China Glaze Monster's Ball Halloween 2013 Collection Review/Swatches

Boo! Today I have swatches of China Glaze's Halloween 2013 collection: Monster's Ball. This collection is made up of five spooky shades and a glow-in-the-dark topper. Let's get started!

Fang-Tastic is a mix of magenta, green, and blue glitter in a clear base. I layered one coat over a royal blue polish here.

Boo-Gie Down is a glitter topper that has a mix of orange, black, and white glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes. This is two coats over a burnt orange polish, love this combo!

Howl You Doin' is a darker, more opaque version of OPI's Merry Midnight. A gorgeous purple base packed with tons of pink, purple, and blue glitter. This is two coats.

Ghoulish Glow is a mostly sheer polish that can be layered over any other polish to make it glow in the dark. I didn't swatch this one because it was daytime when I was working on this collection and you guys know how glow-in-the-dark stuff works. ;) Trust me though, this is very glow-y!

Bat My Eyes is a gorgeous mixture of gold glitter in a black base. So opaque and so stunning. This is two coats.

Bump in the Night is a textured black polish. If you've been around this blog for more than two minutes, you probably know how much a fan of texture I am NOT, but I can get behind this one for Halloween. In fact, I might even actually wear it for Halloween! This is one single coat.

The Monster's Ball collection should be available for purchase now wherever China Glaze is sold. Do any of these polishes catch your eye? Have you picked any up yet? More importantly, what are you being for Halloween?! I'll probably just buy some candy and eat it with my fiancé with our porch light turned off! ;P


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

Girly Bits Banana Hammock, Glo Worm, Mother May I?, & Hocus Pocus Review & Swatches

Good morning everyone! I have some more beautiful swatches for you today, this time from the brilliant hands of Pam from Girly Bits! The first color I have to show you is called Banana Hammock (lol!) and it is a great shade of yellow with shimmer. I used three coats here and the formula was awesome.

This is Glo Worm and check out that shimmer! This is one amazingly gorgeous neon lime green polish. Three coats used here as well with a great formula.

Mother May I? is a delicate mixture of blue, pink, purple, and red glitter in a light purple semi-sheer base. I would definitely consider wearing this one over a more opaque base color as I still had slight VNL after three coats. This is such a pretty glitter combo!

Hocus Pocus is something that I think a lot of you will go nuts over, a sheer silver holographic topcoat! I layered one coat of it over Essie Go Overboard to show you how versatile it is; not only will it look great over light colors, but your dark fall shades can be holo-fied too!

Here's another angle... I'm loving this combination!

Girly Bits polishes can be purchased directly from Pam via her online store or from other sellers, such as Llarowe, as well. They retail between $10-$12.50 depending on what polish you are looking at and where you buy. Do you own any Girly Bits? Are you going to purchase any of these?

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

Sonnetarium Never Glow Up

Yay for more Sonnetarium polishes! I seriously can't get enough of Michelle's polish. She blows my mind with every new one I try. Today I have a swatch of Never Glow Up to share with you. Never Glow Up is the most unique glow-in-the-dark polish I've ever seen. This has all my favorite things in it: turquoise, shimmer, and glitter!

This is one coat of Never Glow Up over three coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Bikini Bottom. I honestly don't think I'd ever get sick of this combo. Sonnetarium polishes can be purchased on Etsy. You can sign up to be notified by e-mail next time Michelle restocks! :)

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*

SoFlaJo Open All Night

I've showed you guys a few other beautiful polishes from SoFlaJo and today's is no exception. This is Open All Night, a pretty spring green shade that glows in the dark! This is three coats and as you can see, Open All Night is a shimmery light green infused with golden shimmer particles that seem to sit on top. It's fantastic that the gold shimmer doesn't get lost in the green base!

You can see the gold shimmer better in this second photo than in the first. You can also see swatches of the rest of the Life's a Beach collection here, as well as a shot of Open All Night over black (stunning!).  You can browse the SoFlaJo shop on Etsy to grab this for yourself!

*Product(s) in this post were provided for my honest review.*