CG Capitol Colors Part 2

Now that the Hunger Games movie is out and getting rave reviews, I thought I'd review a few more of the China Glaze Capitol Colors polishes!  Today I've got for you Electrify, Smoke and Ashes, Luxe and Lush, and Stone Cold.  My mom picked me up a Riveting a while ago, too, but I haven't got it from her yet :( So that's in a future post! 

First: Electrify

Electrify is a clear based polish packed with fine gold and red glitter.  It's dense enough for you to get pretty much full coverage in three coats (as seen above), but would still look great layered over a difference color.  I liked the formula on this one--despite it being packed with glitter, it applied well.

Next: Smoke and Ashes

Smoke and Ashes a dark shimmery black polish with just the slightest hint of greenish blue undertones.  This polish applied quite well in two coats.  I love that in the light you can see the flecks of blue and green in the shimmer.  It's a unique enough of a black for me to wear again :)

Next: Luxe and Lush

Luxe and Lush is a gorgeous rainbow flakie top coat.  Within the milky clear polish are flakies of gold, green, pink, and blue, which I think would look great paired with nearly any color.  They apply decently well, but I believe my pictures show two coats since I really wanted a BAM in your face picture of the flakies.  In the pictures L&L is layered over Smoke and Ashes!

Lastly: Stone Cold!

Stone Cold is the only matte polish in this collection and I like it a lot.  Since mattes dry quickly, you have to apply them quickly and carefully. I don't do the best polishing job right off the bat so my pictures show Stone Cold with two thin coats.  It very much looks like rocks, which suits the name, and represents the masonry district (District 2) in the Hunger Games books!  The last picture shows Stone Cold layered with one coat of Electrify on two nails and one coat of Luxe and Lush on the other two!

SO! Did you guys like these polishes?  Have you seen the movie or read the books?  I think the books is in my top three favorite series of books, ever! 

<3 Whitney

PS I want to thank all my readers for your support of my polish making addiction and Etsy store!  I really appreciate your business :)

Finger Paints Flakies!!

Helllllo lovelies!

Sorry it's been a while!  I had all those posts set up for the holidays when I'd be out of town and ended up being busy for much longer than that!  Anywhoooo I've still been painting my nails and taking pictures, so I've got quite a few to show you! 

I'll start with the most recent, because I know lots of people are talking about and searching for the new Finger Paints flakie polishes!  And if you're not, you should be because they are awesome! 

My Sally's had all of them when I went up there this weekend, but as I had forgotten my coupons and I wasn't sure if I'd like them or not, I only picked up the two that I liked the most from swatches: Motley and Flecked.  Oh and the black that came with them: Black Expressionism.  Surprisingly I didn't have a black cream, gasp!  I know, I know...but I never liked dark colors before.  But this one, is GREAT!  I mean, it IS black, but I was still surprised to see that it covered perfectly in one coat.  BUT, since dark polishes are a little unforgiving and I'm a little sloppy, so I put on two coats to cover up parts of the nail I missed.   

First up, Motley:

I had to file my nails down :(

Oooh you don't notice how poor your clean up was until you check out a close up pic :)

Holy moly Motley is a beauty!  It's a beautiful purpley blue-to-green flakie that looks awesome when it catches the light!  It seems super royal blue to me, but I've heard it being called purple before, what do you think?  I love the blue to teal to green transition, it matches my house haha.  It goes on a little sparse for my taste, so this is two coats!

Okay so after I took my time cleaning up black and swatching Motley, no part of me wanted to take it off and swatch Flecked.  I didn't think it'd hold a candle to Motley!  SO I just decided to add a coat of Flecked on top of Motley and BAM! It's awesome:

Wooo!  I love this combination.  Flecked on it's own is a bright teal-to-green flakie and since both Motley and Flecked have the teal/green in them, I thought they'd look great together and I was right!  Flecked is a bit more dense than Motley so I only put one coat on for this look.  Together it's like all the colors of the sea came together on my nail.  In the sun the green from Flecked catches and shines pretty brilliantly.  I think they'd look great over a dark blue or dusty teal polish, as well!  I'll have to try that in the future.

My wallet desperately wants me to resist buying the rest of these Finger Paints flakies, but we'll see what I decide in the future :) 

Have you guys tried these? Do you love them?!

<3 Whitney