China Glaze Capitol Colors Part 2: Agro, Stone Cold, Smoke and Ashes

Like my previous post, all three colors are from the China Glaze Capitol Colors Collection from this past March. All three were consistent in application as my previous review, perfect. All I needed was two coats for full coverage. No top coat was used on Agro or Smoke and Ashes. I will say I had the worst time photographing Smoke and Ashes. It drove me crazy!! It either looked pitch black/inky or really hazy! Some of the problem was my camera. Since my son had a little "fun" with my normal camera, I have been using my Rebel XTi, which does not have a macro lens (aka very close up shots). I got some cheater lens covers for the mean time that "act" like a macro lens, but there is a learning curve which I am still learning. So, I apologize ahead of time for the fuzzy/awkward photos. I usually am pretty consistent with how my pic's look, but these will have to do. I just hate using pictures I am not 100% happy with, but oh well. Here they are.

Agro is a beautiful dark olive green metallic shimmer. I really like this color. It has a glow to it. Be careful of brush strokes when applying.
District 11 - Agriculture

Stone cold is a gunmetal grey matte polish. I really LOVE this color. I am a huge fan of matte polishes and this is just too cool! It really looks like a hammered metal/stone finish. It even looks great with a topcoat.
District 2-Masonry

I used Seche Vite for a glossy top coat. It definitely changed the color of the polish to a dark granite color. It reminds me of counter tops.

See what I mean!

Smoke and Ashes is a inky dark midnight blue with green and blue shimmer. It is a really pretty color, but a pain in the arse to photograph. I am still not quite happy with these, but I had to make do with what I had.
District 12 - Mining

Here is a better look at the blue and green shimmer in it. Just lovely.  

Obviously my favorite out of these three is Stone Cold, but Agro is a close second. There is a special place in my heart for dark, vampy colors! Which did you like?

China Glaze Capitol Colors Part 1: Dress Me Up, Foie Gras, and Fast Track

The Capitol Colors Collection for China Glaze was released in the beginning of March in correlation with the Hunger Games movie. I absolutely loved the books and was thrilled to see the movie! I think it was really neat to have a tie in with nail polish. It is a collection of twelve different polishes that correlate with the twelve different Districts, and I have nine of them to show you. I will say that every single one of the polishes I purchased, I loved. They went on like butta at two coats. I had no problems with application or anything for that matter. I just have nothing bad to say about them except I really didn't like the names they gave half of them, but oh well. All of these photos were two coats with no top coat.

Dress Me Up is a dusty rose/mauve color creme polish.  I ended up liking this one more on than in the bottle.  A very subdued color for me.
District 8 - Textiles

Foie Gras is a purpley/brown/taupe color. This is really hard to describe. You at first think yeah, its brown, but when compared to other browns you definitely see the purple. Still, a very pretty creme.
District 10 - Livestock

Fast Track is a nice beige with gold shimmer. It is kind of a mix between China Glaze Stellar and Knotty.
District 6 -Transportation

Out of these three colors, I have to say my favorite is a tie between Dress Me Up and Foie Gras. I really don't have a lot of "neutral," "work appropriate" colors, and it was just really refreshing to see these and add them to my collection. Did any of you have any surprise favorites from this group?

Butter London Lip Gloss and Polish: Trout Pout & Primrose Hill Picnic

Butter London has a new collection of lip glosses, called Lippy, that correspond with some existing and some new polishes. I think the idea is really neat to have matching nails and lips. The lip glosses are heavily pigmented that very closely, if not identically, match their intended lacquers. I have Trout Pout and Primrose Hill Picnic to show you. Now the polishes were AMAZING!! Great coverage at either two thick coats or three thin coats. I am not wearing a top coat in these pictures. These polishes went on like a dream. Oh, and a bonus, they are a 3-Free brand! This was my first experience with this brand, and I am happy to say I absolutely love them!At first, I had a little issue with the lip gloss. First, I don't have perfect lips. No matter how much chap stick I wear, or scrubs I use, I always have dry skin on my lips. These glosses are thick. Warning, they will pull at any dry skin on your lips. So a little advise, put your favorite chap stick on first then the gloss will simply glide over your lips with lipstick like pigment that will truly compliment your nails. Since I did have to use a chap stick underneath, I did have to use two coats of the lip gloss to get even coverage, without looking streaky.  

Trout Pout

Trout Pout

Trout Pout

Trout Pout

Trout Pout is described as pale, retro, cantaloupe color. I really liked this color with my skin tone. I wouldn't exactly call it pale, but it was very flattering on my nails.  The Lippy was actually flattering as a lip gloss as well. I normally shy away from bright lip colors, but I actually liked this.

Primrose Hill Picnic

Primrose Hill Picnic

Primrose Hill Picnic

Primrose Hill Picnic

Primrose Hill Picnic is a fuchsia pink that is just beautiful. I liked the color on my nails much more than the color on my lips. Like I said earlier, I just don't think I pull off bright lips very well. The nail polish makes for a fun and bright manicure for summer! 

Well this was my first official "make up" post. I hope you like how I displayed the lip glosses. Let me know if you have any suggestions! What do you think of this collection?

These products were sent to me, by the company, for review.

Milani 3D Holographic Part 3: Hi-Res & Digital

Finally, we are at the final portion of our Milani 3D holographic collection review. Hi-Res is a blue toned holographic purple color. Digital is a  pretty rose toned holographic pink polish. These swatches are three coats with no top coat or base coat, and a breeze to apply. This collection is nothing short of beautiful! I only chose Hi-Res over Digital is because I am just a little partial to purples. I swear, this collection is just fun to have. I always get compliments any time I wear one of these colors. I think I like it even more because they are so affordable compared to many polishes nowadays.

Hi-Res Outside: Isn't it just grape-a-licious!

Hi-Res Inside: Hello beautiful!

Digital Outside: Stunning!

Digital Inside: It is still a nice shimmery pink!

 Well, if you couldn't tell, I really love this collection of polishes minus 3D. It is a well rounded group of colors. My only wish is that they come out with bolder colors for this collection instead of the traditional pastel holographic colors.

Milani 3D Holographic Part 2: Cyberspace & Hi-Tech

I have part two of the collection here for you. It is Cyberspace, which is the light blue holographic color in the collection. I absolutely love this color. I get compliments all the time when I wear it. The other color is Hi-Tech which is a soft grassy yellow green holographic polish. Both take two-three coats for full coverage, depending on how thick of coats you do. No top coat was used in these photos. These colors look great. They are a scattered holographic polish, but even indoors you can still catch a slight rainbow, otherwise they look like great shimmer polishes. Removal and clean up are a breeze with these polishes. Another benefit of these is no need for a specialty base or top coat, neither will affect the holo-ness!

Outside: This picture is true to color. I just love blues!

Inside: It tends to look more on the dusty blue side while indoors but still fabulous!

Outside: This picture makes the green look a lot lighter than it actually is, but I wanted to show the great holographic effect.

Inside: Now that is much more like the real color. See, it is still a beautiful light green shade.

Well what do you think?

Milani 3D Holographic Part 1: 3D and HD

I have two of the six polishes in the Milani 3D Holographic collection to show you today. All of these polishes were easy to apply with full coverage at three coats. They had a nice glossy finish, so no top coat was used. The first two I have to show you is 3D and HD. 3D is a gold color that definitely leans on the yellow side. This is the only color I did not like out of the group because it just didn't flatter me. The other color, HD, is a cool toned silver. I of course loved this color, because it is silver and holographic. Now, these are scattered holographic polishes that still give off a little rainbow in indoor lighting. So, on to the pictures.

3D Outside

3D Inside (See, the color just wasn't workin' with me.)

HD Outside (Much better.)

HD Inside

You can see in the pictures that the holographic particles are not tinted the same color of the polish. I think this does give the colors a neat shimmery effect, but it is noticeable in all of the polishes except HD. I  purchased the entire collection at CVS.Well what do you think?