Hungry for Hunger Games?

Greetings from Disneyworld!  By the time you read this, I'll be hanging out at the Mouse's House.

I'll be at the World with my family, and while I'm gone, I hope to see "Hunger Games" with my sister-in-law.  We've both read the books and loved them.  (Who didn't?)  The China Glaze Hunger Games collection was pretty awesome; so awesome, in fact, that my Sally ran out pretty!  I only managed to get three of them.  In truth, the only one I still really want is Stone Cold.

Here we have Harvest Moon, which represents District 9:

 It's a delicious blend of bronze, brown and gold.  Quite lovely, really.  I don't follow "rules" about certain colors in certain seasons, but I still feel that this smacks SO hard of Fall, that I probably won't wear it much again until then.

Next up is Riveting, representing District 3:

 What can I say; it is...riveting!  It really is.  I feel like this sort of color should not look right on my pale, cool-toned skin, but I was VERY pleased.  I can only imagine that this would be flattering on most anyone, and that has GOT to be a rarity for an orange.

Last but not least, the "flaky" (more on that later), Luxe & Lush (District 1):

I feel that calling this a flakie is a bit of a misnomer.  I expect a flakie to sort of...blend into its basecoat, changing it and forming something totally new.  I compare this more to the randomly shaped mylar-type glitter topcoats that are becoming popular, especially among frankeners and independent lacquer mixers.  Flakie or no, it's captivating.  I've shown it over several different color families to show you what a versatile "effects" polish it can be, and unfortunately I can't remember what these base polishes are!  If you're very curious about one, let me know and I'm sure I can narrow it down.

All in all, I think this China Glaze did a fantastic job of coming up with colors that really represented the Districts of Panem.  This could have just been a random assortment of colors with names that were sort of reminiscent of the Hunger Games, but it isn't.  By the time you read this, many of you will have already seen the movie, and I hope it didn't let you down! 

May the odds be ever in your favour!

Truth in Advertising

After last week's Pink Wednesday tirade, isn't this refreshing...truth in advertising!  This is Cover Girl Rose Coral...

...and what can I say?  It's, um, rosy coral!  It is topped with a coat of Cover Girl Ruby Dust.  That's the gold sparklies that you see.  This is the first warm glitter coat I've ever owned, and though I didn't know I needed it, I'm glad I have it!  At only a dollar, this is a Big Lots WIN.

More Intimate!

I have decided that I don't care for swatching entire collections.  It takes too long!  I just lack the time and patience to swatch and remove, just for the heck of it.  When you guys see swatches, I've worn that color for at least one full day, and hopefully more.  So at that rate, it takes me at least a week to get through a six-color collection...longer if I wear polishes for more than one day, like normal people do.  Anyway, it's been a whiny, complainy week and I'm gonna stop now and show you some more pretty from the Zoya Intimate collection.

This would be Jules, an excellent reminder of why I don't wear gold.  I got lots of compliments on it that day, but it just struck me as "off" with my skintone.

Here's Dove.  I'm loving this color.  I know Sally Hansen has a grey that really IS called Concrete or something like that, but this color really and truly reminds me of concrete.  Weird to consider that pretty, but I do.  And it seemed extra concrete-like when it ended up bubbling like crazy!  Grr.

Gemma.  Terrible pictures, lovely color.  A green very similar to Essie Sew Psyched, but with the coolest faint blue flash.  Seriously, google it and look at somebody else's pictures.  Excuse the wear and chipping on the second picture...I kept waiting for some daylight to snap some photos.  These came about in the last few minutes of daylight on the third day!  Speaking of the third day, I'm surprised by the wear I got from this.  As you may have read, I'm not impressed with Zoya's durability.  I didn't do anything different with this manicure to try to make it last longer.  It just did!

Another reason you likely won't see many more full collection posts from me?  They cost too much to get the whole thing!  Thanks to Zoya for running a promo on the full Intimate collection.