China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection Review/Swatches & GIVEAWAY!

Good morning all and Happy Veterans Day to all of you veterans out there! Today I have swatches of the newest China Glaze collection, Happy HoliGlaze, for you. I have also teamed up with China Glaze to give away five (5!!) sets of this collection to my readers! You can enter at the bottom of this post! :) This collection is made up of twelve polishes. There is also a limited edition polish called Travel in Colour that I have included in this post that is not part of the collection, but will be available at the same time.

There's Snow One Like You is interesting, to say the least. I've read tons of negative reviews of this one but honestly, I think it's pretty neat. I could see it being used in some winter nail art, although it probably doesn't have many more uses than that. It's very lumpy; what you see here is two coats and it was relatively hard to control.

Santa Red My List is a stunning reddish pink foil. Seriously, this polish is so amazing. This is two coats and they applied perfectly.

Just BeClaws is a gorgeous shimmery red that was perfect in two coats. Another red that I love! What's going on?!

Travel in Colour is a limited edition shimmery, iridescent top coat. This is one coat over Just BeClaws and you can see how it shifts the base color. It would be amazing over darker shades as well!

Mingle With Kringle is a luxurious gold foil polish. This is a bit too yellow to look good with my skin tone, but it's still gorgeous! This is two coats.

Put a Bow On It is made up of fuchsia microglitter. This is two thick coats and if you look closely, you can still see some bare spots near the tips of my nails. I would recommend either layering this over a similar base color or doing three careful coats.

So Blue Without You is another stunning foil finish, this time in a striking shade of sky blue. This is two coats.

Elfin' Around is yet another stunning foil finish. I just love these! This one is a coral red shade and was perfect in two coats.

This is Tree-Mendous is similar to Put a Bow On It in that it is made up of microglitter, but this time it's different shades of green. This is two coats, but again, I would recommend layering this over a similar base color or using three coats for complete coverage.

All Wrapped Up consists of blue/purple microglitter. This is two coats, but yet again, I would recommend layering this over a similar base color or using three coats for complete coverage.

Your Present Required is a fabulous glitter topper consisting of multi-colored glitter in a variety of sizes. I layered one coat here over Zoya Kennedy. LOVE this one!

Bells Will Be Blinging is a mixture of blue, gold, and white glitter in a clear base. This is one coat over Zoya Kristen.

Be Merry, Be Bright is a mixture of purple and magenta glitter in a clear base. I love this one too! This is one coat over OPI My Vampire's Buff.

These polishes are available now wherever China Glaze is sold, but how would you like to win your very own set? Scroll down to enter in the Rafflecopter widget to win one of five sets graciously provided by China Glaze! Two things to note: China Glaze will be shipping the prizes directly to the winners (I do not have the five sets in my possession) and because of shipping regulations, they are only able to offer these prizes to US residents (sorry!!).

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The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Zoya Irresistible Collection Review/Swatches

Good morning everyone! I have the last of the Zoya summer collection swatches for you today. The Irresistible collection is made up of six amazingly gorgeous foil metallic polishes. The formulas on all of these polishes are fantastic and I didn't have an issue with any of them.

Amy is a warm orange shade full of golden shimmer. I used two coats here.

Tinsley is a rose pink shade with golden shimmer; this is two coats.

Rikki is a beautiful green metallic that reminds me of spearmint. This has a mix of gold and silver shimmer I believe. I used two coats.

Kerry is a golden yellow shade; this is three coats here.

Bobbi is an amazing shade of magenta. This could have easily been a one-coater, but I used two for this photo out of habit.

Hazel is an icy light blue polish with silver and gold shimmer. I think it could be FeiFei's lighter-toned sister. This is two coats.

My top pick out of this collection is Bobbi, hands down. I was blown away when I got around to swatching that one. Second pick would be Amy. The Irresistible collection is available on Zoya's website and retails for $8/bottle. Did you pick any of these up? What do you think of them?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Sephora by OPI Cinderella 'A Brush With Fate' Mini Set Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! As a follow up to last night's nail art, I have swatches of the Cinderella mini nail polish set from Sephora by OPI. This set was released last October with the rest of the Cinderella products and is a fabulous collection piece!

So Totally Enchanted is a beautiful, shimmery opalescent polish. The formula on this one was a little temperamental, but a steady hand and three coats produced a gorgeous mani.

Step Off, Sister! is a glitter top coat consisting of purple and blue micro glitter. This is two coats over So Totally Enchanted.

I Blue My Curfew is a stunning royal blue shimmer. I used three coats to get the deepest color possible.

Bibbidi, Bobbidi, Pink! is a glitter top coat with two different sizes and shades of pink glitter. This is two coats over I Blue My Curfew.

Self-Maid Millionaire is a gold foil that needed three coats for opacity. I love foil finishes so much!

Rags to Rhinestones is a gold glitter top coat. I layered two coats over Self-Maid Millionaire and I am loving this combination! It's so glittery that it seems to glow!

As I said earlier, these polishes were released in October of last year (2012) and are pretty hard to get a hold of now. I've seen a few sets on eBay, but I'm pretty sure they are completely sold out online and in stores. I'm lucky enough to have an amazing momma who bought these for me for Xmas! Did you pick up any of the Cinderella products last year?

Zoya Christmas Tree Tape Mani

Good morning! I am one day away from being done with school for the semester, which means more nail time! Yay!! Today, I have some shimmery Christmas tree nails for you guys.

I started out with three coats of Zoya Ziv on all nails except my ring nail, which has two coats of Rekha. Once Rekha was completely dry, I used strips of tapes to form a tree shape and painted over it with Logan. I top coated everything and then topped my tree off with a single star glitter! Hope you like!

Products provided for review.

China Glaze Holiday Joy 2012 Collection Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! This morning I have swatches of the new China Glaze Holiday Joy collection for winter 2012. I hope you like!

Merry Berry is a very pretty berry creme shade. Perfect in two coats.

Pure Joy is an awesome mixture of red and gold glitter. I did two coats of it on it's own here, but I would definitely recommend layering it over any of the red cremes from this collection.

Once again, I wore two coats of Glitter All the Way alone here, but I would layer this one too. This one kind of reminds me of Mardi Gras more than the holidays!

Red Satin is one of the two pure red cremes in the Holiday Joy collection and leans more on the blue-toned side. Two easy coats.

Angel Wings is a gorgeous mixture of gold glitter with a scattered holographic effect. I used two coats here with pretty good opacity, but three would probably be perfect unless you were layering. Same goes for the other holographic-y glitters from this collection.

With Love is the perfect red creme for me. You know all the awesome indie holiday glitters I've been posting lately? Yeah, I will be wearing them over two coats of With Love.

Champagne Kisses is similar to Angel Wings, but it is a shade of rose gold instead of yellow gold. Rose gold has been a big trend lately so I know this will be a popular one!

Glistening Snow is a fine silver holographic glitter polish. I used two coats here, but again, three would be better for complete opacity unless you are layering it over something else.

Winter Holly is a GORGEOUS green glitter polish. This is three coats of it by itself so you can see what it looks like, but I would definitely layer this over an evergreen creme shade. Mmmm!

Pizzazz is a very pretty mix of multi-colored glitter. This would look fabulous layered over black or silver for New Years! It has pretty good coverage too; this is two coats.

Cranberry Splash... fun fact: I HATE cranberry, but I love this polish! This is the epitome of perfect shimmery holiday red! Two easy breezy coats.

And last but certainly not least, Blue Bells Rings. I actually swatched this one first and it blew me away. It literally glows! This amazing blue foil is perfect in two coats.

So in conclusion, my top picks for this collection are definitely Blue Bells Ring, Winter Holly, With Love, and Cranberry Splash. Which are your favorites? The China Glaze Holiday Joy collection should be available in stores near you, as well as suppliers online. Keep an eye out for the China Glaze holiday gift sets as well; they are always adorable! I know there's one with a shot glass this year that I have my eye on! ;P

*Products in this post were provided for my honest review.*