Thursday, October 31, 2013

My Halloween 2013 nails!

Happy Halloween! I decided to do a set of pumpkin Halloween nails this year because it's simple and fuss free. LOL.. I'm becoming lazy.

Halloween 2013 nails

I kind of ran out of pumpkin facial designs to do thus I added in a spider and a black cat as well.

Hope you guys like my Halloween nails this year!

Polishes Used
OPI In My Back Pocket

Monday, October 21, 2013

Purple Leopard Print Nail Art

It had been a while since I did nail art so I decided to do a simple leopard print nail art to get me going again!

A successful attempt if you ignore the smudge marks. =P

Purple Leopard Print Nail Art

Polishes Used:
OPI You're Such A BudaPest
China Glaze Lemon Fizz
China Glaze Fairy Dust
OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys

Saturday, October 12, 2013

China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection - Comparison

Had been really busy and hardly had time to do my nails.. :(

Here's a quick comparison for some of the polishes in the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze collection!

First up, is China Glaze Mingle With Kringle which I had mentioned that it reminds me of China Glaze Goldie But Goodie from the Autumn Nights collection.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie
Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie
I didn't went and took a look at my Goldie But Goodie when I was swatching the Christmas collection, but just from my impression, I thought Mingle With Kringle seems really similar to Goldie But Goodie.

It was only when I swatched them side by side then I realised they were a totally different kind of golds. Mingle With Kringle is a much brighter yellow leaning kind of gold that would really look like a pot of gold, while Goldie But Goodie is a more brownish leaning copper type of dirty gold. Infact Goldie But Goodie hardly even look like gold anymore when placed beside Mingle With Kringle.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie
Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie
What is similar between these 2 polishes is probably the application and finish. Both are foil like polishes, Mingle With Kringle is bright gold with coppery darker gold flakes, while Goldie But Goodie is rust gold with silver micro shimmers/flakes.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie
Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie
Goldie But Goodie is more opaque between the 2, and they both dis-integrates into irritating gold flakes that sticks to your skin when you try to remove them.

Next up is a comparison between the reds:

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps
Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps
Ring In the Red, Just Be-Claws and  Ruby Pumps are all red with shimmers/glitters but you can see from the picture that they are very different from each other.

Out of these 3, I must say I'm absolutely in love with China Glaze Ring In the Red! It's one of my un-tries and when I swatched it.. I was like.. woah! So pretty! LOL

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps
Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps
Nevertheless, I would admit that Just Be-Claws is a great colour for Christmas, especially for nail art as it's quite opaque. It is also very suitable for people would like something less flashy. :)

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps
Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps
I will use China Glaze Ring In The Red for my Christmas Manicure this year! haha!

Last comparison for today would be the blupple glitters!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
Another comparison that came to my mind when I was swatching is these 2! China Glaze All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
China Glaze All Wrapped Up and LA Girl Eutopia are quite similar colour, with LA Girl a little more purple. Their main difference is their glitters.

China Glaze All Wrapped Up is made up of very dense fine glitters, while LA Girl Eutopia is made up of sparse small hex glitters with some large hex glitters.

In summary, All Wrapped Up is more suitable to be used on it's own, while Eutopia is more suitable to be used as a topper.

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
Between these 2, I think I like China Glaze All Wrapped Up more just because of the way it sparkles under the light. So pretty!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia
That's all for my comparison today! None of the other polishes sparked any interest in me to compare them so I'll just be doing these 3.

Hope these swatches helped! :)