Saturday 17 March 2012

China Glaze - Tree Hugger

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone!

I started thinking green yesterday and tried to remember the happiest St Patrick's Day I had. My husband and I were in Milan, Italy, I was wearing a lot of green and after an afternoon shopping in Corso Buenos Aires we had a lovely meal in a small trattoria in the Navigli district. Bliss!

I had a look at the greens in my collection and found that China Glaze Tree Hugger was the same apple green as the T-shirt I was wearing that day, so I thought I'd give it a go. I have to say I love the name!

The formula was a tad runnier than I am used to and the brush picked up a lot of product, so my first coat was a little thick. It's a creme but has a subtle green/turquoise shimmer which you can hopefully see in the pictures below. It's true to the bottle and has a shiny finish. Drying time was average.

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As I am in the mood for experimenting, I decided to add some detail to my mani this morning. I used a hair grip to create some dots in a lighter green, using Mavala Pistache and some in a darker shade, using OPI Jade is the New Black, to create a pattern. Four leaf clovers would have been suitable, but I went a different route. Will you be wearing green today?

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Brand: China Glaze
Collection: ECOllection
Name: Tree Hugger
Type: Creme
Colour: Green
Pantone equivalent: 360
Make Up Alley rating: 4/5
Potential dupes: It's close to China Glaze Entourage but not enough to be dupes
Buy it from Raven Cosmetics £6.50

I used:
1 x Save The Nail Colour Extending Base Coat
2 x China Glaze Tree Hugger
1 x Save The Nail 45 Second Top Coat

Metadata:
Canon EOS 450D - 50 mm - f/1.8 - ISO 400 - indoors - no flash - daylight

9 comments:

  1. De forma inconciente me pinte las uñas el jueves de verde, sin acrodarme que se venia st patrick's day!
    Tree Hugger es un color hermoso, y te quedo re delicado con los dots

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    1. Gracias! Es tan manzana que ayer cuando me las pinté me puse DKNY Be Delicious para estar a tono ;-)

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  2. Que buen color! obvio aca todavia no llegó. Te costaste mucho las uñas muchacha..
    Me encantó el patrón que hiciste, le sumó mucho al color. Tenés súper buen gusto

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    1. Gracias por el halago! Odio limárme las uñas y nunca sé dónde parar, así que sigo de largo hasta donde dan... por suerte son grandes de por sí, en tres o cuatro días estan a mi largo preferido ;-)

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    2. Tenes uñas como las mias, por mas que las dejes cortas igual se ven larguitas. A mi me gusta como te quedaron con ese largo y forma!

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  3. Lovely colour and mani for a very nice memory about my town!

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    1. Thanks Adina! We had a great time in Milan, went to see some live music in the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi - what a lovely venue that was!

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  4. Hermoso ese verde... y te quedaron bárbaras con la decoracion... :)

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    1. Gracias! Es muy lindo color, una sorpresa agradable :-)

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