China Glaze It's A Trapeze Swatch And Review

I'm in for a long haul tonight with the LO, she's up and not wanting to sleep, most likely because she's stuffed up.  I was hoping to organize my stash tonight, but that's never going to happen with the way my life has been lately.  I've been wanting to get an Alex but I can't make it to Ikea with LO in tow and still manage to load it into my car.  One can dream though!

I have tonight a commercial crelly glitter by China Glaze called It's A Trapeze, from the Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away collection.  This was released last winter and I kept forgetting that I had it my stash(aka kitchen).  Its got multi sized and mult color hex glitter in a white crelly base.  In comparison to similar indie glitters, I found the formula to be severely lacking.  The formula was very watery and sheer, and it kept wanting to pool along the sides of my nails and flooding my cuticles.  I had to dab some of the polish on to even out the pooling, so I ended up using about two and half coats for this mani.  It didn't dry gritty or matte, so all it needed was a layer of SH Insta Dri to hasten drying.

China Glaze It's A Trapeze

China Glaze It's A Trapeze

China Glaze It's A Trapeze

China Glaze It's A Trapeze

China Glaze It's A Trapeze

The end result might be worth the hassle of the formula though... I really love the pop of color against the white base.  I suppose if you have more patience than I do, you can get this applied more easily than I did.  Have you tried this one yet?

Hard Candy Crush On Tin Swatch And Review

So did everyone have a great April Fools day?  Anyone pull off a prank or get taken by one?  I really loved the Zoya Grassy Nails and almost believed it, especially with the increase of textured nails.  Scrangie had my loling for a bit as well with her post, and I liked that she was able to poke fun at herself for taking such a long haitus from blogging.

I have a swatch tonight of Hard Candy Crush On Tin from their Crushed Chrome Collection.  I think that collection may be my favorite of all the Hard Candy collections that were released, but overall, the all the new polishes are truly amazing and innovative for a mainstream brand.  Way to go HC for doing their research! 
Crush On Tin, a tobacco-y bronze fleck black polish, doesn't seem to be getting as much love as some of the other polishes, and so I wanted to show you how pretty it can be.  Initially I thought it would be another dupe for a Englands Beauty Never Fails or China Glaze Immortal, but instead it surprised me because it has not just the bronze flecks but silver flecks as well in the blackened base.  In daylight, the colors play off each other and reflect green and orange.  It's really a very complex polish.  I used two super easy coats - the formula was really amazing for being only $3.99.  No pooling or dragging, it was nice and buttery.  I finished with a layer of Poshe to hasten drying.

Hard Candy Crush On Tin

Hard Candy Crush On Tin

Hard Candy Crush On Tin

Hard Candy Crush On Tin

Hard Candy Crush On Tin

I really liked this shade and I think it's the sleeper of the entire collection.  I hope more people start to give this shade some recognition and pick it up, it's just too pretty to miss.  Which color is your favorite from the new Hard Candy releases?  If you're interested in picking some up, they're now available on the Wal-Mart website.