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Because it's still Christmas, thus not too late for a swatch and review of a holiday nail polish collection. What's on today's roster? A swatch and review of China Glaze Cheers! Holiday 2015.


Kicking things off is Mix and Mingle & Break the Ice
Mix and Mingle is fully opaque in 2-3 coats, but this cool-toned purple drags if you aren't careful. The formula is somewhere between a crème and a jelly; so yeah, that make it a crelly.
Break the Ice is a glitter topper that consists of silver holographic shards. The coverage you see above and below is actually one coat with a minimal amount of maneuvering the glitter once on the nail bed. An added bonus? I didn't have to fish to get the glitter out of the bottle.

Don't Get Elfed Up & I Soiree I Didn't Do It
Don't Get Elfed Up is (described by China Glaze) as a deep emerald shimmer. It reaches full opacity in two coats.
I Soiree I Didn't Do It becomes fully opaque in three coats, after applying the first coat I assumed it should only have been a glitter topper. I soiree I didn't know it would be full coverage. (See what I did there?)

Son of a Nut Cracker & Ugly Christmas Sweater
Son of a Nut Cracker is a "fiery red-orange pearl" that reaches full opacity in two coats. It's nice color, but I feel like I have a dupe in my stash. And I'm pretty sure that dupe is another China Glaze lacquer.
Ugly Christmas Sweater well, I'm just a not a fan of this one. I'd probably wear it to an ugly nail polish party--you know, if that was a thing. Anyway, I used two coats.

Better Not Pout & Brand Sparklin' New Year
Better Not Pout nothing too unique about this berry pearl shade but the formula is pretty decent in 1-2 coats.
Brand Sparklin' New Year sadly, yet another shade I just couldn't love. Shown here is three coats. Perhaps it'd look better as one coat over an opaque purple crème?

Wine Down For What? & Bring On the Bubbly
Wine Down For What? generally, I'm not a wine fan, be it color or beverage, but dare I say I'm loving this two coat crème.
Bring On the Bubbly a slightly holo gold glitter? Needless to say it's one of my favorites. Shown above and below is only one coat with no fishing, or glitter manipulation required.

Peppermint to Be & Coal Hands, Warm Heart
Peppermint to Be a simple red shimmer shown in two coats. There's nothing too original about this color, but it's still a nice red shimmer to have in any stash.
Coal Hands, Warm Heart is three coats and reminds me of a tame version of Essie Bulgaria. Some of you may already know how I feel about Essie Bulgaria. If you don't, allow me to summarize it for you really quick. Ew.


Overall, there is literally something for everyone in this collection. Some shades are pretty standard crowd pleasers (i.e. Break the Ice, Mix and Mingle, and Bring on the Bubbly) while others are pretty polarizing (i.e. Coal Hands, Warm Heart, Ugly Sweater Party, and Brand Sparklin' New Year). So depending on your taste you're bound to like at least one lacquer in this twelve piece holiday set.


Since we're on the subject of China Glaze holiday collections, so far, there hasn't been one that tops the Cirque Du Soleil collection from 2012. At least, that's just my opinion.


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Spot any fast favorites? Think this collex is better than the Cirque Du Soleil collex from holiday nail polish past? Sound off in the comments.
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Nothing To Disclose Last semester my schedule was so full of school work that I barely had the time to paint my nails. This led to months of sketches of unfulfilled manicures, so today I finally found the time to do one of them.

Instagram nails!!!!!!


I've said time and time again how much I love IG so why not express it nail art form? Amirite?


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Nori is a Magical PixieDust with a deep sapphire jelly base.  Shown above in two coats.

Imogen Yeah, I have nothing positive to say about this one. it was three coats and reminded me of a less textured version of Essie's Belugaria. Less chunky, still icky worthy. I really couldn't deal with this shade.


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Press Sample It's Christmas and I've been absent from this blog for 2 months. Due in part to having a web designer give it a complete overhaul, but mostly because this past semester of school has been a lot of hard work.

But anyway, in honor of Christmas Day, I have one part of the China Glaze Twinkle Collection.

Let's kick things off with December To Remember
It's described as a dark blue with iridescent shimmer and it reached the above opacity in 2 coats.

Define Good...
Define Good... is a deep cranberry shimmer with a smooth formula that is fully opaque in 2 coats.
Admittedly this wasn't my favorite color from the group (y'all know I'm not a red fan) but the formula is on point with this shade.

Tip Your Hat
My camera had a problem capture the true hue of Tip Your Hat. In the above photo it almost looks like a bright cherry red, but in reality it falls somewhere between cranberry and brick red.
I'm not a fan of red polishes but in this polishes' defense, it's a créme and it has a smooth formula that is opaque in 2 coats.

Out Like A Light
Ah yes! Another créme with a A1, top notch formula! Out Like A Light is a dark gray créme that I reached full opacity in one coat. It was a little thick, but it very easy to work with. I like this shade, but I definitely don't think "dark gray  créme" when I think Christmas nail polish.

I'd Melt For You
I'd Melt For You is a silver chrome shade that requires a bit of finessing in the application process.
It was patchy in some spots on the first coat, some nails were fine after the second coat, but a few nails needed a third to level everything out.

No Peeking
No Peeking is an eggplant shimmer that reaches full opacity in 2 coats. Not, my favorite color of the group, but it does have a redeeming formula.

Overall my favorite shade from this group is Out Like A Light, but my favorite polish name is Define Good...

What are your picks from part 1 of this collection?
Let's chat in the comments! Also, merry Christmas lovers!
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What could be better than Dirty, Sexy, Money? $100 bills y'all! Hence today's mani.

DSM is a two-coat, dusty, turquoise créme and I'm pretty sure I couldn't love it more for this fall/winter season.


For my accent nails I used some left over $100 bill water decals because... well it only makes perfect sense to pair money with even more money!


And just for funsies, here's my right thumb. You know, in case you thought I didn't have one.


See that nasty looking gash in the corner of my poor little thumb? My friend and I were drinking at her place and for some odd reason I had to pick up the cardboard box in her living room. And then it cut me. *sad face* You know what's even worse? I had to have another friend put a bandage on my thumb for me.



Nothing To Disclose Let that be a lesson for you kids. Don't drink and pick up random ass boxes in a living room.

Do you have any weird drunken stories? Or do you wanna talk Benjamin Franklin nail art?

Let's exchange stories/talk all about the Benjamins in the comments!
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Press Sample It's Monday again and I finally have a post ready for you guys! In between going back to school and working full time, I haven't had a ton of time to talk polish/nail art with you guys but I'm def trying.

Anyway today's swatch and review about for Zoya Entice (créme) & Ignite (shimmer) Collections is probably the largest swatch and review I've ever done in one post here on Nail A College Drop Out so let's get to it!

Teigen & Veronica
Teigen is a describe by Zoya as a  violet plum with copper shimmer, but to me, it's a deep raspberry shade with copper shimmer. Either way it goes, Teigen is fully opaque in 2 smooth coats.
Veronica is a berry tone that I wasn't too thrilled with color-wise, but it does have an impressive formula. Being a two coat, full coverage créme isn't anything to scoff at honey.

Remy & Ryan
Remy. Guuurrl let me tell you about Remy. Its a 1 coater! Yes a one coater! You need this in your collection. I can promise you that. In real life one coat is perfect but under a camera lens and bright lights you can see slight VNL (visible nail line), so for blogging purposes, swatched above is two coats.
Ryan is an indigo créme that, unlike its shimmer counterpart, becomes opaque in two coats. I think this would be great for some nautical themed nail art.

Sansa & Margo
Before I even get into the details on these lacquers, I have to say that they are my fav combination. I love me some purple nail polish!
Sansa an eggplant with gold shimmer. Much like the rest of the E&I lacquers, it is opaque in in two coats.
Margo looks kind of meh on its on but I def pops next to Sansa! This is the only shade that required three coats.

Yuna & Genevieve
Yuna is gray with copper and gold shimmer. Reaches full opacity in two coats.
Genevieve is an elephant gray créme with a streaky first coat, but evens out just fine after the second.

Autumn & Nyssa
Autumn is a brassy orange with gold shimmer. It becomes fully opaque in two coats.
Nyssa is described as a milk chocolate brown that becomes fully opaque in two coats.


Overall the Entice & Ignite collections are full coverage, and with the exception of Margo & Remy, all the shades obtain  full coverage in two smooth coats.
If you have to choose only two lacquers from the ones posted today--you know, if you were trapped in some sad parallel universe that only allows you to choose two bottles of nail polish out of a twelve piece set--you should definitely make it Remy and Sansa.

Before I end this post, I do want to say the Ignite Collection reminds me of a fall alternative to the Irresistible Collection for Summer 2013. Don't believe me? Peep Lakeisha's swatches over on her blog RefindandPolished.com

Remy, Sansa, and every other lacquer shown above retails for $9 each on Zoya.com.

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What's your favorite combination of créme and shimmer? Let's talk polish in the comments!
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