This order was prompted mainly by ONE nail polish: China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You, from the Fall 2014 All Aboard collection. I was browsing some nail polish blogs looking at older nail polish collections and came across it. I mainly wanted it for the colour but… a part of me wanted it for the name:
(I may own the Lego minifigure of Ralph, holding this very card!)
So I had to order it, and a few other items came along for the ride:
I got:
China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You – it was 80% for polish colour and 20% for the polish name, if I’m honest. 😛 The shade is really difficult to describe – it’s a mixture of indigo, bronze, green… very mesmerizing. I can’t wait to wear this!
A England Ascalon – this has been a long time wish list item for me. Sweet Jeebus, just LOOK at this colour! It’s gunmetal, it’s violet… it’s just magical.
Cirque Never Nude – This is my first ever Cirque polish – yay! And this was a colour I had been eyeing before – if anyone watched Arrested Development, they’d understand the name (but I seemed to remember that Never Nude shade was supposed to be a denim blue colour? Am I crazy? Because that would make a lot of sense given the Arrested Development reference.) But it’s a holographic champagne shade instead, and I’m not even mad about that!
Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge – since so many of you commented that you love this in the Beauty Blender Battle post, I thought I’d give it another shot. I hope this one will last me more than a few washings! Please do a beauty sponge dance to help this RT sponge last longer! 😛
Nail Polish Canada is a Canadian operated online store that sells nail polish (dur) but have expanded into makeup and other beauty products. My very first order with them was November of 2011, in which I bought Essie Shine Of The Times, and they included a candy cane with my order. I was taught not to take candy from strangers… but ah well, what the heck. I’ve been a loyal customer of NPC ever since! 😆 They have fair prices and I tend to stick to hard-to-find brands like A England, Nubar and Misa. Shipping is free with $25 minimum purchase, and this order arrived in 6 days.
Do you own any of these items?
You absolutely chose 3 Ingrid colors !!! I’m anxious to read your reviews on the Cirque & England polishes; I might buy them after 😛 I never purchase anything from NailPolish Canada.
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I have one other A England polish which was a gift and let me tell you – it’s mesmerizing! The shimmers in these indie brands are so intriguing. I stare at my nails too much when I’m wearing them – sometimes it’s awkward when I’m at work lol!
Sometimes NailPolish Canada offers free shipping no minimum required!
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A minimum of 25$ for free shipping is really good anyway !!! My only problem is the 50+ nail polishes that I already have in my collection 😀 My low-buy makes me questioning every single product that I want versus need !!! (Obviously I don’t need anything:P)
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Omg those polishes are gorgeous! And I’m so interested to hear your thoughts on the RT sponge!
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I’m going to test it out tomorrow! Crosses fingers! 😛
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I’ve learned about so many websites since following your blog…haha.
As always, love your choices! There is some duochrome-y goodness going on in this blog post 😉
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Yessss duochromes! I have that draft post saved with a list of eye shadows… will need to take pictures! 😛
Sometimes NPC will offer free shipping no minimum required! 😀
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I love love love A England polishes, and I even own Ascalon!
Also look forward to swatches of the awesomeness of the China Glaze one.
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I only have one A England polish before this (Fated Prince, which was a gift) so I’m excited to try this one! 😀 Can’t wait to play with all the pretties… I think I need to change up my polishes more than once a week…
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First, Ralphy is absolutely the best. He has the most spectacular one liners.
Those nail polishes though! Sooo pretty!! Ascalon had been on my wish list for a while. Aengland polishes are so nice!
Im really interested to hear your thoughts on the Cirque Colours polish. I have one polish from them and the shade is perfection but the formula is kind of sketchy.
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I know, Ralph’s lines are THE BEST! Poor kid.
What colour of Cirque polish do you have? Is it a holographic shimmer? Sometimes I find holos get bald spots and drag a bit… they advise to use a special base coat but screw that. 😛
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I have Panacea (http://gymbagmakeup.com/2014/08/17/nail-of-the-week-cirque-colors-panacea/) which is a holo. It does kind of drag. And it peels off which is a total bummer. Seriously, nobody has time for special base coats.
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Peeling? Oh that’s unacceptable! Ok, I’ll have to wear it soon to test it out!
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The polishes are so pretty! ❤
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Sometimes I just like looking at them in the bottles haha!
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Yes, me too haha 😉
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I have never tried A England polishes before so I will be watching for an update!
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I have a long list of polishes to try! I think I need to change my polish more than once a week to get through all of them! 😉
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love what you got xxx
shimmer shimmer
xxx
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Yes, I like shimmer sometimes! 😛
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Come on – It’s Your new THING – xoxoxoxxo
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Oh yes, that’s right. New year, new THING. 😛
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LOL XXXX 🙂 xxxx uh huh 🙂 xxx or things 🙂 xx
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Nice! You picked some good ones. I think I like the gunmetal/purple on the best but they are all pretty.
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I think that gunmetal/purple one is my favourite from this order. In fact, I think I’m going to wear that one next! 😀
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*eyes wide open* jealousy is eating me!!! I want them all in my life!😫
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Aww that’s I felt when I saw the polishes on other people’s blog. The gift that keeps on giving! 😉
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You’re really into mesmerizing polishes lately! Lovely colors.
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They’re like jewels in their bottles. I could stare at them all day.
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I so did the sponge dance lol!!! 😂 I hope you love it as much as I do!!! Ohhhhmyyyyygooooosshhhhh!!! Those nail polishes are just 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 I am definitely putting them on my wishlist and getting them! I love those types of colored and holographic polishes are gorgeous !!!!
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I’m wearing A England Ascalon today – it mostly registers as a gunmetal colour but every so often I catch a hint of purple. It’s so purty. I’ll do a follow up post with swatches and reviews of all these polishes, I promise! 😀
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Yay!!! Cant wait 😀 💖
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And thanks for doing the sponge! LOL 😆
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Anytime 😉 lol!
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