Halloween Week: China Glaze Boog-ie Down

Hi, guys. It's Wednesday which means it's only one more day til Halloween! Are you guys all set for the Halloween festivities? I don't really have a costume this year but I plan on going out with some friends and checking out the neighborhood decorations. I love seeing the kids out and about in costume, too. It's just so cute! Anyway, Halloween week continues with a fun glitter topper from the China Glaze Monster's Ball collection. I knew I wanted this one when I saw it because it just screams Halloween to me. Boo-gie Down is filled with small and large hex glitter in white, orange and black in a clear base. There's also some bar glitter in there as well as regular glitter.

This is a really fun mix of glitters. The formula was quite nice on this and this is just 1 coat over Color Club Silver Lake. I did not have to do any fishing, though I did move some of the bigger pieces around my nail with the brush just to get optimal placement. You don't have to if you don't want to and there is plenty of glitter to go around. It wasn't super gritty either and I think I only used 1 coat of Poshe over this manicure. 

If you like glitter, this is a really fun polish to have. I like that the orange is sort of a rust orange instead of the normal jack 'o' lantern shade. Signing out for today. Happy hump day, everyone!

China Glaze Howl You Doin'

Happy hump day! When I say the name of this polish in my head it comes out in the voice of Joey Tribiani from Friends - Howl You Doin'? :) China Glaze recently released their Halloween collection called Monsters Ball. I spotted them a couple of weeks ago at my local beauty supply store. I was trying to be good and only picked up a couple of polishes that really interested me.

Howl You Doin' is a dark purple jelly with flakie glitter pieces in blue and orange and maybe pink. There is also a bunch of small silver glitter in there that was hard to see on the nail but I really noticed when I was trying to remove this polish. There is a lot going on but the polish is sheer enough and really lets the flakes come through. If you are a fan of flakie glitter, I think you will like this one. I used 2 coats here

Then just for kicks I decided to throw on a matte top coat since I almost never use any of my matte top coats (and I have lots). Making it matte gave it a cooler, edgier look that I really liked.

I think I probably have a polish or two that is similar to this in my collection from when I bought up any flakie polish I could find. However, it's still a really fun polish and if you don't have a ton of flakie glitters, it might be a nice addition to the stash. 

I only have one more polish from this collection to try. Of course it's the one with orange glitter in it. Has anyone else tried out this collection yet? Which is your favorite?