China Glaze's Ahoy!

Ahoy! is a part of Anchors Away Collection that was released in 2011. Unfortunately for me, the nearest distributor of China Glaze isn't that near. And I always end up with not so popular colors. I ordered for this last 2nd quarter of 2012 and I finally got this beauty by 3rd quarter of 2012. That long! I literally jump in happiness when i received a text message that this was finally restocked. 

Ahoy is a pretty deep magenta. On the bottle and on nails, it's a jelly deep magenta.

It has micro golden glass like shimmer that's very difficult to capture on camera. 

Glass like because it just sparkles even without a top coat.

Ahoy! is one of my favorite pink polish. As I said you don't need to put on a top coat because it just glisten like a newly painted. It's always like that, even after a week. Yes, it stays that long on my nails without any chip. You can get away with just one coat but I prefer two coats, as always.

The formula is just perfect. I have other China Glaze polish that when I personally apply it I will just remove them after coz no matter how careful I am on applying, I always mess up. And I always end up going to a nail salon  for professional help. This one is an exception. No streak, no visible nail lines. It's just so pigment perfect. The brush glides smoothly and most specially you can control the polish flow. Isn't just perfect? :)

I'm ecstatic about Ahoy! because it's one of the few pink polish on my stack that I can comfortably wear on my toes. I don't know with you guys but there are lots of pink nail polish that no matter how good it looks on my finger nails, I just can't feel the same way if I use it on my toe nails. Weird eh? ha ha :)

This is Ahoy! captured in artificial light. Photos above are all taken under natural light :)

Since 3rd quarter of 2012, Ahoy! has been one of my favorite pink. I use it when I'm in doubt on what color to wear and I can't decided, when I need a pop of color on a plain outfit, when I need a quick polish fix and when I'm not feeling well and I need to stay in bed so I can stare at something that can lighten my day. :)

How about you guys? What's your Ahoy! effect? Share them :)

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xoxo,

chaye

China Glaze's Silver Lining

Hi loves :) 

RED is my favorite color---nail polish color. And every Christmas I tend to paint my nails in red. But last Christmas, I decided to try something different. It's finally time to use my China Glaze's Silver Lining. I bought it sometime in September 2012 and it's been sitting in the drawer ever since, waiting for it's perfect moment to shine. 

I'm not really a fan of metallic, glittered nail polish but I think it would be fun to try something new once in a while.  And boy, it didn't disappoint me.

China Glaze's Silver Lining changed my views on metallic and glittered nail polish. I instantly fall in love with it upon my first swatch, on my pinkie. It's different from other glittered polishes I own. The base is clear but you can't see it as the glitters are so small and they tend to stick together. The formula is very consistent-perfect application even though I'm not a pro. It is very even and really pigmented and you can just get away with a single coat, i put on 2 coats and it's perfect but being a curios cat that I am, I tried 3 coats and it's magnificent.

It's really nice I keep on staring at my fingers for days. The downside is, it makes my fingers look so pale, but dear husband says it's just perfect. 

It did survive 5 amazingly busy days without any chip---I SWEAR.  Anyways, I used Sally Hansen nail polish remover in Pink, wet a cotton ball and leave it over for 30 seconds and I didn't had a hard time removing it. 

So what do you think about this color? What's your Christmas nail color? Share me the link :)

xoxo,

chäyë