China Glaze The Ten Man and Silvery Snowflakes

  Today I wanted to share with you a really gorgeous silver glitter polish, China Glaze The Ten Man from the Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection.

Outdoors, Shade, No Flash

  The Ten Man is a frosty light silver polish loaded with silver microglitter.  It has a very similar finish to GOOD WITCH?, another polish from the same collection that I reviewed earlier (on much longer nails!).  Here I used three thin coats for full coverage.  It is a bit on the sheer side, but these three thin coats really applied nicely and dried quickly for an overall very positive application!  The only downside is that the finish on this one is a bit bumpy without a topcoat (which I am not wearing in this particular photo), but one coat of a nice topcoat should smooth it out very nicely!  This is one really sparkles quite a lot in the sun.  It is a really great silver! 

Indoors, artificial lighting

  I recently used this polish to do my Mom's nails for a work party.  She was wearing a glittery silver sweater and dark gray pants and wanted something wintery to match - I knew this was the perfect polish!  I used three coats of The Ten Man, and follower by adding snowflakes and tiny stars from Konad plate m59.  Then, on each of her ring fingers I added a small rhinestone to the center of the top snowflake.  She really liked the manicure, and got several compliments on it at the party!  It matched her outfit perfectly.  It is a lot of fun to do my Mom's nails, since she has always been one of those people that never wear nail polish.  I plan to get this addiction rubbed off on everyone! :D

DISCLOSURE: The polish featured in this post was provided to Polishology by China Glaze for review purposes.  This is an honest and independent review and was in no way influenced by the company.

Down The (Purple) Rabbit Hole...

  I got the chance to try out my first BYS polish the other day, thanks to Lisa from NEVER ENDING OBSESSION - thank you so much again! :D

 

Outdoors, sun

  Rather than use this pretty polish by itself, I decided to start off with another color, since I thought that would give it a really cool and different look.  Being the purple lover that I am (go Cats!!) I started with two coats of OPI Funky Donkey.  Then I applied a coat of the gorgeous BYS Down The Rabbit Hole.  It is a black jelly base with tons of holographic glitter.  This stuff was seriously shiny - I could not get a picture that captured the true holo glittery bling of this polish, but it was amazing!  In these sunlight pictures the purple shows through well, although in other lighting I found that it was an "almost black" polish, with a touch of purple showing through.  I think the purple added a lot of interesting depth to this manicure.

Slightly blurry shot to try to show more of the holo effect!

  Th BYS polish applied very nicely and had a really decent drying time.  The one downside - it totally reeked.  I know the smell from somewhere, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it... whatever it was, it was awful.  Luckily it was pretty enough that I didn't really mind so much.  You will be seeing this baby again!  In the shade, the glitter is just a nice silver:

Outdoors, shade, no flash

  However I found that I could almost always find some holo peeking through, even in very shady conditions!  This also wore very well - after topping with two coats of Essie Quick Dry Topcoat, I wore it for three days with virtually no tipwear and no chips.  Overall a very nice polish, and a very fun manicure!

Hello Kitty! Skittle Swatches and Reviews

  Several weeks ago I was picking up some things at Target and I noticed these adorable little Hello Kitty polishes - the bottles were cute so I decided I had to get them!  Even though I had my doubts about the potential quality of the polish, I figured I would go ahead and try them out - I found a few pleasant surprises among the mix!

Hello Kitty Brights

  The first set of polishes is a set containing five bright colors, a yellow, blue, orange, green, and dark pink/red.  These are all slightly shimmery polishes.  All four coats except the red (3), so all are fairly sheer but some are really nice.  All without base or top coat.

Outdoors, shade, no flash

  Dark pink/red (thumb) - This one applied nicely in three coats.  It was fairly smooth application with decent drying time.  The shimmer is a bit more subtle here, but you can see it if you look for it!  I liked this one.

  Blue (index) - This is a frosty light blue with very subtle shimmer.  This was a touch streaky and fairly sheer, but still a pretty color.  While I might not wear this one on its own due to the VNL, it is a pretty color and may still prove useful.

  Orange (middle) - This was a pretty decent orange, which fairly smooth application that covered well in the necessary four coats.

  Green (ring) - This may have been my favorite of this set.  A nice grassy green with a lot of shimmer.  Good coverage in four coats, could have done three with thicker application.  Also went on pretty smooth,  I really like this one!

  Yellow (pinky) - I know that yellows can be hard to apply, but this one was seriously awful.  Thin and streaky, and look at what you get after four coats.  I have several much nicer yellows, I am not sure this one will be getting any more use from me.

Indoors, artificial light

  Overall: The brights set had a few good polishes - I really like the green a lot, and the red was pretty nice as well.  The orange and blue might have some use for me in the future.  The yellow - not so much.

Hello Kitty Pinks

  The second set I picked up contains five polishes in varying pink colors, including a medium and light pink shimmer and three glitter topcoats in peach, ivory and dark pink.  Application on all of these is again at 4 coats, without base or top coat.

Outdoors, shade, no flash

  Light pink (thumb) - This was a fairly nice frosty light pink with a touch of shimmer.  A bit streaky, as you can see a bit of the brushstrokes in the final product, but fairly nice overall.  I am not sure I have another polish this light so I may use this at some point.

  Medium Pink (index) - A nice color with pretty god application.  Could have gotten away with three coats, and was much smoother than the light pink.  I liked this one.

  Ivory Glitter (middle) - It says something about how yellow my nails have gotten lately that this hardly looks any lighter than the peach glitter on the pinky).  This is a decent chunky glitter topcoat, with multicolored glitter mostly flashing green/blue.  As a topcoat, you could of course use many less coats to get a nice look.

  Dark Pink Glitter (ring) - Like the other glitters, this had decent application.  Same type of glitter as in the above polish.  This one looked kind of pretty on its own, as well as being useful as a potential topcoat.

  Peach Glitter (pinky) - Slightly more peach version of the ivory glitter from the middle finger.

Indoors, Artificial Light

  Overall: The pink set contained some nice polishes as well.  My favorites are the medium pink shimmer and the ivory and pink glitters.  The other two may get some use as well.

  All in all, these are cute little sets for the $5 price tag - I liked the bottles (and the little charms), and there are some decent polishes in here as well.  Would be a great polish gift for somebody younger, or for yourself if you are a big fan of Hello Kitty or really cute things, haha.  These can be found at Target! :)

Manhattan 610K Continues Its Travels...

  Manhattan 610K has made its next stop!  After spending a bit of time here, I sent this gorgeous polish to Jess, the Polish Insomniac.  Check out her mani using this pretty purple:

  If you were interested in having this polish sent to you and didn't win last time, go check out HER POST and give her your info for another chance to be part of this fun event!

Christy's First Blue Nails!

  When I was visiting my sister a couple of weeks ago, my nail polish addiction started to rub off on her... we went to Ulta and she purchased some of her first ever blue polishes!  After I left she continued to go shopping to pick up some new colors she had never worn before.. I am so proud of her, haha!  While we were visiting, I gave her her first ever blue manicure!

Indoors, artificial light, no flash

  For these nails, we started out with two coats of China Glaze Adore, which is a completely gorgeous metallic blue with a hint of green.  This one was my polish, and I have not worn it yet but it is stunning, and I cannot wait to wear it myself.  I feel like I am getting too many polishes, there are so many pretty ones I haven't gotten the chance to wear yet!  On top of this base color, we added flowers from Konad plate m64 using OPI Ink, which was one of the new polishes Christ picked up.  It stamped really nicely, and is a really nice color.  I haven't bought this one yet but it is a polish I have considered many times!  Very pretty.

Indoors, natural light from window, no flash

  I was really happy with how these nails came out, and more importantly Christy really liked them too!  I am glad to have passed on just a bit of my crazy obsession to her (and to have introduced her to Ulta, heh).  We had a lot of fun playing with polish, in addition to the adorable baby.  ;)