Nail A College Drop Out: November 2016

KBShimmer Winter/Holiday 2016 Collection Partial Swatch & Review

Wednesday, November 23, 2016nail a college drop out

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The holiday season is in full swing and so are the winter/holiday nail polish collections. Up now are my pics from the KBShimmer Winter/Holiday 2016 Collection.

Holly Back Girl

Multi-size red & green glitter disbursed throughout a milky white base.

3 coats. Probably better suited to topped over an opaque white crème.

Take Me For Granite

Multi-size black, white, and silver glitter suspended in a concrete gray base.

4 coats. Could be two of layered over a gray crème.

Yeti Or Not

A pale gray polish packed with iridescent glitter. You'll need a layer or two of top coat for a smooth finish. or go for a more textured looked and do without it.

4 coats. The base was very thick, applied patchy. I ended up needing to add nail polish thinner.

Bling On The New Year

I'm gonna use the description right from the press release for this one because it is so dead on. "This party polish features colorful flakes in pinks, greens, gold, and blues dancing among silver holo glitter and metallic flakes."

2 coats. I absolutely love this polish. If only the first three lacquers in this post had such a smooth application, I'd love them too!

Whiskey Business

This shade is packed golden with metallic flakes and a scattering of micro holo glitter,

2 coats. The same smooth formula as Bling On The New Year.

The Holy Kale

Green linear holo is just plain beautiful.

3 thin coats.

Just Duvet It

This deep purple shimmer contains scattered holographic glitter. May want to consider a drop of nail polish thinner. Be careful about dragging when applying the first 1-2 coats.

3 coats.

Soot and Ladders

Black jelly base with blue, green, and purple micro flakes suspended throughout.

3 coats.

If you missed the press release for the entire 16-piece collection click HERE.

KBShimmer’s Holiday/Winter Collection will be available November 1, 2016, for $9.25 at KBShimmer.com, Amazon, and select salons & retailers. For sales outside the U.S., visit www.harlowandco.org

My favorites are Bling On The New Year & Whiskey Business. What are yours? Let's connect in the comments.

Tune in. Drop out. Love polish.

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China Glaze Swatch

China Glaze Rebel Swatch & Review

Tuesday, November 15, 2016nail a college drop out

Press Sample
Fall semester is almost over and I'll finally be able to sleep again! Oh and paint my nails! Anyway, in the meantime, I've got a swatch and review of the China Glaze Rebel collection for fall 2016.

With my shortage of free time, the quickest and most efficient way to swatch this 12-piece is the same way I do my comparison posts, on swatch sticks.

Teen Spirit

A dark ink blue with fine metallic flecks of blue, green, and purple.

Two coats.

Heroine Chic

China Glaze describes this as a sultry chocolate crème with flecks of red shimmer. While I do co-sign the flecks of red shimmer part of that description, this is definitely closer to a dark griege with micro copper flecks and not chocolate.
3 coats.

Y'all Ready for This

Your standard warm red shimmer.
1 coat.

Holo At Ya Girl!

Another one of those China Glaze descriptions I just don't understand. "Green-gold holographic glitter[?]" Hmm. Must be more than one definition for a holographic nail polish.
1 coat. This is definitely meant as a glitter topper.

Jagged Little Teal

A dark teal créme. The formula is a bit thick on this one, but workable.
2 coats.

Fresh Princess

Your typical baby pink créme. Has the same formula as Jagged Little Teal
2 coats.

Don't mesh With Me

A Sheer lavender shimmer. Another topper.
2 coats.

Blue Ya!

A Sapphire blue with green shimmer.
2 coats.

Combat Blue-ts

A matte, royal blue. The only matte in the entire collection by the way. Honestly, truly, I wouldn't be mad if China Glaze did a full collection of just mattes.
2 coats.

Pearl Jammin'