China Glaze - Running in Circles

Hello fellow polish lovers, Today I wish to show you something I never wear because I love it so much, I don't want my bottle to ever finish. This is Running in Circles, from last year's Cirque du Soleil collection. A very mixed collection with a little bit of everything. I love green and I love glassfleck, so naturally, I love Running in Circles. Other colors from this collection that I like are Water you waiting for and It's a Trapeze.

China Glaze - Running in Circles - 81124

Running in circles 81124 - This is a beautiful emerald and Christmas green, it's very bright and very shimmery. I made many pictures but none of them do the color full justice. I tried the sun and the shade and flash and artificial light. Those under artificial light turned out most color accurate, the sun makes the color come out too dark.

Formula-wise, it's really great. Applies nice and smooth, though you gotta be a bit aware of cuticle flowing. But other than that it's very easy to handle. Evens out nicely, dries reasonably fast and dries up shiny, though a top coat will bring out the shine better.

You will need 3 coats for full opacity, 2 coats is still a little patchy. While 3 layers is usually not a problem and the formula is good so it dries fast and doesn't get clumpy, I wish it was only 2 because I don't want my bottle to finish..

Many of my girl friends who has seen me wear it asks what it is that I wear on my nails, and even my husband says he likes it alot. No wonder this is a fan's favorite of the Cirque du Soleil collection. Absolute love it. This should be entered under China Glaze's core collection. Then we don't have to worry about finishing our bottle so much =x

China Glaze - Running in Circles - Under the sun

My nails are still cruelly short. I have been giving them a SolarOil treatment, and it seems a bit better now. They just kept peeling non-stop. I am going to try not using Seche Vite for a while because I have a feeling it is not good for my nails. Actually now I come to think of it, they haven't been this bad until I started using Seche Vite last month. Back to using my Nail Tek II as both base coat and top coat again. Just gotta be a bit more patient with the drying time. And see if it goes better..

Anyway, enough of the nonsense chit chat. Let's show you a few more pictures of this gorgeous polish.

China Glaze - Running in Circles + top coat

Once again, the true color of this beauty is really hard to capture. You'll have to see it for real to fully appreciate it. All I can keep saying is: it is super duper shimmery because of the pretty glassflecks inside. It's almost like a foil (of course it isn't). That's how shimmery and shiny it is. You will definitely draw attention with this color!

Running in circles - Under the sun + top coat

Running in Circles - Full hand shot (top coat)

This is great for a Christmas mani, but perfect as a fun and bright summer color too. Anyway, I wear any color I feel like when I feel like. So should you~! Winter, autumn, summer or spring.

Update 27-12-13: I used this in my Christmas manicure for 2013, and it's so suitable! If you are curious, you can view it here.

What do you think of this pretty green jewel?

The Face Shop - Face it Wide Nails - PK101 and GR501

Hi guys, I would like to show you these 2 beautiful colors from this year's summer collection under de Face it range Wide Nails. I love this range, the brush is fantastic to work with, it's very thick , slightly rounded at the end and flat. I need just one single brush stroke for my pinkie to give perfect coverage and smooth finish! One stroke!!! Here are the 2 colors I'd like to share with you today: PK101 and GR501. Once again face Shop was very creative with their naming.. I wonder how many different colors carry the same name..

Face it Wide Nails - PK101 and GR501

The application for both colors is similar. The coverage is very good, even for the green one. 2 coats will do it, though you may want to go for a third if you are more particular. But 2 medium coats will do the job well. Very smooth and with the brush it's awesome. Here's a picture of how the brush actually looks:

Wide Nails - GR501 - Brush detail

There is a fine microglitter in both of the colors (the whole range has them), making it easier to apply and giving the color a bit more depth. I love these so much! I was looking for a pink like this. And then I couldn't leave the green one too.. I got both of them at the Face Shop for SG$ 7.90 each. You might be able to get them cheaper online.

Face it Wide Nails - PK10

Face it Wide Nails - PK101 

PK101 is a beautiful nearly neon blue-leaning pink. It's bright and happy, and it just shouts 'Summer!'. The shade is perfect, it doesn't make you look 'barbie', it's more of a punky cool kind of pink. If you get my drift. =P The fine shimmer (it's almost too find to really call it glitter) has a silver/pinkish quality, I love colors with a bit of shimmer as they make them so much nicer to apply and they just glow more.

Please ignore that dent on my middle finger >.< I used Seche Vite as my top coat, making it super shiny. The polish dries up shiny by itself, but a bit of extra shine from a top coat will bring out the shimmer even better, so I highly recommend to use a top coat.

I had some shrinkage from the Seche Vite (fast dry) after 1 day, which I usually don't really have problems with. I'm not sure why, I don't have this problem when I use Seche Vite with China Glaze.

Anyway, a beautiful, fun color for summer! Looks very good on short nails too, so a good color for me at the moment. =x

The second picture is very color accurate. You can see the fine glow of shimmer and also how bright it is! Love this. The best shot I had was this one, and I apologize for the fur sticking to my finger. I didn't notice it until I upload it into my computer. Please blame this molting long-eared furry little fellow that is hopping around in my house and looks like this:

Scary Monster

I couldn't resist that~ Anyway, the second color I am very keen to show you is this awesome poisonous toad green. I am wearing it on my wriggly toetsies now, I know, I keep making you all look at my toes, not very sexy. But I really want to show you how it looks!

GR501 Is a very yellow-leaning green, I love this kind of shades, they go very well with pale skintones and look bright and nice. Actually, when I wear this on my toes - believe it or not - it looks quite neutral. Not too shocking or weird or whatever. It's beautiful, and I love it even more than I thought I would. Something like a bright version of China Glaze trendsetter (click here to see what Trendsetter looks like).

Face it Wide Nails - GR501

Took this bottle shot to show you the gorgeous subtle shimmer inside it, it is very difficult to capture once on the nail. Don't you love this! I wish the shimmer would translate onto the nail just like that, unfortunately it doesn't.

Below I took 2 shots of the end result, one in flash and one without flash. The shot without flash shows the color how it really looks like, this is a very very accurate picture of the end-result.

Face it Wide Nails - GR501 - Color accurate

The flash will bring out the depth with the shimmer, but makes the color too yellow-toned, and not as color-true.

Face it Wide Nails - GR501 - Flash

Below the colors I have collected this spring and summer from this Wide nails range, I think my favorites are the blue (full review click here) and this green. And this pink is so nice too! They are all so pretty <3 How to choose! I saw some darker colors in the stores the last few visits, some dark purple and green, maybe I'll have a go at them next month.

Wide Nails launched 2013

Do you like the Wide Nails range? What do you think of the bruch? Which colors are your favorites, and your least favorites?