China Glaze Rare & Radiant - New Bohemian Luster Chrome collection

Good morning,

Today I have the other half of my two swatches from the latest China Glaze collection - New Bohemian Luster Chromes. This one is called Rare & Radiant. It's been on many blogs compared to Chanel Peridot and all the similar dupes. I mostly noticed gold and green, but had a hard time capturing the full green.

In the shade - a decent balance of gold and green.

A picture with not quite full sun.

Indoor with flash - just to show the metallic texture.

What's your favorite from their new collection?

Hope you are having a great week.

Heartfully,
Janelle

China Glaze Swanky Silk - New Bohemian Luster Chrome collection

Friends,
This week I have two colors for you that you normally will not see on me or my blog (you know how I love pink and purple by now, right? HAHAHA). My dear friend at My Life in Polish let me borrow two China Glaze colors from their latest collection - the New Bohemian Luster Chrome Collection. I am not a fan of duochrome, gold, or green - but I have been wondering what these polishes were all about. I also wanted to tackle the challenge of photographing them. For today I have my favorite of the two - Swanky Silk. I think the name is great. The color is mostly gold but it flashes a pretty warm pink that I really loved. I could almost swear there's a tiny flash of light green - but I can't tell if it's the polish or the lighting and I could not capture the full flash of pink or the suspected green on camera at all. I think this is a pretty gold and I love the glittery metallic of it in the brighter lighting. The formula was a little hard to use because I was desperately trying to avoid brush strokes - but for fans of metallics and duochromes, this seems like a great polish.

This is 3 coats of China Glaze Swanky Silk (but I think 2 would have been enough). This first picture is in the shade to try and get some of the pink flash.

Here it is in full sun:

Here's hoping you all have an awesome week ahead of you!

Heartfully,
Janelle

China Glaze Pink Plumeria, Julep Kate, F4 Polish Pink Cadillac

Hi all. I have a lovely polish today named after one of my favorite flowers. This is a beautiful shimmery almost coral kind of pink that is really beautiful. It changes depending on the light, but not in a duochrome type of way. The application was a bit tricky, but I find some polishes need a mani or two to thicken up to a better consistency. Also, it dries with the slightest matte finish so for me, top coat is a must. I also wanted to experiment with striping tape so I used that to create the design on my ring finger, then paint over it. I felt like I needed the glitter polish on top to kind of tie it all together. Maybe not my favorite combination ever - but it was fun. :)

Here's 3 coats China Glaze Pink Plumeria from the China Glaze Summer Neons 2012 collection, with an accent nail of Julep Kate and F4 Polish Pink Cadillac, with CC 0-60 Top Coat

Happy Friday!

Heartfully,
Janelle

Zoya Rekha, Zoya Raven, Sonnetarium Samurai Princess - ladybug party!

My daughter's 4th birthday was last week. Her theme was ladybugs. I wanted to coordinate, without trying to experiment with nail art whilst busy making centerpieces and wrapping presents. I have been wanting to use Samurai Princess for a while now but somehow, I wanted to wear it over so many things - that I never wore it at all. Please tell me this happens to you? LOL!

So here's my adult ladybug themed mani - 2 coats of Zoya Rekha and Zoya Raven with 1 coat of Sonnetarium's Samurai Princess. This polish is one of the easiest glitter topcoats I have ever used. The glitter is very dense and I did not have to fish for glitter or dab and smooth, etc. I added a little here and there where my brush strokes were not perfect and there was maybe a need for more white on the black nails, etc. - but I think that had more to do with the base color than the SP.

Also, if you can handle feet pics (sorry, I know some just can't) - I did manage to do a very simple ladybug on my big toes. Again, same colors - no SP, and China Glaze Ruby Pumps for some shimmer. I just painted a straight line using a skinny art brush, then dotting tools for dots. I also used a big dotting tool to dot the eyes and drag a smile on with the white (Zoya Snow White).

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We had a blast at the party! I even rocked some red lipstick, and received a lot of compliments. Here's to a great week going forward, and more posts this week than the last few!

Heartfully,
Janelle

Zoya Flora, CND Violet Shimmer, China Glaze Snow Globe

This mani right here, started it all. Up until this point, I just liked polish. I collected it - sure. But I just liked one color on all nails - unless it was for a holiday or event. And then I discovered the accent nail - with glitter. And it was all a pleasant ride downhill from there. From a dozen or so polishes in my a carrier to a "melmer" with indies and more - welcome to my current hobby - nail polish!

Click to enlarge the picture. The CND and CG really sparkle when this is maximized.

This is 2 coats Zoya Flora with 1 coat CND Violet Shimmer and a top coat. The accent nail is China Glaze SnowGlobe. This is the moment where my heart fell in love with layering, glitters, and subsequently indies!

Heartfully,
Janelle