China Glaze Don't Let The Dead Bite Swatches

Today I have swatches of Don't Let The Dead Bite. This is the only polish I got from the China
Glaze Halloween polishes this year. The rest just didn't look appealing to me.

This has a flesh toned nude crelly base with various shapes of red glitter. It applied really easily and I had full coverage in two coats. Photos below are with top coat.

These two photos are with OPI matte top coat.

I think I preferred it matted. Anyway, I liked this, but didn't love it. Formula wise there were no issues. It was actually quite flattering with my skin tone. I was surprised by that.
Thanks for the visit. Hope you aren't sick of Halloween polishes yet!

*purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Revlon Mayan Riviera and French Roast

Today I have two random Revlon shades for you.

Mayan Riviera is a new shade from their pebbled texture collection. Personally, I find this to be more of a densely packed glitter polish opposed to an actual textured polish. It was very dense which made it difficult to apply nicely. A lot of dabbing was required. It dries to a matte finish. I didn't use top coat. I really liked the colour of this polish, but other then that, it was a fail for me. This also was slow to dry.

French Roast is from their Colorstay line. I actually found this at a dollar store! It's a medium brown creme with a lighter brown shimmer and a small amount of blue microshimmers. I used two coats plus top coat. It self leveled perfectly, and was nice and shiny. I really enjoyed this one!

At least one of them was a winner for me! I won't be purchasing anymore of the Revlon textures, that is for sure. Revlon is available at most drugstores.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Gosh Polish Frosted Soft Coral textured polish

Today I have a new polish from Gosh for you. 07 Frosted Soft Coral. Not the most original name. Frosted sand look with a glittery matte finish.

I used two thin coats for complete coverage. Average dry time. Pebbly to the touch once it's dry. The glitter is a nice touch to this. I think it would be too plain without it. The polish does have a bit of a wrinkly look to it. No issues with application. Following photos show the polish with no top coat.

The next pics show Frosted Soft Coral with a coat of top coat. I used HK Girl. The polish really ate it up. Almost right away, you couldn't tell that a top coat had been applied. My guess is you would need at least three coats of top coat to smooth this out and leave it shiny.

And there you have it. I purchased this from a local drugstore. Shoppers Drug Mart. To be honest, I'm not sure where all this brand is carried. Sorry about that! Hope you have a great day.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Formula X for Sephora Omni and Bionic

Formula X for Sephora is their new line of polish. To view the collection please visit Sephora.

Omni is a royal blue creme polish. The formula had great coverage, but didn't self level. Top coat did help, but not completely. Photos are two coats with top coat. No issues with staining.

Bionic is a matte glitter topper. Various sizes of matte black and matte pale lime green glitter. Photos show one coat of Bionic. No digging or placement of glitter was necessary. No top coat used in photos.

Overall thoughts are I love Bionic! Omni didn't really do anything for me. Of course, blue isn't usually a fave of mine, so that could be part of the problem.
Thanks for stopping in today. Hope to see you back soon!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

China Glaze Sea Goddess texture polish

I have two picks from the China Glaze Sea Goddess collection. Sand Dolla Make You Holla and Wish A Starfish. This is another textured polish collection. I admit that these are the first textured polishes from CG that I have bought. Their previous textures looked terrible to me. These reminded more of the OPI Liquid Sands, so I thought I would give them a try.

Sand Dolla Make You Holla has a white base with multi coloured glitter. Formula was really sheer. After the first coat you could barely tell that anything was on the nail. To finish off I applied two more thicker coats. It didn't level off that well, and since these are meant to be worn without top coat, there is no way to fix it. I found this took a long time to dry. Maybe that is just because I am used to using fast dry top coat.

Wish On A Starfish is a matte pink with gold glitter. Patrick automatically comes to mind. I can't help it! This applied much better. I used two medium coats, again with no top coat. The gold really jumps out. Dried faster then the first polish, but still slower then a regular polish.

So, I really love Wish On a Starfish. Sand Dolla is a pass for me. I think China Glaze is improving on their textures, but they still have a ways to go! Thanks for having a look at today's post. See you soon!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Models Own velvet goth Amethyst

The Models Own Velvet Goth collection is a set of matte glitter polishes in what they call a 2D finish. Meaning matte and sparkly at the same time. Today I will be showing you Amethyst.

Amethyst has a bright purple base with fine and small glitter in purple, silver and magenta. First coat is patchy, but complete coverage with the second. Dries quite quickly to a matte finish. This is slightly bumpy to the touch, but not quite textured. No issues with it, really.

no top coat

with top coat

I actually liked this polish both with and without top coat. I'll have to say the only fault I can find is with the bottles lid. The velvet top kind of weirds me out a bit. Please note that I did not test for wear time or staining.
Hope you liked and I have one more polish to swatch from this collection. Hopefully soon.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

OPI Pink of Hearts 2013

This weekend involved some fund raising at work for breast cancer so I pulled out this years OPI set. The set consists of two full sized polishes, Pink-ing Of You and More Than A Glimmer. There are also pink ribbon and silver stud stickers.

Pink-ing Of You is a nice medium pink creme. I needed three coats for full coverage. More Than A Glimmer is a matte glitter top coat. It's a bit on the thick side. Some dabbing was required with this. I really liked both the polishes. Hated the stickers. They were REALLY hard to get off the sheet. Even with tweezers. They also shrunk a bit when top coat was applied. I did not use the stud stickers.

I am glad I grabbed this set. The polishes will be used again, I'm sure. Thank you all for stopping by today. Have a great Monday!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Zoya Nail Polish Corals - Elodie, Myrta, and Destiny

Today I have three Zoya Polishes that are in the coral family. I will give you the official description from the Zoya site followed by my interpretation.  I am also including their opaqueness scale. 1-5,  1 = sheer and 5 = opaque.

Elodie is officially described as a "warm melon pink creme with a touch of coral". Also on the Zoya scale of opaqueness they score this a 5. Now I find the colour description accurate, but that is about it. My bottle, to me, is a sheer jelly. I am actually wondering if there was some sort of mislabeling incident? How do you go from an opaque creme to a sheer jelly? My photos are 3 coats of Elodie, and there is still significant vnl. My guess is I would have needed another 2 coats for full opacity. The vnl isn't that obvious in the pics, but it is in person.

Myrta is described as a "medium orange coral with red undertone, gold and silver metallic shimmer, and a foil like finish". Again, accurate. Opaque scale scored this a 5, which I would agree with this time! Photos shown are 2 coats with top coat. I'm not normally a big foil fan, but I quite like this one. No issues with streaking to report.

Destiny is a PixieDust shade. I know textured polish isn't everyone's thing, but I love the Pixie's! Officially called a "coral metal sparkle". Opaqueness 5. Pretty close. This has a ton of sparkle for a matte polish. I really like it. It does lean a bit orange. The first 2 pics are without top coat and the second 2 are with. I like it both ways! Most of the time with the PixieDusts I prefer it without top coat.

As I am in Canada, I purchase my Zoya products from Nail Polish Canada. If you are in the States, you can buy direct from Zoya. And I apologize, if you are anywhere else, I am not sure where to buy from.

Thanks everyone! Hope you all have a great weekend.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Julep Matte Suede Collection

Today I have the entire Julep Matte Suede collection that was released in November 2012. As all the formulas were consistent I'll just give you the rundown now for all of them. Each polish shown is three coats with no top coat. They applied easily. Dried very quickly. I recommend a good coverage base coat because they did tend to highlight all my nail flaws. Please note that I only swatched these, so I can't comment on wear time or staining. Colour descriptions are from the Julep site.

NORA - silver aubergine

AMBER - golden bronze

BRIT - graphite silver

HAILEE - khaki green

MINKA - copper red

Do you have a favourite from this collection. Mine would have to be Hailee. I'm a sucker for green! If you are interested in becoming a Julep Maven you can sign up HERE. Better deals if you are a maven. And the suede's are currently in stock!

Thanks for stopping in to visit!