Dark Meet Light

When I first tried China Glaze Luxe and Lush, from the Hunger Games Collection, I wasn't super wowed.  It was great, but the pieces are so large and I'm so lazy, so organizing it on the nail would have to wait.  Cut to last night, after the crappy Halloween manicure, when I opted to give it another shot.

I'm so glad that I did.

Essie Bobbing For Baubles and China Glaze Luxe and Lush

So flake-y!
But in a different way than your friend who keeps bailing on you to hang out with her boyfriend.

The combination of the super dark blue of Bobbing for Baubles, and the highly reflective shards in Luxe and Lush just gives this a gorgeous look.  The flakes flash copper and gold mostly, but in the sun you'll get green and teal blue as well.  I also think that this is one of those flakes that will look different depending on your base color, and you'll need one; this is not pretty all by itself.  I tried that first, and not only is it a huge gummy mess, the opacity is shady because you have to blob it on and spread it around, guaranteeing yourself cuticles full of glitter chunks.

I promise that I will take more superepicfail pictures when things don't turn out so you can learn from my mistakes.  This blogging thing is still pretty new to me and it's not until I'm in front of the thing that I even think about it.

Confession:  I'm also using my cell phone camera.  WHICH takes okay pictures but is still the cell camera.  I'm sorry that I just let you down, Internet.