China Glaze Flying Dragon

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Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a good week and are ready for the weekend. I now have a project for the weekend. I got 20 nail wheels from Trans Design. I plan on swatching my entire collection. It all sounds fun now, but I think it's going to end up being more daunting. I have around 230 nail polishes! I just pulled out all my reds and I have 36. I know I have twice as many pinks. I wish I had some of you to help me, we could make party out of it!

Anyways here is my NOTD. China Glaze Flying Dragon.

Indoors


Outdoors


Flying Dragon is a royal purple neon with red and blue glitter mixed in. There are no other polishes out there like it. It's definitely a fun and funky color to wear! This does dry matte, but top coat fixes that up. I used 3 coats. This is a great polish by China Glaze!


That's it for today. I have plenty to do today. I'm also on the hunt for Milani Dot Com. Have a great Friday!

Milani Faves & Milani Untrieds

Milani has become one of my favorite drugstore brands of polish. I've seen them carried at CVS, Walgreens, Target, and online at Cherry Culture. They have an amazing color selection. I find their color selection similar to China Glaze they have all the funky, bright, and unique colors. They also come out with great new collections like the Liquid Metal Collection which I have my eye on. I really want Dot Com!!!

Update: I'm hearing that some people in the US can't find them in their drugstores. I'm wondering if this brand only is readily available in certain parts of the country. Let me know in the comments if you can or cannot find it where you are from part of the country you are in (if you don't mind sharing). I'm curious now! Regardless, you can still find this on Cherry Culture.

Here are two of my favorite Milanis.

Tip Toe Pink

This is a light bubblegum creme pink. It goes on smooth and creamy. This is 3 coats.

Paint the Town Red

I LOVE this red. I forgot what nail blogger it was who coined the term "lit from within", but this polish is perfect example this at. It true almost metallic red with a subtle gold flash. I love it. This is 3 coats.


Here are some untrieds I have that I just swatched.

Gold Lame

This is a metallic yellow toned gold. I used 3 coats


Day Dreaming

This is a medium grey creme. I must admit I am not a grey gal. I usually find that greys look awful on me. However, I think I can pull of this one and I actually like it. This is 3 coats.

What do you think of Milani nail polish? Do you have any favorites?

My Favorite China Glaze and the Runner Up

On Twitter just a little while ago China Glaze asked "What is your favorite China Glaze of all time that you can't live without?" They also basically said you can't have a tie between two you need to pick one. Well, this gave me my idea for my blog post today.

I have to say my favorite China Glaze of all time is.......


Strawberry Fields! This is a polish that at first I didn't think was going to be that great until I put it on my nails myself. It is a warm rosy pink color with gold glass fleck throughout. It is a knockout. I am in love with it completely. This looks greats indoors and in the sun outdoors it is stunning. I think it is my perfect color. In fact, I was a little nutty about it and bought 2 extra bottles even though I'm not nearly done with the first. I don't ever want to be without it.

The runner up would have to be...


Awakening. I really do not know how to describe this color because in some lights is more purple while in others it's more of a rose color. You never know what you're really looking at depending on the angle. It's gorgeous and on top of that it has this gold duochrome effect throughout that makes this truly unique. This is in China Glaze's core line and I'm surprised that I don't see people talking about it as much. It must be one of those people pass over :(. It's really a hidden gem. I really suggest you try this baby out!

Can you tell I'm sucker for gold shimmers/glitters? I know many peoples favorite China Glaze is Ruby Pumps. It's a great polish, and I would of said the same until I came across 2 other polishes that are dupes that I talked about in my Red Glitter Comparison post. There are some great China Glaze contenders. What is your absolute favorite? I won't be picky you can name more than one. :)

Have a great day!

Mutli Glitter Comparisons & Best Buys of the Week

Lately, I've been seeing quite of a few multi-glitter nail polishes being introduced. I decided to do a comparison for 3 of them I have. I'll show you pics and give descriptions!

I'll be comparing.
L-R
OPI-Mad as a Hatter, Sally Hansen-Rockstar Pink, & Finger Paints Wicked Glitter



I understand some of these photos are blurry, but I added the last picture in on purpose. It's hard to photograph glitters with my camera, but in this blurry picture it does show you the different colors of glitter in each polish.

OPI-Mad As a Hatter- At first glance this looks like it's mainly a silver,purple,and light blue glitter. It is way more than that. In the right lighting this has not only silver,purple, and light blue glitter, it has pink, gold, and green. I'd say since the polish seems to showcase more of the silver,purple,blue glitters it does have a more cool tone than the others. This is 3 coats.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Rockstar Pink This is magenta glitter with blue and gold glitter mixed in. This is more warm toned as opposed to Mad as Hatter, but just as flashy and glittery. I used 3 coats. The only drawback with this is the formula is very thick. A few drops of nail polish thinner should fix that. That being said, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not use nail polish remover to thin out nail polishes. I have ruined so many that way. You can pick up nail polish thinner for $3.99 at Sally's Beauty.

Finger Paints-Wicked Glitter This somewhat similar to Rockstar Pink. I'd say in Wicked Glitter each color of glitter is equally dispersed within the polish maybe with an exception of magenta where there is slighty more than the rest. However, unlike the other polishes this at first glance in the bottle you are able to see every single color glitter in it. I used 4 coats of this but it could maybe use 5. That is the only drawback to this one it applies thinner than the rest. I got this at Sally's and it was misplaced. I did some research and I found that his was part of a Limited Edition Glitter's collection. I never saw a display for this, but apparently there was another shade Sapphire Shimmer. These obviously were made with the intention of being dupes to OPI Mad as a Hatter & OPI Absolutely Alice. As you can see Wicked Glitter is not an exact dupe of Mad as Hatter they very different as far as color, but it is cheaper and just as glittery.

As far as I know right now OPI Mad as a Hatter is hard to find except on Ebay, so if you really want a glitter similar but not exactly like it I'd suggest either one of these two. SH Rockstar Pink is usually $2.99, but at CVS this week Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polishes are on sale for $1.99. Finger Paints Wicked Glitter is $4.99 at Sally's Beauty Supply. I got that one for free though, because Sally's doing buy 2 of any brand nail polish get the 3rd free! There are some good deals there!


Here are the readers best buys of the week. Great job ladies!

* Jewelry Designer: Harjot * of Classy H Jewelry got Sally Hansen HARD AS NAILS (purple w/ silver sparkles) for $2.99

Bec of Bec's Beauty Buzz was feeling crafty and bought a few holo glitters, flakie glitter, pinky gold glitter, along with some clear polishes and made her own nail polish. She did this all for $8. Yay, for being creative!

That's all for today!

Nail Wheel Spam & Best Buys of the Week

No blog today. I have an accounting final tomorrow that I need to be studying for. Blech. Here is some nail wheel spam. This is probably from almost a year a go. My collection has probably tripled since. :P











What are your best buys of the last week?
-What did you buy?
-How much did you pay for it?
-Where did you buy it at?

Have a great Monday!