Color Club Perfect Mol-ten

Hello Ninjas!

Finally another polish post for you. How did you feel about my cosmetics post? This is Color Club Perfect Mol-ten from their Fall 2011 Foiled Collection. This is a super pretty pale green foil that reminds me of Rimmel Rags to Riches. Two easy coats for full coverage, and this was a nice subtle metallic to wear at work. And it's green, I love green!

I need your help deciding which Illamasqua polish to wear next weekend. There's a huge outdoor Ninja event at my work and I'll be in a forest both Saturday and Sunday. I can't decide if I should wear Kink or Viridian! Help please :)

Zoya Anja

Hello Ninjas!

I'm not feeling particularly well, I think I'm getting a sinus infection that one of my co-workers has :( I also sprained my ankle on Friday (the 13th!) so it's been a blah Monday for me. Today I've got Zoya Anja from theor Fall 2011 Smoke collection. This is a super dark raisin color in most lightings. I didn't think it looked black even in low light though, it managed to lean just red enough to look like a deep purple in any light. For whatever reason, my flash skewed the color way more blue than it really is but I wanted to show the rich, non blackened color it can have in bright light. This is two super easy coats of Anja. I did a magnetic accent nail with the Nails Inc my MIL got me.

China Glaze Ruby Pumps and City Siren

Hello darling ninjas!

Sorry for not posting yesterday, it was my last day at my parents' house for the Holidays so we spent the day doing family things. Also,  I got a new laptop for Christmas so I've been busy transferring my pictures and other files over to this computer. Now that I'm mostly done, I should be able to resume regular posting once more :)

Tonight I've got two China Glaze polishes for your viewing pleasure. This is a base of two coats of City Siren from their fall collection. I really like this polish, I got it courtesy of my wonderful MIL from Sally where is was on clearance. This is a great deep berry color that would have been great by itself for a holiday manicure since it reminds me of poinsettias. I also got a very mini ChG bottle of Ruby Pumps which I'm sure they put out with the holiday season in mind. RP is a well known red glitter polish from their core line and a wonderfully vivid top coat when put over CS.

Zoya Neeka

Hello readers!

Today I've got Zoya Neeka from their fall Mirrors collection for you. This is a super pretty polish that is similar in composition to Yara. Neeka is a nice blue leaning medium purple with a lot of gold flake glitter and a red shimmer that you can only see in some lighting. My co-worker fell in love with this polish when I wore it this week, I actually had to ge ther a bottle because she just wouldn't stop talking about it! This is two coats of Neeka with Seche QD on top.

Zoya Cynthia

Hello lovely readers!

Are you ready for Thanksgiving yet? I'll be flying up to NY to visit the in-laws so I might not get to post this weekend, just a heads up! Tonight I've got Zoya Cynthia from their Smoke collection for this fall. This is two easy coats with Seche QD on top. This mani was so incredibly shiny that you could see scratches on the surface like someone had scratched a glass! Cynthia is a super pretty dark teal that looks black in low light. In daylight though, Cynthia is a gorgeous deep peacock type color that is a really interesting fall shade. Sorry for the gross pictures, the sun  just did not  come out when I had this on :(

Zoya Jana and Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple

Hello!

I cut all of my nails really short a while back (thus the nubbins in the Wallis post) and was looking for something fairly subtle to make their shortness less noticeable. I settled on Zoya Jana from their Smoke collection for this fall. However, my nails were in sore need of buffing so there was some unevenness in the polish. To cover this up I added two coats of Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple on top. The result was a gorgeous lilac purple with a really neat multichrome glitter. There are a larger number of pictures for this polish because I wanted to show all of the shifts on the glitter. From what I can tell the main colors are pink/red, yellow, and green.

Essie Power Clutch

Hello again!

I meant to post last night but then we started doing a Harry Potter marathon and I forgot. Oops! Anyways, here's my swatch of Essie's Power Clutch from their Fall 2011 collection. This is a really nice green based grey that looked lovely after two coats. I might have gotten away with one thick coat but I wasn't in the mood to deal with bubbles.

Sally Hansen Pumpkin Spice

Good afternoon readers!

Today I've got a little layering mani for you. This is Sally Hansen Pumpkin spice, a pale brown jely base with orange glitter, over a nice dark orange, OPI Chop-sticking to My Story. I wanted to do this over orange instead of black or brown because I didn't want this to be too dark, I have customers at work who pick on me when my polish looks black! This is one coat of CsMS under three of Pumkin Spice.

China Glaze Trendsetter

Good evening!

I'm in the middle of dinner and watching the Lion King but I wanted to make sur eI got in a post for tonight. This is two coats of China Glaze's Trendsetter from their Fall 2011 Metro Collection. I love this "fugly" color and I got a couple of interesting remarks and a handful of compliments when I wore it. I really love the silver fleck shimmer in this polish, it adds depth. Formula was great, topped with Seche QD. I was experimenting with a light box in these pictures and I don't think they helped :(

Color Club Back to BoHo Pt. 2

Good evening readers!

I still have a cold which has turned into a dry cough. I'm about ready for this bug to be gone! Today I've got the second half of Color Club's Fall 2011 collection, Back to BoHo. This is the half with some neat shimmer and metallic colors!

Boho Mojo, what a horribly streaky frost!

Nouveau Vintage

Nouveau Vintage

Voodoo You Do

Voodoo You Do

Blue-topia Super Inky!

Blue-topia

Artsy Crafty

Artsy Crafty

Rebel Spirit

L-R: Rebel Spirit, Zoya Codie, Rebel Spirit

I did a quick comparison of Rebel Spirit to Zoya Codie because they look pretty similar in the bottle. It's hard to tell in my picture but Codie has more green undertones than Rebel Spirit. Codie also has a much easier to work with formula and only needed to easy coats.

What do you think? Which is your favorite from this half? I'm pretty sure I'm in love with Artsy Craft still even though I've already worn it with my Kleancolor.

Color Club Back to BoHo Pt. 1

Today I've got the first half of Color Club's Fall collection, Back to BoHo. Most of these are two coats and no top or base, they're my first real "swatches" !

Nomadic in Nude

Earthly Angel

New Bohemian

Shabby Drab

Rad Nomad

Red-ical Gypsy

I finally found my mannequin hands color! Earthly angel looks like concealer for my nails. It's a neat effect. I like this collection a lot and I'm pretty sure that Shabby Drab is my favorite from this half of the collection.

China Glaze Brownstone

Good afternoon!

After sleeping 14 hours last night, I'm feeling a little better but I've got a bit of a sore throat that I wish would go away. Here's China Glaze's Brownstone from their Metro Chic collection. This is a card to capture color because it is also hard to describe. In the bottle it looks like a medium brick red. On the nail it looks a lot more brown with red undertones in the right lighting. Either way, it is a pretty color and I got some nice compliments on when when I was wearing it at work. This is two coats with Orly Sec 'n Dry topcoat.