Rust-ic Christmas

I'm reminded of rust spots on an old surface when I look at this manicure. Though everything's shiny, bright and festive, the way the glitter pieces have rusted onto the green metal is really unique here. 

The colors I used are all more World's Away colors from China Glaze, including Whirled Away, Bend Over Backwards and Running in Circles.

I first painted on Running in Circles. Then, I placed the glitter from Whirled Away all over my fingers, trying to get at least one white on each finger. (The white pieces are more sparse in this polish than the other pieces, so you have to fish a little.) Finally, I carefully outlined each piece of glitter with the metallic red in the collection, Bend Over Backwards. It's definitely an interesting look!

What do you think about this one? I'm still deciding if it's something I'll try again or not.

Get Carried, Whirled Away in a Surreal, Creative Fantasy

I wonder if China Glaze purposely created the names behind the Worlds Away collection to be perfect for titling blog posts? I've literally included the name of four different colors in the name of tonight's post.

What polish names are those you ask? Surreal Appeal, Igniting Love, Creative Fantasy, and Escaping Reality.

I'm not sure how to describe the design behind tonight. I will tell you how it came to be though.

I've been working hard to incorporate all the colors from this collection into nail art. I'm really happy with tonight, and I owe it to the iPad Mini.

Luckily, my boyfriend just received a wonderful new iPad mini that he's letting me play with. It's a fantastic tool to create nail art on! I can doodle out all my designs, pick from an entire pixel palette, and go to town. It's a beautiful collaboration.

Worlds of Geometry

My favorite colors from the Worlds Away collection by China Glaze are the brighter cremes. Shocker there. I'm having a difficult time using the shimmers and glitters for interesting nail art, but I'm not giving up on the challenge to use them, and I'm confident that something amazing will come out of them soon.

However, in the meantime, I have a bright geometric pattern to show you today, using three colors from the collection: Escaping Reality, Def Defying, and Hanging in the Balance.

I really like these three colors together. They're dancing on the edge of being neons, especially when you mix them together. I recently saw The Nail Network's swatches of all the collection, and that'll give you the best color representation of the polishes solo. Check out those swatches here.

As you can see there, they're not exactly neons, but when you pop a pink with a bright blue, your eyes play tricks on you. In this case, my camera lens was the one playing the tricks.

This was a really fun design to do in addition to how fabulous the final look is. It's nice to break up the holiday trend with a little brightness now and then.

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Ribbons

Trippy. Mesmerizing. Magical. Vibrant. Kaleidoscopic.

What am I describing? Is it the words of someone's first experience with a spirograph? Is it a description of my polish storage?

No, I'm actually giving you the short version of what I see Cirque du Soleil performances being. It could also be describing Ben and Pete's experience at a show.

Coincidently it also describes the new China Glaze collection based on the upcoming film experience, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away. This new collection is available now, and has some really vibrant colors as well as some modern glitter mixes. Think Marshmallow sandwiches with glitter, and black and white matte glitter. That's right...a large polish company has ventured into matte glitter territory, and believe me, it's amazing.

But more on the black and white glitter later. First, I want to show you some of the sandwiched glitter, It's a Trap-eze! This one's a thin white base with buried treasure of multi-colored glitter. When you bury the glitter beneath white like China Glaze has, you get what appear to be matte glitter, but are actually your normal shiny pieces, matted by the white. The result is stunningly bright.

It seemed only fitting to pair this unusual and awesome glitter with colors also from the collection, including Creative Fantasy, Surreal Appeal, Escaping Reality, Def Defying, and Hanging in the Balance. I drew inspiration from the aerial dancing the promotional images and videos gave us a glimpse at. This form of movement is done entirely on long strips of silky ribbon suspended in the air. Dancers twist and move around the ribbon, creating a spectacle totally appropriate for a Cirque du Soleil show, or in this case, movie.

You can read more about the new China Glaze Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away collection's release and inspiration here, and catch swatches on some of your favorite blogs right now, including Let them have Polish. As for me, you'll be seeing several more nail art posts using this collection. Who wouldn't be inspired?!