China Glaze Roguish Red

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I have red nail polish prejudice. Whenever I think of it my mind conjures up skanks and those old ladies who wear tons of makeup. Despite this I bought all of the China Glaze Wicked Collection which included a red, Roguish Red. This color doesn't bring to mind either of the classy gals I mentioned. Instead it reminds me of Merida from Pixar's Brave. Roguish Red reminds me of her hair color and it sounds like a cute nickname for her.

Left to right: Orly Bonder, China Glaze Roguish Red, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

My previous manicure used Orly Bonder as the basecoat and had a Finger Paints polish on top lasted for a whole week with minimal chipping! I couldn't believe it. I used a coat of Bonder after taking all the previous polish off.

I then swatched on China Glaze Roguish Red. Roguish Red is part of the Wicked Collection for this Fall. It is a bright orangey red creme. This was my first time using a China Glaze nail polish (shocking, I know). I loved the formula. Roguish Red could have easily been a one coater, it's that pigmented. It's really thin but not watery though so I went ahead and did a second coat. Love it.

I then painted on a coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. There was no change in color or gloss.

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Definitely haven't been converted to a fan of red nail polish but I do like this one. I might do a little stamping in white in the next few days over it but I'm undecided how long I want to wear this color. We shall see!


I'm really eager to start holiday and snow type manicures after having the first snow of the year last week. :)

Cheeky Vibrant Nail Plates Collection - CH15

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To spice up yesterday's Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter swatch I decided to do a little stamping. I used Wet n Wild French White Creme as my stamping polish. It's a white creme, as the name suggests, but it isn't nearly as opaque as my beloved Wet n Wild Black Creme which is the perfect stamping polish. French White Creme was a little watery and looked sheer on the plate. I typically use Sally Hansen White On when painting my nails white and hadn't tried Wet n Wild French White Creme. I guess I'll be using Sally for painting and stamping from now on!

Anyway, I chose a dashed heart design from plate CH15 of Cheeky's Vibrant Nail Plates Collection. I bought it on amazon for less than $20. I'm quite happy with that purchase considering the collection consists of 26 plates with a variety of designs. A few designs are more shallow than I feel they should be but I've yet to encounter any real problem that couldn't be fixed with a change of polish. And considering it was less than $20... I definitely made out like a bandit.

Cheeky Nail Plate - CH15

I love all the designs on this plate.

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I'm a really slow stamper so I only did my thumbs and ring fingers. I'm really happy with the overall effect.

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As you can see the the polish didn't fill the spaces very well. I'm unsure if that's due to the design's shallowness (it was one of the more shallow designs) or if it was due to the wateriness of French White Creme. I think it still looks cute but wish it had been consistent one way or the other.

Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter

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Blue is my absolute favorite color but since my nail polish obsession started, I haven't worn it once! I can't believe it wasn't the first color I wore. I decided to try a new to me brand while I was at it too.

Left to right: Orly Bonder, Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I mentioned in the last post that I was trying out Orly Bonder for the first time having used Sally Hansen Triple Strong and suspecting it of causing my nails to peel. When my Halloween manicure came off there wasn't a single hint of peeling. Sorry Sally, but it looks like Bonder is my new go to gal. Bonder didn't live up to it's two week claim but my nails were perfect for five days before chipping started which amazed me. I'm extremely rough on my nails and Sinful Colors is a cheap brand. I couldn't be more happy with my purchase.

I decided not to do anything special and just swatch Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter onto my nails. It took two thin coats but one thick one would have gotten the polish to opaqueness. Tiffany Imposter is a gorgeous robin egg blue creme... or, you know, Tiffany blue creme. The formula was thick but not gloppy and I had no problems with it.

I topped it off with a single coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat which darkened the polish just a tad.

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Beautiful! I think I'm getting better about painting in the lines but ew, someone needs some hand lotion and cuticle cream.

I'm sure there are lots of dupes for this polish. I believe it's often compared to China Glaze For Audrey. Considering my collection is very small, this one is completely unique to me and I love it.


Tomorrow I'm thinking of either stamping something in white over this or doing a dotticure. I can't decide! :)