China Glaze Kicks Collection 2009 (Part 3)

My last installment of this entire collection, yeah! (From Left to Right: Sky High-Top 722, Custom Kicks 721, Entourage 719, Paper Chasing 720)

"Sky High-Top" has a mild bright blue shimmer and is semi bright medium blue color and is darker blue on the nail then it looks in the photo.

"Custom Kicks" has a gold shimmer and is a turquoise green-blue color which looks more blue in the photo then it really is as it's really a teal shade.

"Entourage" has a mild blue-green shimmer and is a lima bean green color.

"Paper Chasing" has a green shimmer and is a Christmas tree green color in the bottle and goes on a bit lighter then it appears.

My fave color of these would have to be "Entourage" which seems to be the fave of most people from this entire 12 piece collection, it just has an interesting appeal to it. "Sky High-Top" seems to be the main one people purchase but it's a bit disappointing on and others seem to agree, perhaps a matte topcoat may make it a more favorable color. My second fave is "Custom Kicks" because it has a nice aqua feel to it and it's really the only one of this collection that has a gold shimmer.

China Glaze Kicks Collection 2009 (Part 2)

Here are 3 swatches from this collection, which I ended up putting all 3 colors on one thumb (I ran outta fingers to swatch them individually, hah). (From Left to Right: Laced Up 726, B-Girlz 725, Its Poppin' 724)

"Laced Up" is a matte pale-ish pink color which looks a bit purple looking in the photo which it really isn't.

"B-Girlz" has a pink shimmer and is a smidge darker then "Laced Up" but still fairly similar.

"Its Poppin'" has a pinkish red shimmer and is a few shades darker on and more vibrant pink then "B-Girlz".

My fave color out of these 3 would probably be "Laced Up" just because I feel it's a happier color (it calls to me! haha) and more versatile to play with using other colors. I bet "It's Poppin'" might be a better color with a matte topcoat applied.

China Glaze Kicks Collection 2009

As I mentioned wayyy back I do have this entire collection which consists of 12 colors in total. So finallyyyy here are the pics and paint swatches I did on myself (sorry bout my sloppy paint job). BTW, these photo's do not have a topcoat, I just swatched each nail once with the polish.(From Left to Right: Sneaker Head 727, Breakin' 730, Oh How Street it is 728, Style Wars 729, Fly 723)

"Sneaker Head" is a matte reddish pink color with a very slight orange tint once applied.

"Breakin'" has a gold shimmer and is a pale-ish orange yellow color which doesn't seem as sparkly in person as the photo nor does it really look like a mustard color like in the bottom photo.

"Oh How Street it is" is a matte red-orange color which is very similar to "Style Wars" which is a tad more on the orange side.

"Fly" has a reddish pink shimmer and is a fuchsia/purple type color which looks more purple in the photo than it really is in person and it goes on looking a bit darker than what it does in the bottle.

Out of these 5 here "Fly" would be my first fave pick and then "Sneaker Head". Since "Oh How Street it is" and "Style Wars" are super similar I'd probably go with "Oh How Street it is" if I had to pick one of the two. Stay posted to my blog for the rest of the colors ;)

Busy Working

Work has been crazy busy for the past several weeks/months, even with 3 days off I've just been feeling exhausted on 6hrs of sleep a night (I have weird sleep patterns). I recently discovered I should be making a dollar more at work but due to lack of my Leads ability to keep up with everyones yearly evaluations I've been getting short changed and apparently I'm not the only one. Random pic at work, fiddling with an inboard skew sensor for an airplane :P

MAC Naked Honey ES Collection Dupes

Leave it to me to find affordable local drugstore dupes because I just tracked down MAC's new Naked Honey eyeshadow collection. This MAC collection only consists of 3 colors and 2 of them are currently sold out. Low and behold among the isles of CVS I came across 2005's Almay Intense i-Color Shadow Trio, For Hazels (Gee, your so original MAC and several years behind, LOL). So Almay's eyeshadow quality may not be as great as MAC but compare Almays $7.42 to MAC's $14.40 for each eyeshadow ($43.20 in total before tax, which means I could buy almost 6 sets of this Almay palette, plus Almay is more likely to go on sale and be even cheaper).

Top Photo's are the Mac set, Bottom Photo's are the Almay set

Here are a few more dupes I was able to find for these 3 colors.

MAC's eyeshadow, Crème De Miel = MAC eyeshadow, Nylon = L'Oreal HIP Shocking Shadow Pigments, Restless = Milani, Classic Beige = Too Faced, Glamazon = NYX eyeshadow, Vanilla Sky = Milani, Classic Beige

MAC's eyeshadow, Pollinator = MAC eyeshadow, Gleam = MAC's eyeshadow, Paradisco = Flirt! Feeling Hot

MAC's eyeshadow, Buckwheat = MAC eyeshadow, Tempting = Coastal Scents, 28 neutral palette = Go eyeshadow, Frosted Bronze = Urban Decay eyeshadow, Smog

MAC's eyeshadow, Pollinator & Buckwheat = TOO FACED eyeshadow duo, George Weezie*Bonus* For my lips I used Avon Glazewear in Mirage. The lip liner on my bottom lip is Loreal Colour Riche in Beyond Pink.