I’m sitting here on the living room floor watching The Deep End on IFC and trying to decide on a polish to wear for my Friday night manicure. I’d like it to be something from China Glaze’s new Retro Diva collection.
Out next month, the collection features 12 groovy polishes (about $5/bottle) in shades of purple, burgundy, orange, red and taupe. China Glaze says the colors were inspired by platform shoes, hiphuggers and the rockin’ disco 1970s.
For a look at the 2010 fall collection…
China Glaze Vintage Vixen
When I think ’70s colors, I think pea green drapes and mustard yellow shag carpeting, but whatev. 🙂
Cords
Short and Sassy
Let’s Groove
Stella
Skate Night
Far Out
Stroll
Thunderbird
Drive In
Street Racing
Free Love
Cruisin
What do you think? I’m kinda leaning towards Free Love for fingers and Cords for toes…
Hope you’re having a nice night. I think it’s time for ice cream! 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. To read about past China Glaze collections, click here.
Ellie Bean says
June 19th, 2009 at 9:48 pmGorgeous colors! I especially love Far Out- it’s like one my mom had back in the day, all bronzey and peachy. Have fun with your manicure!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 9:01 amHi Ellie Bean,
Thank you! I hope you’re having a nice weekend so far!
connie says
June 19th, 2009 at 9:59 pmthese look fantastic – i can’t wait! i’m especially loving cruisin with a stripe of thunderbird. i wonder what they’d look like together?
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 9:00 amHi Connie,
That sounds like it would be a fun pedi!
Roxanne says
June 19th, 2009 at 10:17 pmI’ve been in search of gorgeous red nail polish for as long as I can remember and I think I just fell in love with Thunderbird… It’s breathtaking!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 9:00 amHi Roxanne,
I think Thunderbird might be one of my faves, too. I think China Glaze really did a great job with this release… so many pretty reds and purples to choose from.
Hafsa says
June 19th, 2009 at 11:00 pmooh fall, how I miss thee 🙂 I really like Thunderbird, Stroll, and Short and Sassy. Thanks for the post hope the manicure comes out nice!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 9:00 amHi Hafsa,
Are you a fall makeup kinda girl? 🙂
Luv J says
June 19th, 2009 at 11:02 pmWow these colors scream Fall!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:59 amHi Luv J,
I know, right? I don’t know if I’m quite ready yet for the season. I’d be happy for it to stay summer forever.
Hope you’re having a very nice Saturday!
Karen B says
June 19th, 2009 at 11:20 pmLooks great. I think cruisin would be pretty sweet for summer beaches also 🙂
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:59 amHi Karen B.,
Oh, good call! Now if only the beaches here were warm enough to actually visit! 🙂
How’s your weekend going?
Catherine says
June 19th, 2009 at 11:47 pmWow! Thunderbird and Drive in look gorgeous too! Hmmmmmm, I think I’d have to go with Cruisin’ for fingers and Free Love or Drive in for toes. They’re such pretty brights. The darker fall colors are total love too though. I am definitely getting Short & Sassy and Stella. 😀
.-= Catherine’s last blog post… MAIL! – Thank you Izumi, Javy, Audrie & Katelyn!! 😀 😀 😀 =-.
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:58 amHi Catherine,
It looks like Free Love is one of the crowd faves. 🙂
Sonja says
June 20th, 2009 at 12:58 amStroll & Stella for me. And I agree with whoever said that these colors scream fall!!
I completely get you on being obsessed with Greek mythology, mine was that big that I studied actually Ancient Greek for 4 years!!! Not the easiest language ever.:)
Sonja says
June 20th, 2009 at 1:02 amHahah supposed to share the love for Greek mythology in the Illamasqua post…argh, apologies, it’s way to early in the morning for my brain to work!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:58 amHi Sonja,
No worries. 🙂 It takes me to awhile to get going in the morning, too.
I devoured the Greek myths like they were food. There was family in my town where all of the kids were named after people in Greek mythology, and I remember being really envious, LOL!
What was the hardest thing about studying the Ancient Greek language?
Shirleen says
June 20th, 2009 at 2:18 amOMG! They are all so gorgeous! I especially love Short & Sassy, Skate Night and Thunderbird. 🙂
.-= Shirleen’s last blog post… Treatment Review : My Painful Experience With Thermage =-.
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:54 amHi Shirleen,
I like these colors, too! 🙂
Marina says
June 20th, 2009 at 5:21 amThunderbird, Let’s Groove and Short and Sassy are the best and Free Love is also a cool vibrant color!
.-= Marina’s last blog post… Estee Lauder Sensuous Gold Collection for Fall 2009 =-.
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:54 amHi Marina,
Thanks for throwing in your two cents. 🙂
Marmar says
June 20th, 2009 at 6:45 amStreet racin is cool, cool, cool! How are they with chipping though? I live in an area where the weather is so dry that it literally puts cracks in my polish after a couple days if I don’t triple coat it ;___;
.-= Marmar’s last blog post… This needs to be said. =-.
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:52 amHi Marmar,
I find with a good base coat China Glaze stands up *really* well in terms of chipping. And I totally abuse my nails, so that’s saying something.
redhead says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:41 amStreet Racing for fingers and Stella or Let’s Groove (depending on whether you want medium or dark purple nails) for toes!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:51 amHi Redhead,
Thanks for weighing in!
Erin says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:49 amI like these colors now that I see your swatches! I saw other swatches and I wasn’t too excited about them. But now I may need a few of these!
Karen says
June 20th, 2009 at 8:51 amHi Erin,
I like these colors, too. I am glad they have a lot of burgundies and purples to choose from, because they are some of my favorite fall shades.
How’s your Saturday going?
Rachel says
June 20th, 2009 at 9:47 amI like Let’s Groove and Cords a lot, as well as Stella.
Sonja says
June 20th, 2009 at 10:29 amHey Karen!
The hardest thing was definitely the grammar, the past tenses!!
Wow, how cool, to be named after a character from mythology! My Greek professor always used to say that my name is some Nordic version of ‘sofia’, ‘wisdom’ in Greek, so at least that!
ritadebora says
June 20th, 2009 at 11:48 amI just loooove “Street Racing”.
Lydia says
June 20th, 2009 at 12:50 pmFar out is my favorite!
Solé says
June 20th, 2009 at 9:56 pmI love ALL these colors! I think I like Thunderbird and Drive In the best. Most of these shades make me want to skip right over summer (except the bottom four) and dive into fall but I haven’t really gotten into the summer spirit yet since it’s been so gloomy all month. Then again, that probably means it’ll be hot into November and I won’t be wearing these colors until Christmas. Gotta love that global warming.
wendy says
June 21st, 2009 at 12:04 amIm not sure about this collection, I like creme polishes the most.
Kitty says
June 21st, 2009 at 2:47 amEvery single one of these is yummy!
Karen says
June 21st, 2009 at 8:24 amHi Kitty,
I know, right? Do you have a favorite?
Karen B says
June 21st, 2009 at 6:11 amIt’s been pretty good so far. I had a reunion with my best friends from high school on saturday afternoon and then concert/ball with my other friends in the evening. It was a lot of fun. Sprained my ankle but yeah, part ofthte game I guess 😉
Karen says
June 21st, 2009 at 8:22 amHi Karen B.,
Ouch! I hope you are okay. A sprained ankle is never fun… did you sprain it at the ball? That must’ve been one hellavu dance!
Karen B says
June 21st, 2009 at 9:14 amYeah at the ball. there was a hole in the floor at the side and I clumsily put all my weight there.
It’s not too bad but it did hurt a lot yesterday.
Lehea says
June 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pmYowzah! That’s a collection I need to get my hands on, no pun intended. =)
LiNDSEY ♥ says
June 26th, 2009 at 1:43 pmThis collection is to DIE for. I’m so completely in love with it.
Alejandra says
July 17th, 2009 at 11:04 amHi!! Just thought I’d let you know that a french blog might have stolen the first picture in this post. I say post because they didn’t credit you but I don’t know if they contacted you about it.
I don’t want to post the name of the blog but if you want to know you can email me at aleperu at hotmail dot com
🙂