China Glaze Highlight of My Summer

Hello everybody! Today I have China Glaze Highlight of my Summer to share with you. Now I've heard horror stories about the formula of this polish, as well as most of the other cremes in the Sun Sational Summer collection. Buttttt, I caved because the color was so gorgeous. I figured I can always try and work with it.

The trick to working with the formula is NOT to go over spots on the nails more than once and to do slightly thicker coats. Otherwise it will gloop and get gross and be a hot mess if you keep brushing over and over. If things get patchy, just wait until your first coat is dry and reapply another coat. I managed to get it opaque in 3 coats. Not the best, but workable.

What really made my manicure flawless was my HK Girl Topcoat by Glisten & Glow. I have heard rave reviews from countless bloggers about this topcoat and never bought it. Let me just tell you, this is my new holy grail topcoat. Goodbye Seche Vite (which I stopped using ages ago anyway), and goodbye Sally Hansen Insta-Dri. Hellooooo HK Girl :)

With my old topcoats after awhile they get bubbles in them or cause shrinkage or cause streaks. HK Girl made my nails super glossy and like glass haha no bubbles at all.

HK Girl topcoat is available at glistenandglow.bigcartel.com  for $6.95 plus shipping
I also got Highlight of my Summer from the same site for $5.00 plus shipping

Overall, the color was worth the work, and with the help of HK Girl, I have a fabulous summer manicure :)

-Liz

Color Club Angel Kiss from Halo Hues

It's been awhile since I've posted (hides in corner). Today I have Color Club Angel Kiss to share with you. I've been lusting after the Halo Hues collection for awhile and finally broke down and ordered myself one (along with a Catwoman comic, When in Rome) after a crap-tastic day at work. All I have to say is WOW. If unicorns, mermaids and fairies conspired to make a nail polish, this would be it. It is a gorgeous turquoise-light blue holo. One of the most intense holos I own. I literally cannot stop staring at my nails. When my boyfriend saw my nails his reaction was " O.O THAT NAIL POLISH IS MAGIC"

Here are some photos.

in the skylight in the house

indoors natural light

in my car haha

I will probably be picking up more shades from Halo Hues, what are your favorites from the collection?

Liz