China Glaze Up & Away

Yeah, I realize I'm super late posting this! So what? Wanna fight about it?

When these originally came out I decided the only one I needed was Grape pop, so I got it and went about my merry way. But the strangest thing kept happening. In just about every polish order I've made in the past month or so at least one or two polishes from the Up & Away collecting kept sneaking into my shopping cart... I have no clue why I keep buying them. I don't even like pastels. 

Out of the 12 that were released I have somehow ended up with 7 of them. Whoops! Oh yeah and please excuse my talons, I'm growing out my nails for Halloween! I'm going as a robotic eagle humanoid. Just kidding, I have just been too lazy busy to file them down. 

This has been my mani for the last 3 days! No tipwear or chips! This was a 2 coater but a little hard to control though.

I kinda like this one, a little bit. Another 2 coater. 

As you can see by the slight drips forming on my ring and pinkie nails this one was a runny butt hole! This is 3 coats, but it could have used 4, that is if you can keep it from running and dripping all over the place.

This one is just ok, I'm not really a huge pink fan though.  This one was thick enough to be a 2 coater but somehow still a bit runny.

I would totally rock this out if it didn't make the pigment of the skin on my fingers change to a fierce neon RED. Oh and if I liked pastels. This was a thick 2 coater, not runny thank goodness.

Love this one! This is one coat but I clearly could have done a better job applying it! This polish has SEVEN dupes that I know of. Off the top of my head some of them are- OPI funkey dunky, Orly Charged up, Ulta Celebutante, Nina ultra pro Mambo, Rescue Beauty Lounge Mismas, plus Spa Ritual and somebody else also make one. 

I really like this dark cherry pink. It's a little runny but still a 2 coater.

The formula on these is all over the place. Some are highly pigmented one coaters (grape pop), some are runny 3 coaters, and some are thick and streaky 2 coaters. It's really a hit or miss situation. Luckily none of them are so bad application wise that you should refrain from buying them if you really like the color. Dry time was good on all of the ones I got.

Love, MM

Sparkly

This was my "cheer me up" NOTD today. It kinda worked...I was a good girl and left it on all day long which is about impossible for me to do. I usually have 5 or 6 NOTDs before bedtime rolls around. 

This is China Glaze Heli-yum with lots of tiny little rhinestones I just got in the mail yesterday. I ordered a shit ton of them off ebay last week. I can't wait to try these on black. I love this polish BTW, this is one single coat. 

I just got back from CVS where I returned SH HD LASER. The checkout lady asked me what was wrong with it and I said, "It sucks ass".  She then opened the polish and tested the brush out by swiping it on the rim of the bottle about 15 times. Then she started to peer into the bottle opening to see if it was all used up...So I was like, "the bottle is clear". She continued to strain her eyes looking down into the tiny bottle opening as if she hadn't heard me at all. I let her go about her investigation for at least 5 whole minutes before I lost my cool. 

Loosing my cool consisted of shifting my weight from side to side, making a very mean face, and huffing and puffing REALLY LOUDLY. She eventually gave me back my 6 dollars but She left me with so many questions. Do I really look like some sort of nail polish criminal? Does she think I skulk from CVS to CVS using up nail polishes and returning empty bottles for full refunds? Do I look like the kind of person that runs a nail polish smuggling ring out of my apartment, victimizing drug stores all over the east coast?  Was she really too stupid to realize that nail polish bottles are CLEAR?

While I was at CVS I got 6 of the new confetti polishes that look very promising. I also hit Walgreens while I was out and got some Sinfuls. So, I'll have swatches of those soon.

Love, MM