#30DaysofColourChallenge - RANDOM

This is a month long swatch challenge for April.  A different manicure every day!

Day 28 is a random polish.  China Glaze's Boho Blues is another untried polish, it is part of the Spring 2015 Road Trip collection.  While I love this periwinkle polish, it was another streaky three to four coater.

China Glaze's Boho Blues

China Glaze's Boho Blues

If you are interested in participating in the challenge, here is the list!

 

#30DaysofColourChallenge - YELLOW

This is a month long swatch challenge for April.  A different manicure every day!

Day 3 is yellow!  This is Sun Upon My Skin from China Glaze.  It is a beauty from the 2014 Off Shore Summer Collection.  This yellow has a pretty good formula; I had no problems with streaking and it self-leveled nicely.

China Glaze's Sun Upon My Skin

China Glaze's Sun Upon My Skin

China Glaze's Sun Upon My Skin

If you are interested in participating in the challenge, here is the list!

#summernorules - POLKA DOTS

Today's manicure theme is polka dots!  Such an easy way to embellish a simple manicure, and anyone can do it!

I used OPI's Kiss Me I'm Brazilian & You're So Vanilla...along with China Glaze's Grape Pop.

Next up is Fav Summer Red.  If you want to join in, here is the schedule!

First Day of Summer
National Pink Day
Strawberries
Favourite Summer Glitter
Canada Day
Independence Day
National Chocolate Day
Flip Flops
Ice Cream
Fav Neon
Sunshine

Loaded Lacquer's Foolish Hearts

Foolish Hearts from Loaded Lacquer is a clear based glitter consisting of holographic black hearts, holographic silver hearts, matte black hearts, transparent white hearts, purple hearts, holographic black hex, matte grape hex and holographic silver hex in multiple sizes.  I applied it over China Glaze's At Vase Value.

Another beautiful glitter from Loaded Lacquer!

If you are looking for some unique and high quality polish that is easy to work with, I would recommend taking a look at Loaded Lacquer.  They can be found here.

Loaded Lacquer's Mintallica

Mintallica is a clear based glitter consisting of multi-sized matte mint hexagons and dots, metallic gunmetal hexagons and holographic gunmetal hexagons.

I thought I would go for a jelly sandwich with Mintallica.  I used China Glaze's Keepin' it Teal as the jelly!  Not a bad combo.

If you are looking for some unique and high quality glitter that is easy to work with, I would recommend taking a look at Loaded Lacquer.  They can be found here.

#springnorules - PASTEL

Spring might just be in the wind in my neck of the woods...thank goodness!

Pastel is the third manicure of the Spring Thaw Nail Art Challenge.  I used China Glaze's At Vase Value, OPI's 4 In The Morning, OPI's Mod About You and OPI's You're Such A Budapest.  I applied some matte topcoat over 4 In The Morning then some random dots with the remaining colours and voila a pastel manicure.

 

Up next is Rain.  Here is the schedule for the challenge, if you are interested...remember no rules!

Spring Dotticure

Green

China Glaze's Charmed, I'm Sure !!

Charmed I'm Sure is part of the Fall 2013 Autumn Nights collection.  It is a beautiful saturated dark purple creme.  It is just the right darkness so that you can actually tell that it is purple not black.  I applied 2 coats, but you could probably get away with one coat.

I know it is another purple, I can't help myself.

China Glaze's Grape Juice

Grape Juice is part of the 2009 Summer Days collection.  It is a purple polish with lots of shimmer or 'glass fleck' effect.  It is somewhat sheer and to achieve opacity I used 3 coats.  

Purple is my favourite colour, so yes I love this.

Color Club's The Uptown !

The Uptown is a purple jelly based multi-coloured flakie polish.  I think you could achieve opacity, or close to opacity, but I put it on top of China Glaze's Scandalous Shenanigans, a beautiful sapphire blue. I love the effect of of this flakie.  

This is the only polish I picked up from the 2013 Fall Girl About Town collection...the remaining ones never really caught my eye.

Pure Ice's Over You

Over You is an inexpensive glitter I picked up at Walmart for 1.97.  Great application using the dab method over China Glaze's Charmed I'm Sure.  It has a clear base with purple micro glitter, larger turquoise and purple hex & bar glitter.

There are 2 other glitters that came out with this line...might have to go back and pic them up.

My Favourite Polish of 2013 !!

Happy New Year!! <:-P

Here are some of my favourite nail polishes of 2013, in no particular order.  Sorry there are a crap ton (32), but I am not good at picking just a few I love them all.

Zoya's Dream

 Zoya's NYX

OPI's Alcatraz

 Avon's Starburst

Avon's Saturn

 OPI's Your Such a Budapest

OPI's Vant to Bite my Neck?

OPI's My Vampire is Buff

OPI Eurso Euro

OPI's Can't Find my Czechbook

Avon's Moonbeam

Avon's Eclipse

 Avon's Celestial

 China Glaze's Highlight of my Summer

China Glaze's Bottoms Up

China Glaze's Sun of a Peach

 China Glaze's Too Yacht to Handle

China Glaze's Unrefined

Zoya's Chita

Zoya Chyna

 Indie Polish in Kaboom

OPI's Kiss me at Midnight

OPI's Muri Muir on The Wall

 OPI's Solitaire

Orly's Purple Velvet

Zoya's Payton

China Glaze's Put a Bow on It

 Essie's Sable Collar

Orly's Sparkling Garbage

Zoya's Stevie

China Glaze's This is Tree-mendous

Zoya's Carter

What a great year it has been...I can't wait to explore new polishes and create nail art with my friends in 2014.