Showing posts with label island escape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label island escape. Show all posts

Sunday, June 12, 2011

China Glaze - Cha cha cha

Hey guys!!
Sorry about the lack of posts since friday. I was away on a long weekend in London, for the marriage of a friend of ours, who lives there. I loved London!! It's such a beautiful city, with the chic houses with the colomns. We staied at a hotel in Notting Hill and it was just in a street full of little shops that sold antiquities, a little cupcake shop and a lot of cafés.
We went out to a club after the wedding and I saw the centre of London at night, it was as populated at  3 a.m. as in the middle of the day.
We took a tour of the city in one of those duble decker buses. We had one sunny day and two with lots of rain, but it was ok. We ate at a pub a big burger with chips (this is how they call fries).
Everybody there says Cheers! all the time, don't know why, even the steward said this to me as I boarded the plain.
I bought an excellent miniature Volkswagen car just like the one that Kelso has in That 70's show - I don't know if that show has any fans among you guys. Now I am super tired, and don't have time to show you pictures, but I will take some tomorow of the things I brought back and post them. I also bought two Barry M polishes, one Topshop necklace which is just so cute - the pendant is a wishbone -  and an Andrea Fullerton polish.
And so I can show you some polish pictures, since this is a polish blog, today I have for you the green polish from the Island Escape collection.
It's a green jelly base, full of gorgeous green shimmer. It was opaque in two coats, and the formula was just like on the other ones, it's a bit runny but nothing I can't handle. The application was ok too, the first coat is very transparent, you think that you are going to need many coats to get full opacity, but actually two is enough.
So here are the photos - clikc to enlarge:




Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Pink Wednesday - Misa Summer Love

And it's Wednesday again!! You know what that means!!
Last Wednesday I showed you China Glaze 108 Degrees from the Island Escape collection, and mentioned that I had Misa Summer love which was very close to it, so today I will show you the Misa, and a little comparison, and you can tell me what you think.
This is a red jelly with dense pink shimmer in it. It was quite sheer, so I had to do 3 coats, and after that still had visible nail line, but you know me, I never go beyond 3 coats I am just too lazy.
It was really liquid, so when I put on my top coat it kind of shrinked at the tip, so it looks like I have tip wear, but I don't.
I found that the Misa was a bit more sheer than the CG, but the final look is almost the same from my point of view. Here are the photos:

See the shrinkage at the tips?




I think they look pretty similar. This is 3 coats of each.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

China Glaze - Senorira Bonita

Bonjour!!
How is everybody today? Thinking of the new week ? I am. Depressing!!
Anyways, today I have another Island Escape for you - it's a beautiful purple with violet shimmer and I think tiny purple flakes. The first coat was a real pain in application because it was very very sheer, it was almost transparent, but the second coat was easier. I had to do a third coat because I still had naked patches, and some where I still saw the nail.
The wear is great however, and the effect is wonderfull - it looks kind of like a foil.
I applied a few tape strips and did a design with Milani's Purple Gleam. In reality it is more pink than in the photos, but still a purple. Click to enlarge:







Friday, May 20, 2011

China Glaze - Electric Pineapple

I'm back! I was away on a business trip yesterday in Switzerland, and came back at 11.30 at night so I was too tired to post anything. But I've got something today for you - it's another polish from the China Glaze Island Escape.
The good news is that yesterday after my meeting I had some time to walk around in Lausanne, and found a store that sold Catrice and Essence and I stocked up.
So onto today's polish, it's a greenish yellow cream, that reminds me of limes.
This is 3 coats, because two coats still had some transparent patches.Application was a bit runny, but I nailed it in the end. I love this color, don't you? It's so fresh, and happy!!
At the end I added a coat of China Glaze White Cap. Here are the photos:






Sunday, May 15, 2011

China Glaze Papaya Punch

I am loving this collection more and more, each polish I try makes me love it more.
This is from the Island Escape collection, and I'm sure you've already seen it, but you've never seen it on me!:)
It' a bright orange cream, that I really really really love. When I look at it, it makes me think I'm on a beach in the Barbados, having a swim, or something. It's truly a summer color.
The formula is great, a bit thick, but I loved the way it applied.
I put on a design from my BM 215 plate, and then I tried another one.
Here are the results:
This is where Mumu decided to take his bath