China Glaze Winter Holly

Purchased

Hi, guys! It's Saturday and I am so, so happy for the weekend. This week has been totally brutal. I just started a new commute and I am spending about 9 more hours in the car driving each week than I used to. It's put a serious damper on my life and blogging. By the time I get home at night I am just too tired to do much of anything. I recently set up a light box but I think I need a stronger light. Pics still seem a little dark to me. So I'll be trying to find another light bulb this weekend.

Today I am showing you China Glaze Winter Holly. I actually wore this over Christmas but forgot to post it. I think this was from last's year's China Glaze holiday collection though I am not sure. Winter Holly full of fine forest green and gold glitter in a clear base. The glitter is all the same size and is pretty dense. Below is 2 coats just over base coat with a top coat to even it all out.

I don't remember this being super gritty though it definitely needs some top coat to get it nice and smooth. I like this one a lot. It's Christmas-y but not overtly so. The glitter was really dense and had good coverage as well.

I know it's not the holidays anymore but I love wearing glitter polishes all year round. Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas! Sorry I've been absent of late. I am on holiday break at my parents' house and haven't found much time to blog. I have been spending lots of time with family and am looking forward to a few more days of rest. I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday, if you celebrate. I'll be back with more swatches and reviews soon.

Happy holidays!

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! As you can tell, it's been a bit quiet here lately. I am taking some time off to spend with my family. Just wanted to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for reading the blog. I appreciate each and every page view or comment that comes this way.

Have a beautiful day!

St. Patty's Day Mani with China Glaze Four Leaf Clover + Medallion

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! I hope you're all wearing green today. Green is actually one of my favorite colors so I am all for a holiday requiring you to wear it. For my St. Patty's Day mani, I blatantly copied this mani from Glitter and Nails. Luckily I had China Glaze Four Leaf Clover in my stash already. And though I did not have CC Gingerbread, I made do with China Glaze Medallion which is a super sparkly cool toned gold glitter.

The formula on Four Leaf Clover was actually super watery and a bit hard to control. China Glaze is usually great so I was surprised by the watery texture. The color makes up for the difficulty though I may leave this open for a few minutes before I use it next time to see if I can thicken it up. Below is two coats with top coat. Medallion is a pretty dense glitter and I only needed two coats to get it this bling-y. Used two coats of top coat on it as well since it is gritty. 

I really like this combo and Four Leaf Clover is a really unique, blue toned green. I wish the formula was better but they color payoff makes it worth the trouble.

Anyone else have a St. Patrick's Day manicure? What's your favorite green polish? Happy St. Patty's Day!