China Glaze Haunting 2011

Here are my swatches for China Glaze's Haunting Collection. This is their Halloween(if you couldn't tell  by the name :) ) collection for 2011. 

It's Alive : An olive/dark green base with green micro glitter and small light green hexagonal glitters. 

I love this color! I love the way it looks on me and the how it looks in the sun. This was opaque in two coats.

Near Dark: a khaki/olive green jelly. This was opaque in two coats. 

I know you like that balding :D I was in a rush, lol. 

Haunting: A dark charcoal base with tons and tons and tons of silver micro shimmer. 

I can't decide if this is or It's Alive is the star of this collection.. They will be co-stars :) I like them both so very much. 

Crimson: A rich plum jelly. This was opaque in two coats. 

I really enjoyed this color, I can see myself reaching for this all fall long. 

I did not picture Ghoulish Glow.. simply because I could not get it dark enough and then my camera was like.. uhmm NO! :) 

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Polish Haul and I need to start saving my money :)

I'm pretty sure I have too many hauls :) Every time I turn around I'm buying more polish, lol. This particular haul took place at Rite-Aid and Sally's.

Pumpkin Polishes(glow in the dark and black light and glitters)
Halloween make up

 I was so exited to see these pumpkin polishes.. they are so adorable!

This display had glitter body cream as well. 

Julie G by Jesse's Girl polish collection!! 

L to R: Stiletto, Party Dress, and Mermaid's Lagoon

Stiletto is a nude taupe with silver shimmer
Party Dress is a red/burnt sienna type color
Mermaids Lagoon is a teal/blue with gold shimmer.

Un-named Pumpkin Polish This is a clear base with
small hexagonal holographic glitter and
half-mooned shaped holographic glitter. 

Call You Later: A clear base with micro green and gold glitter,
also larger(but still micro) green circular glitter.

I've been seeing Facets of Fuchsia everywhere! In magazines,
online, but wasn't able to find it in any stores. Boy was I
surprised when I walked into a local Walgreens and saw it! 

Facets of Fuchsia: A black base with fuchsia/purple micro glitter
also medium hexagonal fuchsia/purple glitter.

Blue Mosaic: A clear base absolutely chock full of
baby blue and silver micro glitter, also medium
silver and green hexagonal glitter

At Sally's right now, if you buy two China Glaze polishes
you will get a free pair of lashes.

China Glaze glitters from the Metro Collection

CG in the city: A lilac base with micro lilac and silver
glitter.

Skyscraper: A periwinkle/blue base with
periwinkle/blue and silver micro glitter.

Midtown Magic: A ruby/wine base with olive green/gold
micro glitter.

Orly's new Mineral FX Collection. I loved their Cosmic FX
collection so I was super excited about this!

Rock Solid: A charcoal grey base with silver shimmer and
holographic micro glitter.

Rock-It: A red/wine base with red/gold duo-chrome shimmer.

Rock the world: A purple berry base with purple/green/gold
duo-chrome shimmer.

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Haul time!

Here in Louisiana I have to drive pretty far just to buy a bottle of China Glaze or OPI. So I do a lot of polish shopping online. That is where I found China Glaze's Haunting collection. 

I had to use two different e-tailers, but all was good in wonderland when both shipments arrived in just two days. I used 8ty8beauty.com, and head2toebeauty.com. 

 Left to Right: 'Near Dark' - a deep forest green, creme/almost jelly finish

'Haunting' - a black base chock full of micro silver glitters, glitter finish

And 'Crimson' - a rich dark plum, creme finish

 Left to Right: 'It's Alive' - a green base with micro yellow/green glitters with medium hexagonal green glitters, glitter finish.

'Near Dark', Crimson', 'haunting', 

and lastly,  'Ghoulish Glow' - a glow in the dark polish.

Just now realized that 'Near Dark' has my dogs spilled medicine on it! Sorry :/

About an hour away there is a small Walmart/farm and country type of store called Alco. This time while visiting.. I saw..well.. a couple of things I wanted :D

First up we have three of the four polishes from OPI's 2011 Miss Universe Collection

 From left to right: 'Swimsuit...Nailed it!' - a blue/teal base with blue shimmer. It is a shimmer/foil finish.

'Congeniality is my middle name' - a deep red/fuchsia with pink/fuchsia glitter, shimmer finish.

'It's MY year' - a pink/purple base with pink/gold/purple duo-chrome glitter, glitter finish.

 Here we have 'Sahara Sapphire' - a blue/purple pearl, with an almost metallic finish. 

 Next up is 'Black Satin' - a dark charcoal base with silver and black shimmer. With a metallic finish.

 From the Stranger Tides collection of 2011 we have 'Stranger Tides' and 'Skull & Glossbones'. I'm sure I don't need to explain these two :)

 The display on these next five was called Pinkcitment. All of these colors were brought from other already existing collections. 

 'Shorts Story' - a bubble gum creme finish.

         'Don't know...Beets Me!' - a raspberry creme finish

'ElePhantastic Pink' - a coral pink creme finish

'La Paz-itively Hot' - a coral pink shimmer finish

'You're a pisa work' - a dark pink creme finish

I also picked up Sally Hansen's 'Nude Now' - a light nude shimmer finish.

So that's all for this haul! Thanks for reading! Have a great day!