Nails of the Week: Canada Day Edition!

Happy Canada Day everyone! 

I don't usually do theme nails, but Canada Day is the exception. What better way to celebrate my favourite country's birthday than with a shiny new manicure?

I've already expressed my love for Color Club's Halo Hues collection (my favourite collection in years) and now I'm rediscovering a love for China Glaze's Tronica collection from 2011. 

I don't think I've worn 3D Fantasy before, but I have no idea why not because it's GORGEOUS!

Just look how pretty!

I couldn't take my eyes off it while I was out driving today. Here is a shot in direct sunlight while sitting in the car. (It was parked!)

So pretty!

Application was a dream and top coat didn't dull the holo effect. 

It's like little fireworks on my nails!

A macro shot of the scattered glitter.

A macro shot of that gorgeous, gorgeous holo.

Nail Polish of the Week(s): So Many Polishes, So Little Time...

It's been a (long) while since I updated my polishes of the week, so here is a picture dump of the manicures I haven't posted lately. 

Top left: Colour Club Halo Hues - Eternal Beauty & Beyond, top middle: Colour Club Halo Hues - Cerubic & Eternal Beauty, top right: Butter London Fiver & OPI Crown Me Already

Bottom Left: Orly Cotton Candy, Essie Mint Candy Apple, Colour Club Halo Hues - Halo-graphic, bottom middle: China Glaze Aquadelic, & Essie Mint Candy Apple, bottom right: Essie E-nuf is e-nuf

Top left: OPI Mariah Carey collection - Butterfly Moment top middle: Essie Butler Please, top right: Cosmetic Arts

Bottom Left: OPI Dutch Tulips, bottom middle: Colour Club Poptastic Collection - Poptastic, bottom right: Colour Club Poptastic Collection - Warhol

Colour Club Halo Hues Collection

Nail polish is my weakness.

Well, one of my weaknesses.

And holo polishes are my ultimate nail polish-related weakness.

It's like wearing little sparkly rainbows on your nails!

So, a few weeks ago I got a reminder email from Nailpolishcanada.com about their Seche Vite sale and I figured I should order a couple bottles while the sale was on. And that's when I discovered that all the Colour Club Halo Hues collection was back in stock, much to the chagrin of no one, because LOOK AT HOW PRETTY!

I originally debated on whether or not I should buy these because I have a lot of nail polish and I technically don't need new polish, but LOOK AT HOW PRETTY!

And LOOK AT HOW PRETTY! won in the end.

As it always does.

Top L-R: Angel Kiss, Blue Heaven, Cherubic, Bottom L-R: Cloud Nine, Halo-Graphic, Harp On It

So far I've tried out 3 of the 6. I'm currently wearing Blue Heaven on my toes and Halo-Graphic on my nails. Below is a photo of me wearing Cloud Nine last week.

Cloud Nine

The holo-ness of the polishes are quite strong and the wear is pretty fantastic. I usually don't get a long wear time with Colour Club polishes. I had Cloud Nine on for 6 days before I took it off; there was some tip wear and only one chip, and that was because I used my thumb nail to peel off a price sticker on something.

A close-up of Cloud Nine

I'm currently on day 5 of wearing Halo-Graphic, and it's still going strong (again, aside from one chip that I got from using my thumb nail to pick off a price sticker. WE CAN PUT HUMANS ON THE MOON BUT WE CAN'T MAKE A EASY PEEL-OFF PRICE TAG?!)

I also just got 4 of the Mariah Carey OPI polishes and  I am itching to try them out, but also dying to wear the other 3 holos I haven't worn yet. Oh woe is me. 

Halo-Graphic, with flash.