China Glaze Whirled Away

Hello! Today's post is from early December. As the holidays approached I just ended up forgetting about this post. Theses photos feature China Glaze Whirled Away from the Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away collection. Whirled Away has long black bar glitter, medium black hex glitter, and large white hex glitter. The glitters are big, so you have to place them onto the nail, which is a bummer. This polish is pretty unique for China Glaze, and it looks neat if you're willing to put in the work to get the glitters on. I layered it over Zoya Shelby, Color Club Disco Dress, Zoya Arisona, and Color Club Age Of Aquarius.

Layla CE52

Hello! Today I'm wearing a pretty neat polish. It's Layla CE 52, It is also commonly referred to as "The Butterfly Effect", but there's no mention of that on the bottle. TBE has a dark purple jelly base that is packed with fiery flakies. They most shift colors between red orange and yellow, but in certain lightings you can see an occasional green glimmer. Since it is a jelly You can wear it alone, or layered over a color. For these swatches I wore is solo. The formula was average, I used three coats. The flakies are incredibly dense in the base, so you don't have to worry about placing them. This polish is normally around 10 dollars at Ulta, but since it was part of the previous Christmas collection, I got it discounted at $6!

Owl Wallet

Hello! Today I have some cute owl nail art. It's actually inspired by my wallet! The base is China Glaze For Audrey. The flowers and the owls head are OPI Can't Find My Czechbook. The dark blue is China Glaze First Mate. The owls ears and the leaves are China Glaze Starboard, the darker green is Zoya Shawn. The owl's wings are Essie Go Overboard, and his beak is Orly Lemonade.

Spring Splatter

Hello! Today I have a splatter manicure! This is one of my favorite techniques. Today I went for some pastel spring colors. The base is Zoya Blu. I splattered on Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet, Color Club Vintage Couture, Orly Lemonade, and Zoya Julie.

Zoya Julie

Hi! Today I am wearing Zoya Julie. Julie is from Zoya's recent Lovely collection. I wanted every color in that collection, but my number one pick was Julie. I just really love light purples, and this polish is no exception! Julie is a soft lilac metallic. With two coats there were slight bald patches, so I added a third coat just to even it out. The formula was great as per usual with Zoya. I love the subtle silver shimmer in this polish!

China Glaze Glitz Bitz and Pieces

Hello! Today I have swatches of my picks from the China Glaze Glitz Bits and Pieces collection that came out not too long ago. I got three of the polishes of out of the six piece collection.
Each polish has black hexagonal glitter in 4 sizes, black bar glitter, and 3 different sized glitters in a particular color. The glitter is fairly dense, so it doesn't take much to get a lot of coverage. I also didn't have an issue with glitter sticking up and catching on things, which is a huge plus.

Mosaic Madness has bright blue glitter with the black. I layered it over Zoya Julie.

Graffitti Glitter has emerald green glitters along with the black. I layered it over Zoya Blu.

Bling It On has a sort of blurple glitter in it. At times the purple glitter looks really dark and sort of blends with the black. I layered it over Xtreme Wear Wet Cement.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hello! Happy Valentine's Day! This is the manicure that I am wearing for the occasion. I like that this design isn't overly Valentines-y, and could be worn pretty much any time of the year. The base color is OPI Can't Find My Czechbook, The pink is Xtreme Wear Pretty In Hot Pink, and the light blue is Zoya Blu.