China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

Flip Flop Fantasy is the "neon coral" from the Poolside collection.  As you can see, I had to do a ridiculous amount of color correction on this one, and it's still not absolutely perfect to the color that FFF is.  China Glaze's own polish swatch shows this a little more like a salmon pink

Yeah, not the same.  Hah.  I've worn this color on my toes twice now, but not on my hands for a day.  I used a base coat of Seche Natural, a white coat of CND Brilliant White (it was on my desk), and then 2 coats of Flip Flop Fantasy.  On my pointer and ring finger, I added a layer of Seche Vite, but let it matte on my middle and pinkie fingers.

This is a little more accurate to "real life" - a nice coral pink.  You can't tell too much of a different between matte and shiny in my sun pictures.

Pretty good application on this one - just a slight pooling into my cuticles on my pinkie finger.

This shade picture is awesome - you can literally see the bottle glowing to the left of my hand.  You can also really tell the difference in the matte vs shiny here.  Oh neons - I heart thee.

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.

ManGlaze Hot Mess

I have to admit, I love the artwork on these babies.  Reminds me of the local band here "The Reely Rotnz" that I would jam out to as a teenager.  Two of the band members were family friends, so I felt like a VIP since I had their CDs and stuff.  Anyway.


Hot Mess is the obnoxiously awesome silver microglitter top coat in a clear base from ManGlaze.  I think "Hot Mess" is one of my favorite things to say, as well as its an awesome song by Cobra Starship.

I wanted to see how this would work over a variety of nails, so in the sun we have Hot Mess 2 coats on the pointer finger by itself.  Almost opaque but still has a bit of VNL.  Middle finger has 2 coats of Hot Mess over 2 coats of #Matte is Murder.  Ring fingers has 2 coats of Hot Mess over 2 coats of Fuggen Ugly.  Finally my pinkie has 3 coats of Hot Mess over 2 coats of Fuggen Ugly.  Which do you like best?

Shade picture:

My hands are having issues right now.  I'm working on that.  I also have a HUGE bruise on the top of my polish hand where my nurse completely mangled me with my IV last week.  Thankfully it doesn't hurt, but between that, and the other nurse who bruised my inner elbow drawing blood, I look like some kind of junkie.  Awesome.


Now, this is a glitter so I had to take my felt and scrub a bit.  I am just not patient enough to remember to PLACE the felt around my finger (and I never use foil, but I should, and will, I promise), but overall it ALL came off on the felt, no crazed microglitter on my hands for hours.  Yay!  


You can purchase ManGlaze on their website [official website].

Essie "Color Your Prom Night"

Please click on the image to see it larger.

Oh Prom - remember that night?  Yeah, I had a horrible prom too.  I actually got fake acrylics for the first time for my senior prom.  Yeah, dumb of me.

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

ManGlaze #Matte is Murder

Also in my package of ManGlaze (snickers) was the #Matte is Murder, which is the black matte of the group.  Not sure why there is a number sign before the word matte.  It's that way with #Matte Astrophe as well.  Insight?  I've always been a bit shy with black polish but a black matte reminds me of a chalkboard, and I've seen some awesome black on black nail art lately, with matte and shiny coats being intermixed.


I used a base coat of Seche Natural and 2 coats of #Matte is Murder for this - again this polish was nicely mixed, good consistency and great dry time.  It's a great black matte, but I really think I like Fuggen Ugly better.  Sun picture!

Shade picture!

My hands have looked increasingly red lately.  I'm working on it.  New meds and stuff.


And of course, a layer of Seche Vite to make things shiny!

WHOA.  This one has even MORE rainbow goodness to it - check it out!  Seriously, click the picture and make it larger.  I was in LOVE.

You can see more of the green sparkle in this one - thanks green grass that is taller than me in some places (tomorrow is "mow the lawn day").  Rain + insane heat = tons of grass.  And mosquitoes.  :[


Again, another winner in my book by ManGlaze.  I like that you have two very different looks - a matte or a rainbow shine.  Always fun to get more than one look out of a polish.


You can purchase ManGlaze on their website [official website].

ManGlaze Fuggen Ugly

After seeing tons of blogs review ManGlaze, I wanted to try it out myself, so I bought the whole line (don't faint, it's only 4 bottles) and will be reviewing 3 of them over the next few days.  Gotta admit, I was a little apprehensive at first buying something called ManGlaze, but I figured it's a good ice breaker.


Fuggen Ugly is the "grey" of the group.  This is the original matte nail polish, marketed in 2007.  I have purposely avoided matte polishes because they normally chip after just a few hours, but ManGlaze is one that's a laster.  I can't wait to do an actual "last test" soon - it was supposed to happen this weekend, but my son had other plans for my hands (he wouldn't sit still).


I used a base coat of Seche Natural, and then 2 coats of Fuggen Ugly.  I was really happy with the dry time and consistency of this polish - most mattes dry so fast on the nail that you can barely get one coat on evenly, but this had just the right dry time to it.

Check this out!  It's the perfect steel grey that I've been looking for, and such a great application!

I really am happy with this color - it's probably my new favorite "quick" polish that doesn't take a long time to apply or dry.

Even in the shade, this picture holds up quite well - it's a pretty solid grey... no blue or purple undertones to it like some greys.


Now, for fun, I added a top coat of Seche Vite.  My pointer finger was smeared about 5 seconds into it though - again, my son was just full of snips and snails and puppy dog tails that day.

Do you see that rainbow sparkle?!  Holy cow, I was in LOVE.

You can see a little more of the rainbow in this one (middle finger).  Holy hotness, the Seche really blings this out, but as you can see, you could also just wear it matte and still have a wonderful manicure.  Aces, ManGlaze - aces.


You can purchase ManGlaze on their website [official website].