Sneak Peek

Holy Mother of Pearl - I have a lot of swatching to do.  Here's just a sneak peek of my polishing rack of colors to be reviewed, and missing are the 30+ colors I just recently bought from a company... I'll own the entire line when I get my package!

China Glaze Sun Worshiper

I actually wrote this blog last week but had some Internet issues.

China Glaze Sun Worshiper, also from the Poolside collection was a very bright in your face orange.  My bottle was mangled by the shipping company as you can see, but it's holding well.  I decided to do things a little differently for it and not use a white base.

Instead for my pictures (this is under sun), I used Seche Natural for my base, 3 layers of polish and on my first two fingers (pointer and middle) I added a layer of Seche Vite for shine.  The other two fingers (ring and pinkie) I left matte.  Can you really tell?  It was better in person because it was either shiny or not.

In the shade, you can tell a little better.  This would be a great color for Halloween too.  I didn't have any problems with the formula, which is always a plus.

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Essie "Wedding Collection"

Please click on the image to see it full screen.  Essie is coming out with a Wedding Collection this year.  The colors look sweet - Petal Pink, BBF Best Boyfriend, Pillow Talk, Walk Down The Aisle, Show Me The Ring, and Main Squeeze.  I'm not sure if they are creams or shimmers, but they are pretty.

Essie can be purchased on their website [official website] or etailers like Head2ToeBeauty [official website] or TransDesign [official website].

China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Wow, talk about a throw back with China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.  I grew up listening to oldies music with my parents, so when I heard about this color, I immediately burst out in song.

Unless I'm dropping 100 pounds soon, you won't see me in a  yellow polka dot bikini, but that's besides the point.  I used Seche Natural for my base, one coat of China Glaze Snow, 3 coats of Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and then a top coat of Seche Vite.  I must say, yellows are NOT my favorite.  You can see some streaky business going on, which is typical of yellows, and really, I'm not sure how I like yellow with my skin tone.  I have 4 other yellow polishes to swatch so be prepared to see those coming up.  This was really a bright highligher yellow color though, and it did pop.  The shade picture is where the neon really was blazing - my nails just appeared to glow which is what I've found with this collection.  Glowing nails... sounds like a medical condition.

Sun picture followed by shade picture.

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Cheeky Monkey Raunchy Bitch

(Media reader works again)

Oh Cheeky, you've done it again.  Cheeky Monkey Raunchy Bitch was my immediate favorite in the bunch.  It looks very dark in the picture (and in the bottle) but it's actually a dark blue/purple with blue shimmer.  I love it.  The website says it's a "dark metallic blue" but I really was seeing a hint of purple in my bottle.  Also the first coat went on as purple.  The final "test" for me was swatching on a nail wheel and holding it up to the light and oh yeah, it's purple.  This is quite interesting because Cheeky Monkey Romp is listed as a "dark metallic purple."  Hmm...


This color gets NO justice in the shade or on nubbins.  :(  I can't wait until my nails grow out again, and this is the first color going on the long babies.  (I'll also update this post with better pictures when I do.)  Oh yes, and some tag love:

For some reason, I didn't realize that on Cheeky Monkey's website, in addition to having great stories for each color, there is also a drink recipe (adults only please!) to go along with it.  Very fun to read, seriously.  I could spend quite a bit of time on this website.


Here's 2 sun pictures, but again, NO JUSTICE.  I used a base coat of Cheeky Monkey Wet Dream, 2 coats of Raunchy Bitch, and a coat of Seche Vite on top.  I'm thinking that this one might need the light box, because trying to capture the purple was quite a feat.

Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics is based out of Canada and you can order right from their website [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.