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?

Pretty and Polished Martian Salad

First I just have to say its my BIRTHDAY!!! Sorry, I love birthdays and seeing how I don't own Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday, a holographic nail polish will do. Pretty and Polished Martian Salad is a bright kelly green, holographic nail polish. It went on smoothly with full coverage in three coats. I was a little nervous because there was some bubble after doing the second and third coat but disappeared shortly after applying the topcoat which was done after these pictures were taken. Let me just say I love this shade of green alone. It is a nice bright "grassy" green that makes me think of shamrocks and St. Patricks Day. I think I know what polish I will be wearing then! Anyways, It has some green microglitter in it as well. When you are not in the sunlight it looks like a shimmery green, but in direct sunlight the holographic beauty comes out in full force. The holo-rainbow is beautiful! This can be purchased on etsy in the Pretty and Polished store http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyandPolished. Tell me what do you think. Is it out of this world?? Sorry, couldn't help but be a little corny.

Forgive the dry skin, I was out and about trying to get some sunlight and I had no lotion. Ugh, hideous!

 This is one coat.

 I have four more polishes from Pretty and Polished and will be posting those reviews soon!
This was purchased by me for review.