OPI Can't Let Go

I'm back with another polish from the OPI Mariah Carey Collection. Can't Let Go is one of the liquid sand polishes. It's a purple glitter that has larger pieces of hex glitter in it. I needed three thin coats for it to be opaque. It has a nice formula but takes longer to dry than OPI usually does. 

 OPI Can't Let Go w/out top coat.

OPI Can't Let Go w/ top coat (two coats of Seche Vite).

I'll be back tomorrow with the last of the liquid sand polishes, OPI The Impossible.

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-Mira

China Glaze Urban Night

I have an older polish from China Glaze's Metro Collection (Fall 2011). I've had this in my archives for a little while and thought I'd post this while I catch up on swatching. I'm not feeling very well so this will be a short post. 

Urban Night is a dark purple creme that leans more on the red side. I believe I only needed two coats for these pictures. Formula was excellent as China Glaze usually is. I used one coat of Seche Vite to give it an extra glossy shine. 

I believe you can still find Urban Night where China Glaze is sold but I'm not positive about that. I am just full of useful information today! ;p 

This is one of my favorite polishes. In fact, this is the only polish that got my husband's attention. He usually just smiles and nods when I show him my nails but this color he truly liked. 

I'm working on getting the rest of the OPI Mariah Carey Collection swatched right now. I hope to have them up soon!

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-Mira

OPI Get Your Number

OPI Get Your Number is a liquid sand polish from the Mariah Carey collection. It's meant to be worn without a top coat. I was surprised that I like it with out without a top coat. It's a bit sheer so I used three coats. The pictures show a bit of VNL (visible nail line) but you can't see them in person. 

 It doesn't feel as gritty as it looks. It's definitely textured but not enough that it bothered me.

I like it better glossy and smooth. It eats top coat; I used two coats of Seche Vite.

Macro with top coat. Look at all that glitter!! 

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-Mira

Press Release - China Glaze Advant Garden

China Glaze Avant Garden is scheduled to be released March 2013. 

Budding Romance: moss green

Sunday Funday: bright blue

Fancy Pants: indigo with pink and purple shimmer

Snap My Dragon: bright red with pink shimmer

Passion for Petals: bright salmon-pink

Mimosas Before Manis: coral with a light wash of shimmer

Life is Rosy: blushed mauve

Pink-ie Promise: iridescent baby pink

Tart-y for the Party: light lavender creme

Fade Into Hue: periwinkle creme

Keep Calm, Paint On: sea foam green

Dandy Lyin' Around: shimmery vanilla icing

 China Glaze® Avant Garden will be available March 2013. Individual shades retail for $7; 6-piece collections retail for $42.

China Glaze® is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde.China Glaze® nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze® on Facebook (@ChinaGlazeOfficlal), Twitter (@ChinaGlaze) and Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze).

OPI Stay the Night

If you haven't seen this polish in person, you're probably going to think this is pretty weird looking. This is one of those polishes that is hard to photograph (at least for me). I didn't like it when I had just seen swatches online. Once I saw it in the store, I LOVED it. I wore it for about four days. That's unheard of for me. After I took it off and swatched a few other colors, I put it back on again. It's still on my nails now. That's how much I love it. Look at it in person before you decide on this polish. 

 Stay the Night is from the Mariah Carey collection. Its one of the liquid sand polishes that's supposed to be worn without a top coat. I don't like the way it looks in pictures without a top coat. In person it looks a little different. It's insanely sparkly for one thing. Again, trust me on this one. See it in person.

I like the liquid sand thing more than I expected but it's still not my thing. I don't do textures and I'm not into matte polish. I prefer to wear this with top coat. The glitter is very hungry and required two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it out. 

I love it. 

I'm curious about how what you think about the liquid sand trend? Do you love it or hate it? Let me know in the comments below!

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-Mira

Born Pretty Glitter Powder Review

Born Pretty recently sent me a set of 12 glitter pots to review. I did a couple of Valentine's Day manicures with them. First, let's talk about the glitter. 

The glitter comes in a plastic case. Glitter always gets everywhere so I like that I can have more control over the mess. I used the lid of the case to work with the glitter. When I finished, I just poured the glitter back into the pot from the lid of the case. 

This is how big each pot is.

They are about 1/2 of an inch high. I can't imagine ever running out.

You can do so many things with the glitter. I decided to do a tape manicure. I'm terrible at free handing so I used a small heart shaped hole punch. I put painter's tape on top of wax paper and punched out the heart. I then put the tape on top of my nail and put red nail polish inside the heart shape and dunked my nail in the red glitter pot. I quickly removed the tape and voila! I did one nail at a time and sealed everything in with two coats of Seche Vite. I learned this trick, here. 

For this look I used two coats of OPI Pink Friday. After I put on my second coat, I dunked my nail into the pink glitter pot and used a fan brush to get rid of the glitter on my skin. After it dried, I used two coats of Seche Vite. 

It is very sparkly in person. *swoon*

As you can probably tell, I had a lot of fun playing with these. They are very easy to work with and gorgeous! You can find them at the Born Pretty store, here for $6.14. If you use my code, you get 10% off!

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-Mira

*The products in this post were provided for review.

I Love Nail Polish Swatches

I have three polishes from the brand, I Love Nail Polish. I grabbed these on Cyber Monday from the I Love Nail Polish store on Etsy. I had been admiring these polishes for a while and wanted to try them out. All three polishes had a great formula but had a very strong smell. Each picture shows two coats on top of my base color. 

Once Upon a Starry Night

I love star glitter and had to have this when I saw it. It's my favorite of the three. It has blue and silver glitter and of course stars in a clear base. I wore it on top of a plain black creme polish (I can't remember which one). 

 Goldie Boo Boo

This is the perfect glitter for the Fall. In fact, I believe this is from the Halloween collection. I do have a confession. The name makes me think of Honey Boo Boo (I am not a fan). It has a variety of orange, brown, green, and yellow glitter in a clear base. I wore this over an orange shimmer polish (OPI Take the Stage). 

Animal Cookie

I may need to put this polish out of sight. It makes me crave the pink and white animal cookies it was named after. I love this as well but think I'd like it over a darker base color. I just can't pull off white nail polish! Animal Cookie has pink and white square, hex, and bar glitter in a variety of sizes. I can see my five year old niece rocking this one. I'll post pictures when I try this over a different color. 

I Love Nail Polish can be found on Etsy, here. 

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-Mira