OPI Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 collection

Hey everyone! With Christmas fast approaching, I thought I'd share some of the new OPI's from the Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 collection! 

First up is "Underneath The Mistletoe"

    Natural light. 

A gorgeous red with silver glitter. This is 2 coats, no topcoat. 

One of my favourites "I Snow You Love Me"

    Artificial light. 

This is big circle holo glitters in a clear base. Pictured is one coat over "Underneath The Mistletoe". I had to leave the bottle upside down for a few minutes to reduce the amount of "glitter fishing". 

And this is a full hand of individually placed glitters from "I Snow You Love Me" 

Now are some of the Liquid Sands! 

This is "Emotions"

    Artificial light. 

This is a black liquid sad with black hex glitters. It's got some sparkle to it too! This is two coats. 

Next is "Kiss Me At Midnight"

    Artificial light. 

    Natural light

For this frosty blue with sliver glitter, I used 2 coats. This probably needed a third though. 

And lastly,"It's Frosty Outside"

    Natural light 

    Artificial light

This is so pretty and sparkly! It's icy looking and has silver glitter. I used two coats for the photos above. 

Thanks for stopping by everyone! Don't forget you can see more polish swatches on my Instagram account @polishednubs! 

-Shaylene <3

China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection Winter 2013 part 1

Hi guys! So today I have part 1 of China Glaze's winter 2013 collection, Happy HoliGlaze! This collection consists of 6 glitters,5 foils,1 texture and a partridge in a pear tree. That's my attempt at humor, lol! Anyway, on with the show! 

This is "So Blue Without You"

    Natural light

This was easy to apply, and unexpected for a holiday collection. I like it though! This is 2 coats. 

Here's "Mingle With Kringle"

    Natural light 

This gold foil was a bit watery application wise. It actually has small gold flakies in it too. This is 2 coats. 

"Bells Will Be Blinging"

    Natural light

Not the best picture, but it's always hard to capture holo! This is a glitter in a clear base and has silver,gold, and blue glitter. The bar glitter is holographic. The glitter payoff was nice and application was good too. This is 1 coat over "Kringle With Mingle". 

This is "Your Present Required"

    Natural light

This is a glitter in a clear base and consists of small white,gold and blue glitter along with assorted sized white,gold,purple,blue, and orange hex glitters. It's really a fun glitter!!! This is 1 generous coat over Essie "Tart Deco". 

Here's "Be Merry, Be Bright"

    Natural light 

    Shade

This has purple and pinky/red coloured hex and small glitters in a clear base. So pretty! Application was good as well. This is 1 generous coat over Essie "The More The Merrier". 

Last up is "There's Snow One Like You"

    Natural light 

    Natural light. 

This is a texture polish,obviously, and it has white hex glitters in it. I can see what China Glaze was trying to do but in my opinion, this isn't for everyday, all day wear. It was a bit hard to work with and snagged on EVERYTHING!!!! I think this would be best if used as snow on a mani that has nail art on it. This is 2 coats. 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to find me on Instagram @polishednubs!

-Shaylene <3