China Glaze Midnight Mission vs Dorothy Who?

While I was swatching Midnight Mission, I thought it looked a little bit like Dorothy Who? from the Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection, so I thought I'd do a quick comparison.


I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Midnight Mission and 3 coats of Dorothy Who? (and I should have maybe used a few more...), and a top coat of Seche Vite.  Midnight Mission is a frost whereas Dorothy Who? is a glitter.

Already you can see that Midnight Mission is darker (it is a navy, afterall) that Dorothy Who? but I was still going to try it out on the nail.

In the sun, you can see that yep, they are definitely different.  Midnight Mission is a bit like the older sister of Dorothy Who? to be honest.  You can also see a small bald spot on my middle finger.  Oops.

In the shade, it's the same story.  Oh well, I thought I'd try!

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.

China Glaze Awakening (Halloween)

Last year, I thought that China Glaze outdid itself with Fortune Teller for its 2009 Halloween Set, but just LOOK at this 3 piece "gorgeous and ghoulish glitters" coming out in September!  The purple is "Mummy May I" and it's a vampy wine colored purple base with flecks of hot pink glitter.  The green is "Zombie Zest" and it's a mossy green shade with gold flecks of microglitter.  Finally that orange is "Ick-A-Body" and it's actually a dark green base (!) with orange glitter.  The orange glitter literally takes OVER that dark green.  Included in this set is a bottle of Fast Forward Top Coat.


China Glaze's Facebook Fan Page and their Twitter Page [Twitter Page] includes swatches of all three.  


Now here's the slight kicker.


The colors will be available individually starting in September but this actually 4 piece box set will be only available for professionals (you know, people with cosmetology licenses).  


Update!  I got the 411 on this from China Glaze.  Starting in September, you will be able to buy these 3 colors individually at Sally's Beauty Supply.  This actual 4 piece named "Awakening" with the Fast Forward Top Coat, will be available through other professional retailers (beauty stores), and possibly online too (Head 2 Toe Beauty, 8ty8, etc).  Got it?


However, knowing China Glaze, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they gave a couple away in either their weekly Friday Twitter giveaways, or just as a special treat.  Twitter is seriously THE PLACE to be for companies, and China Glaze has worked it well.


UPDATE 2.0: Please enjoy the following official release

AWAKEN YOUR HALLOWEEN SPIRITS WITH GLAMOURISHLY GOULISH NAILS

China Glaze Introduces Three Limited Edition Halloween Polishes

Los Angeles, CA – (July 2010): Sink your claws into these three ghoulish glitters from China Glaze, perfect for a night of fright! Uniquely alluring and unlike any other Halloween colors before them, this collection is sure to entice. Colors in the promotion include:  

• Zombie Zest: A mossy green shade with gold flecks of micro glitter.
• Ick-A-Body: A dark green base chock full of orange glitter.
• Mummy May I: Vampy, wine colored purple with flecks of hot pink glitter.

The 18 piece display will be available at Sally’s Beauty Supply Stores only and the 4 piece with free Fast Forward Top Coat will be available at all other beauty and nail supply outlets, stores and e-tailers. 

 

 China Glaze (www.chinaglaze.com ) is a division of American International Industries.

 

About American International Industries

For 35 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include 5 Second Nail, Ardell, Andrea, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Correctionist, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, Jeris-Lustray, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, One Touch, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Sweet Mary Jane, Waterworks,  Winning Nails, Woltra and Youthair. For more information about our full line, visit our new website: www.aiibeauty.com

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].

China Glaze Midnight Mission

What's up, off centered bottle?  Heh.  Midnight Mission from the Vintage Vixen collection which is being released domestically today (!) is listed as a navy blue frost with silver micro glitter.  The whole Essie Starry Night thing was before me,  but it seems like this could possibly be a bit like it?  I don't know, like I said, this is before my "time".  ^_^


I had a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Midnight Mission, and a top coat of Seche Vite.  This color and formula was pretty decent - nothing extremely special but nothing bad either.  I'm not sure how I feel about navy still.  Sun pictures up first.

I think this would be a really great fall color come September, when the leaves are starting to fall... I think?  We don't have "fall" down here, but I love the concept of trees losing their color and leaves instead of what we have, haha.

I only got one shade picture for you today.

And that's all she wrote.

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.

China Glaze First Class Ticket

Oh man.  China Glaze got me all excited with this one - First Class Ticket is a deep purple frost with shimmer and wow, it's amazing.  I did have to do some major color correction on the actual pictures but let me tell you, it was totally worth it.  This is a blurple, meaning you see lots of blue along with the purple - in fact, the shimmer was mostly blue particles.  Oh man, I'm just going to shut my mouth and start with all the pictures (there are a lot of them).


I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of First Class Ticket, and a top of Seche Vite.  Yum.  Sun first.

I mean, seriously - look at this!  Like I said, I had to color correct to get this to its true color - the camera was going nuts saying "BLUE" but this is definitely a purple on your hands.  Soooo pretty.  Shade pictures:

I think this is probably the MUST HAVE of the collection for me.  I absolutely adore this color.

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.

4th of July Nail Art

So, we went from 109 degrees to Hurricane Alex.  We're talking 5 inches of rain in a day.  What on earth.  I hate this weather.


Thinking back, it's rained EVERY 4th of July that I can think of.  I'm in South Texas!  It's not supposed to rain!  Blah.


I also broke a nail (after all my China Glaze Vintage Vixen swatches, so tomorrow it will look like my nails grew tons!) so I'm back to tiny nubbins again.


Very simple manicure here... Seche Natural for my base, 2 coats of China Glaze Ruby Pumps, some tiny rhinestones from eBay on my ring finger, and a top coat of Seche Vite.  On my ring finger, I used Winning Nails "Tough Coat" which is supposed to specifically seal nail art.  I feel like it makes the rhinestones look a tiny bit gummy.


Anywho, no real sun, but here's a few pictures.  Happy 4th of July to all my American readers!

Tee hee, I kinda screwed up the rhinestones.  Well, I tried.  Kinda looks like a rocket!