Essie Shine Of The TImes

This color is fantastic.  I have been so jealous of those people who have Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasures, by the time I knew about it, it was no longer selling in stores.  Now, thanks to Essie and Walgreens, I have a color like it in my aresenal.  Shine Of The Times is part of the Luxeffects Collection; it was very hard to capture the color change when painted alone, so I painted it over a China Glaze Crimson and you can see more the green, pink and orange undertones.  So cool.  I have it painted alone in three coats and one coat over Crimson.

Orly Winter Wonderland

This color is in between sheer and opaque.  It's a pretty, white glitter from Orly's 'Tis The Season Collection.  Painted in three coats for picture.

China Glaze Tinsel

It's a silver sparkle.  Not opaque, great for layering.  It's from China Glaze Loves You Snow Much Collection.  Here it is in three coats.

Piñata-Yada-Yada

Multi-fleck glitters are certainly quite popular.  I'm just glad Ulta has made a knock off so I don't have to pay an arm and a leg.  This is a nice layering polish to add some fun to any manicure.  I have painted it here in three coats and you can see there is plenty of space for polish to shine through.

China Glaze CG In The City

I was drawn to the sparkles in this polish, and unfortunately was a bit disappointed in the result.  I thought this color from China Glaze's Metro Collection was going to be more opaque.  It's pretty, but more for layering, I think.  The polish has a purple, silver hue.  My pink nails might have impacted the pictures.  Three coats are shown.

Color Club Very Merry Berry

What?!?  My local Sally's carrying Color Club?  That rarely happens.  This is a seasonal collection, and above that, scented.  It's from the Scent-suous collecion.  It is a great layering polish and the scent is pretty nice (though I have found with most smelly polishes is that they only last about a day).  I painted three coats for pictures.

China Glaze Snow Globe

When I saw the promotional pictures for China Glaze's Let It Snow, I knew this was one of the polishes I was going to pick up.  So many options with a nice, clear, iridescent glitter.  It is just as I hoped in person.  I worry like most glitter polishes do it will get clumpy, but for now, it has a nice application and great effect.  I am showing it here in three coats.  Enlarge the bottle photo to see all the colors in this polish.

Ulta After Party

I feel like this is one of my original colors in my vast collection of polishes. Like when my collection had 30 polishes and not 200. But since it was an original, it dried up and needed replacing. It's a great holiday, winter-esqe color because of the silver and red sparkles. It's pretty dense and very sparkly (especially after a top coat-which is not used in these photos). I've painted three coats for the pics.