I have one more Halloween post to share – China Glaze’s Ick-A-Body from last year is a perfect Halloween polish that’s too nice not to revisit this year.
Halloween Nails: China Glaze Ick-A-Body
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Halloween Nails: China Glaze It’s Alive Swatch and Comparison
China Glaze’s Halloween polishes this year were mostly very dark, so I only picked up one from the collection. It’s Alive is a darkish green jelly base full of light green glitters in different sizes. It’s very sparkly!
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Essie Winter 2011 – School of Hard Rocks Swatch
School of Hard Rocks is a greyish green from Essie’s Winter 2011 Collection. I didn’t really mean to buy this one, but it called to me from the display I came across in Walgreens and I had to give it a chance.
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OPI Muppets Collection – Excuse Moi! Swatch
Today I have swatches of the one glitter polish I’ve picked up from OPI’s Holiday 2011 Muppets Collection. Excuse Moi! is a rosy pink base full of lots of different colors and sizes of glitter.
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China Glaze Trendsetter w/ China Glaze Zombie Zest
Trendsetter is my one pick from China Glaze’s Metro Collection for Fall 2011. This is the only one that called to me – it’s a murky, mustardy yellow-green color, with gold shimmer.
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Essie Winter 2011 – Cocktail Bling, Bangle Jangle and Brooch the Subject, Swatches and Comparisons
Essie’s Winter 2011 Collection is showing up in salons and retail stores now – the collection is called Cocktail Bling, but it’s a set of six cremes with no glitter in sight. Essie tells us they were inspired by jewelry and precious stones. I picked up three of the colors, so I have swatches of Cocktail Bling, Bangle Jangle and Brooch the Subject.
OPI Muppets Collection – Comparisons
Over this past weekend we had beautiful, sunny autumn weather. I had a chance to pull out the OPI Muppets Collection polishes and compare them against a few other polishes.
Dior d’Or Collection Reds – Merveille and Apparat
Today I have swatches of the last two polishes from Dior’s Holiday 2011 Collection. Merveille and Apparat are both glowy reds with golden shimmer, but they’re pretty different from each other.
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Dior d’Or Collection – Or Divin Swatch and Comparison
Or Divin is the gold polish from Dior’s Holiday 2011 Collection. It’s a soft, tannish-yellow gold that’s unique among my gold polishes.
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Dior d’Or Collection – Exquis Swatch and Comparison
Dior’s Holiday 2011 Collection is available now – the Vernis d’Or Collection is made up of four gold-themed polishes, all with a pretty gold shimmer. I’ll have swatches of all four, and I started with Exquis, a deep taupe color.
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OPI Muppets Collection – Pepe’s Purple Passion Swatch
Today I have swatches of Pepe’s Purple Passion, another polish from OPI’s Holiday 2011 Muppets Collection. Despite the name I would call it a purplish red rather than an actual purple.
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OPI Be A Dahlia Won’t You vs. Essie Super Bossa Nova for Pink Wednesday
OPI’s Be A Dahlia Won’t You is my final polish review from the Nice Stems Collection from this summer. I have been saving these swatches for a Wednesday, since it’s a perfect pinky fuchsia!
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OPI Muppets Collection – Animal-istic Swatch
OPI’s Animal-istic is a bright red with a hint of orange – it will be a great red for this holiday season. Swatches coming up!
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OPI Muppets Collection – Warm & Fozzie Swatch
OPI’s Holiday 2011 Muppets Collection is starting to turn up in stores, and today I have swatches of Warm & Fozzie.
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Dior Mandarin Orange 447 (aka Orange des Indes) – Swatch and Comparison
Here are swatches of a Dior polish that’s a bit confusing. Mandarin Orange is a pretty peachy orange with gold sparkles, and comes with the new wide-but-tapered Dior brush.
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