♡Manicure of the night: For my niece!♡

This evening, I had the opportunity and privilege to hangout with my first niece who's now a young a-dult teenager. LOL, we went to Wal-Mart with my kids for a little food shopping & then hit up McDonald's for dinner lolol.... We had a fun 6 hours for a hangout & my three kiddos loved it!

OK, enough about us.. LOL, on to the mani of the night..

Her request was for a baby blue base & cherry blossom trees but unfortunately the timing flew by so fast she settled on the China Glaze in 'At Vase Value'. I couldn't send her home with a plain manicure, so I sponged up two coats in a subtle gradient in 'Metro Pollen-Tin' & Sinful Colors Professional striper in 'Flower Girl' with some adorable gold accents. I forgot to mention, her manicure for her family's vacay this Thursday will be fab for the warm weather! I'm a bit jealous bc I dislike the weather here in the Midwest.. :P

I'm not going to lie, I was a bit "OMG'shing" over it & her reaction to it was,"OMG! I love it!! The colors reminds me of Princess Jasmine! Especially, the gold!!" Anyway, I'm not a professional nail tech but this manicure was amazing! I am proud of this manicure! I feel ready for more opportunities with new faces & friends. Message me on my Facebook or by e-mail at▶▶ ipaintmainails@gmail.com

I hope you all enjoyed thus manicure as much as we both did tonight! Goodnight world!!

♡Mai

▶Swatch & Review on China Glaze's City Flourish 2014 Collection

Here's my full swatch and review on China Glaze's City Flourish 2014 Collection of the four polishes I had picked up this week.

This first swatch is called 'Metro Pollen-Tin' from the China Glaze 2014 City Flourish Collection. It is a cream polish in a yellow to slightly orange shade, almost reminds me of a #2 pencil! I used three coats for an even application. Though It dries with a glossy shine finish, I also used Seche Vite fast drying top coat. Drying time between three coats is always good for me.

Second swatch is 'Lotus Begin' done in two easy coats plus Seche Vite! The application doesn't require you to apply more than two because this one was silky and creamy for a full coverage!

Third swatch is 'Peonies and Park Ave' can be done in two coats but like almost a perfectionist, I wanted to make it ultra smoother and bright because HELLO! It's a cute, bright and cheery, it can be a neon but more of a subtle yet neon. It dries almost like a matte finish but I decided to use Seche Vite for a glossy shine.

Last but not least, here is 'At Vase Value'. A Cyan/baby blue, creamy, pastel polish done in three coats plus, Seche Vite. Application was wonderful and out of the few pastel blue, this ones my favorite!

Accent nails base was a Saran Wrap technique I used with all the four polishes. While the peony flowers were free hand painted with acrylic paints. I had a tough time painting the peony flowers on my ring fingernail. I never knew how hard it was to paint such detailed flowers!! LOL All in all, I really like the outcome of it and the four color of the polishes are so pretty! I love it all but now I wish I can own all the other eight!

Mai♡

▲Metro Pollen-Tin▲

▲Lotus Begin▲

▲Peonies and Park Ave▲

▲At Vase Value▲

▲Macro of my free handed Peonies▲

over a sponged base of all the four polishes from this collection.

China Glaze 2014 City Flourish Collection

My 4 picks from China Glaze 2014 City Flourish Collection.

From Left to Right:

At Vase Value
Lotus Begin
Metro Pollen-Tin
Peonies and Park Ave

I wish I could have the entire collection but I am glad I got my hands on these four beauties bc of Sally's Beauty Supply Store's BOGO deal. I cannot wait to swatch these babies!

I've gotta say, I am a huge nail fanatic of China Glaze but I'm not a nail polish hoarder sadly but gladly!! LOL! I do love me some polish though! ;)

Happy paintings!
Yours Truly,
Mai