China Glaze Running in Circles

Oh how I love green glittery polishes! This is moving onto my list of favorites. It reminds me of a lighter version of Zoya Logan which I also adore. China Glaze Running in Circles is from the Cirque Du Soleil Collection as you probably know. It is a lovely grassy green with gold undertones. I also see a tiny bit of blue running through it. Just a little. The glitter is very fine which gives it a beautiful textured look. The formula was perfect, no complaints from me on this one! I used three coats but two would have been fine. I put a coat of Seche Vite on top to make it smooth and glossy. If you like green nail polish, pick this one up, it's gorgeous! 

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China Glaze Creative Fantasy

Hi Everyone! I'm back with another polish from China Glaze's Cirque Du Soleil Collection. I have two more to show you after this. I'll probably just do the last two together so I can move on to other polishes. =) I think that people will either love or hate the polish I'm showing you today. I love it but I do recognize that it's a bit of a pain (in my opinion). Creative Fantasy is dark purple crelly (jelly/creme) polish. Maybe it's just a jelly? I'm not sure on that one. 

 Creative Fantasy has pros and cons. Let's talk pros first. It's a lovely shade of purple and dries to a plastic/rubbery finish. I put Seche Vite on top which took changed the finish to a high gloss (sorry about the reflection in my nails). 

Here are the cons. The formula is difficult to work with. It took me five coats to make it opaque. Yep, f-i-v-e. In person, the tips don't look as sheer as the pictures show. It drags and makes the bottom and tips of the nails thin and the center thick. I even gave more dry time in between coats but that didn't help with the dragging issue. With less coats, it's a little lighter shade of purple but the uneven consistency drove me nuts. Despite the cons, I still like this polish. I just need to practice with it more (I think). 

I'm curious about how it will work with a jelly sandwich mani. Has anyone tried that with this polish yet? 

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China Glaze Get Carried Away

China Glaze got carried away alright. I want to love this polish so badly but it's just not happening. Being obsessed with glitter, I picked this up without a second thought. Sadly, I'm calling this a dud. 

 Get Carried Away has a black jelly base with way too much going on. There is black bar, coppery/orange and silver hex, and tiny black glitter. Did I miss anything? Probably. The problem is that the black jelly base covers up the glitter so you can barely see it if you wear it on it's own (pictures show 3 coats). If you wear it with something else, the black messes with the base color. 

 This polish is so packed with glitter that it is a beast to apply. It's hard to move around on the nail and doesn't self level, it just clumps. I've heard from other bloggers that adding thinner fixes that problem. I hope it works because I really want to love this!

I think if there was a little less glitter and a clear base this would be an amazing polish. Oh well, you can't win them all right? I still love you China Glaze!

Have any of you tried this? What do you think?

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China Glaze Bend Over Backwards

Thank you so much for your patience with my absence this past week. I haven't been feeling well and then I had some issues to figure out with my blog. That combined with Thanksgiving just took me away for a bit. I'm back and am picking up where I left off with my picks from the Cirque du Soleil collection from China Glaze. 

Today I have Bend Over Backwards to show you. It's a reddish orange shimmer that looks like it glows in the right light. It's very rich and applies perfectly. I only needed two thin coats and used Seche Vite for my top coat. If you like this shade, I recommend it. It's formula is wonderful. 

I'll be back later with more from the Cirque du Soleil collection. 

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China Glaze Def Defying and Whirled Away

I'm going to show you two polishes today since I wore them together. =) Have I mentioned how much I love the Cirque du Soleil Collection? China Glaze really nailed it this time (har har har)! Warning, I haven't been sleeping well and I'm at the delirious giggly stage of sleep deprivation. I can not be held responsible for anything weird or cheesy I write today. That and grammatical errors. I'm glad we got that out of the way. Moving on. 

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So, today I'm going to show you Def Defying and Whirled Away. If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know several things about me. I am obsessed with glitter. I am a grown woman who would roll around in glitter if it weren't so hard to clean up. I'm also into green polish. I prefer dark green over light. Light green still scares me a little. 

I held Def Defying in my hand for a while and contemplated if I should buy it or not. It's pretty in the bottle but could my ultra pasty self pull it off? I figured if it was horrible I could return it and get another glitter so in the stash it went. 

I love it. 

I don't know what it is but I really like how it looks with my skin tone. It's weird and probably meant for people younger than me or for nail art but I don't care. It's awesome. Observe.

My camera made my hands look redder than they are in real life and Def Defying is a little lighter and more limey. 

I only needed two coats and it dried very glossy. The formula was pretty runny so I needed to wipe off the brush inside the bottle to make sure I didn't flood my cuticles. Once I got the extra polish off the brush, it was easy to work with. I gave it a little extra time to dry since it was so runny. The first coat was streaky and patchy but the second coat evened everything out. 

After I wore that for a day, I added Whirled Away to the mix.

Look familiar? 

I was so surprised to see a major nail polish brand make one of these. It's about time! There are SO many variations of the black and white glitter out in the indie polish world. They are more expensive than China Glaze and can be hard to get ahold of. I think it's pretty cool that they made this.

It's pretty easy to see what's going on in this polish. We have enormous white hex, medium black hex, and black bar glitter in a clear base. The formula is a little off in my opinion. There is too much base and not enough glitter. You'll get a pile of clear goo and a few specks of glitter on your nail if you apply it like a normal polish. I had to let the base drip off of my brush inside the bottle while trying not to loose too much glitter in the process. I dabbed the brush on my nail to manipulate the glitter to my liking. Next time I use this, I will just pull out the pieces with a toothpick. 

What do you think? Is it too funky or do you like it?  Will you be adding these to your stash?

Let me know in the comment section below! =)

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China Glaze Its a Trap-eze!

A couple of days ago I stopped by my local Sally's to see what they had. I had recently seen a couple of posts about the Cirque Du Soleil collection China Glaze is releasing soon and wondered if they were on the shelves yet. I didn't see them out so I asked if they had them in the back and they did. I was so excited that I helped them open the box. They kindly let me go through it and pull out what I wanted. One of the girls who works there helped me pull the polish out. It was so much fun to watch her face every time we pulled out a polish. She completely freaked out when she found Whirled Away. Another employee heard us (we were being pretty loud and giggly) and came to look too. The box had three of each color and we claimed a lot of them. I hope they have another box in the back or order more soon because those polishes aren't making it to the shelf. <;)

 I picked out seven (I think) but was so tempted to grab them all. I tried to control myself a little I guess. =) I wanted to swatch them all and get them all up in one big post for you. Unfortunately, I just can't move that quickly so I'm going to show you one at a time. I know, it sounds weird to say that I can't paint my nails very fast. I'm trapped in a body that hurts 24/7 and even painting my nails is painful. I'm not telling you this so you'll feel bad for me. I just want to explain why I don't show collections or hauls all at once. 

So from the comfort of my bed and under all of my blankets, I'm going to tell you about my favorite polish from this collection. Its a Trap-eze!

China Glaze Its a Trap-eze!

Do you remember all of the multi colored glitter polish that was all the rage last year? Every brand came out with their own version. I had OPI Rainbow Connection from The Muppets Collection. This reminds me of those except instead of having a clear base it has a very light milky lavender base. I wasn't sure how this was going to look on but I couldn't resist picking it up. It looks like something from an indie line. Good job, China Glaze. 

I was pleasantly surprised with how easily it was to apply this. I only needed two coats, it applied smoothly even with how much glitter there is, and it dried quickly. I used Seche Vite for my top coat to make it extra glossy. I love this polish. Love it. 

I'll be back with more from this collection! If you don't see it in your Sally's, ask them to look in the back. It is probably there! 

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