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China Glaze Immaterial Gurl
China Glaze introduces Immaterial Gurl with six new colors to celebrate non-conformity. Taking inspiration from thrift store materials and blending the concept with the vintage trend, Immaterial Gurl knows you don’t need to flaunt your labels to look lovely. Colors include Designer Satin, Atelier Tulle, Vintage Crepe, Mom’s Chiffon, Second-Hand Silk, and Heirloom Organza.

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I took pictures of the entire collection with a flash so that you could see the depth of the color. I personally liked all of the colors. I am a sucker for creams, and a collection of creams is right up my alley. All except one [Second-Hand Silk] apply like a dream; you really don’t need more than one layer/coating with any of them except for Heirloom Organza. For some reason that one is a little watery. All-in-all, I really like this collection a lot. When everyone is doing neons [China Glaze did theirs first all the way back in March/April] they made a completely wearable collection. As a person who normally wears the most outrageous colors that she can find, I think that ImMaterial Gurl is worth the peek.

I bought the 6 bottles, plus the display for less than $20 at head2toebeauty.com.

Just a tiny itty bitty glimpse of my new nail polishes.

*pardon my camera phone*

Left: Essie Sole Mate
Right: Essie Bahama Mama

Lots more to come!

Mod About Brights

Now THIS is my kinda collections. Bright, bold and most importantly cream. YUM! Do you see that green? These should be hitting stores this month!

If you’ve ever wanted to wear nail polish, but couldn’t because of the harsh fumes and even harsher ingredients, a product has been made with YOU in mind.

Dashing Diva has put together a line of virginal nail polishes consisting of their most popular shades. And might I add, super sexy and super hot shades!

These polishes contain no dbp, toluene or formaldehyde.

All Lacquered Up’s Michelle has hipped us to the summer collection from OPI. it’s called: Retro Fun in the Sun. It should be hitting the stores in June.

Go check her site out to get the full details and updates as they come including the 411 on the colors and finishes. Also, please share your thoughts about collection.

If you prefer soft, flirty, crisp, girly nail colors, then Beyond Chic may just be for you. In time for Spring, this line comes in 6 soft subtle colors:

• Makes Men Blush - a light warm pink
• Oh So Glam! - platinum white with a hint of gold
• She’s Golden - a white frost with a golden shimmer
• Time-less is More - a subtle white
• Pearls Night Out - a basic white pearl
• Kiss on the Chic - a pale pink

check under the hood for more details…

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The Ink collection by China Glaze includes 6 new shades of neon, some with glitter, nail art [decals, rhinestones], nail art lacquer and a brush to apply the art. It also comes with the neon colors from the Wow Factor Collection and China Glaze cuticle oil.

The 6-piece collection includes:

• Flying Dragon - a medium purple with blue and red gliter
• Blue Sparrow - bright blue with light blue glitter
• Scared Heart - a cream red with a slight brown hue
• Rose Among Thorns - bright rosy red
• Japanese Koi - hot orange
• Celtic Sun - greenish neon yellow

[Get a closer look at some of the colors under the hood:]

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I bought L’oreal HiP. bright shadow duo in Showy. The bright blue side is supposed to be a MAC Parrot dupe from the MAC Originals line. Since I don’t own any MAC products [yet], I can’t tell you either way. I will say that it’s a pretty color. It’s a shimmery teal blue that goes on very smoothly. The other half is a navy blue that it a little more matte. I swatched the teal side because we rarely get to see these swatches on brown-er skin–it does make a difference. I will upload some pictures when I figure out what I want to do with it. Right now I paired it with a shimmery brown, and it looks ok… I’ll have to play around a bit.

Ulta didn’t have showy in either store near my house so I bought this at Target for $5.34.

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With these swatches I used a dry brush, the same amount of swipes and pressure. I dry wiped the brush clean between each use. [Yes, I am hairy!]

[more from my haul under the hood.]

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