China Glaze Elfin' Around

 

China Glaze Elfin' Around

2 coats

from the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection for Holiday 2013

The Pandemic of 2020 certainly taken a toll on my hands and nails- early this summer I had a terrible eczema outbreak on my fingers and under my nails that I am pretty sure was triggered by hand sanitizer and increased hand washing. It was painful and looked so bad and I sadly had to take a break from painting my nails for a while. But things are much better now that I am not using hand sanitizer and making sure to moisturize my hands often during the day.

I am so excited for the happiness the holidays bring! I hope to pull out many seasonal favorite shades to wear the rest of this year and want to get back to taking pictures and blogging. I missed my hobby so much!

L’Oreal The Statement Piece

L’Oreal The Statement Piece

2 coats, no topcoat

I was super-tired last night and didn't feel like I'd be able to stay awake to do a full mani with topcoat before I fell asleep, so I went to one of my favorite time-crunched mani answers, texture. Texture is great because it always dries fast and doesn't need a topcoat.

The Statement Piece was part of a nine-shade L'Oreal limited edition collection for the holidays called Gold Dust.  

I got pretty amazing coverage with just one coat, but added a second coat to make sure I had perfect coverage for my swatch pic.

China Glaze This Is Tree-mendous

China Glaze This Is Tree-mendous

3 coats

from the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection for Holiday 2013

This Is Tree-mendous is a green and gold micro glitter. Just like Put a Bow On It covered pretty nicely in two coats, but needed three to be completely opaque and even. It did dry somewhat matte, so topcoat brightened it up.

I have had some trouble with micro glitter polish chipping pretty easily on me, and this one has already started chipping on three fingers. While I do think it's very pretty, I get so annoyed when a mani doesn't even last a day!

China Glaze Put a Bow On It

China Glaze Put a Bow On It

3 coats

from the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection for Holiday 2013

 Put a Bow On It is a fuchsia micro glitter. It covered pretty nicely in two coats, but needed three to be completely opaque and even. It did dry somewhat matte, so topcoat brightened it up.

I have had some trouble with micro glitter polish chipping pretty easily on me, but I am now on day three of wearing this and it hasn't chipped a bit. It's absolutely gorgeous and I don't think I'll want to take it off!

China Glaze Just Be-Claws

China Glaze Just Be-Claws

2 coats

from the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection for Holiday 2013

Just Be-Claws, although not all that unique, is so pretty. It just glows! I have been wearing it on my toes as well this holiday season.

Hope you are having a fabulous day!

China Glaze Elfin' Around

China Glaze Elfin' Around

2 coats

from the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection for Holiday 2013

Elfin' Around is a gorgeous red foil that leans a bit gold, or possibly coral. I really like it. The formula was fabulous- this was almost a one-coater, but I added a second to get a more perfect application.

I really wanted to get lots of holiday swatches done before Christmas, but December was the craziest, shortest month ever. Hopefully things will start to slow down a bit and I can get caught up. Hope you are having a fabulous day!