China Glaze Haute Metal over Hot Mess

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I'm wearing China Glaze Haute Metal, the pink from the China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals I swatched for you yesterday.  I paired it with Man Glaze Hot Mess, which until I ran into it in my living room yesterday, I would have denied ever owning.  I just wandered around looking at some polishes I hadn't used in a while until I came across one that would go well with one of the Crackle Metals, and Hot Mess was the winner.

Hot Mess is a glittery whitish silver matte, and very pretty.  I used three coats over a completely dry base coat, and this is Hot Mess on its own.

Man Glaze Hot Mess Nail Polish, Three Coats, No Top Coat

As you may recall, I recently discovered with OPI Turquoise Shatter that the crackling happened oddly over a matte with no top coat, so even though the surface of Man Glaze mattes feel more like powder than that weird rubbery feeling of many mattes, I top coated it.  That made it sparkle a bit more and gave it some depth.  I'd wear this one alone easily (I wish I'd known I had it sooner!).

Man Glaze Hot Mess Nail Polish, Three Coats, with Top Coat

My original plan was to pair this with Oxidized Aqua, which I still think would look cool, but somehow the notion of Haute Metal, the pink, over this made me think "futuristic ice princess."  I don't know what that means either, but I ran with it.  I added Haute Metal and two coats of top coat to make it nice and glassy smooth.

China Glaze Haute Metal Crackle Glaze over Hot Mess

This one's odd and it's hard to see what's going on without looking carefully, but it's sparkly silver pink so I'm happy.  I like it a lot.

That's what I know this morning, Dear Reader.  Until next time, love and nail polish to you!

Man Glaze!

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I have something fun for you: Man Glaze!  I received samples from Man Glaze in yesterday's mail, which I picked up early this morning, and wanted to play with them right away.  Man Glaze is a Chicago-based (local) company with a great sense of humor, and they make some cool polishes.  They have two colors, both of which I'll show you today, and the original intention of them is that they're matte colors for men.  However, I found that with a coat of Seche Vite on them, they're fabulous and sparkly, too.  In the bottle, their sparkly potential shows, but they very quickly dry to a matte finish and that subsides.  A quick coat of top coat brings it right back, making them something I'll absolutely wear.

I'll get straight to the pictures to show you what I mean.  I photographed each color after it dried matte and then with a coat of SV so you can see the difference.  Each is two coats over a base.

We'll start with the grey, Fuggen Ugly (I told you they have a sense of humor)!  Here it is on its own, as it's intended to be worn.

 

 

Then I added a coat of Seche Vite and the sparkly goodness returned.

 

 

The other color, a black called The Death Tar, is the same way.  Here it is on its own.

 

 

And here it is transformed by top coat.

 

 

That's Man Glaze for you!  I'm all for stimulating the local economy, so I encourage you to order them.  Truthfully, these are two I'm glad I have just for the names, and the grey is the sparkliest grey that I have (and I'm all for both grey an sparkly, so I'm happy!).  Here's a link to their site (remember to have a sense of humor as you browse...), and here's a link to purchase them for $6.66 (!!!) each.

That's what I have for you this morning, Dear Reader.  Until later, love and nail polish to you!