China Glaze: Cha Cha Cha (Island Escape Collection)

Happy Monday my friends.  I hope all you mother's had a great mother's day and I hope everyone else treated their mom to something nice! 

It's finally starting to be nice out here. We still have some really cold days and tons of rain but it's been getting better. I am doing a "Boot Camp" with some of the girls from work on Mon, Wed. and Thurs. We're working our butts off to get in shape. Last week was week one of four, I was so sore! Today kicks off week two! Wish me luck!!!

Today I have a color from China Glaze's Island Escape collection to share with you.  This is Cha Cha Cha which China Glaze describes as a "vivacious shimmer green."  It reminds me of sour green apple Blow Pops!  It's a vibrant green apple green with shimmer.  


While I love this color I don't love it on my nails. I can't see many occasions for me to break out the crazy green shimmer but it's got a place in my Helmer nonetheless. 


The formula on this one was okay but I needed three coats for full opacity. I think it's more opaque than some of the other colors in the Island Escape collection but it's very sheer on the first two coats. It might even benefit from four.  Other than opacity I didn't have any issues with application. It was not streaky at all just sheer.

Did you pick this one up or are you skipping it? 

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy.

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Essie: Sand Tropez

Hi everyone! I've been so bad at posting lately! I am so sorry!!! I suck! Today I have an Essie color to share. I haven't really posted many Essie polishes lately, so why not!?

This is Essie's Sand Tropez which is from their redesigned drugstore available line.  So the bottle is different (read cheap looking) and the color name is on a sticker on top of the handle.  I got this at CVS. I only bought it because I had some coupons because I am annoyed that CVS has these for $8.75. What the hell is that? When Essie was Salon only its   MSRP was $8. So why is it more expensive now that it's in CVS and Wal-mart. Not cool. I really resent that!

Oh well. This color is a nice taupe/gray nude color. It's different from all of the taupes out there but it leans towards being just another gray to me. In the bottle it looks more brownish but on my nails it's def. just another light gray. I love colors like this but I don't need 40 bottles of the same color. I suppose it is ever so slightly differnent than the grays in my collection but it's not 100% unique. Oh well. 

Formula was good. It was fully opaque in two coats and went on with no issues. The Essie brush is very small so don't expect to do the old 3 swipe application with this one. That's really the only thing.

So are you a fan of Sand Tropez? What do you think of the new, L'Oreal owned Essie? Do you see it in your drugstores? How are the prices near you? 

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NYX Girls: Between Mauve and Purple

Hi everyone!! I hope you're all having a nice week. Yesterday I started boot camp! No, not real boot camp but a 4 week 12 session workout program. I am going with some girls from work. I'm hoping it will jump start some weight loss for me. I felt great after workout one, so far so good!!! I am sure tomorrow will be more difficult.

Anyway on to the polish....

This beauty was in my Easter basket from my mom. Yes, I still get one! I love my mom! The color is NYX Girls, Between Mauve and Purple. It's a beautiful dusty medium purple color. Nothing particularly unique but really gorgeous! You know I am a sucker for purples!!!

This is my first NYX polish and I am impressed. I love NYX Cosmetics. They're great quality and affordable, so it's no shock that their nail polish would be excellent quality as well. I found the formula easy to work with and well pigmented. I only needed two coats for full opacity but it was pretty opaque in just one.  

What do you think of this color? Have you tried NYX nail polishes? What are your favorite shades?

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