Review and Swatches: China Glaze nail polish in Harvest Moon

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Have you seen The Hunger Games? Better yet, have you seen China Glaze's The Hunger Games inspired nail polish collection? Today's review is on Harvest Moon from The Hunger Games Capitol Colors Collection (Spring 2012).

Swatches of China Glaze nail polish in Harvest Moon
(The Hunger Games Capitol Colors Collection)

Review and Swatches: China Glaze Nail Polish in Stella

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Following on from my post about Midnight Ride, this post is about the other nail polish I am currently in love with, China Glaze's Stella. This polish was part of the Retro Diva collection in 2009.

China Glaze's Stella nail polish is on my ring finger.

Sorry I just re-used the Midnight Ride photo. I love it too much to change this manicure just yet. I wore Stella last (and it's my current pedicure colour, but I'm not posting photos of my feet :P) so it feels like it'd be a bit much to have Stella on fingers and toes. Also, the tip of the nail is done in China Glaze Tinsel Town. I'll get to a review of that later.

Review and Swatches: China Glaze Nail Polish in Midnight Ride

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Today's post is a review of China Glaze's Midnight Ride nail polish. This came out as part of their Rodeo Diva collection ages ago (2008, I think) but I only recently managed to get myself some China Glaze nail polishes so I thought I'd review it anyway, as it's new to me. To be completely spoiler-y, I love it.

China Glaze Nail Polish in Midnight Ride
(accent nail is China Glaze's Stella and Tinsel Town)

Review and Swatches: Chanel Le Vernis Vogue Fashion Night Limited Edition Nail Colour in Provocation

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Have you heard of the Limited Edition collection Chanel has put out in honour of Vogue Fashion Night? There are three Le Vernis shades (the range also includes the matching Rouge Allure Velvet duo) described thusly by Chanel: La Provocante et Provocation: a unique autumn plum shade; La Délicate et Délicatesse: an intense pink heightened with a touch of fancy; L’Infidèle et Infidèle: a refined beige with a natural sophistication. They are only sold in 5 (I think) Chanel stores worldwide and I was lucky enough to get Le Vernis in Provocation for Christmas (bought at the Hong Kong store, for reference).

Chanel Le Vernis Vogue Fashion Night Limited Edition Nail Colour in Provocation

Review and Swatches: Urban Decay Nail Polish in Mars

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Coming up to the holiday season, I always go a little crazy with nail polish. During the year I try to keep it neutral and work-place appropriate (read: pretty but boring) but around the holidays I can go as bright, dark, metallic or glittery as I like. So this review is about the goregous green that is Urban Decay's Mars Nail Polish.

Swatches and Bottles of: Urban Decay Mars Nail Polish and OPI Skyfall Collection
Nail Polish in Live and Let Die. My little finger is done in Live and Let Die;
all the others are painted with Mars.

Review and Swatches: OPI Skyfall Collection Nail Polish in Live and Let Die

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Here's part two to the picture I used for my Urban Decay Mars Nail Polish review. This time, it's just the pinky finger that's relevant to the post. Sorry, I was going to do a full hand of each, but I felt that was just silly.

Swatches and Bottles of: Urban Decay Mars Nail Polish and OPI Skyfall Collection
Nail Polish in Live and Let Die. My little finger is done in Live and Let Die;
all the others are painted with Mars.

Recent Activity....In case you missed it!

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This is a bit of a summary post, in case you missed out on some earlier posts. I realised I've been posting a lot (a good thing) but that may mean that some of you might miss out on posts as they get pushed back to other pages. So here it is, a full page of links to my more recent work.

Are you looking for Holiday Season Gift Ideas? Check these out:

Holiday Gift Sets for those wanting an all-encompassing gift
Stocking fillers (eyes edition) for those wanting to gift a mascara, primer, eyeliner or eyeshadow palette.
Stocking fillers (face edition) for those wanting to gift concealer, primer, highlighters or bronzers.
Stocking fillers (lips and nails edition) for those looking to give the perfect lipstick, lipgloss or nail polish.


I've been fairly busy with reviews and swatches, too. Check these out, if you haven't already:

Rimmel London BB Cream in Light
Rimmel London Kate Moss Lasting Finish Lipstick in No. 10 (that awesome red she wears in the ads)
Lime Crime Rhyme and Reason Uniliners
                    I also did some looks using these unliners- I used theBalm Balm Jovi palette with Reason and
                    with Rhyme, and a look using the Urban Decay Vice Palette's Junkie eyeshaodw and Reason.Lime Crime Alchemy Collection (eyeshadow, 2 lipsticks and a mook)
Lime Crime Carousel Gloss in Candy Apple
Lime Crime Opaque Lipstick in Glamour 101
OPI Skyfall Collection Nail Polishes
                   Skyfall
                   The World Is Not Enough
Illamasqua Fundamental Palette
Maybelline New York Fit Me Foundation in Ivory 115

I've also done a couple of looks- again, if you haven't seen them, click below:

Halloween Cleopatra Look
A smoky eye using the Urban Decay Smoked Palette
A purple eye look using theBalm Meet Matt(e) Palette and the Urban Decay Smoked Palette
A Vesper Lynd-inspired multi-coloured smoky eye (yes, I had a bit of a Bond-crazy moment)

That's about it!

I hope you're enjoying my posts. I'd love to hear from you in the comments. Is there anything you'd like to see me review? Or a particular look for which you'd like a How-To?

xo
Anna

Review and Swatches: The World Is Not Enough nail polish

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I'm back with another nail polish review. This time it's The World Is Not Enough from the Skyfall collection by OPI.

Swatch of The World Is Not Enough nail polish from the Skyfall Collection by OPI.

Review and Swatches: OPI Skyfall nail polish

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I've caught James Bond fever lately. The Skyfall collection by OPI is inspired by and named after Bond films. From this collection, I bought Skyfall, Live and Let Die and The World Is Not Enough. Today's review is on Skyfall.

Swatch of Skyfall Nail Polish by OPI.

Holiday Season Gift Ideas: Stocking Fillers (Lips and Nails Edition)

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Are you still stuck for gift ideas? Are you not a gift set or eye product or face product person? Or do you want even more  indiviudal items to make up your own extra amazing gift set? This post is for you!

Today's gift category: Individual items/Stocking fillers

Edition: Lip and Nail products

Holiday Season Gift Ideas: Gift Sets

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Have you noticed all the awesome holiday gift sets and limited edition releases for this holiday season? This is the first post on some holiday gift ideas for the upcoming gift-giving season.

Today's gift category: An all-encompassing gift or gift set