Color Club Wink, Wink, Twinkle

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I love rediscovering polishes in my stash!
I hadn't worn this neon purple with silver holo microglitter for two years and I can't believe what my nails were missing!

Color Club Wink, Wink, Twinkle

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NPA

Color Club Halo Hues: Beyond, Cosmic Fate & Cherubic

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The urge to blog has just not been there lately, which is why I've been patchy and MIA with the posts :(
I just don't really have anything to say and I'm loathe to just post swatches without any words. Maybe that'll have to change?

Hope all of you are doing swell though!!! I've got some Color Club holos to show you today.

Color Club Beyond

First off, Beyond is a black linear holo. It's not as grey as the photos betray, but it isn't anything like a jet black either. It is moderately strongly holographic though.

Color Club Cosmic Fate

Cosmic Fate is a copper-peach hued linear holo. Check out the flash photo, seriously prismatic! She might actually be one of the strongest holos I own.

Color Club Cherubic

Cherubic is a nude/beige metallic holographic which is insanely prismatic also. I love these coloured holos, they feel office appropriate, yet I get that giddy feeling wearing them because a rainbow is never far away!

The formula for all of these is fantastic; buttery with absolutely zero dragging or unevenness to deal with. You can get away with one coat if you're in a hurry and I used two for the photos.


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NPA

N. Nail Circle Glitter from KKCenterHk

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Press Sample

I have a true love for nudes, beige and neutrals. There's something classic about these tones on me and I always feel chic when I wear them.

So when KKCenterHk asked if I'd like to review some of their new circle glitter I chose the shade 'bisque'.

N.NAIL 2.5mm Circle Glitter-Pink Bisque

I really love the shade, but the glitter has a non-sparkly finish so I do not think it is the best choice for nail art.  You can judge for yourself though :)

I didn't really know what to do with the circles! I do not pretend to be a nail artist so the best way I knew to show off the glitter, was to just cover my nails in it!!! I started with a base of OPI Glints of Glinda then placed the circles in horizontal lines covering my ring and pinkie nails. The pinkie looks good but I thought the ring nail was a bit patchy so added a couple of glitters to the right side (out of line) and that made it look crowded and messy :(
I finished the mani off with some holo stamping on my middle and index finger nails. I used Color Club Cosmic Fate and the NC02 plate from Nailz Craze

The pieces of glitter were really easy to stick on. I used a nail art pencil to place each one into a tacky coat of my base colour. They felt pretty secure, so I doubt they'd fall off easily.

There are like 36 colours to choose from. Lots are sparkly and have that iridescent coating on them so you get a multi-coloured effect. For USD$8 you get a small, deep pottle of glitter.

For 10% off your next order from KKCenterHk use my readers coupon code NPA10.

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You can always find the code on my left hand side bar too.


Are you in to the circle glitter craze that swept the indie polish maker's market this year?


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NPA

My Secret Polish Elf Haul #1

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The NZ nail polish Facebook group I belong to did a Secret Polish Elf for Christmas this (last) year. We had an uneven number of participants so I volunteered to gift for two girls and got two gifts myself! Super doubly exciting!!!!

My first Polish Elf sent me 5 polishes off my wish list - talk about spoiled!

L-R Essie Leading Lady, China Glaze It's A Trap-eze!, Color Club Alias, Happy Hands I Just Blue Myself, Black Cat Lacquer Let Them Eat Cake

I've already posted Essie Leady Lady here, so on to the rest:

Happy Hands I Just Blue Myself

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I Just Blue Myself isn't even one of the better lines Tobias has, so you know Arrested Development is hilarious! This super blue tribute glitter is amazeballs! The two different shades of blue glitters are so bold and bright they are practically glowing! There's fine, small and medium hexes (some of which are holographic), short fat bar glitter and some squares too, in a slightly (possibly accidentally) blue tinted base. The base is thick though, which makes application a little trickier. Some polish thinner sorts that out and then you're free to 'blue yourself'.
I'd go for two layers of top coat because when I was wearing one coat of SV it wasn't perfectly smooth.

China Glaze It's A Trap-Eze!

 It's A Trap-Eze! I like, probably not as much as other people who were raving about it, but I'm sort of drifting away from my "Glitter, glitter, glitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" stage, so that might explain it. In this pic, I'm wearing 2 thin coats, so the coverage is pretty good. The first time I tried IATE! out, I used thicker coats and just hated it! It was so lumpy and chalky, but with thin coats it looks 100% better. The formula is jam packed full of glitter, but it applies pretty darn easy. You'll probably only need 1 layer of SV too, because the glitter sits pretty flat.

Color Club Alias

 Alias is a smokey purple with multichrome glass flecks. They shift purple - pink - orange - green and you get an overall effect of a purple/green duochrome polish. The downside is that the formula is super thin, so you're better off layering it over a base colour. I wore 3 coats of Alias with 1 coat of INM Out The Door.

Black Cat Lacquer Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake has been a lemming of mine for MONTHS! So happy to have this mix of pastel and white glitter top coat! I paired 1 coat with Ulta Bam-Blue-Zled, a periwinkle blue creme. The pink, green and blue matte glitter looks gorgeous on top! It'd be perfect for a baby shower mani too!!!! The formula wasn't noteworthy and the bubbles were from my top coat (as in all the swatches - because my SV needed thinning!).

These are all winners, I'm so grateful to my Polish Elf!!!! The only let down was Akias, but I think I'll like it more over a black or purple creme.

Did you do Secret Santa for xmas last year? I'd love to hear what you got!


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NPA

Color Club Winter Affair Swatches & Review

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In keeping with the theme of releasing all holiday collections months before they are/should be relevant, Color Club has brought out its Christmas or "holiday" (for all the PCer's) collection in October.

After trying them all, luckily it's only my wallet complaining! I have BIG love for this collection. I bought 5/6 because Snow-Flakes is a Essie Shine of the Times dupe and I already have Nubar 2010. Are you ready for some gorgeous shimmers and a touch of holo glitter?

Color Club Berry and Bright

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Berry and Bright is a pink toned red shimmer with orange-ish flakes and purple shimmer. It's so pretty in the sun. I love the added dimension of the flaked shimmer. The formula is tight too, I applied 2 coats but 1 generous coat is amazingly opaque - just like a foil! I can't wait to see how it does as a stamping polish.

Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly

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Ho-Ho-Holly is a green with seriously heavy gold shimmer. The green is blue toned but the warm gold shimmer balances it out so it's pretty flattering. The formula is a lot thinner on this one, I used 3 thin coats. HHH reminds me of a cross between Zoya Apple and Ivanka, but more metallic.

Color Club Gift of Sparkle

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Gift of Sparkle is a warm purple glitter. It has a base of purple and red micro glitter with fine silver holo glitter to add a bit of bling. It's got a fairly thick formula and 2 coats covers pretty well although, I did opt for 3 thin coats in these photos. It's a gritty SOB so I used 2 layers of Glitter Tamer.

Color Club Winter Affair

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Winter Affair  is a beautiful wine with duochrome-ish flake shimmer. The flakey shimmer sparkles either gold, orange or pink depending on the light. Application was great in 2 coats. I have a few polishes like this now and I just can't get enough! Comparison-wise, it's a bit sparklier and more pink than Nicole for OPI Shoot For The Maroon.

Color Club Glitter Wonderland

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Glitter Wonderland (seriously? there isn't any glitter in it Color Club!) is a warm purple shimmer- the base is really pink and it shows through in the photos. I didn't manage to get any photos of GW alone in daylight, but they're colour accurate. There is pink and blue micro shimmer in this one that is really obvious and so pretty! The formula was slightly thin on this one too, so I used 3 thin coats for full coverage.

I tried my hand at a little glitter gradient sponging with My Nail Graffiti's Five Golden Rings over Glitter Wonderland.

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I learned a valuable lesson, sponge in good light and from base to tip - I was holding the sponge the wrong way round so I couldn't see what I was doing, as I was doing it... If that makes sense? The result was some crazy unevenness but it looked cool all the same. God I love the mix of gold glitters in FGR!!

The Color Club Winter Affair Collection is available now online at Head2Toe Beauty for $3.10 per 15mL.

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NPA