Stash Swatch Initiative: Naild'It Cha Cha Checkmate

Hello hello!!

I have a very awesome polish to start the week off! This is Naild'It Cha Cha Checkmate!

Naild'It Cha Cha Checkmate. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

This polish is awesome! It's a pink jelly with three sizes of white square glitter, small black squares, black hexes, and black micro glitter. As you can see, you can build it up to great effect or layer it for a more opaque look.

Naild'It Cha Cha Checkmate. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

I started with a base coat of Seche Clear on all my nails. Then to show you what this polish is all about, I used two coats of China Glaze Loves a Beach on my pinky and ring finger nails to serve as undies. Once that was dry, those two nails got two coats of Cha Cha Checkmate. On the rest of my nails, I went straight for the Cha Cha Checkmate and layered three coats of that over the Seche Clear. I topped everything off with a coat of Seche Vite. Formula was good. The glitter stays in place and comes out of the bottle readily. I didn't have to fish out any of the larger pieces. I didn't make note of any unruly glitters either. All win!

Naild'It Cha Cha Checkmate. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

I purchased my bottle from llarowe. As I write this, it's still available over there!

Naild'It Cha Cha Checkmate. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon!! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: OPI The Color Of Minnie

Happy Friday!! If you've been following along, you'll note that today should be a Nail of the Week post. I'm sorry to say that I didn't do anything fun or special for this week's mani. I've been just wearing a new OPI I picked up over the weekend.

OPI The Color of Minnie. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

This is OPI The Color of Minnie from the Vintage Minnie Mouse Collection released earlier this year.

It is a fantastic bright, warm, red with subtle pink shimmer. Oh my goodness, I love this polish so much. I couldn't cover it up with any nail art. It's bright and cheery and classy. Classic OPI, in my opinion.

OPI The Color of Minnie. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

Formula was good, I think--my bottle is a really tiny mini polish (it holds 1/8 an ounce!), so the brush was tiny too. It took me a bit to adjust to the brush when applying this. I started with a base of Sinful Colors Nail Hardener and topped the two coats of The Color of Minnie off with the OPI Fastdry topcoat that came in the mini-set. It's the first time I have used any OPI topcoat, and it seems to do the job well. It's very shiny and dried pretty quickly.

OPI The Color of Minnie. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

I found this mini-set at Ulta recently, but there were not many left. I love this polish. I'd love to get a full-size of this, but I'm not sure where it would be available still. Good luck if you are hunting it! I am too!

OPI The Color of Minnie. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon!! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Essie As Gold As It Gets

Hello again!

A quick one today. This is Essie As Gold As It Gets from their Luxeffects Collection.

Essie As Gold As It Gets. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

This is one coat of As Gold As It Gets over last week's swatch of Suzi Says Feng Shui plus a coat of Seche Vite. This has a ton of gold shimmer and some tiny gold flakies in a clear base. One coat was plenty of shimmer for me over the blue, but I bet layering this up over a gold base might be fun, too. Formula was fine--nothing to report there.

Essie As Gold As It Gets over OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

Overall, this is a fun addition to my collection. It's got some versatility to it, and I think it's going to be great for the holiday season.

Essie As Gold As It Gets over OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui. Outdoors, natural light, no flash. I put this on here so you can good idea of what the shimmer looks like up close.

I found mine at CVS recently but have also spied the displays at Walgreens and Target. It should be easy to get your hands on!

Essie As Gold As It Gets over OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

More soon!! ^_^