China Glaze Golden Seal

I have another one of the China Glaze Ulta exclusives to share with you today. When I bought these I totally bought them on a whim. I didn't see them in person, and was hoping I'd luck out. The ones I got, I feel I did get lucky. This next one is really nice!

Golden Seal over JulieG Oh Em Gee

Golden Seal is a mix of gold shard/shredded glitters in a clear base.

Color: This is pretty straight forward, but I LOVE it. I don't recall really seeing any gold shard glitters like this before. I've seen flake glitters, and gold shard glitters mixed with other type glitters. I haven't seen one on it's own before. This is a very blingy gold too.

Formula: Excellent formula. I love the sizes of the glitters. I know some glitters like this you can get a mix of ginormous chunks and few smaller pieces. This has a nice balance of small and medium shards. This applies so easily too. I didn't have to dab this on at all. The glitters didn't stick together. This just painted on the nail perfectly.

Price: This cost $7.50 at Ulta.

Overall: I'm in love with Golden Seal. Like I said, it's pretty straight forward, but sometimes when simple is done right, it is spectacular. Beautiful glitter topper polish. Must have. I adore this!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Wednesday!

Sally Hansen Chili Flakes

I have a really neat nail polish to share with you today. This is a Sally Hansen Complete Manicure Tracy Reese collaboration polish for fall, which means it's LE. This polish really stood out to me as something a little extra special this season, and will definitely compliment many fall manicures.

Chili Flakes over Zoya Ryan

Chili Flakes is a mixture of a silver, gold, red, and copper shard glitters in a clear base.

Color: This is a beautiful fall color combination of glitters, done in a very edgy and unique way. The shard glitter is unexpected, and this topper will look great with so many of the fall cremes out now. I love the addition of the red glitter in this polish because it really makes this glitter as whole pop.

Formula: I found this formula easy to use and apply which is a plus with this style of glitter. I used 2 coats over a base over.

Price: I purchased this in the $6-$8 range at CVS.

Overall: I think this is a Top 25 of 2014 contender for me. I love the uniqueness of this polish. I haven't seen anything like it this season. Chili Flakes would suit so many manis as a topper or accent nail. The formula was easy to use, and I'm calling it a must have!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!

Loaded Lacquer Disarmed & Dangerous

Nail polish history time diversion....

Believe it or not, there was a time when extreme glittery polish like we are so accustomed to now was very hard to come by. I remember when I first got into nail polish, the most readily available glitter polishes were pitifully sheer glitter top coats. I think I want to give credit to China Glaze with the Specialty Glitter line in Fall 2009, for introducing the nail world to some substantial glitter bombs. I can safely say the glitter bomb has not gone out of style. I don't think it will!

 There are so many varieties of glitters out there now, and we're not getting tired of it. One of my favorite glitter styles to come by in recent years is the shredded glitter. I recently found an awesome shredded glitter by Loaded Lacquer.

Disarmed & Dangerous over Color Club Factory Girl

 Disarmed & Dangerous is a mix of shredded metallic purple, rose, and chartreuse glitter, holographic black micro glitter, and lavender micro flakies.

Color: This is fun mix of colors. The purple, pink, and chartreuse go nicely together, and the holographic glitter and flakies really amp this polish up to make it extra special.

Formula: This formula was easy to work and apply. I used one thick coat above.

Price: This is $10.00 on Loaded Lacquer's website.

Overall: Great fun glitter topper! I love the shredded glitter, the color combination, and the extra glitters that make it this polish pop!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Thursday!

Claire's Pinata & Comparison

Claire's and Icing are those stores that I have easy access to, but I do not shop at often. I know when I go in there 8 out of 10 times I'll find something new and cool I want. Haha, that's why I try to avoid it. The temptation is strong!  Lately, they both have an excellent selection of fun glitter polishes. The best part of Claire's and Icing is they have this permanent Buy One Get 1 50% off sale on their cosmetics. Their polishes usually are $4-$5 a pop, so this makes them really affordable and even more tempting. I picked up this pretty I spotted last weekend. I couldn't resist it!

Claire's Pinata over Cult Nails Nevermore

Pinata is a mixture of gold, silver, purple, red, blue, and green shredded glitters in a clear base.

Seriously how could I not resist this? It is amazing! I do not have a rainbow shredded glitter polish like this, so I was very excited to see this. I did add some thinner to this off the bat, as I did find it a bit on the thick side. The thinner did the trick though, and I found it easy to apply afterwards. I love the bright colors in this polish, and I'm really very excited about it. I'm so excited about this one, I'd call it a must have especially if you do not have any polishes like this one.

After typing up this review, I knew I'd get some questions on how this compares to Cult Nails Happy Ending. The pic below is a comparison on nail wheels.

L-R Claire's Pinata & Cult Nails Happy Ending.

They both are shredded glitters, but their color scheme is entirely different. Happy Ending is a mix of orange, gold, aqua, and lavender glitters, while Pinata is a mix of gold, silver, purple, red, blue, and green glitters.

I *think* I found this one on the Claire's website if you do not have a Claire's near you. This is the listing, it isn't called Pinata though, just "Multi". While, the image is of the correct polish I am not 100% sure that is what you're getting since it is named different. If you're interested in purchasing this online, I'd contact Claire's customer service first, and verify that is the correct polish.

Happy Wednesday!