Review and Swatchs: China Glaze's Good Witch?

China Glaze's Good Witch? In cloudy light, with flash.

China Glaze's Good Witch?  ($8.00 CND for 0.5 fl oz) is a light pink color with pink and silver sparkles. It reminds me of bubblegum, and is supposed to repersent Glenda's dress from the wizard of oz. This color came out with both the 2001 collection and the 2009 collection of the Wizard of Ooh Ahz. Im not much into these kind of colors, but its pretty.

The formula is a very light consistancy and is quite thin. It was easier to apply then dorothy who?. It took two to three coats to make it show up like I wanted to. It dried fast.

The wear was horrible, it lasted two days and then chipped like crazy. I hate chipping nails, it makes me want to take them off, so this polish wouldnt last long for me. That was with basecoat, and a topcoat over top.

This color is easy to take off with remover, so Im glad about that if Im gonna have to take it off after two days >.<

Product: 5/10

Value: 5/10

Ease of Use: 3/5

Packaging: 5/5

Overall: D

Aryn

REQUESTED: swatch and review: China Glaze Dorothy Who?

China Glazes Dorothy who?

China Glazes Dorothy Who? ($8.00 for 0.5 fl oz.) is a blue and silver glitter in a blue jelly base. Its is extremly pretty and gets you lots of compliments. This polish came out with the wizard of ooh ahz collection and the returns collection. I've heard that this is hard to find and alot of people search for it, but I personally can get alot of them, maybe its just where I shop or the fact I live in Canada, who knows. This polish is for someone who wants make a statement with their nails, or for those who love sparkly nail polishes. This one gets peoples attention theres no doubt about it.

The application of this polish was not like other china glaze polishes, and I was a little dissapointed. The consistancy was just to thin and when you put it on it would run to the outside of your nail. Maybe I just got a little to much on the nail, but I did have some issues with that. Another issue is that this polish needs about three to four coats to cover so that your nail line doesnt show when you hold it up to the light. Personally that doesnt bother me so I only did two coats but others might have problems with that.

The wear is fine, I could last about 5 days on my real nails with topcoat and basecoat. I think the glitter helps it stay put as well. The polish is really really thin, and I didnt experiance any bubbling. I love this color. Its a glitter so its on the harder side to take off.

• Product: 8/10
• Value: 9/10
• Ease of Use: 4/5
• Packaging: 5/5
Overall: A



With flash



Without Flash



 

Are my pictures better, if so should I re-swatch some of my other nail polishes that I have done in the past? Please let me know I love feedback. Also its a celebration as my blog has been indexed and cached by google, I think thats pretty big seeing as Im getting lots more people now from google searches!

Aryn

Review and Swatch: Claire's Mood Changing Polish in awesome/silly

Without flash in daylight (look at the chipping of this polish!)

Claire's Mood polish in awesome/silly ($5.75/$5.00 CND/US) is a bright pink that turns to light pink depending on your "mood". I dont believe your mood changes every time you wash your hands though, so I'm a little off put by that. Really how this nail polish changes is temp. If your hot the nail polish will go light pink, if your cold it will go darker pink. If you nail beds are warm but your free edge (on long nails) is exposed and colder, you will have this cool gradient/french tip affect. The price isnt worth it as I can get a china glaze nail polish at a wholesaler for that amount.

The appliation of this polish is horrible. I can put on china glaze polishes fine and they go on perfect. With this polish it needs about three+ coats to make it look alright. You have to be quick with this polish as it dries in a matter of seconds. But as you are applying it looks alright, intill it starts turning to the lighter color, then you realise there are so many bald spots... I had the worst time trying to apply this. It was gloopy and did not spread easily.

I had it on the first day and noticed a few chips but not to bad (nail polish doesnt like my nails all that much anyway), on the second day I couldnt believe it, parts had huge pieces off of it. As if it all lifted off my nail. I was not impressed by the third day (today), Im bout ready to take it off and just forget it. Its a nice concept and actually works but the application is horrible and so is the wear.

I do give props to this nail polish for the face that it will still work with a base coat, and many layers of topcoat. Long nails will generally like this alot for the gradient/french effect, but on short nails you wont have that pretty much at all. I would reccomend this to anyone with long nails, and has the paticence with application and chipping.

I have a few other of these colors to try out and review, hopefully not all of them are like this.

Claires please make your application better, or better yet china glaze come out with your own mood polishes!

• Product: 4/10
• Value: 4/10
• Ease of Use: 1/5
• Packaging: 4/5

Overall: D-

Cold water with flash

Mix of both hot and cold water, shows you the gradient effect it can have.

Daylight with flash

Hot water with flash

Aryn

Review and Swatch: China Glaze Turned up Turquoise (neon)

China Glaze's turned up turquoise (neon)

China Glaze turned up turquoise (neon) ($8.00 for 0.5 fl oz.) is a neon green (not even close to the pictures and swatchs), its much much darker then the photos and much brighter as its a neon. It is extremly hard to photograph as are most neons, I havent even seen one swatch that shows the color to be acurate. If you have this polish close to you and can see it in person, it is very close to the bottle color. This color dries matte, but with a hint of shine. It dries fast, and you can tell when it gets matte its dry.

This color isnt something I would wear by itself, it would have to have some kind of nail art along with it. But some may like this color enough to just wear it. Takes two coats to make it perfect, one coat was still just a little sheer for me.

It terms of wear on my nails (fake), with topcoat and basecoat it lasted about a week and a half. Being matte made it last that little extra time. The consistancy is thin enough to apply to your nails. I didnt experiance any bubbling with this and as I have said before I love China Glazes brushes, as they are just small enough. Makes my skin look fine, and I think it would look great on warm skin too.

• Product: 9/10
• Value: 9/10
• Ease of Use: 3/5
• Packaging: 5/5

Overall: A+

Stay beautiful,
Aryn

Contact: TotallyPolishedBeauty@yahoo.com

REVIEW and swatch: China Glaze Ruby Pumps

China Glaze's Ruby Pumps

China Glaze Ruby Pumps Nail Polish ($8.00 CND for 0.5 fl oz.) is a bright red jelly with amazing red sparkles. When this color catchs the light everyone has to stop and stare at your nails. Thie nail polish color came out with the Wizard of ohh ahz collection and was repromoted with the Wizard of ohh ahz returns collection. This color is limited edition, and aparently a color on everyones wishlist. Its hard to find in most places, and when you do find it you better buy it because you wont see it again. The color is a little grainy, but thats understandable for a glitter nail polish. As long as you place a topcoat over top you should be good to go. Its not as bad as most glitter nail polishes, but it does have a little bit. Drys extremly fast.

I love this color, it really says holiday times for me. When I wear it I get many compliments because its hard to miss when your in the sunlight. The first coat would be fine giving you a nice red color, I personally do two coats to make the red a little darker. Shown in the pictures are both one coat and two.

In terms of wear it lasts on my nails (fake), with top coat and base coat for a week without chipping. The consistancy is a little thicker then some nail polishes, but still on the thin side. I didnt experiance any bubbling with this and as I have said before I love China Glazes brushes, as they are just small enough. This color makes my pale skin look paler for the most part, I think it would look good on both skin tones.

It is a glitter polish so it is hard taking it off. Use 100% acetone, and use the foil method. If you dont know what the foil method is let me know and I will do a post on that. Either that or lots of rubbing and soaking.

• Product: 8/10
• Value: 9/10
• Ease of Use: 3/5
• Packaging: 5/5

Overall: A

Two coats

Stay Beautiful,
Aryn

Contact: TotallyPolishedBeauty@yahoo.com

REVIEW and swatchs: China Glaze Exceptionally Gifted

China Glaze's Exceptionally Gifted (bottle view, less purple in rl life)

China Glaze Exceptionally Gifted Nail Polish ($8.00 CND for 0.5 fl oz (much less $ if at a wholesale place) is a barbie pink that first came out with the collection Exceptionally Gifted, which was meant for brides. Later it came out in the breat cancer collection, and the bottle has a red ribbon on it. Not sure if this is limited edition or not, if someone know please tell me so I can make aware of that. I personally can find this at the store where I go easily so that why I dont think it is hard to find. This color is very streaky, and you need about two coats to get it opaque. Dry time was fast.

I really love the color of this nail polish but the streakiness made me cring. You cant see it in ever light, but in some its horrible. You just want to take it off and put on something else. The first coat is very sheer, and a second coat I used to make it more opaque.

In terms of wear, this lasted about the same as all the other china glazes (about a week, with fake nails), including base coat and top coat. The consitancy of this polish is pretty thin, and I didnt experiance any bubbling. I love the small brushes on China Glaze nail polishes, and I gave this product the full points for packaging. I really like this color on my pale skin, not sure how well this would look on warm skin tones.

• Product: 8/10
• Value: 9/10
• Ease of Use: 3/5
• Packaging: 5/5

Overall: B+

All photos taking in daylight.

Stay Beautiful,
Aryn

Contact: TotallyPolishedBeauty@yahoo.com

Christmas Nails- Tree themed

Well its finally time for a tutorial, Christmas themed as it is the time of the year. I love Christmas time, it seems so magical to me. The snow on the ground, being able to stay home with the family, and just the warmth of curling up in your blanket and feeling to joy. Although I'm not one for the winter time or cold, I don't include Christmas in that. The presents are nice, but what really gets me is being able to dress up and go to family dinners. Normally for dinners, my mom makes roast beef. Its one of the best in the world, although that might be because I'm biased. On Christmas Day, all of us sleep in, except my mom. She is like a kid, she can never sleep in and gets to the point she wakes us up. We have chai and sandwiches for brunch, and then open gifts. As you can see I love Christmas time.... :)

These are the nails I will be showing you how to do. Now from the picture its a little hard to tell, but its because there is so many sparkles on it. What it is, is a green tree, with yellow sparkle garland and small red ornaments on alternating fingers. It is not the shape of a tree, but it is inspired by one. What you will need:

(From left to right) China Glaze Phat Santa, China Glaze Jolly Holly, SilkLine 20 CS, OPI Nail Ency, Seche Vite Topcoat, and a dotting tool.
You could use any red and green and yellow sparkle nail polish you like, any topcoat or basecoat, and for a nail dotting tool, toothpicks and pencil tips work as well.



Apply basecoat to your nails, I am using the original nail envy by OPI. Let dry fully, and apply a second coat if needed.



Then apply the base color for the nail, I am using China Glaze's Jolly Holly. Let dry and add coats as necessary.

Now apply the silkline yellow glitter on the nail in strokes from one side of the nail to the other. Make sure its on a diagonal like shown above. Make sure this is dry fully!

Now take your red nail polish (Phat Santa from china glaze) and your dotting tool. Use a piece of paper and glob some of your polish on it. Then take your dotting tool and dot some red dots on the nails. I only did it on every other finger, but you can do it on all or not at all. Let dry.

Then add your topcoat and let dry. Your nails are done!!!

They are very shiny and ready to be shown off at your next dinner party!

That is my Christmas themed nails for you guys, don't worry more will be coming shortly.  If you have any requests questions, or company's wanting me to review their products please e-mail me here: TotallyPolishedBeauty@yahoo.com .


Thats all for now, Aryn