China Glaze Hologlam - Cosmic Dust & Strap On Your Moonboots

Hello Hello!! Long time, no blog, I know. A-Levels are keeping me busy at the moment, but recently I bought 2 nail polishes from China Glaze's Hologlam Collection. I would like to be able to compare these with the polishes from the OMG collection - the original holographic collection China Glaze did - But unfortunatly I can't as I'm not lucky enough to own them.. Oh well, maybe one day :D Anyway, on to the pictures!! Here are both of them together - I tried to unfocus half of each nail so you could see the magical rainbow-y effect. This dark blue holographic is Strap On Your Moonboots - 2 coats, no top coat. This was the slightly less holographic of the two, but it applied smoothly and looks really pretty on. It's easiest to see the holographic effect when you put the polish in the sunlight, which unfortunatly I do not have due to the cold English weather. I really like this shade of blue, and the holographic makes this polish even prettier than it already is. This one, Cosmic Dust, is my favourite of the two, it is really just amazing!! This is 2 coats, no top coat. It was so easy to apply and its really easy to see the holographic-ness even when it isnt in direct sunlight. I showed my friends and they were all squealing about how cool it is - even the ones that don't really like much nail varnish much (which is a mystery to me) but yeah, this is a definite must have for any polish collector - You will fall in love with it! I tried my best to capture the holographic-ness on my camera, but i dont have the best camera in the world - please just imagine amazing rainbowishness on your nails :D I'll definately have to get my hands on the rest of this collection! KraziGirli

Quick View of my Collection

Hey,
I changed my nail varnish collection storage and made it look slightly more pretty. I have much more nail varnish than this but I haven't get got round to getting the second rack I need, oh well..

Coming Soon...? Nail Art Tutorials

Hello Hello, I realise it has been a long time since I last posted and that is because I have been focusing all of my attention on getting better at nail art because, even though I didn't know at the time, I sucked. I thought I would upload some pictures and maybe, if I get good enough, I will start posting tutorials. What do you guys think?

These are the pride and joy of all the nail art I have done. Some of them are a bit smudgy due to a rubbish-y topcoat and some look kinda smudged because my siblings LOVE touching the nails whilst they are still wet.

This is my Orly Space Cadent gradient on a China Glaze Holly-Day base.

This is a rainbow base (China Glaze: Phat Santa, Towel Boy Toy, Sun Worshipper, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, In The Lime Light and Hang Ten Toes) with China Glaze Black Mesh over the top.

This is a glitter gradient of China Glaze The Ten Man and Dorothy Who?

This is my nail art Pengin (notice the smudge on his nose? Thanks a lot sis...) with China Glaze Black Leather, Rimmel London Sunshine and OPI Alpine Snow.

This is meant to be the galaxy, a look I tried to duplicate from a YouTube tutorial but it ended up looking nothing like the final product. Still, I think it looks pretty.

This is my Christmas Candy Cane look with China Glaze Poinsettia, Ring in The Red, Cheers To You and OPI Alpine Snow.

This is one of my favourite looks with China Glaze Liquid Leather, Splish Splash and OPI Alpine Snow.

This is a water marble with OPI Russian Navy, Teal the Cows Come Home and Simmer & Shimmer.

This is my Halloween look with China Glaze Poinsettia and Liquid Leather.

This is China Glaze Purple Panic with a Konad stamp from M3 with their special white polish.

This is my rainbow french tip with OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze Poinsettia, Rimmel London Tangerine Queen & Sunshine, BarryM Mint Green, Miss Sporty Pop Fiction and a nail art polish with no name.

Finally, this is a Union Jack look I did for the London Olympics. Go Team GB!! KraziGirli

Sneak Peak - Nail Varnish Collection

Hello, I was recently dusting my nail varnish rack and was shocked by how many nail varnishes I have gotten in the past couple of months. In October of of 2011 I had around 170 nail varnishes and now I have well over 240. Anyway, I took some pictures so I could show you how many. I will be doing a post of all of my nail varnishes soon, including swatches, so look out for it.

These are just my China Glaze's, and these are the nail varnishes I have the most of.

These are all of my nail varnishes on the top of my chest of drawers. I have China Glaze, OPI, Orly, Rimmel, BarryM, nail art, Claires, and a lot of UK brand nail varnish that isn't very well know, like Miss Sporty and 17 and whatnot. I just happened to have found this image whilst writing this post, and I found it quite shocking.

This picture was taken on October of 2010, when I had 103 nail varnishes. It looks like nothing compared to the amount I have now. Sorry about the bad quality, by the way, it was taken on my crappy camera. Anyway, looking forward to posting the swatches and my new nail varnishes soon. KraziGirli

Swatch & Review - E.L.F Metal Madness

Yes, I have returned. Here today I am going to swatch and review Metal Madness by ELF for you guys.





This polish is a beautiful gun metal with a scatter of micro holographic glitter in it. It is a frosty finish and is beautiful. It kind of reminds me of China Glaze Some Like It Haute but the China Glaze polish seems to have large glitter particles, and it has blue and silver glitter in it as well as the holographic.

My Review:
This polish is pretty, but it is HELL to apply. The lid is a square, so it's hard to get a comfortable grip on it. And, just to make it harder for you to use, the actual brush is short and fat. This sucks because it applys nicely in the middle, but when you try and get it to the edges of the nails it paints the cuticle and the skin around the nail as well. Which is why my swatch picture looks disgusting, by the way.
Also, it takes 2 thick coats to get good coverage. I took the swatch picture 30 mins after I painted my nails, and my nails still smudged when I took my camera out of its case. Not good.
Finally, the holographic doesn't show up that well on the nail, but looks great in the bottle. It's very deceiving.
A bonus? It was only £1.50. So at least I didn't waste lots on money on it or anything. Otherwise I would have been so angry.

Lets me say just one thing: I won't be buying polish from ELF again. But don't be put off of their whole company, because I bought an eyeshadow pallet from them and they were really good quality, and they sent me a free eyeliner. Get in.

Review: China Glaze Haunting Set

Hello Hello Now that it is closer to All Hallows Eve (or Halloween, whatever) I decided to do my China Glaze Halloween set review.

These are the polishes that were included in the set that I bought. From left to right are: It's Alive, Ghoulish Glow, Black Mesh (crackle) and Fast Forward Top Coat.

First up is It's Alive, which is a dark olive green base with yellowy green hexagonal and micro glitter. It kinda reminds me of puke, but in a totally awesome halloween-y way. I applied two coats but it was still a bit too patchy for my liking and could have done with a third.

This is Ghoulish Glow on its own and over It's Alive. It has a slight light green shinner to it but basically just looks like a clear coat when applied on its own. When it's over It's Alive it seems to make the green look more dull, but I still think it looks quite cool. It dried suprisingly quickly and glows in the dark really well if you expose it to enough sunlight.

This is Black Mesh over Ghoulish Glow over It's Alive. It's a good black crackle and I think I prefer it to the other crackles I have tried, such as BarryM. I didn't really like the look of the shatter over the glitter as it made it look much darker and you couldn't see as much of the awesome glitter so I only did it to my pinky nail. And, I also tried the Top Coat (which was in last years set) and I still don't like it. It has a very harsh smell and also makes my polish flake off so I'll stick with Seche Vite. Recommendations: It's Alive, Ghoulish Glow Regrets: Fast Forward Top Coat. Thanks for reading, KraziGirli

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