Day 22: Nail Polish Advent Calendar

Getting close to the end! Today was OPI Yodel Me on My Cell and e.l.f. Chic Confetti.

Yodel Me on My Cell is a bright aqua blue with micro shimmer. My favorite from the Swiss collection. Chic Confetti is a multi-glitter.

This is the second e.l.f. glitter I've used this challenge. It stank so badly just like the last one. So crappy.

Mavala - Blue Curaçao & CND - Gold Sparkling

I picked up Mavala Blue Curaçao at a local shop where I get most of my polish. Usually you find it at the fancy drugstores or the high end department stores. They had two different displays up one with more typical summer colors and the other with taupes and greys.  I only picked u this one as they are a little two expensive for my tastes at $6.50 for 5ml. FYI Mavala is a Swiss company based in Geneva.

Blue Curaçao is a bright aqua blue cream. It really applied nicely in two coats and the wear was pretty good. I took it off three days later and it still looked new.

Eventually, while wearing this as a manicure, I decided to spice it up a bit with two coats of CND Gold Sparkling.  Gold Sparkling came in a set with Silver Sparkling that came out for the 2010 Holidays. I was lucky enough to pick up this set at a beauty supply store for $5 back in February! That is a huge deal since it was retailing for $22

In the sun there are a few bits of holographic glitter that show through. But unfortunately I was unable to catch a sun shot. :(

Thanks for stopping by!

China Glaze - Shower Together & Unplugged

These two colors have been out for awhile. The China Glaze Ecollection was released in Spring 2008. The collection had a total of six colors. Tree Hugger (lime green shimmer), Solar Power (bright yellow shimmer), Shower Together (aqua creme), Unplugged (brown red shimmer), Recycle (gray creme), and Hybrid (beige silver shimmer). I own them all except Hybrid, however my bottle of Tree Hugger has been missing for a long while.

I'm going to show you Shower Together and Unplugged today. Shower Together is a lovely aqua creme. The formula is thin and I found that I needed a third coat to cover up a few patches. It's extremely shiny and my pictures are without a top coat.

With Flash

Unplugged is my favorite brown I own. It's a red brown with gold shimmer. Only needs two coats and looks beautiful with my skin tone.

This collection was the cause of my first etailer order. I made an order for a bunch of China Glazes from 8ty8eauty in the Fall of 2008. Question? Have you made a etailer order and if so when was your first one?

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 I don't know how many of you were aware that they announced the bid winners for the FIFA World Cup 2018 & 2022 today. The FIFA headquarters are in Zurich and the made the announcement inside the Messe. The Messe is coincidentally a five minute tram ride from our apartment. So ten minutes to four I headed down to the Messe to check out the action outside. It wasn't anything too exciting, but I wanted to check it out. Because how many people can say they were right outside when they announced the winners. There was tons of press outside and a few people gathered. Congratulations to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.