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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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??