So for the premiere I decided to wear my district's color from the China Glaze Capitol Colors Collection. If you don't know what district you are in, you can find out here: The Capitol of Panem. I am from District 11, the agriculture district. I was so excited to find out that 11 was my district, because I come from the same district as sweet little Rue =) Anyways, the corresponding color for District 11 in the Capitol Colors Collection is Agro.
I was so pumped to learn that my color was going to be Agro. It is a lovely olive green metallic polish with micro flecks of copper, right up my alley. Unfortunately, application on this polish was HORRID on me. I have read blogs praising the formula of this polish, saying how wonderfully velvety and smooth it was. I seemed to have the exact opposite experience with it. I found Agro to be incredibly thick yet runny at the same time, making it hard to control and ended up flooding my cuticles several times. Also, it bubbled on me like no other polish I had ever seen. Horrid.
So yeah, Agro just did not agree with me. I don't know if it was my body chemistry, the bottle that I received in combination with the super thick formula, but I'm not impressed. I'll keep this in my stash and maybe give it another try one day, but mostly because I am a major Hunger Games fan, and of course, because it is my district's color.
In order to save the manicure, I layered one of my color shifting topcoat frankens on top. The one that I chose was one that I frankened from gold-to-green color shifting pigment and Confetti Tiara. Not only did it save an otherwise streaky and bubbly manicure, but it looks BANGIN!
Manicure is as follows:
-base coat
-2 coats China Glaze Agro
-1 coat green-to-gold color shifting franken
-top coat
Hope you enjoy! I apologize for the bubbliness, I swear my nails aren't made out of sandpaper!
Are you a Hunger Games fan? Will you be wearing your district's color to the theatre?
I like this mani!
ReplyDeleteWow, love! You're layering combos blow my mind time & time again!!!! That Franken is amazing I might have to check it out in July :P
ReplyDeleteThis combo is stunning
ReplyDeletethis is amazing..love it
ReplyDeleteStunning love it, enjoy the film tonight hunni:D
ReplyDeleteWe are going to see the movie tomorrow! Too excited!
ReplyDeleteI like your mani.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the bubbling. It's such a pretty color.
ReplyDeleteThanks girls! I really wish it wouldn't have bubbled so much but oh well =) I've seen lots of good reviews on this polish so hopefully it's just my bottle =)
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous on you!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Way to make Agro look even better!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of the books, but I know I won't be seeing the movies because the books made me cry hard enough! Have a great time at the movie with your gorgeous manicure. And really, the bubbling isn't terribly visible!
ReplyDeleteThanks gals! I'm glad the bubbling didn't take away from the awesomeness too much =) And Jenny, welcome! Always glad to have a new follower =) I look forward to reading your blog now as well!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to read those books! I love the polish and it looks even better with the color changing topcoat!
ReplyDeleteWOW this is the best swatch of this color I have seen
ReplyDeleteThis one is probably my favourite of the collection. I can't wait to get them!
ReplyDeleteUghhhh sorry you had a wack bottle! :( My bottle of this color is kind of thick, for the record (but workable). The effect of the color-shifting franken is beautiful. It also reminds me of a similar franken that was gifted to me, and possibly could save Smoke & Ashes from being blah! (So thanks for that, LOL)
ReplyDeleteAmazing- you've definitely pushed an already pretty polish over the top. The duochrome look on this is fantastic!
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