I can't believe I never swatched any of the Hunger Games colors yet. Anywho, this one is beautiful. I love neutrals, they compliment any skin tone.

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China Glaze Poetic

Project Re-Swatch

This color is a mystery to many in the nail world. It's copper, but pink at the same time. So weird. I also did a comparison with this and Maria a while back, which I also mentioned in the re-swatch of that color a few days ago. Out of the two, this one is my favorite.

This is the last swatch for Project Re-Swatch. Yaaay!!!! That was a successful journey, and I'm proud of myself for fighting through the dreaded "off color" phase I was going through. Hope all is well for everyone, and I hope your June was fantastic! See you guys in July =) I have a lot of posts lined up, and waiting to be published. So excited for July!

China Glaze Holly-Day

Project Re-swatch

I want to point out that the color is slightly darker on the nail than it is in the bottle, just as the pictures show. Not a huge difference, though.

China Glaze Poinsettia

Project Re-swatch

Please excuse the glitter. I had glitter on my nails prior to swatching, and the boogers wouldn't get off my hands. There is no glitter in this polish.

China Glaze Champagne Bubbles

Project Re-Swatch

China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint - Swatch

Dots and such

I really wanted to use this color combination, but I didn't really want to put them on different nails. I decided to play with dots. Like me, you don't need to go out and buy an expensive dotting tool, use what you have at home. I use dull pencils. This on is a Ticonderoga, you know one of those big ones? The smaller the pencil, the smaller the dot, BUT you can kind of control the size of the dot with the big one, as you can see with my pinky. Light taps is all it takes.

Here is how I did it:

1. I put 3 coats of OPI What's With the Cattitude? on all my fingers
2. Then I poured a glob of China Glaze Peachy Keen onto a piece of paper
3. Take a pencil, and carefully started dotting
4. Wait about 5 minutes for the dots to dry before adding a top coat so they don't smear.

I wanted the design to be different, so I took my time to figure out what I wanted to do. I tested a few on a nail wheel to double check thickness of the dots. This is what I came up with:

The pinky is so small, I didn't want a lot of dots, so I went with a subtle tip design.

That's my manicure for the weekend! Toodles =)

Color Blocking Combinations. Yay!

This is a pretty popular trend that I've been noticing. I don't like the name "color blocking". That's probably because I am unsure about what it actually means. Besides that little hiccup, I decided to put together a few color combinations in hopes to find my favorite one. All are colors that are out now (with the exception of three, but I'll mention them when I get there)

My advice is to try colors that are opposite of each other, but compliment each other well. Hold the bottles next to each other, that will show you how well they work. You don't have to use these exact colors, this is just for an idea, and the combinations I found in my own stash.

Hope you enjoy!

One my pointer and middle finger I have China Glaze Peachy Keen. My ring and pinky finger are currently being occupied by OPI What's With the Cattitude, which is one of the polishes that are not in production anymore. It was part of the Shrek collection release I believe in 2010, or 2009. Not quite sure.

I really like this combo. Probably my favorite of the bunch.


Wallet is Vera Bradley, if you're wondering.

Thumb/Pointer/Middle: Essie Play Date

Ring/Pinky: Julep Eva






I really liked this one. Play Date is a weird color though. Weird to apply, but pretty in the end!

One my pointer (not shown) and middle fingers is Essie Raise Awareness, which is the other polish that isn't in production anymore. To be honest, it's just a pink. If you saw my Raise Awareness/French Affair by Essie post, you know they are almost identical. Either way, it's a pink =).

For my ring and pinky I have Essie Mint Candy Apple. I feel like my bottle has turned to more of a bluish tint, so yours may not look exactly like mine.

Wallet is by American Eagle that was given to me by a friend a loooong time ago, so it's kind of old.

First two fingers are OPI Dutch Ya Just Love OPI, and the last two are OPI Teal the Cows Come Home. I got it for Christmas, and it sounds like a Texas one, so probably not in the regular collection either.

Last buy not least is the last combination of the post, and the one that stayed on my hands.

Thumb, pointer, and middle fingers: Julep Hayden

Ring and pinky fingers: China Glaze Wicked Style

Too be honest these are two of the colors that scare me the most, and what better than to wear them together!

Hope this inspired you. Toodles!

Easter Design - Layering

 I got this idea from Julep's blog. They call it "Color Blocking", I just call it layering. I used China Glaze Go Go Pink and Julep Renee on Essie Mint Candy Apple, which I applied yesterday. I tested these two colors on my nail wheel to see which looked the best. The pink on top looked weird. Hopefully this will stay on for Easter. It's super cute and fun. I may try other combinations later today and upload them, just to give an idea of some other easter color combinations that work.

Collective Haul

Whoo! Hunger Games. I really didn't think I would get any, but the lovely ladies at tPF made me want several. I also picked up a few Essie at Ulta, and a treatment from Orly that I've been eying for a while now. Sadly my dad mowed the grass so my pretty grassy/weed backgrounds are gone for a while =(. I have one more swatch with it, then I suppose I'll have to find somewhere else to take pictures at.

I love China Glaze's minis, they're hardly even mini! Normal bottles are .5 fl oz and the "minis" are 3.25 fl oz. Still a decent size I say! The normal sized CG are from Sally's. I wanted to get Smoke and Ashes, but they were out. That's one of the reasons I picked up the minis! I think Luxe and Lush will get a lot of use around Christmas. It reminds me of a snow globe.

I've been wearing Stone Cold for the past few days, and it is a matte (yay!), but the wear is bad even for a matte nail polish, and a pain in the butt to remove, and stained my skin for some odd reason. Even with all that negative stuff, I will still wear it from time to time, and I will do a swatch of it in its matte form, and with a glossy top coat on top as well.

I fell in love with this pink. It's "Pink-A-Boo" by Essie. It has this beautiful pink and gold shimmer to it. I can't wait to try it out, but I think I'm going to tackle the box below first.

De Finance, Navigate Her, To Buy Or Not To Buy, Olé Caliente

I just finished putting on De Finance, and it is gorgeous!!