Nail Trends: Autumn 2011 - Westside Warrior & Starboard

My Autumn Nail Trends for today are by China Glaze. Here we have Westside Warrior from the new Metro collection and Starboard from the Anchors Away collection. Both of which I think are perfect for Autumn.
Westside Warrior is an olive green creme with yellow undertones. It's one of those colours that looks a really solid green colour on it's own, but when paired next to another olive green, the yellow becomes very apparent. The lacquer itself is extremely pigmented and therefore only needs 1 coat, 2 at most.

• Application: 8/10
• Pigmentation: 10/10
• Coats: 1/2

Starboard is a soft grassy green colour that again leans more towards yellow undertones than it does to blue. Very creamy finish and has that soft, cloudy marshmallow-ish look like the rest of the colours in this collection have. In true china glaze style the polish is very pigmented and needs 3 coats max.

• Application: 8/10
• Pigmentation: 9/10
• Coats: 2/3

Nail Trends: Autumn 2011 - Below Deck & Devotion

Today we have two by China Glaze - Below Deck and Devotion.
Below Deck comes from the Anchors Away collection and is a lovely creme polish. One of those ever-popular purple/grey shades. Apparently, this was supposed to be a replica of Channelesque, and although only seeing photos, they do look pretty similar! It's high gloss and very pigmented! Can wear with just one coat.

• Application: 9/10
• Pigmentation: 10/10
• Coats: 1/2

Devotion comes from the Romantique collection and is a metallic polish. The colour itself is a frosty silver with a lavender undertone. I've noticed with this polish that you get the brush lines in the polish, I like this effect, however some people may not.

• Application: 6/10
• Pigmentation: 7/10
• Coats: 2/3

What are your opinions of this? Let me know!

Nail Trends: Autumn 2011 - Grey & Pelican Grey

Continuing with the Autumn 'Grey' trend we have BarryM's Grey and China Glaze's Pelican Grey. BarryM's Nail Paints are available in Boots & Superdrug stores across the UK and retail for £2.99, they're usually on offer though too! (2 for £5 or something) or you can buy them online at www.barrym.com. China Glaze is a US brand that is pretty hard to get a hold of in the shops in the UK, I know Sallys sell them at £6.49, but other than that I have no idea. I got most of mine from eBay for roughly £3 each. Bargain.
Grey is a dark grey creme polish, it sort of looks like wet cement. I've found in artificial light, it looks black. Like all dark colours it's extremely pigmented and it goes on so well (as most BarryM polishes do).

• Application 10/10
• Pigmentation 10/10
• Coats 1 thick coat

Pelican Grey comes from the Anchors Away collection. It's a gorgeous cool toned grey with blue undertones and infused with subtle silver glitter. As it has a hidden shimmer to it, it creates a nice soft cloudy look to the colour. The pigmentation isn't the best in this shade, it requires a couple of coats to take effect.

• Application 7/10
• Pigmentation 6/10
• Coats 3

What do you think of these colours? Do you own them or just want them?

China Glaze - Below Deck Review

Hello lovely ladies! Here we have China Glaze - Below Deck. Coming from the Spring 2011 collection 'Anchors Away' it's a beautiful cremé polish. As you can see in the photos, the colour varies depending on the lighting, sometimes looking more of a smoky brown colour and other times looking more like a violet/taupe.
This has to be one of my favourite lacquers in my collection. It applies evenly and is super pigmented which means you can get away with only applying one coat! However, just to be on the safe side and to hide those tiny little streaks we all sometimes get, I suggest applying a second coat.

Application - 9/10

Pigmentation - 10/10

Coats - 1/2