Knotty By China Glaze

 

Knotty from China Glaze's Anchor's Away collection is a very shimmery, light gold/champagne coloured  polish (purchased at the Toronto Beauty & Barber Supply) that even after 3 coats, I could still see my nail line through it.  That's fine by me, I often like a light polish but if you don't like VNL, this one's not for you.  One of the things I like about light, shimmery polishes like this is that if you get a chip or two but don't have time to tend to your nails, it's a good chance that the chips will go unnoticed. Bonus is the fact that there was no lint in the polish, a problem that I often see in China Glaze polish. I'm wondering what kind of layering results I could get out of this polish, perhaps a coat or two over black might yield some interesting results!

Essie's Kisses & Bises & I Turned 43 Years Old

OK, yeah...I turned 43 years old this weekend and you know what?  I look good...

In Which I Mean I Don't Look Bad!

I totally know I need to get to the hairdresser because that is a hot mess but check it out...No lines or wrinkles!  Looking good Me!  Hey, I know I'm tooting my own horn but if I don't do it, who will?

I wish my nails looked as good as my face when I wore Essie's Kisses & Bises from the French Affair collection, which I had no idea would be so sheer:

Dear God My Eyes!!!

That's 3 coats of super sheer shimmer, which doesn't even begin to mask my super yellowed fingernails (it's like my nails have been smoking for 20 years!).  Talk about looking old!  But don't get me wrong, I like Kisses & Bises, it's just clearly a top coat and look, it's so cute in the bottle:

See! Really, It's Cute!

I guess I have to reserve judgement until I've used it on top of something else.  I've got a hot pink coming up so maybe I'll give that a try...

Until next time, don't break a nail!

Midas by Joe Fresh & Layering with Old Revlon

 If there is anyone from the US or around the world that have stumbled on my humble blog, Joe Fresh is a Canadian clothing line that retails in select stores in the Loblaws chain of supermarkets here in Canada.  Joe Fresh clothing is reasonably priced and actually looks pretty good, considering the prices.  They recently branched out into cosmetics and bath products.  Although I sort of dragged my feet to go and try their stuff out, I finally picked up a holiday nail polish set, mainly after I saw Midas in one of the packages:

I've got quite a few gold polishes but I find that it is darker than most gold polishes and has a more antique gold look to it that I haven't often seen.  I think it's gorgeous and I wasn't let down by the quality either.  Although the bottles are smaller than most (6 ml) I wouldn't complain about it since I rarely finish a bottle of nail polish.  The brush was surprisingly wide when you consider the size of the bottle but the big white cap is a little difficult to hold.  It dried very quickly and looked good in two coats and there is no sign of chips 2 days into its wearing.  The other colours in the set are a deep purple shimmer and a white shimmer which I expect to be using soon.

I wanted to take break from dark polish again but I also didn't have much time to change my polish if it got chipped.  I also wanted to try something that would make nicks and chips less noticeable.  My sister suggested that I try one of  two of her polishes from her collection and I ended up layering them to make something I never wore before:

Crystalline Pure Nude & Goldeneye

These Revlon Polishes are somewhat old.  Goldeneye was actually part of a movie tie - in for the 1995 James Bond film Goldeneye so that polish is 15 years old and is a sheer light yellow with gold glitter. (Update: My sister says that Goldeneye was part of a James Bond Tie In but it was for Die Another Day .  That film came out in 2002, so it's an eight year old polish.)  Crystalline Pure Nude is probably even older than that but my sister doesn't remember when she bought it, but I wouldn't remember that either! It's a very sheer, pale nude shade and despite the look of the bottle, it's not a matte finish.  Here's how it turned out:

It's like a light honey colour with a little bit of glitter to it.  As you can see, both of these polishes are very, very sheer.  That's two coats of the sheer nude with one coat of sheer glitter.  If I wanted opacity, I'd probably have to apply five coats of polish combined.  It's not the flashiest polishes I've even wore, but the nicks and chips I got during the week I wore it were not easily noticed.  I'd try this combination again if I knew I wouldn't have time to tend to my nails.