Color Club - Nouveau Vintage

First off I want to say I'm sorry for my lack of presence here on my blog. I have been incredibly busy with work and trying to get myself set up to move out. I haven't been completely MIA..I have been quietly stalking out other pages I follow so I didn't just forget about the world of blogger haha.

I also closed my fingers in my car door last week and surprisingly I didn't break a nail. I guess the glass file is working? I do however have a giant bruise under my nail which you can see at the cuticle line no matter how I polish my nails. I will be stuck wearing dark colors for a while until this bruise goes away. It's alright though at least it's not summer.

On to the swatches! I was trying some new lighting, I'm hoping that my pictures have improved... Today I have on a dark (perfect!)polish from Color Clubs "Back To Boho" Fall 2011 Collection.

Below is 1 coat of OPI's Ridge Filler and 2 Coats of Nouveau Vintage.

Nouveau Vintage is a shimmery brown/green/reddish type polish that changes in the light. Gold flecks run through the whole thing. I'm finding it very hard to describe this unique shade. Although the bottle shows a real green color it shows up more brown and red. This polish dried super fast too.

I hope you all have been well. I am hating the snow we just got slammed with this weekend. I'm also stuck being home today with my work having no power :(..It's really sad that I would prefer to be at work right now.

China Glaze - It's Alive

Just like everyone else, I must post my swatches of China Glazes "It's Alive". You know I just feel that there should be a "!" after "It's Alive!". I don't I'm strange.

Anyway... This is the real glitter of the collection, I feel. Waaay more glitter than Haunting had. It's a green base filled with green and yellow glitter.

 It applied like a nightmare. Just what I had suspected. It looked nice from FAR away, but if you got up close you could actually see where there are dents in the polish since it applied too thick and chunky like, I know this is 3 coats but that's only because It looked this way with 2 coats and I tried to fill the spaces in..it only got worse.

...and like everyone else it doing, I feel I need to show my comparison to last years "Zombie Zest:"... Not comparable at all. I also showed it next to Sinful Color- Call You Later.

 Do you have a comparable color to "It's Alive"?