Color Club - Antiquated

Hello there! Gosh, it's been a while, hasn't it? I've had a really busy month and as a result, not much time to blog. I'm trying to get back on track now though and this is a great polish to do it with.

Antiquated is a really lovely gold foil, definitely cool toned. It almost looks like a rose gold on my nails. I really love a good gold foil and this is a great one! The finish is almost mirror like, not streaky, and it goes on really nicely in 2 coats without being patchy or sheer. This went through a fairly heavy wear test as I wore it on a vacation to Las Vegas during which I did a decent amount of heavy lifting and carrying and it made it through with only a handful of small chips. Foils always seem to wear really well, so I like to put them on when I know it'll be a little while before I can change my polish. I have a few more foils from this collection and I'm looking forward to trying them.

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China Glaze - Midnight Kiss

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm late. It's been a busy but good week. This polish gave me enough sparkle to help me through. :) Midnight Kiss is a really fun, simple color, a good solid champagne gold foil. I don't think it's terribly unique but it's a really nice color anyways. This was 2 nice, smooth coats. Foils are one of my favorite finishes but they can be unforgiving if you have ridged nails. I always buff mine a little once a week or so to keep my ridges down, but if you don't want to buff you can also wear a ridgefiller. This is from last year's holiday collection, just like Peace on Earth. I think holiday collections are my favorite since they usually have a lot of green and gold and I love both those colors. :) My nails are finally growing back to a point where I'm okay with them. I can't stand seeing my nails shorter than my fingertips so this is juuuust enough to make me happy. I might keep them slightly shorter this time around, but we'll see.

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Nicole by OPI - Sea How Far You Go

Sea How Far You Go is a great, great shade recently released by Nicole by OPI. It's an olive gold or old gold, really wonderful color. It's somewhat similar to Zoya Jules, but Jules has a taupe base with gold shimmer while SHFYG is olive gold with gold shimmer. Jules reminds me more of a golden oyster and SHYFG is more of, well.. old gold! This was 3 coats.

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Sally Hansen - Emerald City

Sally Hansen polishes can be quite the mouthful sometimes.. This is Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Emerald City with tips painted in Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Gilty Pleasure. Whew! These are my school spirit nails, we're having a bunch of celebrations all week and I thought I'd do my part. :) Emerald City is a very pretty green, similar to Finger Paints Sketch n Etch that I reviewed earlier. It went on nicely in two coats. Gilty Pleasure was, as usual, a pleasure (haha) to work with! These tips are one coat.

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Sally Hansen - Gilty Pleasure

Here's another pedicure picture. This is Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Gilty Pleasure. It's a nice antiqued gold metallic that looks like your nails got dipped in gold! I've only worn this on my fingers once because I like it much better as a pedicure polish.

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