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

Orly Sparkle Collection

Christmas time may be over, but I've got several 2014 holiday polishes that I haven't even worn yet!  I recently got to enjoy the Sparkle collection by Orly and really loved it... with the exception of one shade (which I will comment on later in this post). 

First up is Bling, a gold holographic polish that is unlike anything that I've seen and unlike anything that I have in my collection.

Mirrorball is my favorite polish of this collection.  It's a silver holographic micro glitter.  I wore this beauty on New Years Eve and love it!

 

Steal The Spotlight is my second favorite in this collection.  I love the sprinkle of pink glitter with the teal.

 

Glitter Bomb is a multicolored glitter in a clear base.  This one would work well as a fun glitter topper.  I used several coats here to make it opaque.  (Thank God for OPI's glitter off base coat!)

 

Tinsel is so fun and festive and just screams Christmas.  I loved it!  This is two coats over white polish.  You can guarantee that this will be used for many holiday seasons to come. 

 

Explosion of fun was my least favorite, which is odd considering that it's pink (which is my favorite color of all time).  This was clearly meant to be used as a topper, which I've seen in other blogger swatches.  I wanted to see if I could make it opaque.  That was a major fail.  I can't tell you how many coats this is.  I lost count after seven.  If I reach for this polish again, you can guarantee that it will be used as a topper only. 

Holographic Christmas Nails

 

A England - Rose Bower (Red)

A England - Saint George (Green)

Cirque Burlesque Collection - My Picks

The Burlesque Collection by Cirque is a collection of 4 holographic shades released for the fall of 2014.  I selected 3 of the 4 shades.  The 4th shade (Harlow) is a gold/greenish holo.  I could tell right away that it would not suit my skin tone, so I didn't bother to pick it up.  Here are the ones that I did select.

Boudoir

 

Trocadero

 

 

 

Josephine

 

Cirque Heritage - Final Instalment

Here are the last two colors in Cirque's Heritage Collection - Panacea, a bright chartreuse green holo and Luminous Owl, a warm coral holo.

 

Cirque -Panacea 

Cirque - Luminous Owl

More Heritage

Here are two more colors from Cirque's Heritage Collection - Sani, a silver foil holo and Sky Woman, a gorgeous periwinkle holo (which I'm wearing right now and loving it). 

 

Cirque - Sani

 



Cirque - Sky Woman

Cirque Heritage Continued

Lately I've been enjoying the polishes from Cirque's Heritage Collection and I'm slowly getting to wear them all (there are 7 of them).  A little while ago I posted a picture of Cerrillos, a beautiful turquoise holo from the collection.  Here are 2 more, Xochitl and Powwow.

Cirque - Xochitl

Cirque - Powwow

Cerrillos

Cirque - Cerrillos

Holographic Skittles

 

Index - Get Outta My Space

Middle - Astro-Hot

Ring - Infra Red

Pinky - When Stars Collide

Shorty Swatches

Nubar - Gem

Nubar - Gem

OPI - Black Shatter

Shorty Swatches - Holos and Shatter

Ulta - Material Girl

China Glaze - Kaleidoscope Him Out

China Glaze - Kaleidoscope Him Out

OPI - Black Shatter

Adding insult to injury

To add insult to injury, the side of my index nail (that I glued) became brittle and ended up breaking off.  So now, not only do I have an extremely short finger nail, I also have a crooked one.  Sigh...

While I’m waiting for my crooked index nail to grow out, (which is probably going to take a few weeks) I will be using my right hand for pictures and keeping the rest of my nails short.  And since I probably won’t be doing any nail art for a while, I figured that I would start something new:  “Shorty Swatches” using random polishes that I have in my “unworn/untried” box.  Here is the first instalment.  Hope you enjoy!  

Nox Twilight - Disco Darling

China Glaze - Grape Juice

OMG!

With all the buzz about the upcoming Tronica collection from China Glaze, I decided to post a mani that I did a long time ago using their original holographic collection, OMG.   (You can click on the picture to view it larger.)

Pinky - BFF

Ring - 2NITE
Middle - L8R G8R
Index - LOL
Thumb - OMG (Not Pictured)
Design - (KSP) White (IP) M36

New Years Mani

It's almost time for New Years Eve!  This is the mani that I wore to last year's New Years Eve party.

OPI (Designer Series) - Shimmer

A Favorite



OPI (Designer Series) - Extravagance
I just LOVE this color!!!