Monday, October 18, 2010

Blackened Zombie

Hi ladies,

Today I have China Glaze - Zombie Zest over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out. I applied one coat of Black Out and 2 coats of Zombie Zest.

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Application
Sally Hansen, Black Out - this polish applied smoothly and opaque in one coat. I like how you can control the opaqueness on this one. I applied one thick coat and it was dark enough for me to apply the next polish on top without being too translucent. You can also build this up with 2 thinner coats.

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China Glaze, Zombie Zest - I love this polish! Although I didn't try it alone, I would estimate needed 3 to 4 coats to get this fully opaque. This is a jelly-ish formula with duo-chrome flecks applied well and dried quickly in between coats.

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Colour
I would say the coloured flecks change between, olive green, gold/yellow and turquoise. The base colour is a yelly olive green. Zombie Zest is so awesome! It's a dupe for Orly Cosmics Collection's It's Not Rocket Science which are also duo-chromed flecked polishes. Indoors and direct sunlight you get a shimmery look, but in the natural daylight and shade, wow, every little fleck is so pretty over black and the multicolored flecks really shine.


with camera flash


wish sunlight


natural daylight - close up

Wear
So far I have worn this colour for 6 days with no topcoat, pretty impressive! I experienced minor tip wear on my typing fingers. Today I have started to see some slight chips on my thumbs, this is usually where I start to get chips first.

Final Thought
Overall I love these colours together, I think the black really makes the duo-chrome in Zombie Zest show more than if I were to build it up on it's own. I love this colour so much I have been wearing it for almost a full week! I wish that the other 2 polishes in the Halloween collection were flecked also.


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Over all Rating - Zombie Zest
Application: 4.5/5
Colour: 5/5
Wear: 5/5

Which colour is your favorite from China Glaze's Awakening Collection?

7 comments:

  1. Ooooer this is so pretty. I need this one and Ick-a-Bod-Y. <3

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  2. Gorgeous! I can't wait to get this one.

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  3. That looks great over black!! I never picked this one up, but now I wish I had. I have Mummy May I (purple).

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  4. I wouldnt of thought of layering this! love it!

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  5. JQ - thanks :) I think I may need to get the rest of the colection also ;)

    Zara - get it!! you'll love it :)

    Megan - i was going to get Mummy May I, but got the Wet and Wild dupe-ish colour instead, I think it's called on the prowl? i am sill considering getting the China Glaze though.

    Toesthattwinkle - thanks :) I want to try layering it over a deep blue or green next time.

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  6. I like this! I don't own any polishes of the Awakening collection, I would love to have it :( I want this one really bad!

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  7. Lois - this one is definitley the stand out of the collection for me (even though it is a dupe for Orly - It's not rocket science).

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