Choi's nails

China Glaze's Ahoy

I'm excited about posting this one. It's an oldie but still a gorgeous one in my books. You might have come across this one somewhere else but I'd still like to introduce you to China Glaze's Ahoy!

China Glaze's Ahoy is a bright fuchsia raspberry pink with some gold flakies/shimmer. It's more obvious in person and ahh doesn't this polish look like such a juicy pink!

CG Ahoy. Light box photo.

CG Ahoy light box photo.

As for the application, the first coat was sheer but smooth with a bit of VNL peeking through but it's nothing a second coat couldn't solve which is what you're seeing in the pictures. With a good and normal consistency this one was so easy to apply; very easy to clean up too with a decent drying time but it just made my hands look a little pale. Doesn't matter though, I will definitely be going back to this one some time maybe for some nail art?

CG Ahoy. Window photo.

CG Ahoy. Outdoor photo.

Do you own China Glaze's Ahoy? What nail art can you suggest for this polish? :)

Sunday, January 05, 2014
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Barry M Gelly Summer 2013 collection review and swatches

Barry M

This collection belongs in Summer 2013 but after purchasing and swatching them in September I've put off posting them until now. I just couldn't bear to wait for Summer to come around again for me to show this post.

Whilst doing these swatches I was sitting in quite an uncomfortable position at a table with a height I wasn't used under a different lighting so at first I wasn't really pleased with these swatches. Now that I'm looking at them again they don't seem so bad.

Bottle shots (L-R): Key lime, Guava, Passion fruit, Blue grape and Mango.

Mango

Mango

Mango is a bright orange with a tricky formula. It feels a little thick and goopy whilst applying it. It's almost opaque on the first coat but because of the consistency it turned out somewhat patchy. I can't put all the blame on the polish though since this was the first time painting my nails in a very long time. This required two coats and took a little while to dry but the photos are a little inaccurate. They're showing up as a really bright orange there. They are, but not so much. More of the bottle shade.

Key lime

Key lime is an apple green. It's nice and bright with a formula very similar to Mango, tricky application. This one had a few weird streaks but after two coats it evened itself out. It's hardly noticeable, don't you think?

Guava

Guava

Guava, this one's more of a turquoise blue rather than that you see in the photos because it's absolutely inaccurate. Blue's can be a pain to capture sometimes. The formula on this one was much better than the previous two though. It applies thin because it's a little runny. It's almost opaque in one coat with a few streaks and with two coats it evened itself like the first two.

Blue grape

Blue grape

Blue grape is a bright cobalt blue. Blue grape has a thin and runny formula and it could pass off as a one coat-er with a thick layer but I chose to do two here.

Passion fruit

Passion fruit

Passion fruit is like a raspberry pinky red. Very bright. Opaque in one coat but here's two to make sure everything is covered nicely. This one dried fast.

All the swatches are done without a top coat. Well, they don't really need one which lives up to the Gelly hi shine name. If you're planning to wear these longer than I did then a top coat is definitely recommended to extend the wear time. Some of the photos show the colours to be a bit brighter than they actually are but only just by a little.

The whole collection is a perfect fit for summer. All the colours look so juicy and my favourite ones would have to be blue grape and passion fruit; the colours are just so bright.

What do you think about this collection? Which one is your favourite?

Friday, January 03, 2014
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100th post and first post of 2014!

Barry M

Happy new year my lovely nailistas! Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and an awesome New year! This is my 100th post and the first for 2014. Can't believe I've been blogging for almost two years but I've only blogged 100 times so I'm making it my goal to contribute more to this blog. Okay, this post is posted half an hour later than New years day over here which should have been when this post is published. Yeah, it's not a good start but it'll get better :D

Here's what I wore for New years. I wanted to make things a little more jazzy but it didn't turn out right so I left it like so.

The base is Misa's I will survive which is your standard black. I just couldn't have the first manicure of the year without some glitter so the nail on the middle and ring finger was topped with two layers of Barry M's Gold glitter and the numbers 2014 was written using Barry M's white nail art pen.

The middle finger was originally meant to be a glitter explosion nail design. I had it all planned out in my head but I couldn't get it to look right so in the end I covered everything with the gold glitter. That is why the glitter looks a little less even than the ring.