny and "squishy" looking.

 

Moonlight The Night is a glitter topper with transparent blue, purple and iridescent hex glitter in a clear base. 

 

Glitter Me This is a glitter topper with white, pale pink and mirrored gold hex glitter in a clear base.

 

 

Shut The Front Door is a pinkish violet with gold shimmer.  It's a pretty shade, but I'll admit that I purchased it because of its name.  Hilarious!

 

 

Why did I wait sooo long to wear these?!?

While going through my "haven't worn yet" stash, I came across these three beauties.  They are my picks from last year's (2015) spring collection, Road Trip by China Glaze.  All three polishes are pastel shades with fine shimmer throughout.  I'm in LOVE!  I can't believe that I waited so long to wear these.

Dashboard Dreamer is a powder blue with very fine copper shimmer.  I love this one.  It's like wearing a beautiful blue sky on your nails.

 

Pack Lightly is a light peach with fine copper shimmer.

 

Wanderlust is a very pale lavender with fine copper shimmer.

I Carol About You and Your Present Required

Purple - I Carol About You by OPI
Glitter - Your Present Required by China Glaze

China Glaze The Great Outdoors Collection - My Picks

The Great Outdoors is a collection of 12 polishes that were released for the Fall of 2015.  Many of them were dups for shades that I already had and several of the other colors didn't interest me.  I only chose 3 and here they are:

Wood You Wanna? is a dark brown metallic foil polish and a one coater!  It has flecks of silver and bronze in it which make it interesting and different from anything else that I have.

 

Check Out The Silver Fox is a silver metallic foil.  It's not the typical bright silver foil that we've seen over and over. It has darker flecks in it giving it a more gunmetal appearance.  It is also a one coater.

 

 

Cabin Fever is a duochrome that shifts from a rusty copper to rose and greenish gold.