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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

China Glaze Mahogany Magic and Foie Gras - Swatches and Review

Tonight I'm showing you the last two I bought from China Glaze's Capitol Colors Collection based on The Hunger Games: Mahogany Magic and Foie Gras. (Check out my reviews and swatches on Riveting, Agro, Stone Cold and Electrify and Harvest Moon as well!)

Mahogany Magic is a very rich, warm brown creme representing Panem's District 7, the Lumber District. The application was fine but a bit different from others in this collection so the trick is THIN coats and be careful not to overload your brush. Two coats for full opacity. I wasn't sure how this would do with my skin-tone, being yellow based, but I LOVE it! As usual, all photos show no top coat and no clean up.

China Glaze Mahogany Magic

And finally, Foie Gras...

Foie Gras is what I call one of "MY" colors! It's a taupe creme with purple undertones and reminds me a lot of some of my favorites like China Glaze Below Deck and Zoya Petra and falls smack in between those two - not quite as dark as Petra and not quite as light as Below Deck. It's lovely and application was perfect. Two coats for full opacity. I believe this one represents Panem's Livestock District, District 10.

I've had a few people ask me if it's similar to Mahogany Magic. The answer is NO. Not even close. I've left Mahogany Magic on my ring finger to show just how totally different they are.

China Glaze Foie Gras (w/Mahogany Magic on ring finger)

Every time I put on a polish from this collection, I find myself saying "no, THIS one is my favorite!" I really can't decide which I like the most. Just because it's my favorite nail color, I'm probably going with Foie Gras. I'm just a sucker for that shade even though I probably have 30 similar ones by now. In my opinion, each one is different though!

I didn't (yet) pick up Dress Me Up, Fast Track, Hook and Line, Luxe and Lush or Smoke and Ashes from this collection, but I'm already second-guessing that decision on a couple of them.

What do you think of these two? Which is your favorite of the whole collection?

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

China Glaze Electrify and Harvest Moon - Swatches and Review

More of China Glaze's Capitol Colors Collection! And a glitterbomb, to boot...for all you glitter-lovers out there. Check out my reviews and swatches on Riveting, Agro and Stone Cold as well!

Electrify is equal portions of medium-sized gold and red glitter pieces in a clear base. This is denser than I anticipated and is opaque in two coats.

Harvest Moon is a shiny metallic copper with red, orange and gold shimmer. This one is really pretty and I'll need to do a post with it by itself eventually - when I do a fully manicure with it. It's really a standout, in my opinion. Application was great and I used two coats with no issues.

I was going to use Harvest Moon as a base for Electrify, but as you will see in the photos, a base isn't needed with Electrify. The cuticle area does look better with the "underwear" though. All photos are with no clean up.

Showing you Harvest Moon on the index finger and the middle finger, though you can't see it under the glitter except at the cuticle area. I've used one coat of Electrify over Harvest Moon on the middle finger and two coats of Electrify alone on the ring and pinky fingers.

China Glaze Harvest Moon and Electrify

China Glaze Electrify

So that's one of my favorites (Harvest Moon) and probably my least favorite (Electrify) in one post. I had no issues with Electrify, it's just not "my" color and I'm not a huge glitter-lover.

What do you think of them?

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

China Glaze Riveting - Swatches and Review

Riveting, one of China Glaze's Capitol Colors Collection (based on The Hunger Games books) is a bright, fiery, flashy orange full of golden shimmer befitting the "girl on fire" - Katniss Everdeen, heroine of the Hunger Games. I'm not sure if it represents one of the districts, possibly District 3, the Technology District?

Whatever it represents, it's definitely RIVETING!

The application was good, but it was a bit on the thin side. I've used 2 coats here and as you can see in the last photo, I could have used three to eliminate the visible nail line.

China Glaze Riveting

Eye-popping, yes?

What do you think of it? Are you a fan of oranges?

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

China Glaze Stone Cold - Swatches and Review

Yesterday I showed you Agro from China Glaze's Capitol Colors Collection for Spring 2012. Today I have Stone Cold from the same collection.

This one was inspired by District in the nation of Panem - the masonry district. If this is you right now:

...then you obviously haven't read The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. You really REALLY need to read them. They're VERY fast reads and the movie will be out soon, so as Nike would say, Just Do It!

This one was a surprise because it's matte! Well I wasn't really surprised because I'd already been to some of my favorite bloggers looking for swatches, so I knew it, but I don't think it was mentioned in any of the pre-release PR. I am surprised that I love it though! Just describing a charcoal grey dull matte finish polish, it doesn't sound very nice, but photos prove otherwise!

Here I am showing it with ONE COAT and no top coat:

China Glaze Stone Cold

And you KNOW I had to see what it looked like with a top coat...so I put a Poshe top coat on two nails to show the contrast.

China Glaze Stone Cold

It's really lovely either way, but that top coat really brings out the hidden inner beauty, IMO. This is probably as close to wearing "black" that I will ever get.

What do you think? Do you like mattes?

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China Glaze Agro - Swatches and Review

The Hunger Games inspired China Glaze's latest Collection - Capitol Colors. Once Lionsgate and China Glaze got everything sorted out, they were no longer called The Hunger Games Collection and the colors have been renamed. If you haven't read the trilogy yet, DO IT NOW. 1) They're awesome 2) They're quick reads and 3) The movie will be out soon.

I've been pretty busy lately, so I haven't been "all over" this collection, googling early swatches, etc. like I normally do. I knew I'd end up getting most of them though.

I ended up with seven of them: Foie Gras, Stone Cold, Riveting, Harvest Moon, Electrify, Agro and Mahogany Magic.

Tonight I'm showing you the one I was most excited about. Agro was inspired by Rue's home in District 11, the Agriculture District for the nation of Panem. Well, okay it was my first pick because it's GREEN.

It's an olive green with lots of shimmery goodness to give it interest. I'd say it's *almost* a metallic, but the formula and application are anything BUT typical metallic. I only used ONE coat of this beauty and got full opacity and zero streaks. It was a dream to apply, in spite of my swatch-weary manicure here. Any mistakes and imperfections are my fault and not the polish.

Shown here with one coat and no top coat.

China Glaze Agro

Have you picked up any of the Capitol Colors Collection yet? Which is your favorite?

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