Cover Girl Black Heat

Hello! Last week I found a full display of the new Cover Girl Catching Fire Collection at my local CVS. They were also having a BOGO50 sale so you know I bought all 9 of the polishes.  This is my first time trying the new Cover Girl Glosstinis and I have to say that I like them. The bottles are tiny but the price point isn't bad, especially when there is a sale.

The first polish I tried out was Black Heat, a murky black with strong green undertones. The finish on this is a foil/glass fleck with tons of green and gold glitter. I found the pigmentation to be good and only needed 2 coats below, no top coat.

Oooh look at all those beautiful glittery bits.

I am a fan of foils and glass flecks so this polish was right up my alley. I like how the green and gold really came out in the sun and it had a lot of depth. If you like this finish or dark, olive-y shades then definitely give this one a try.

I hope to try out the other polishes in this collection soon. If they are all like this one, I think I am going to really like them. Is anyone else excited about the Catching Fire movie? To tell the truth it was my least favorite book in the series but the trailer looks good so I am sure I will see. Thanks for stopping in and have a great weekend!

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? 

Stashed (8): Cover Girl Catching Fire Collection

Hi, everyone! The only thing I have stashed this week is the new Cove Girl Hunger Games Catching Fire collection. I was lucky to run into an almost full display with the 9 polishes earlier this week at CVS. They were having a sale on Cover Girls as well so I was able to get all of these, after coupons, for about $20, Not bad. The bottles are really tiny. The covers are pretty great though if you like the foil/glass fleck finish. I have already tried a few of these and I really like them.

That's all I've stashed this week. I am trying to think of a fun mani for Halloween but haven't figured anything out yet. I love seeing all of the Halloween themed manis popping up though. It's getting me really excited about Halloween. Who doesn't love candy and costumes? Have a good weekend, everyone!

Zoya Pepper

Hello again. I hope that you're all having a wonderful weekend. Surprisingly I don't really have any plans this weekend so I'll probably end up just lazing about the house. It's been a bit cloudy around these parts lately, hence the cooler one to my pics. I am not really great at color correcting so just let it be known that today's swatch pics were taken on a cloudy day.

Zoya Pepper is a reddish brown (brownish red?) creme from the Zoya Cashmere collection from this past fall. Zoya does some really awesome cremes and this one is a winner. This is a great color for fall. It totally reminds me of turning leaves and the rich, warm tones of the season. The formula on this was great and I used 2 coats below. I did use a top coat though it was already pretty shiny on its own.

I got this color when Zoya was doing their CAMO promotion. I bought some polishes and then got 4 free polishes from the Cashmere collection. Seriously, Zoya has the best promos. This probably would not be a color that I would normally get on my own. It's a little subdued for me. However, I am glad that I have it now and it's unique in my collection.

What are your favorite fall nail polish colors?

OPI My Current Crush

Hi, everyone. This week seems to be going by quickly which I am digging. I spent a good chunk of time today looking through the internet for Halloween Costume ideas. I love, love Halloween but I am the laziest person when it comes to costumes. I have some ideas but we'll see if I can get it together in order to have something ready in time.

But today I have a fun polish from OPI that I think is part of their holiday collection. This is My Current Crush and I found this one a couple of weeks ago at my local beauty supply store. It was available in a two pack with top coat but they also just had individual bottles, which is what I picked up.

My Current Crush is a liquid sand polish and is meant to be worn without top coat. It's a really nice red toned plum shade that is full of fine silver glitter. This is a little different than some of the other textured polishes that I have because the glitter is so even and fine. As you can see, the texture is very even.

Pigmentation was good on this one and I only needed 2 coats to get opaque coverage. I usually like my textured polishes to be pretty bling-y but I liked this one. It was a subtle look. And I am always a sucker for these kinds of purples.

What do you guys think? Are you over the textured polish trend?