China Glaze Holiday Joy 2012 Swatches and Review

Here are some swatches of the China Glaze Holiday 2012 Collection Holiday Joy! I got the 6 glitters from the collection before I left, but I didn't bring along Glitter All The Way. 

Before I start, I had such a difficult time uploading the photos because my card reader somehow refuses to work and my phone refuses to upload photos onto blogger as well... hope my card reader is not eternally spoilt! 

By the way, blogger isn't work very well too.

Please click on photos to enlarge!

Left to right: 

Glistening Snow
Champagne Kisses
Angel Wings
Winter Holly
Pizzazz

Missing: 

Glitter All The Way

Swatches!

Left to right: 

Glistening Snow
Champagne Kisses
Angel Wings
Winter Holly
Glitter All The Way
Pizzazz

I did 3 coats of each except for the 2 coats for Glitter All The Way and 1 coat of Pizzazz. I used one coat of top coat but it doesn't work very well for the first 4 as you can see the matt areas in the middle.

Now for some close ups :)

Glistening Snow is a silver based fine glitter with hologaphic glitters scattered throughout.

Champagne Kisses is a copper based fine glitter with hologaphic glitters scattered throughout.

Angel Wings is a gold based fine glitter with hologaphic glitters scattered throughout.

Okay essentially they are similar except for the colours. Application was good.

Winter Holly is a green based fine glitter with hologaphic glitters scattered throughout. However, unlikes the above 3 there was clumping of glitters.

Glitter All The Way has glitters of 2 sizes of mainly green, pink, silver and some gold. Formula was alright though a bit of clumping occured.

Pizzazz is a multi glitter overlay with several sizes of hex glitter a bit like OPI Rainow Connection but in general the glitters are smaller. From the bottle, most of the glitters are silver, quite some pink and very little of the rest. Only the silver had large hex glitters so maybe that's why.

Not as colourful as I would have liked it. It was easy to apply though.

Now I have used Winter Holly for the past week. Chipping was horrible after 2 days though.

 

Here is how it looks like!

The holographic particles glitter in the light :)

Merry early Christmas now! Great colletion for holiday!
I am not sure when they will be officially released but hope it helps for your to decide which to get :) If you stay in Singapore they are available from the flea stalls!

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