N.Y.C. - Bryant Park

My mother gave this polish, which was really sweet of her - and it gave me a chance to try a color which, to be honest, I'd probably never have picked up on my own.

Bryant Park is a cool-toned gold, leaning toward a taupey ashen bronze. I guess maybe you could call it a neutral gold, or a golden neutral, if such a thing exists. It looks slightly more gold-toned on the nail than it does in the bottle. It's an interesting color in its way and would probably look great on someone else, but I don't think it works well with my skin tone. I don't think I'll actually wear this one, and will probably swap or give it away, if I can find anybody who wants it.

I usually don't have any problems with the quality or application or N.Y.C. polishes, and this one was fine it that regard as well. I can't report anything about how well it held up in terms of chipping and wear, since I removed it pretty quickly as I didn't care for the color. It was kind of brushstrokey, but I think that's definitely because it's rather frosty in finish. (Another reason, I suppose I didn't care for this polish as much: this color+frost = just "meh" for me.) To sum it all up, nice polish, interesting color, just not my cup of tea. :)

The pics here came out fairly color-accurate (for once), despite being taken late in the afternoon of a rainy day, with less than great lighting. I used three coats plus base and topcoats.

Thanks for looking! :)

Wet'n'Wild Craze - The Gold & the Beautiful

A bright, yellow-toned gold polish with lots of shimmer. This is from the collection of new Craze colors that was out earlier this summer, where all the polishes had names derived from tv shows. It's a bit...more brassy in tone than most of the golds in my collection, and the shimmer is really pretty. I think it's a nice fall gold, especially for early in the season, like now. (I don't know what's gotten into me; I never used to care about the seasons when it came to my polishes, and now suddenly, I'm all about the seasonal colors to the point where I actually kind of crave them. Must be some kind of phase I'm going through...Anyway, fall's my favorite season, and there are some gorgeous fall polish colors out there right now, so I'm just going to thoroughly enjoy my latest little obsession!)
This polish applied with no problems. Pics show three coats plus base and top coats.

Thanks for looking, and happy fall polishing! :)

Claire's 14 Karats

First of all, I must apologize for posting pics of this one pre-clean-up; I was in a hurry to catch the last of the sunlight before yet another sudden summer thunderstorm came rumbling through.

I'm finally living up to the title of my blog; my nails are indeed gilded!

I really liked this gleaming golden color. For some reason, it reminds me of ancient treasures, like a golden statue that might have been discovered in the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, perhaps...(I know, I think of odd things sometimes. :-P) It was a bit more prone to brushstrokes than I expected, but on the plus side, it only took two coats to be perfectly opaque, and I wore it all weekend with no major chipping.

And it matched perfectly with the gold embroidery on a dress I wore this weekend:

I wish I had thought to take a picture Of my nails while I was still wearing both the dress and the polish...Why do I always think of these things just a little bit too late?

I was lucky enough to find this one a few weeks ago when Claire's was having a ten-items-for-ten-dollars sale, so it was an amazing bargain at a dollar, but I would have been happy to have paid full price for such a pretty gold polish!

In full sun:

In shade, no flash:
All pics are two coats, plus base and top coat.