Color Cub Spam!

Hi everyone! I'm almost through midterms week woot woot!! Haha I guess I'm the only one excited about that...So anyway we had yet ANOTHER snow day yesterday (third one this year :0) and I got lot's of swatching done.And of course some studying for physics. But mostly nail polish. Yay. I realized that the original reason I started this blog was mainly to swatch the polish in my collection, and today I have some color clubs to share! I'd say these are all pretty old, but they're still awesome! Keep reading to see the 3 polishes!

Glitter Spam-Multicolor Glitters Part 1

Hello happy Friday(yay!) Anyone have fun weekend plans? Me not so much, in fact I have absolutely zero plans at all. I guess that means lot's of swatching yay! 
Today I've got another glitter spam post, my multicolored glitters! This has been divided into two posts because I didn't want to have too many polishes/pictures in one post. Sorting the multicolored glitters was kinda difficult, and while swatching some of them I ended up moving them into different categories. But I do have some fun and sparkly glitters in this post so yay!
First up is Spoiled by Wet N' Wild-Trust Fund Baby. I was in CVS the other day and saw a rack of these for like $2 each, and I found this fun glitter so it was like happy day! The rest of the polishes were quite ordinary, there was another glitter but I decided not to get it.
Trust Fund Baby is a super awesome glitter. It has gold, pink, blue, and black small hex glitter and gold and pink SQUARE glitter! It's funny cuz in the bottle I didn't even NOTICE the black glitter at all until it was on the nail and I was like woah there's black glitter in there sweet. And same with the square glitter. Like what?! This glitter is so awesome. The brush on this was REALLY big and flat, which I liked but could make application hard for people with smaller nails. It needed a little dabbing to get the glitter in the right places, but for the most part the coverage is good. and this dries SUPER shiny which is awesome! This is Trust Fund Baby over Essie-Turquoise & Caicos. These pictures do not have top coat.

Uber close up time. Can you see all the different types of glitter? Square glitter...still can't get over it. I don't really love square glitter on its own, but when mixed with other glitters I think it looks so cool! Don't you?

 This next polish is Deborah Lippmann-Happy Birthday. Yes, there are like 50 dupes of this polish for less than half the price. I don't own any so I can't compare, but this was a Christmas gift, because I would really never buy myself a polish this expensive($16!) Ok that's a total lie I would, especially if it was something as fun as Happy Birthday. It is a mix of all sorts of multi colored hex glitter, large and small. The only complaint I have, and I make this complaint a lot, is that the Deborah Lippmann brushes suck, in my opinion. At least in this polish, the brush was REALLY small, and didn't spread out, which means major glitter dabbing required. The glitter was kinda sparse on and sorta reluctant to get on the brush, if you know what I mean. This is Happy Birthday over OPI-Berlin There, Done That.

 Here's a close up, hopefully you can see all the fun colors in Happy Birthday.

Next up is Model's Own-Dancing Queen. Now this polish I LOVE! I bought a bunch of Model's Own polish back when I was in London, and this was one of them. It's an awesome mix of dark blue hex glitter, gold small and large hex glitter, light teal shard glitter, green hex glitter, and silver holographic diamond glitter. Whew I think I got it all. This glitter is SO amazing I mean shard glitter?! That is like the queen (pun intended) of all shaped glitters! I almost out this polish in the shaped glitter category because of the shards and diamonds but I think it has a happier home in the multi colored glitter category. This is Dancing Queen over Zoya-Farah.

 The only thing I don't like about this polish is that it's really goopy/uneven, even after I added a crapload of thinner to the bottle. But once you get around the tricky application the glitter coverage is really good and you don't need to dab around too much. Below is a close up image, and you can really see all the awesome glitter in this polish.

Our next glitter is OPI-The Living Daylights. This came out with the Skyfall collection last fall. And boy does this polish scream fall! The mix of silver, orangey copper, gold, and teal glitter just looks SO much like fall, it's crazy! I can just tell that come the season, this is the polish I'll be grabbing for! This is The Living Daylights over Zoya-Bevin.

 I'd recommend giving this polish a good shake before using it, that way makes it a lot easier to get the polish onto the nail. This polish does need a little dabbing to get the glitter in the right places, but overall the coverage and formula is pretty good. It dries a little satin-y so these pictures have one coat of top coat. And please ignore that awful bald spot on my ring finger. I didn't notice it until I was uploading the pictures :-/

Our last polish is today is one that has already been shown, Model's Own-Freak Out! I have some more pictures just to include it in this post, but for the original post, click here. This is Freak Out! over Orly-Pure Porcelain.

Those are the glitters I've got for today, but I'll have more next Friday! Thanks for reading guys and I hope you all have a nice weekend! Till next time
~Nova

Glitter Spam-Monocolors

Hey girls! (and maybe guys...?:-/) Got a fun post for y'all today, GLITTER SPAM!! Has there ever been a better combination of two words in the english language? I guess...Firefly's back...Buffy marathon...snow day...band camp...so yeah jk there are a lot :P
Anyway so I've been working on swatching all my glitters (just sayin...there's a lot) and I thought I would post them in "category" posts. So today's category are my monocolor glitters!
*Disclaimer-Not all polishes in this post are available for purchase in the US.
First up is Milani-584 Red. It's large red hex glitter in a clear base. I picked this up really recently, like 2 days ago recently. I was surprised when I saw it and realized I didn't have ANY red glitter polishes in my collection! Not one! And I always thought red glitter was really vampy and sexy, especially over darker colors, so I was like yay.
The glitter was a little hard to get onto the brush, maybe cuz the brush is like freaking tiny or maybe the bottle just needs a good shake. Anywho, as long as you swirl the brush around in the bottle a bit first you should be good. Other than that the formula was nice. It had good coverage and only needed a little bit of dabbing.
This is Milani-584 Red over Zoya-Evvie a nice dark color :)

And just for fun, here's 584 Red over Revlon Top Speed-Grape. Grape is a dark purple with a pretty shimmer, and I thought it would look REALLY good with red glitter. I was right :D

Sorry the pics are a little blurry/out of focus. My camera fails at sparkles.
Next is Color Club-Platinum Record. This is large silver hex glitter mixed with dark silver micro glitter. I considered putting this in the micro/fine glitter category, but due to the abundance of large glitter I decided to put it here. I always have issues with categorizing stuff :-/
The formula on this was very smooth and even, and the glitter applied in one nice coat. Another reason I considered putting it in the fine glitter category. But it's here now. So whatever. This is Platinum Record over Essie-Butler Please.

Do you see those random flashes of red? weird...

Also sorry for the stupid dent in my ring finger

Now these next two are Chinese brands, and not really available anywhere in the US or online or whatever. Sorry! The brand of these polishes is Lucidarling, and they don't really have names.
Also the brush on both these polishes is like microscopically small. and kinda stiff. Both the polishes needed a lot of dabbing to get the glitter on the nail. They also dried sorta matte, so these pictures all have one coat of top coat.
This first one is just large gold hex glitter in a clear base. The shade of gold is rather interesting...it's not light enough to be champagne gold, but it's not as yellow tones as most gold/yellow glitters. It's a little muted. Muted glitter? This is the gold over Essie-Maximillian Strasse Her.

See? It's a weird shade of gold.
The next one is a rosy pink color. Also not a the typical pink color I see in glitter polishes. Like the gold one, it's a little dusty/muted. Very pretty. This is the pink glitter over China Glaze-Light As Air.

God that shade of purple just makes my fingers look REALLY red! Meh...
The Milani polishes retail for about $6-7 and in places like CVS, which is where I got mine, and Color Club usually costs about $7 in stores like CVS and Walgreens or beauty retailers like Harmons.
Those were all my monocolor glitters! Thanks for reading everybody, I'll have more glitter spam posts up every week so stay tuned! K bye!
~Nova