{"id":1339,"date":"2011-07-27T23:22:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/web\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2011-07-27T23:22:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T21:22:05","slug":"china-glaze-concrete-catwalk-and-cnd-sapphire-sparkle-nail-polish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/2011\/07\/china-glaze-concrete-catwalk-and-cnd-sapphire-sparkle-nail-polish\/","title":{"rendered":"China Glaze &#8216;Concrete Catwalk&#8217; and CND &#8216;Sapphire Sparkle&#8217; Nail Polish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1342\" title=\"ChinaGlaze30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze30.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze30-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze30-424x300.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy friend Michelle from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacquerized.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laquerized.com <\/a><\/em>has this power over me.\u00a0<br \/>\na \u00a0power that is not good for me, in any kind of financial way. Whenever she uploads a new blogpost<br \/>\nwith a new, breath taking, mouth watering mani.. I get the urge to buy every single product she used.<\/p>\n<p>a couple of days ago, Michelle posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacquerized.com\/2011\/07\/cnd-effects-sapphire-sparkle-beetle.html\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> mani, and I loved it!<br \/>\nI gave in, and ordered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">evertyhing<\/span> she used (<em>Am I the only one who ever does this?<\/em>)<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1343\" title=\"ChinaGlaze31\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze31.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze31-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze31-430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMichelle used a blue base under the amazing <em><strong>CND Sapphire Sparkle <\/strong><\/em>polish.<br \/>\nI decided to try out a dark grey. This is the new <em>China Glaze Metro Collection<\/em> Colour in <em><strong>Concrete Catwalk<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s just start of with: If you love duochromes, and wish you could change some of your polishes<br \/>\ninto a<em> blue-y\/purple-y\/pink-y<\/em> duochrome mani. <em><strong>CND Sapphire Sparkle <\/strong><\/em>is your new husband.<br \/>\nSeriously, this makes any colour look awesome!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1346\" title=\"ChinaGlaze34\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze34.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze34-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze34-500x274.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Concrete Catwalk <\/strong><\/em>is just a beautiful, edgy, dark true grey.<br \/>\nPerfect for fall(<em>it&#8217;s summer, I know.. But trust me, the weather in Holland right now feels like October<\/em>)<br \/>\nand it&#8217;s perfect as a base for this <em>CND Effects <\/em>polish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1344\" title=\"ChinaGlaze32\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze32.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze32-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze32-459x300.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nApplication on <strong>Concrete Catwalk <\/strong>(<em>I keep wanting to type &#8216;Concrete Jungle&#8217; -_-<\/em>) was a little ugh-ish.<br \/>\nIt only took <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2 layers <\/em><\/span>to get completely opague, but it was thick. You have to work quick with this one,<br \/>\nbefore it gets too thick to work with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CND Sapphire Sparkle <\/strong>only needs <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>1 <\/em>layer<\/span> to do it&#8217;s work. That&#8217;s it. I will marry it now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1341\" title=\"ChinaGlaze29\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze29.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze29-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze29-500x256.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>*gets back in a wedding dress*<\/em> Hi there! :)<br \/>\nYou can buy <em>CND Colour &amp; Effects <\/em>polishes for <em><strong>$5.50 <\/strong><\/em>each at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Transdesign.com<br \/>\n<\/a>and China Glaze on that same website\u00a0as well\u00a0for <em><strong>$2.99 <\/strong><\/em>each.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1340\" title=\"ChinaGlaze28\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze28.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze28-163x300.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Michelle from Laquerized.com has this power over me.&nbsp; a &nbsp;power that is not good for me, in any kind of financial way. Whenever she uploads a new blogpost with a new, breath taking, mouth watering mani.. I get &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/2011\/07\/china-glaze-concrete-catwalk-and-cnd-sapphire-sparkle-nail-polish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ChinaGlaze30.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2GjTk-lB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nikkietutorials.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}