Review: China Glaze It's a Trap-eze vs. Whirled Away

It should come as no surprise I like the glitters in the China Glaze Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away collection. I've always liked the rainbow glitters and matte glitters so there's no way I could have resisted Whirled Away and It's a Trap-eze. I wanted to show how versatile they could be so I thought I'd try them both over China Glaze Purple Panic. Yes.

Let's take a look at the two, to see what we're dealing with:

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To start, let's do It's A Trap-eze. I can't believe how much I love this polish. There's just so much rainbow glitter, in a nice white creme base. My favourite thing about it thought is that it layers well over other colours. Here, I started with two coats of Purple Panic then taped taped off the triangles, followed by a thick, single coat of the white glitter. I'm really impressed at how easily it applied. I've had a lot of polishes before not behave themselves when they have to be layered like this. It's a Trap-eze applied really well with the glitter and base going on nice and smooth. Look how well the pink peeks though without being overwhelming!

Next up, a completely different look for Purple Panic with Whirled Away, a clear polish with black and white matte hex glitter with black bars mixed in. I have a lot of these kinds of polishes but love them every time. It's interested that a commercial brand like China Glaze is getting into the matte glitters. Really gotta wonder what Lynnderella would have to say about this! Anyway, application of the glitter was decent, this is one coat. I had to fish around for the white glitter a little but that's only because I wanted one on every nail. No big deal. By the way, please excuse the inconsistent photos coming up, this is what happens when I let my camera let the aperture and exposure itself :)

The Verdict: Both really good polishes. Really impressive for China Glaze, I have to say. I hope they continue coming with more indie-style polishes, there can never be enough!

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night. My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off. I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried. I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats. Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner. It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today. Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage. That's ok, glitter dries fast. It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix. The Verdict: Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the big...

Review: Sephora X Outburst

As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when the new Sephora X polishes came out. Not only were there a million of them, but I could go see them in person, circling the huge stand and singling out my prey. I'm not the most happy that the good ones are FIFTEEN dollars each but what am I going to do, not buy any?? That's silly. I have few now but my favourite so far as to be the incredibly Outburst. LOOK AT IT:

MOAR FLOWERS, NOW SPARKLY

Ok! So you may be feeling a sense of deja vu but WHO CARES SPARKLIES. I actually did this flower mani before the neon one - I held the the neon glitter under my blacklight and there was no way I could not immediately apply it to my nails. Running The Sparkly Shop just continues to have perks... And yes, I do have a blacklight bulb that handy. Anyway, this glitter is just as amazing as the neon, it's RIDICULOUSLY sparkly. Same thinness, nice and easy to work with. Let's take a look, shall we?

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