Today's post was actually a reader's request. By all means, feel free to email me (address on the sidebar) with your requests or questions on any of the polishes I own. I'm constantly trying to keep my spreadsheet updated with all my polishes, and overall, I would love to get them all swatched! I'm not on a "no-buy" by any means, but I'd like to at least wear half of what I have, haha.
Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics Camel Toe is listed as a medium dark neutral beige. Now, I find it to be more of an orange based brown - kind of like a coffee caramel, if you would. It's a creme which actually surprised me a little - I kept thinking there was some hidden shimmer in there, but nope. Great neutral color for the office, if you ask me.
I used a base coat of Cheeky Monkey Wet Dream, 2 coats of Camel Toe, and topped it with Seche Vite. The formula was very smooth - not runny or thick and had excellent coverage.
As you can see in the sun, it's pretty close to my own skin tone (at least to me) - with the orange showing up a little more than the brown.
However, in the shade it does look a little darker but overall it's a very wearable color - nothing bold or in your face. Again, great for the office.
Cheeky Monkey can be purchased on their website [official website] for $15 a bottle.
China Glaze Zombie Zest is the second piece of 3 from the Halloween release "Awakening" launching next month. It's listed as a mossy green shade with gold flecks of microglitter. I was most excited about this color because of the microglitter and just the zombieness of it, and it didn't disappoint me.
I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Zombie Zest and a top of Seche Vite. The formula was perfect - not runny at all, not thick, and worked well on my nails.
Braaaaaaaaaains. You can see almost a little bit of VNL in the sun, and I could have probably gone 3 coats but I was quite happy with two. This is such a unique shade of green in my collection - more yellow than Emerald Sparkle.
Love love love this color in the shade - the gold microglitter, the moss green, I'm a happy camper with this on. I can't wait until Halloween is around the corner - this would also be a great color for a witch to wear. I think zombie would be more of a bluish black yellow on the nails (now that's a color). If you're only looking to get one color from the 3 pack, I recommend this one.
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
Just a quick, down and dirty post because I was listing my nail polishes on my spreadsheet and had one of those heart stopping moments.
On my recent hauling trip, I found not one but 2 different bottles of OPI My Private Jet. One had a definite teal flash to it, the other had a bronzy-red flash to it. I couldn't remember which was which as far as the so far 4 different versions I've heard of My Private Jet, but I bought them both without question. Tonight, I couldn't help but just slap it on (no base or top coat) to see the different.
On my index and middle fingers are my bronzy-red flashed MPJ and on my ring and pinky fingers is the teal flash MPJ.
Do I actually have an original bottle of MPJ? I have no idea. I'm so lost on it all.
I can't wait to get this color out in the sun.
Some blur to show the glitter holo going on. Stay tuned or leave me a comment if you think you know! (Because I don't!)
China Glaze Ick-A-Body is a dark green base with orange glitter - lots of orange glitter. Unlike last year's Fortune Teller which was a black base with some orange glitter, this is almost all glitter. This is one of three colors that China Glaze is releasing for Halloween... starting in September, you'll be able to find the bottles individually in Sally's Beauty Supply but already you can buy the bottles individually or in the 4 pack "Awakening" Collection on TransDesign. The 4th bottle is China Glazes Fast Forward Top Coat.
I used a base of Seche Natural, and then I wanted to check out the opacity of this polish. Only one coat of Ick-A-Body on my pinky, 2 coats on my ring finger, 3 coats on my middle finger and ended with 4 coats on my index finger. I topped it with Seche Vite (thin coat, not thick) because the glitter wasn't bumpy or raised.
I can honestly say that 2 coats was perfectly fine for me. One coat had more of the green base showing, and then 3 coats was just a bit much. Four coats was way too much and the polish just kind of slid around on my nail at that point.
In the shade you can see the green in the bottle better and more on the pinky. I guess it depends on how much glitter you want versus base. I will be wearing 2 coats, but if you wanted more green to show, only go with one coat.
This was a glitter, which meant time to soak my nail in my cotton pad so that the glitter would slide right off (instead of scrubbing the glitter) but I did want to show you that it's definitely a green base, and not a black (just in case you doubted me, hah!). Very nice color overall and great formula. This wasn't too thick, or too thin and the glitter stayed right on the nail (instead of sliding around). Two thumbs, way up!
Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration. For more information, please read this post.
On my last trip to San Antonio, my salon manicurist (who does great pedicures), told me about a nail supply store in the middle of nowhere, so I went to check it out. It was like I died and went to Heaven - I wish I had taken pictures. The small shop was stuffed full of nail polish - everything from OPI to China Glaze... and oh the China Glaze. They had so many bottles of old polish (dusties) but the newest items looked to be the Up & Away, and they didn't have many bottles of it. I grabbed this bottle because I'm a sucker for blue flashed whites but it wasn't until I got outside that I realized this was a sheer. China Glaze Tease is from the Blush collection and is not big 3 free, but I don't mind that. However, if you're looking for a big 3 free polish, I do believe this is a dead on dupe for their color Rainbow. I'll have to comparison sometime.
I used a base of Seche Natural, 3 coats of Tease and a top coat of Seche Vite. The color is very sheer but as you can see in the sun, you do get the blue flash. The formula on this was great - not runny or thick despite the original layer of dust on my bottle.
If you catch the light properly, you can see all the blue flash. However, if you angle your nails, you get this:
A whole lotta nothing. However, I bet this would look great over black, or really it's a nice understated color - might go well as a french manicure too.
In the shade, you also get that blue flash.
