Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2012

China Glaze Stone Cold

I love the Hunger Games polishes. Have I said that enough yet? Because I do. They're amazing. Stone Cold is no exception!
Named for District 2, it definitely has a look of granite. And I love a good shimmery matte! Plus, 1 coat for opacity? I'm sold. The only tricky part of this polish is that it dries SO fast! I was rushing, so a couple fingers didn't level out correctly, and I got a little messy in a couple places. I left these with no clean up or photo editing so you can see what it actually looked like for me!


And then, top coat:



I liked it matte, but I loved it shiny!

As a matte polish, it read to me "gray & shimmery," but shiny it read to me "black with a crapton of shimmer." I'm not sure why it felt darker after the top coat, but it definitely did. And the shimmer is seriously gorgeous. This is definitely one of the HG polishes I highly suggest you pick up.

Monday, January 2, 2012

OPI Wocka Wocka -- Matte!

My first mani of the new year isn't really; it's just a redux of the last mani from 2011! Because let's be honest: every glitter mani needs some matte love.


 

  First in the sun, then in the shade.



Like this, Wocka Wocka looks almost like velvet. I love it!