Showing posts with label March 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label March 2012. Show all posts

Monday, January 2, 2012

Untried #1 of 2012: A Palate Cleanser

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year's Eve! Now we're into 2012 and I'm enjoying it so far; a 3 day weekend will do that. Hopefully 2012 will bring a lot of exciting things! I know there have already been a lot of announcements so far in the world of nail polish about new lines and collections. Lots of cool stuff ahead!

I started on my New Year's resolution of using all my untrieds today. Removing the Sally Hansen Winter Funderland design was a bit more difficult than I thought it would be. The black polish just did not want to come off and the glitter didn't help either. I feel as though I've worn so much glitter / hard to remove polish lately. My poor fingernails are weak from all that pure acetone! So I've been wanting to do a mani with a nice, simple creme polish that won't demolish my nails. (Ha, see what I did there?)

So for my first manicure of the year, I chose to go with a classic: China Glaze For Audrey. It's one color that I had been looking forward to getting my hands on and I was so happy to get it for Christmas. It is definitely a "me" color, I love blues and purples. And who doesn't like a Tiffany-inspired blue?

The application was great, For Audrey covered perfectly in two coats. I used a Seche base coat and the Seche Vite top dry coat. (This nail blogger is growing up, a base and top coat?!) I absolutely love this color even if it's not the newest one on the block. I also think it will be a great base for trying out my new nail stamping kit and a perfect color for my birthday week!




Both pictures were taken inside. The top one was with flash, I believe the bottom was no flash. I was too lazy to get my lightbox set up since our Christmas tree is in the way. But see, so pretty! I'm slowly, but surely becoming a big fan of China Glaze. 

Have you tried For Audrey? Let me know!


Sunday, November 13, 2011

Districtly Speaking: The Hunger Games Collection

Yesterday I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs and came across some very exciting news on All Lacquered Up. Well, it’s exciting news if you’re a fan of The Hunger Games trilogy of books and looking forward to the release of the first movie in March 2012. I myself am a fan and cannot wait until the movie. Although I hope the movie can do the books justice and it must be at PG-13 movie, at least, none of this PG stuff. But that's a post for another blog.

Along with the movie, nail polish enthusiasts will be able to purchase a collection by China Glaze that is inspired by the characters and events of the books. You can read the post and see the first preview of the colors here!

I am very excited about this collection and have a feeling that I’ll have to splurge in March to buy the Hunger Games China Glaze collection, or as much of it as I can. I think that it will be very hard to find given their popularity, but I’ll try my best.

My favorites so far from the one picture I have seen are Primrose, Catnip, Cinna-mon, Fire in Flight, and Flaming Gems. Okay, they all look amazing, but I think those will be first on my list to pick up and then share the swatches with all of you!

Inspired by the news, I even took a picture of my Hunger Games trilogy. The books are just so pretty.


Who else is excited about the movie and the nail polish collection?