China Glaze Holiday Joy 2012 Review, Swatches and Photos

A holiday collection! We are getting closer and closer to Christmas, not to mention this is my last week of work before I get time off to relax at home~ So even more excited! This collection from China Glaze is festive and jolly, lots of reds, greens, silver and golds~ All traditional Christmas colours <3

All swatches are two coats with no top coat so you can see the true finish for each polish.

Angel Wings

A gold holographic glitter, kinda hard to tell in this photo as it mostly looks gold, but in real life it is definitely very holographic. The glitters whilst very fine still leave a rather rough finish. Color Club’s Enchanted Holiday is similar but has a richer golden tone.

Cranberry Splash

A dark red shimmer shade, I love the finish for this polish. It’s absolutely gorgeous and I can see myself wearing this a lot, especially in December. Similar shares are ORLY’s Torrid and Face of Australia’s Flaming Boa.

Glistening Snow

A silver holographic glitter, pretty much the silver counterpart of Angel Wings. Even though you can’t really see it, this too is very holographic, with fine glitter and a relatively rough surface.

Pizzazz

A multi-glitter overlay, this needs to be applied over a solid shade to really stand out. I reckon with a pearl white or shimmery slate black would be gorgeous with this!

Red Satin

A red crème shade, another beautiful almost gel looking shade. I think I’d have trouble choosing between this shade and Cranberry Splash. Similar shades would be China Glaze’s Ruby Deer and ORLY’s Candy Cane Lane.

Winter Holly

A true green with gold glitter, again in texture and finish similar to both Angel Wings and Glistening Snow, just green.