A Growing Collection

Hello! I'm thinking soon I'd be running out of titles to call my ever growing China Glaze collection. Any suggestions? Hahaha!! Today, I have not just three but four China Glaze nail polishes added to my stash. Around two months ago, China Glaze Malaysia had a promotion themed  "Changing For The Better" where we can trade in old bottles (of any brand!) for a new China Glaze nail polish at MYR25 per bottle (normal price: MYR42 - MYR46 approximately) and it doesn't stop there, if you purchased 3 bottles, you are entitled for a free dip. Neat eh? This is why I love CG Malaysia. They have such interesting promos like these ones unlike others.. And to my Malaysian readers, I urge you to follow their facebook page to be in touch of future promos! :) 

China Glaze Evening Seduction

I've obtained this polish through lucky dip. Evening Seduction is a little deceiving from the bottle, to me. Haha!! I expected it to be a little more blueish. But it turns out to be really similar with TFS PP405.

As you can see from picture above, Evening Seduction is a deep blackened purple creme nail polish. Most likely a shade darker than TFS PP405. So dark that I may actually deem it as good as black. One thing for sure I'd comment about this polish, true to its name - very seductive. There's something about it that just seems to draw me towards it. o.O 

Well, I don't have much to say about solid colours. They are as they are. Formula wise, love it! Applies like butter :) And super glossy! I didn't use any topcoats in these swatches. It looks deceivingly opaque with 1 coat. But really, it needs about 2-3 coats. :) 

China Glaze Rare And Radiant

China Glaze Rare & Radiant, I'm sure, is a polish familiar to most of you. Despite being named 'rare' there are actually multiple dupes of this shade and its duochrome-ness. Haha, unless people behind CG was being sarcastic about it. Lols. Due to its commonness I regret just a tiny bit choosing this one over Unpredictable. I was comparing these two just before making purchases. 

In the end, I went with Rare And Radiant. It is a unique shade to add in my stash and the colour shifts are obvious. Ahem, yet even as I typed these, I still feel a pang of regret not getting Unpredictable *sads*. Maybe next time.. lol!

Although I knew I'd love duo/multichromes, I hadn't expect myself to fall for it so hard! I sure hope to see more of these kind of mixes in the future! They are way too interesting! On my nails as you can see, the shifts are not as strong as seen in bottle. I sure wished it was though. Anyway, I don't fancy much how the antique gold looked against my skintone but I do love moving my fingers around while admiring the view of them in different angles. ;)

Hahaha!! After many trials and errors, I'm glad that I was able to capture the beautiful shifts to showcase here :) Really loving the sparkles this nail polish has. Have you tried multichromes and duochromes? Which brand and colours are your favourites? 

China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets

Gossip Over Gimlets is from their Autumn Nights Collection 2013. Some of you may and may not know that over a couple of months ago I was in search for an ideal silver to add to my collection. And had my eyes set on OPI This Gown Needs A Crown. I was also hoping to find dupes and cheaper alternatives. 

I wasn't about to settle for any silver, I was looking for a silver-silver. I disliked this polish when I read that it has flecks of gold in bloggers' reviews. Strangely though, everywhere around me from clothes to polish I kept bumping into silver-gold mixtures. Needless to say, that got me abit frustrated (well you know, its really vexing when you're looking for specific colour/something and it just won't show up.. hahahah!!). So, in my almost giving up state, I decided to just try on this colour. 

close up shot (see the flecks?)

Ahh, what I deemed as a downside of this polish was actually the plus side of it! Just so you know, I didn't buy this there and then. When hesitant, I like to try on the polish then walk around a little while more and if still undecided leave it on my nails for a few days more just to see if I will change my mind. But I have decided that I might settle for this during my walkabout moments. Surprisingly, I loved how the gold flecks looked with the silvers. I'm not too sure, but it seems to me that these gold flecks helped the silver to be a little more reflective at the same time, created a very interesting look on your nails. Makes me think of those stick on foil transfer on nails, with creases but neatly packed creases. 

Yet, I was still hesitant. The possibility that I may prefer OPI This Gown Needs A Crown was still there. I didn't want to get two silvers, I hardly use them so its not wise to get two. On another trip to a different mall, I had the opportunity to not only see OPI TGNAC in person but even tested it! Super happy about that, cause being able to try them hands on answers so much more questions with certainties. Having comparing the two, I prefer Gossip Over Gimlets over OPI TGNAC. Why? Well, CG GOG is more opaque compared to OPI TGNAC. Also, CG GOG gives off heavier feeling to it, one that resembles white golds rather than OPI TGNAC. Nevertheless, OPI TGNAC do sparkles like a million diamonds on your nails when lights hit them. On my nails are two easy coats of China Glaze Gossip Over Gimlets, no topcoat.  

China Glaze Your Present Required

Here's a polish I'm quite excited about. I remember when I saw the promo pictures of it my reaction was "Ah, something worth getting". Coming from their recent Happy Holiglaze Collection, Your Present Required is a glitter topper that consists of magenta, blue, copper, gold and matte white pieces. There's also tiny green glitters in it. Glitter sizes varies from medium to small with addition of some large white matte hexes. Ahems, not to forget the name of this polish! Your Present Required - kinda sounds like its calling out to you, no? :P

All those glitters comes with a clear base making it versatile in my book. They are rather sparse. In the above picture is a coat using direct application. The larger pieces, like the white hex on my thumb do require fishing. Even so, its still hard to get the larger piece out. But with the large piece or not, I'm pretty fine with how it is already.  

Although sparse, you can obtain opacity using the dabbing method. On my pinky and index I've worn Your Present Required solo with two coats of dabbing method. While I can't say its a 100% coverage, its good enough. Ring, middle and thumb are layered over Gossip Over Gimlets. 

   

From the picture above, I would conclude that this is a glitter polish beautiful enough to wear on its own as well as with other colours! If you're a fan of glitters, definitely check this one out! :)

That concludes my post for today. I hope you have enjoyed reading and looking at the swatches. Haha! I might put a hold on nail arts for the time being. Trying to catch up with swatchings. Hehe. Maybe if time permits, I'd pop in a nail art or two. Till then! :)