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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Haul: China Glaze Haunting

Well we all know that Halloween is fast aproaching, I myself cannot WAIT! Anyway, today I recieved my China Glaze Haunting Collection in the post and I was SOO excited when I heard it had arrived.



I, personally, think that the packaging is pretty. Anyway, the set came with four colours.



Left to Right: It's Alive, Ghoulish Glow, Black Mesh & Fast Forward Top Coat.
This set is good, I really love It's Alive. It looks like a better Zombie Zest from last years collection. Actually, It's Alive is what I wanted Zombie Zest to be, even though Zombie Zest is a good colour. I am particulary excited to use Ghoulish Glow. I literally put it to the light for thirty seconds and when I cupped my hands around it, it was glowing briliantly. I had been wanting Black Mesh from the Crackle collection, I had every other colour except that one. Finally, the only downside to this set was that it had the same top coat as last years. And I didn't really like it, maybe I will now? Anyway, I will do a review closer to Halloween to get people into the mood. Have a good day.
KraziGirli

Bad News...

Sorry I havn't been around but i got my fingers crushed in a door hinge a couple of days ago. Since then my hannd doesn't look pretty, my nails hurt and are short and I havn't wanted to make them hurt more by painting them etc. Sorry.
KraziGirli

Review: Rio Nail Foils

Hey guys, This is my final opinion on the Rio nail foils kit and, I really REALLY hate it! Seriously. I've had them for about a year now and I can't get them to look nice no matter what I do!

This is a picture of the kit (which I got from Google Images) it has very clear instructions on how to use the product too. I've tried them on fake nails, natural nails, with a base coat, without a base coat, a base colour, no base colour, I've tried all the foils, I've played around with timing, colours, application, tools, EVERYTHING! And all they end up looking like is this:

The one on the left is the gold foil, It applied okayish after much trial and error but still had patches. Then, as soon as I applied the top coat that was supplied in the kit it looked like this. The one on the right is usually how they end up looking, I apply the foil, rub it down and this is how much transfers. And it leaves a horrible residue too. I don't understand, is it the adhesive? Is it the time? Is it the foil? Base coat? Application? I wouldn't suggest buying this kit considering it was £25. If you want to try foiling I would suggest getting a cheaper kit so that if it doesn't work you won't have wasted that much money.
KraziGirli

NOTD - 24/07/11

This is my NOTD today.




This is two coats of China Glaze Purple Panic with the two star designs from the konad plate M3 in white. Pretty cool huh??

So Frustrated!!!

Today I made a trip to the shops to pay the hefty price of £25 for the Rio nail foil kit. I had done my research on it and looked up other people's reviews on this kit and average nail foils. The overall opinion was that nail foiling is good and very easy to use and that the Rio kit was worth every penny. Upon arriving home I immediatly opened the kit, read the instructions and watched the DVD. (Kit Picture Below)



This is what is inside the foiling kit. (Picture taken from google)

The only thing they failed to mention was the fact that you have to be so very precise about everything you do otherwise it looks crappy. Hopefully as I get more experienced with the kit I will actually be able to get it to work. So far I have done around 9 tries and every time I applied a different foil and changed the things I had done before to get it to work. No such luck so far but because of my frustration at the stupid thing I painted my nails China Glaze 108 Degrees and Blue Iguana. Hopefully the review will be up in the next couple of days and I will give the kit a few more tries before I give up on it and write the review. I guess this is more of an update really. Oh well.
KraziGirli