Fall's "It" Color: China Glaze Trendsetter

I was really nervous about trying this. A lot of times yellow does not look good on light skin. However, in my humble opinion, this one does. I think this color works more  because it has a green undertone to it that makes it seem more gold. On to the swatches:

China Glaze Trendsetter (Sunlight)

China Glaze Trendsetter (Indoors)

It certainly is something different! I think China Glaze went outside the box with this color. It's not something you see every day. I had a little trouble applying this one. It came out a little thick, but not stringy. I personally like it.

Color: 3.5 out of 5
Application: 4 out of 5
Value for the Price ($2.95 via Victoria's Nail Supply): 5 out of 5
Pros: Gorgeous fall gold/mustard yellow
Cons: Not a color for everyone, may not look good on some skin tones, slightly thick

Zoya Charla + Essie Carnival + Bat= Joy!

Zoya Charla is probably one of my favorite blue-greens and it is for sure my favorite Zoya that I own. I love it on it's own but I decided to try it with something new today: Essie's Carnival Holo Glitter.

Here are the results:

Zoya Charla + Essie Carnival

Zoya Charla + Essie Carnival

 Perfect! Zoya Charla is a blue based polish packed full of green micro-glitter. I believe this may be one of those polishes that looks better on lighter skin tones. This polish applies like a dream and removal doesn't suck as much as other glitters do either. I truly dig this Zoya.

Color: 5 out of 5
Application: 5 out of 5
Value for the Price ($8 via zoya.com): 4 out of 5
Pros: Glitter, cool blue-green.
Cons: A tad bit expensive, but pretty worth it.



 And this my friends, is Stella. She is a Big Brown Bat, one of the most common species found in the United States. She is average size and VERY fluffy. These bats in the wild eat 600-1000 insects an hour and feed 4 to 6 hours a night! That's 2400 to 6000 nasty little bugs all gone. And the best part? 20% of those are pesky mosquitoes.

Kleancolor Bridesmaid and Phil

I figured I might as well make one more post today. I don't have anything new or exciting until my haul comes in later this week. So here it is! Another Kleancolor glitter. Did I mention I love these? Sorry about the nubbin' nails, I broke three on that hand by dropping a paper roll on them.

Kleancolor Bridesmaid

Kleancolor Bridesmaid

Phil with Kleancolor Bridesmaid.

 Look at all of that holo-glitter goodness! The bats really seemed to like it today. This polish is an easier to apply glitter than most of the other Kleancolors. There is just more of it in the bottle. The brush comes up with glitter on it every time.

Color: 4.5 out of 5
Application: 4 out of 5
Value for the Price ($1.75 via www.beautyjoint.com): 5 out of 5
Pros: Loads of glittery goodness, Lots of holo glitter!
Cons: No mixers in bottles

Kleancolor Red Hot

Here's another clean color glitter. This one is kinda dupe-ish for DL Ruby Red Slippers but you'll never get THAT level of bling.  Sorry for the not so great pictures, my light kind of died on me.
These are over Wet and Wild Black.

Kleancolor Red Hot

Kleancolor Red Hot

I really do like these glitters, and for $1.75 they are fantastic!

Color: 3.5 out of 5
Application: 3 out of 5
Value for the Price ($1.75 via www.beautyjoint.com): 5 out of 5
Pros: Loads of glittery goodness
Cons: Glitter is hard to apply, no mixers in bottles

Kleancolor Glitters

I got my haul of 6 Kleancolor polishes yesterday. These are my first from the brand. I'm not disappointed in the purchase. Today I have swatches of Blue-eyed girl (over Essie Dive Bar) and  Born to the purple (over some really old Sally Hansen stuff). Blue-eyed girl is a bottle packed with large and small blue glitter in a blue jelly base. Born to the purple is a bottle with lots of large and small purple glitter in a dark sheerish purple base. Here is some eye candy for you guys

Kleancolor Blue-eyed Girl

Kleancolor Blue-eyed Girl

Kleancolor Born to the Purple

The only real problem with these, as with most any glitter polish is the application. All of the glittery goodness seems to get trapped at the bottom and almost impossible to get at. The other problem with these is that there are no steel mixing balls in the bottle to try and stir up the polish. I'm thinking about putting some of my own in.

Color: 3.5 out of 5
Application: 3 out of 5
Value for the Price ($1.75 via www.beautyjoint.com): 5 out of 5
Pros: Loads of glittery goodness
Cons: Glitter is hard to apply, no mixers in bottles

Well this isn't polish but it's certainly adorable! This is Oopsie Daisy, one of OBC's Dog Faced Fruit Bats. She's not a baby, this is as big as she's going to get! She is a real sweetie pie and we are very happy to have her with us.

Oopsie Daisy