New China Glaze Glitters at Sally's Beauty Supply!

Hello everyone! I am so sorry I haven't been around. My mother, my husband, and my grandfather have all been having health issues, and I'm just been an emotional wreck. Added to that, when I started blogging it was getting close to finals week, and I'm enough of a wreck during that time anyway. Adding anything onto school stress just kills me. Please forgive me!

Since this weekend Sally's had the deal 50% off red tag clearance and buy one get one China Glaze, I have been stalking Sally's all weekend buying up all of the China Glazes they are getting rid of. I needed another polish to be able to get the BOGO deal, so I went to the normal collection and looked around and saw 7 new glitters (I only bought 6, going to need to go out and get the silver). They're all new and the lady behind the counter told me they were BRAND new and she had just put them out. I am so excited to share them with you!

First up is Star Hopping. This is a BEAUTIFUL polish. I can't even. It's a deep blue jelly base with blue hexes, gold and teal micro glitter, and holographic micro glitter. This is such a stunner in the sun and it is so hard to photograph. This was the first one I plucked off the shelf and I guarded it with my life. This was 2 coats, and it was completely opaque! 

This pretty pink glitter is You're Too Sweet. It is just a fine mix of light pink and holographic micro glitter. On my index and middle finger I did two coats of You're Too Sweet, and you can see that it is just not packed enough to be opaque. It is a VERY thin formula, definitely base heavy, so it is meant to be a topper. I did one coat of it over China Glaze's Dance Baby on my ring and pinkie, and it think it looks VERY pretty. Almost like a fairy dust but with pink added in. 

This next one is Pick Me Up Purple. In the shade this looks so metallic and awesome. It is a mix of purple and holographic micro glitter, and then a slightly bigger circle holographic glitter. This one is absolutely amazing, and I got full coverage on 2 coats. I can't even tell you how gorgeous this glitter was. 

This is Turn Up The Heat. This is a GORGEOUS berry/magenta/pink jelly base with a mix of light pink circle glitters and light pink and magenta micro glitters. This one is so pretty and it practically just glowed on my skin tone. So beautiful. This was opaque on 2 think coats, and the jelly base gave so much depth with all the glitters in it. 

This one is Can You Sea Me?. This is a mix of blue micro glitter and bigger holographic hex glitters. I really thought this one would be my favorite, but it was kind of a let down. It really reminded me off Gone Gonzo by OPI, but with holographic glitter instead of just plain silver. Still, it's very pretty, but not my favorite. My index and middle finger have 2 coats of Can You Sea Me? and my ring and pinkie have one coat over Putting on Airs by Wet n Wild. 

This one is Counting Carats. This one has gold micro glitter, a sparse amount of holographic micro glitter, and then larger gold hex glitters. This is a great glitter, and I really enjoy it. I did 2 coats, and honestly, had a hard time telling there was bald spots. I only really noticed when I took the pictures with flash. This one isn't that holographic, you really need to get it in the right lighting to see the holographic particles, but when you do it is beautiful. Either that or my camera was just being weird, which is likely as possible. 

Over all, I really loved these glitters. I'm going to run out tomorrow and grab the silver I left behind, and update the blog with that one when I grab it. I really hope you enjoyed these swatches, and I hope your Sally's has these so you can pick them up! 

New China Glaze: EverGlaze extended wear system in What's the Coral-ation?

Last night I received an email from Sally's with the March deals. I scrolled down hoping for nail polish deals and saw a buy 2 get a topcoat free, but it was for the China Glaze EverGlaze system. Being the extremely curious person I am I quickly drove 30 minutes to my nearest Sally's and evaluated all of the polishes. The polishes are NOT dupes for any existing china glaze colors in the regular line, and they are all unique with unique names. I picked up two of them, one of them being "What's the Coral-ation?", which naturally I had a soft spot for because my Corgi's name is Coral.
Now, this system is meant to leave your nails like you've basically had shellac done, but without the need for the UV light. The specially made topcoat for these polishes is supposed to work the same way as a topcoat cured under UV light would. The claim on these polishes is that they will last 10 days with no chips, hence the "extended wear".

What's the Coral-ation? is an absolutely stunning coral, which leans a little more orange than pink. In some of the pictures you can see this beautiful silver shimmer running through it, but it was very hard to capture that same shimmer on the nail. It is visible in person though, but I guess the lighting just dulled it out enough where my camera couldn't pick it up.
I did NOT use a base coat with this, because with this EverGlaze system, there is no base coat. I used 3 thin coats of What's the Coral-ation?, and then a thicker layer of the top coat (mostly because it's a little thicker than normal polish). The polish dried decently fast, but I had some problems with bald spots with this color. I think I just didn't wait long enough for it to dry completely before applying the next coat, so if you're careful, I believe you can get away with 2 coats for this polish. I wrapped my tips in polish, because on their website they tell you to do so, which it's not something I normally do.

I know A LOT of people will be excited about this: the brushes are wider! They're not the typical China Glaze brush, which a lot of people complain is too thin (I don't personally care). I really liked the application of both the top coat and the polish itself, but it is a little thicker than a normal China Glaze formula, so be warned, but I do believe it was meant to be that way.


I am going to leave this polish on for 10 days and give you guys and update on how the wear and tear went down with this polish. I'm actually really loving it so far, and I'm curious to see how it holds up. I'm a pre-medicinal biology student, so I'm constantly working with chemicals, washing my hands, taking gloves on and off, etc, so I definitely get some good wear and tear in that area.


These are available (as far as I know) only at Sally's. The girl stocking the shelves said she had literally just put them up a few hours before I got there because they had just got them in. This might mean your Sally's might not have them right away, but I would keep checking back. So far, I really like them, and they might just have me hooked on this line too!


UPDATE
This polish lasted me a whole 7 days! For me, that's a huge number. I am constantly using my hands and I am pretty rough on them, going back and forth from hot conditions to cold, etc, especially when I'm working in the chemistry lab. This polish didn't chip off, or show any signs of chipping, until I broke a nail, and obviously the polish came off with it (to be expected). This polish exceeded my expectations and so much more, and I have since went out and bought a few more colors. If you would like pictures or maybe a video, I can try and get them up for you! Just let me know! :)