As part of my Spring
Break shopping adventures, I picked up several new nail polishes during my
visit to Ulta, as well as ordered several of the new colors from China Glaze’s
Hunger Games collection. Here is what I
purchased! And, I would like to apologize
upfront for any poor quality in pictures – my camera decided to be uncooperative
as I was swatching the polishes on my nails for this post. And for those of you who didn’t know, the
Hunger Games polishes were created first to represent each of the Districts in
the film, but there were legal issues causing the names to be changed. But, I’ll include the original intended names
for you.
Here are all of my colors
left to right starting with my two Ulta brand colors, and then the four China
Glaze Polishes: Indigo-go-girl; Tink-her-bell; Hook and Line; Stone Cold; Smoke
and Ashes; and Harvest Moon.
Indigo-go-girl is an Ulta
glitter nail polish that is a clear polish with blue glitter. In my swatched nails pictured here, I do not
have any color under the polish, just the glitter on my nail. With two coats, the polish actually didn’t
look bad on its own, but if I were to wear solely the glitter, I would probably
wear three coats of it. Overall, I’m
excited about this glitter polish and the fact that it gives me so many more
options with my current polishes now that I can layer it over my other colors
for a glitter effect.
Tink-her-bell, the other
Ulta glitter polish I purchased, is also another one that I’m excited
about. Pink glitter polishes are such an
“in” thing right now, but I don’t have any.
This one is the same consistency as the Indigo-go-girl, which I think makes
it a bit more unique than the typical pink glitter polish floating around that
everyone seems to have.
Hook and Line, which was originally
created to represent District 4 (Fishing).
When I first saw the collection I overlooked this color, but once I
looked at the polishes more seriously I really came to love this color. And Finnick, a character who I grew to love
in the books came from District 4, so that influenced my decision a bit (ok a
lot!).
The next color, Stone
cold, was originally named for District 2 (Masonry). This color I was immediately interested in,
because not only is it a very unique color, you get two looks for the price of
one. The ‘normal’ look for this polish
is a glitter with a matte finish, giving it a very asphalt look. However, if you are not a fan of the matte
look, or just choose to change up your look, adding a top coat gives the polish
a graphite look. I know I will
definitely be using this polish both ways!
Smoke and Ashes or
District 12 (Mining) was my number one must have when it came to this
collection from day one of learning that this collection existed, and for most
people this is the same case. I haven’t
really worn straight black nail polish before, most blacks I wear are more for
accents on a design or part of look as opposed to a straight polish, but the
inky base and the blue-green glitter in this polish don’t make me feel foolish
wearing a black polish.
And finally, Harvest Moon
was originally named District 9 (Grain).
This polish is a glitter copper color that has an autumn feel to it and
would definitely make a great Thanksgiving holiday color. This was a color that I originally like when
the collection came out, but I wasn't quite sure if it was something that I
liked enough to buy. But, after seeing a
haul video on Amarixe’s YouTube channel, I was convinced on this polish.
And those are my
polishes! I hope you enjoyed reading
this and that it helped you, especially if you are considering getting any of
the Hunger Games polishes. A little tip
from me to you – because China Glaze is a salon brand of nail polish, it can be
super expensive at normal retailers.
But, to get polishes cheaper (like salons do) check out www.transdesigns.com. Keep in mind though, that because shipping
can be expensive, it may not be worth it depending on how many polishes you
choose to buy.
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