Favorites of 2012 - Part 1 - Favorites I Was Behind On

Happy (almost) New Year's Eve everyone! Tonight I have for you a favorites post that is a little different than some you have been seeing around the blogosphere. These are my favorite polishes that I acquired this year that were released prior to this year - in other words, polishes I was behind on!

I was going to narrow this down to 12 for 2012 but I just couldn't knock any of these off my list so I have lucky #13 for you today. Here they are in no particular order.

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Chanel Dragon - I received this as a birthday gift in November. It was my first Chanel and it is simply amazing. Perfect. Red. Creme.

Chanel Dragon

China Glaze High Def - this is from China Glaze's Tronica Collection that came out in 2011 - and I managed to miss every single one. Now I need them all. LOL! This one is a perfect dusty blue.

China Glaze High Def

 Dior Liquorice - this super hard-to-find Dior is simply amazing. The picture speaks for itself.

Dior Liquorice

Illamasqua Hectic - I do love me some poopy greens and this one is my favorite. It was not easy to acquire this polish as it is extremely hard-to-find so that makes me treasure it even more.

Illamasqua Hectic

MAC Bad Fairy - this one needs no explanation. And the story behind it makes it very near and dear to my heart.

MAC Bad Fairy

Zoya Petra - this is one of my go-to polishes. I wear this polish a lot and am at least halfway through the bottle.

Zoya Petra

Dior Purple Mix - one of my favorite polishes out of my whole stash. You can't go wrong with a Dior creme and this color is to die for.

Dior Purple Mix

China Glaze Hyper Haute - another offering from the Tronica Collection. This is my favorite out of the Tronicas that I have so far.

China Glaze Hyper Haute

Zoya Jana - I wear this polish all. the. time. However, I realized I have NEVER blogged it! How in the world did that happen? LOL! So, I have borrowed a photo from Pointless Cafe.

Zoya Jana

Dior Jamaican Pepper - can you tell that I love Dior? This time last year I had never even considered Dior polish - now it is one of my favorites. I would own even more if my wallet would let me!

Dior Jamaican Pepper

Orly Frolic - just such a happy, cheery color.

Orly Frolic

Orly Green Apple - this shade of green looks yummy enough to eat (pun intended).

Orly Green Apple

Sinful Colors Dream On - (shown with stamping) - I absolutely adore this color and the rubber finish of this polish.

Sinful Colors Dream On

Well, there are my previously-released favorites! I will be back tomorrow with more favorites! Let me know your favorites in the comments!

Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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China Glaze Hyper Haute - Swatches and Review

Happy Saturday! I have been fighting a bad headache all day, as well as TRYING to get some work accomplished - I didn't do very well with either. But the headache is finally starting to ease up and I can do the work tomorrow (not so thrilled about the latter).  So to perk up my weekend I have one of my new favorite polishes to show you! This was a gift from a very sweet friend, thank you Sandy!!

Hyper Haute is from China Glaze's Tronica Collection (spring of 2011) and, for some reason, I didn't manage to get a single one. I have seen them popping up on blogs and I started falling in love with them - now that they are hard to find. Of course. This one was the highest on my wish list and I was so excited to get it in the mail - but I still have more to find! Hehehe!

The formula was AMAZING. It was so smooth and covered perfectly in 2 coats. The holo effect isn't incredibly strong - but strong enough to be linear and not scattered. And the base color is sooo pretty. It's a perfect berry color. I wore this for two days and was sad when I had to take it off. Definitely in my top 10 polishes now.

China Glaze Hyper Haute

China Glaze Hyper Haute (in the shade)

China Glaze Hyper Haute

China Glaze Hyper Haute

China Glaze Hyper Haute

China Glaze Hyper Haute

Isn't she a stunner? Do you have any of the polishes from the Tronica Collection? Or are you one of ones late to the game like me?


Thanks for reading! ♥

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