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I love my two little girls and I love collecting nail polish - combine the two, and you've got Paws to Polish. Enjoy!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

China Glaze - "Fortune Teller"

This is the moment I've been waiting for since the day I first saw a swatch of China Glaze's "Fortune Teller". I don't know where I was, or what I was doing. I don't even know whose blog it was that I saw it on. All I know is I fell in love immediately with this color and knew I had to have it right away!


Well, after doing a little research on the polish, I soon realized that this little beauty wouldn't be an easy one to find. Apparently, this color was a Sally Beauty exclusive color from 2009. I've been to quite a few Sally's and have NEVER seen it in stores. So I knew I'd either have to buck-up and buy it off of eBay, or find someone online who would want to swap it for something I had or could get.


What I learned quickly is that if you just speak up, and let others know what you're looking for, there's a good chance someone out in cyberspace might be able to help. Sure enough, a friend of mine in one of the Facebook groups I belong to happened to have an extra bottle and was willing to swap with me! Only about a week after I mentioned my love for "Fortune Teller" online, it was in my hands! I can't thank you enough, Neeka! I don't swap very often, but this was probably one of my favorite trades (next to my all-time favorite, "Unripened"!!!!!!).


"Fortune Teller" is a beautiful black creme polish with different sizes of orange/copper hex glitter. For this mani, I used 2 coats of FT and felt that I got full opacity and didn't need a third. I also needed 2 coats of top coat, because this puppy just soaked up the first coat. Even after 2 coats of top coat, it's still a little bit rough. I'm thinking it might be worth investing in a bottle of Gelous. I don't use glitter polishes very often, but when I do, I want high shine and smoothness.


Ok, enough with the babbling. You're probably here to see pictures, right?


Application:
OPI Chip Skip
1 coat of Seche Clear Base Coat
2 coats of China Glaze "Fortune Teller"
2 coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
1 spritz CND Solar Speed Spray







Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo, Katie



12 comments:

  1. I love this polish! congrats on getting a lemming <3

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  2. No problem Im glad I could be of service =)

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  3. Katie I love this too. Patricia M sent it to me recently. You did a really good job showing this to us!

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  4. Thank you, ladies! I tihnk I need to update my current "Top 10" list - this BELONGS on it!

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  5. so pretty on you!! <3 I need to bust out my bottle. I got SO LUCKY finding this on clearance at sallys for 2.99 when it was going for ninety bucks on ebay at the time!!! it really is gorgeous though

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  6. Thanks, Tara! You know me - if it's dark and vampy, I'm gonna love it! I'm thinking about "matte-ing" it up tomorrow! I'll post pics of that mani, too!

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  7. This is freaking gorgeous . This would look even better matte .

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  8. I JUST matted (is that even a word?!) it today! I used CG Matte Magic on one hand and Essie's Matte About You on the other. They both provided the same results. It ALMOST looks like I used a black polish base, added some Nubar 2010, then matted it! BEAUTIFUL! :-)

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  9. OMIGOSH I love this. Huge lemming. ♥

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  10. I just ordered it! I didn't get lucky enough that someone had it to swap, but someone had a link to it super cheap on ebay!

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