China Glaze Eye Candy Collection!

Happy Tuesday

Here’s the post you’ve all been waiting for, swatches of the China Glaze Eye Candy glitter collection! There are 6 fabulous shades that I’ve got for you today

This whole collection was inspired by Marilyn Monroe and her movies, and although I’m not a huge Marilyn fan, I can see the influence in the glitters Okay, onto the pictures!

I’ve left all the pictures big so click to enlarge the glittery goodness.

Marry a Millionaire. 4 coats and a coat of Seche Vite.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Marry a Millionaire is my absolute favourite. It’s a gorgeous purple that’s packed with bar glitter. [The China Glaze release says 'Multi-tonal Fibers' which is bar glitter in professional language ] 4 coats makes it opaque even though the photos don’t show that so well. That’s the trouble with macro shots sometimes.

The bar glitter is mostly turquoise/teal as you can see in the bottle shot, but there are some gold/orange pieces in there too. Because of the bar glitter you’ll need a heavier top coat than usual, I used one coat of Seche and I could still feel a fair bit of grittiness underneath.

 

Lorelei’s Tiara. 4 coats, no top coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lorelei’s Tiara is a silver based glitter that’s packed with bigger pieces of blue glitter. It reminds me of winter, icicles and all, so it seems fitting for a holiday collection.

I was surprised by how much I liked this glitter actually, but after the bar glitter madness of Marry a Millionaire it was refreshing to wear this ice cool polish

 

Material Girl. 4 coats, no top coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Material Girl is a .. not salmon, but not a baby pink. Wow, that was bad describing. Anyway, you can see the colour in the photos. The hex glitter pieces are holographic but they’re fairly sparse which is a shame.

I think I would have preferred a hot pink, but this colour seems fitting for the name of Material Girl.

 

Blonde Bombshell. 4 coats, no top coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blonde Bombshell is a bright gold that’s worthy of the name Bombshell. It’s packed with micro gold glitter, plus bigger circle pieces of gold, and, I was surprised to see, sprinkled with bar glitter! The effect is much more subtle than Marry a Millionaire but my nails looked like they were encrusted with gold.

Again, gold is generally a good bet for the holidays, and the inclusion of the bar glitter gives Blonde Bombshell an edge over a regular gold glitter.

 

Some Like It Haute. 5 coats, no top coat.

 

Some Like It Haute was a bit of a disappointment to me. I saw all of the holographic hex glitter in the bottle and got really excited, but unfortunately the hex glitter gets a bit lost once it’s on the nail. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a gorgeous polish, it’s just not as blingy as I hoped for.

Some Like It Haute is a charcoal grey filled with grey micro glitter and larged holographic hex pieces. This polish didn’t have a jelly base, but it definitely dried a bit ‘squishier’ on me than the others, and maybe that’s why the holographic hex gets a bit lost.

Still a fabulous polish, I think it’s nice and subtle. For a glitter, I mean.

 

Last but definitely not least, we have Love Marilyn. 5 coats, no top coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First off, let me say this. My name is Diana and I don’t like red nail polish.

Except this one.

Love Marilyn is gorgeous. It’s red glitter packed with silver hex. It reminds me a little of the OPI Muppets glitter in a smaller version, actually. This is the brightest glitter out of the collection, which I think fits with the name, considering Marilyn was the inspiration behind the whole collection.

Red is always a good choice for holiday season and the silver hex makes it even more special. I’m definitely going to be wearing this one around Christmas time.

 

So that’s the whole collection!

My favourites were Marry a Millionare, Love Marilyn and Lorelei’s Tiara, but the other three come a close second.

 

Which are your favourites?

 

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The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for review, the thoughts and opinions are all mine.