MAC - Immoral Gold Swatches (Posh Paradise Collection Fall 2011)

This past month MAC released a new Collection called Posh Paradise. The collection had two nail polishes as part of it, Immoral Gold and Rain of Flowers (a purplish blue shimmer, re-promoted). Immoral Gold really caught my eye it looks a lot like a little sister of Chanel's Peridot. It's a very yellow greenish gold. It says it's a frost on the bottle but I would describe this as a foil finish.

China Glaze - Champagne Bubbles (Let It Snow Collection Holiday 2011)

EEEK... I'm really not sure about this polish. This is Champagne Bubbles from China Glaze's Let It Snow Collection for holiday season 2011. I keep my skin tanned, about a NC 30 in MAC terms, I'm not sure it really goes that well with my skin tone. I might go nicer for someone with a lighter or darker skin tone. 

So I used two coats to get a nice opacity. I didn't put a top coat on. I wasn't going to keep it on! I think this is the stinker of the bunch. It's a golden yellow frost with silver sparkles sparsely scatter through it. So what I didn't like wasn't just the tone of the colour. I also didn't like that when you put on a second coat of polish which is necessary cause one coat was just uneven, the second coat traps the glitter beneath it. The glitter doesn't show through it just stays underneath and makes the nail look lumpy. A top coat will help but I just don't think this polish was well executed. I would have like to have seen a nice golden glass flaked jelly from China Glaze, think Lighthouse but more darker. But ohhh well... with a coat of Twinkle Lights this colour was okay. 

I think skip it. Spend your time looking for other alternatives. China Glaze is $7-8 CAD. Finding a store that sells China Glaze is a little tricky. It's available at select salons, Chatters, and e-tailers. 

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore! Orly - Sea Gurl (Birds of a Feather Collection 2011)

Orly's newest collection Birds of a Feather has a few great polishes, I already posted the hit Fowl Play (see here). This is Sea Gurl and in Orly press release for Birds of a Feather they describe it simply as "grey shimmer." It's a dark grey with tons of silvery micro-shimmer. You can see the bottle has veins of shimmer. It has a touch of gold to it, which makes it look kinda antiqued. 

This was two coats and they both went on very smoothly. Isn't it stunning!? It's a great neutral to wear everyday but it's not boring at all. Love it! I'm thinking this would look amazing with a LBD?

So far Fowl Play and Sea Gurl are the two I have from the collection. They seem to be the most unique, so I went with them to try. I bought mine from an e-tailer for $9.50 CND and shipping was free because I spent over a certain amount. I'm pretty excited for Fall, loads of great colours being released!