Swatch of the Day Round-up; Week 3
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So I've kind of made the executive decision that on Sunday's I'm going to take a break from the Swatch of the Day. I have this round up post and then I also only have six slots to put pictures in AND it gives me a chance to show off new collections or artwork or whatever. So there will still be content to see it just won't be part of the swatch of the day. It should make it a lot easier to figure out how to do the round-up posts! Anyway this week I did a whole week of China Glaze and didn't add any other brands. Mostly this is because, having stumbled upon a polish which is not even pictured here, I remembered how much I absolutely LOVED the Capitol Colors collection and I decided to go through them again. So three of my seven this week are from that collection and next week will likely be a whole week of them. Anyway here we go!
On Sunday we went all the way back to 2011 for this gem from the Metro Collection. I had (possibly still have) quite a few from that collection and I remember it being a really nice release. But this one has sat mostly untried for YEARS. It's a shame too because it's just gorgeous. A deep burgundy base with gold and coppery flecks of glitter throughout. It's stunning matte as well (you can catch it bothw ways on my Ista!).
On Monday I showed you Winter Berry. This color comes from the 2011 Holiday collection. It's a pretty berry toned red cream. I'm not a huge fan of reds in general but this one is a little more pink leaning and looked great on my skin tone.
On Tuesday we stayed with the Christmas polishes and I showed you this absolute STUNNER Winter Holly which was from their 2012 Holiday collection. It's a gorgeous green full coverage micro glitter with gold glitter throughout.
Wednesday, with Christmas over I wanted to step away from the reds and greens so I grabbed this polish, also from the Metro collection. It's called Brownstone and it's pretty obvious why. It's a terracotta brick shade and I don't love it honestly. I probably bought it just to round out the collection and I'm not sure I've ever used it (I may have though). It's nice but not my thing.
Thursday I picked up Riveting, a magical glass fleck orange from the Capitol Colors collection. I really despise oranges and I always forget how drop dead gorgeous this one is. It's really amazing and it looks like your nails are lit from within. I didn't even want to take it off! But all good things come to an end and on Friday...
...we continued swatching the Capitol Colors with Fast Track. This one is a neutral base with some gold glass flecks through it. I always think this one is going to be so pretty on me and then when I swatch it my skin tone magically makes it into blech. It's still pretty but it starts to lean more tan/yellowy on my skin. I also have to say that when press originally started coming out about this collection the names given and the inspirations behind them were NOT the districts. This color, for example was listed as Cat Nip and it was meant to be a nod to Katniss. Which I can somewhat see (and somewhat not because what a blah color for a revolutionary). I don't get this AT ALL for a transportation district. Riveting, by the way was originally called Fire in Flight and was inspired by the Mockingjay. Anyway...
So we arrive at Saturday and we're STILL swatching Capitol Colors. This one is Foie Gras. It's a gorgeous mink brown cream. This one is representing District 10 which is the livestock district and I can get behind that. I mean it's brown. Foie gras is brown. It makes some sense. This one was originally a nod to Gale, and called Rebel. Which actually makes less sense than livestock so...it's hit or miss on them. lol. Anyway that's the weekly roundup! I won't be doing a swatch of the day today so that way next week we have six and they'll all fit neatly into my roundup frame and I won't have to worry about squeezing another one in somehow. :) Which color from this week was your favorite?
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