Swatch of the Day Round Up Week Three

China Glaze

It's time for the weekly Swatch of the Day round up! This week I managed to stick to all China Glaze and even mostly stuck to the Capitol Colors collection. Overall though, the swatch of the day isn't about swatching specific colors or collections and I don't want to get too stuck into doing it that way but this one was just too gorgeous to not. Here we go with the colors!


 Monday I showed you another from The Giver collection. This one is Five Rules. It's a grungy grey reminiscent of OPI Skull and Glossbones. I think S&G has a little more of a greenish lean to it but I haven't swatched them side by side yet. Based solely on memory and online swatches from other bloggers I think they're pretty close!


Tuesday I went with this bright pastel magenta from the Electropop collection. This one is Sweet Hook. It's a purple/pink pastel with a bright punch to it. I loved this collection too. It was so vibrant but not super in your face. 


I went back to the Capitol Colors on Wednesday and showed you Dress Me Up. Meant to be a nod to the textile district from The Hunger Games, this one is a nice dusty rose color. It's pretty unique even if it's not spectacularly exciting and it looks great on my skin tone. I had forgotten how much I like this one!


Thursday we kept going with the Capitol Colors and I swatched Hook and Line. This is my absolute least favorite in the collection. I HATE frosty finishes on polish and they can be so finicky and streaky looking. I actually think they aren't THAT bad but the pearly streaks just look unfinished to me. I never liked this one for the district either. I mean sure it looks a little like a gross fish but I'd have loved to see something more blue toned for this district.


Friday I showed you Agro, which is a gorgeous shimmery olive green. This one has a very metallic type finish to it and it's ridiculously sparkly and shimmery. When you matte it you get a very velvety metallic finish. 


And finally on Saturday I swatched another metallic, shimmery Capitol Colors polish; Harvest Moon. I had to laugh a little when I picked this one up because I got Harvest Moon: Light Of Hope for my Switch for Christmas. I don't get a ton of time to play games but I've been squeezing it into my free time recently and it's tons of fun. So that's all I could think about when I swatched this! At any rate its a coppery foil polish and even though I don't typically dig orangey ones this one is another real stunner in person. 

I hope you enjoyed all the swatches this week! Which one was your favorite?

District 6


Another in my series of art for The Hunger Games! This one is for District 6, the transportation district. Part of the challenge is using the China Glaze capitol colors collection polish for the district as the base so while I do like these nails I think the base color doesn't super represent the district. Anyway I did some gears over the top for a fun, sort of transportation inspired look!

Colors Used:
China Glaze Fast Track
Zoya Mona
Stamp by Bundle Monster

District 3


This is another from my second go round with The Hunger Games. The base color, Riveting, is a nod to district 3, the technology district. So I decided to do some circuit board stamps over the top. I LOVE how the matte topcoat played off this color. It looks like it's literally lighting up. I wish I could wear this look forever! 

Colors Used:
China Glaze Riveting and Liquid Leather
Stamp by Bundle Monster 

Zoya Winter Holiday Holographic Trio



Today I have the winter holographic trio from Zoya to show you! One of these is a repeat, Brighton was already released with the Bridal collection awhile back. The other two are brand new though! The formula on these is your standard Zoya. They're a bit thin but easy to work with and all of them except Brighton were fully opaque with two coats. Brighton needed three but I've left the photos at two so you can see how close it is. :)


Brighton by Zoya can best be described as a full coverage, diamond holographic soft nude. I found this one just slightly less opaque than the other two. In some lights it looks whiter than others.





Zoya in Cadence can best be described as a full coverage, diamond holographic classic pink. This one has a jelly like finish and it's SUPER sparkly. 








Zoya in Everly can best be described as a full coverage, diamond holographic fuchsia red. This is my favorite of the three. I really didn't want to take it off! This is a perfect color for holiday parties! 




Which one is your favorite?



District 10


This is a fun look I did for my continuing Hunger Games repeat nail art series. I really loved this collection and I'm super happy to be going through it again! Foie Gras was a nod to district 10 which is the district for livestock. So I decided to put some cute animals on my nails for this look. And sticking with the matte because for some reason I'm loving it right now. ;)

Colors Used:
China Glaze Foie Gras and Moyou London White
Stamp by Moyou London

Can't see the snowman for the trees


Here's another quick look I did for Christmas.  I had some issues with the topcoat dragging the stamping on this one. Not sure if that's because the lines were so delicate or if I just didn't wait long enough to apply. But it was a fun sparkly look anyway!

Colors Used:
China Glaze Winter Holly 
Moyou London White
Stamp by Moyou London: Scandi plate 01 

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