So, I LOVE the Up & Away Collection from
China Glaze, and bought 10 of the 12 colors (the other two looked too similar to something I already had). I really wanted to use them all, as I normally do when I'm excited about a polish haul, so I got the genius (self-proclaimed) idea to replicate the China Glaze Up & Away collection art, and paint my nails to look like the balloons! :) Sorry, but I just couldn't get good pictures of these nails, I tried and tried!! :(
The reference:
I used
Left Thumb:
China Glaze Flyin' High as a base, with
American Apparel Peacock to shade, and
China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint to highlight. For the China Glaze logo, I also used
American Apparel Peacock.
Left Index:
China Glaze Peachy Keen as a base, with
Zoya Paz to shade, and
China Glaze White on White to highlight.
Zoya Paz was also used for the China Glaze logo.
Left Middle:
China Glaze Grape Pop as a base with
China Glaze Liquid Leather to shade,
China Glaze Light As Air to highlight, and
OPI Russian Navy matte for the China Glaze logo.
Left Ring:
China Glaze Lemon Fizz as a base, with
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky to shade, and
China Glaze White on White to highlight. A mix of
Zoya Paz and
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky were used for the China Glaze logo.
Left Pinky:
China Glaze Something Sweet as a base, and mixed with
China Glaze Heli-Yum to shade. To highlight, I used
China Glaze White on White, and
China Glaze Something Sweet mixed with
China Glaze Heli-Yum for the China Glaze logo.
Right Thumb:
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky as a base, with a mix of
Zoya Paz and
China Glaze Four Leaf Clover to shade (I hate the shading on this one), and
China Glaze Lemon Fizz to highlight. For the China Glaze logo, I used
Zoya Paz.
Right Index:
China Glaze Four Leaf Clover as a base, (Love this color!),
American Apparel Peacock to shade,
China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint to highlight, and
American Apparel Peacock again for the China Glaze logo.
Right Middle:
China Glaze Light As Air as a base, with
China Glaze Grape Pop to shade,
China Glaze White on White to highlight, and
China Glaze Light As Air mixed with
China Glaze Grape Pop for the China Glaze logo.
Right Ring:
China Glaze Heli-Yum as a base (unexpectedly LOVE this color!!), with
Zoya Dakota to shade,
China Glaze Something Sweet to highlight, and
Zoya Dakota again for the China Glaze logo.
Right Pinky:
China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint as a base with
China Glaze Four Leaf Clover to shade,
China Glaze White on White to highlight, and
China Glaze Four Leaf Clover again for the China Glaze logo.
Topped everything off with 2 coats of
Seche Vite top coat to smooth out the dullness that sponging creates.
Did this collection take you Up & Away?
