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Couture High Maintenance & Glam Squad 0

It’s been a busy week. My daughter’s HS prom is this weekend, and I have a friend coming in town and a wedding to attend on Sunday so I won’t have much time for swatching. I will be doing a French manicure for my daughter and I have some nail art planned to match the dress I’m wearing to the wedding, so you can expect some pictures of those next week.

In the meantime, I have a couple of Couture Gel Nail Polish swatches to share with you.  Couture is a DIY brand meant for at-home use.  I found that their starter kit is available on Amazon.com at a discount, though I don’t see the individual colors sold there.

These colors are from the Couture Spring 2013 collection.  Application and soak-off were a breeze. The shimmery silver one is called High Maintenance. I wore this for a few days and loved it. It goes with everything and has just the right amount of sparkle for me.

Couture Gel Polish - High Maintenance

Couture Gel Polish - High Maintenance

The color below is Glam Squad. This one is the perfect combination of purple and pink. It looks pink next to purples, and purple next to pinks. I really like the uniqueness of the color. My lightbox washed the color out of these photos a bit, and it looks a little more pink than it actually was. I snapped a quick pic of this in regular lighting to try to capture the color a little better.

Couture Gel Polish - Glam Squad

Couture Gel Polish - Glam Squad

Couture Gel Polish - Glam Squad

Gelish Sizzling Summer Nights Collection Swatches 5

Gelish Sizzling Summer Nights Collection Swatches

Yes, I know it’s the middle of winter (at least it is here in the US), but today I have the Gelish Sizzling Summer Collection to share with you. These polishes are all “showstoppers” in my opinion! I can’t believe I waited this long to try these colors… they are stunning!  These all had full coverage with just two coats and applied flawlessly.

This is Sunrise and the City, a gorgeous duochrome.  It really does remind me of a sunrise with the burning shades of orange.

Gelish Sunrise and the City Swatch

Gelish Sunrise and the City Swatch

This is Shake Your Money Maker, a sparkly olive green.  I didn’t expect to like this one, but once it was applied I LOVED it!

Gelish Shaker Your Money Maker Swatch

Gelish Shaker Your Money Maker Swatch

This is Showstopping! Wow… this one totally blew me away. I took pics of this one in the lightbox and under an OttLite to try to show you how shiny and sparkly it is, but the photos still don’t do this color justice. Love, love, love!

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

Gelish Showstopping Swatch

And finally, this is Big City Siren, a sparkly red beauty.

Gelish Big City Siren Swatch

Gelish Big City Siren Swatch

Sizzling Summer Nights Collection

Gelish Gossip Girl 0

I’m getting the itch to change my polish color, so I thought I would document Gossip Girl real quick.  You can see there is some growth here – this is after about 10 days.  The polish is still  holding up well, I’m just ready for a change! The pink color is Gossip Girl, and the accent finger is Night Shimmer with a Konad cheetah print stamp (using the Konad black polish).

Gelish gossip girl & night shimmer

Update: 11/26/12 – These are some newer swatches of Gossip Girl.

Gelish Gossip Girl Swatch

Gelish Gossip Girl Swatch