I had been drooling over China Glaze Your Present Required from the Happy HoliGlaze Collection ever since I first heard about it in the press release.

NailPolishCanada was kind enough to send it to me to try, and I’m so excited to share my review and swatches of it with you.

Christmas is the perfect time to bust out the glitter, but, really, whenever I want to freshen up an older manicure. Plus sometimes if you need a little pick-me-up, glitter is the easy and quick fix.

At first, I was going to layer it over a blue or purple, but since I was already wearing OPI Love. Angel. Music. Baby. from the Gwen Stefani Collection, I thought it would be cool to see what it’d look like on top of it. (I feel like the glitter really contrasts against the pale-gold base, so you can better see each piece.)

What would you layer under China Glaze Your Present Required?

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China Glaze Put a Bow on It from the Happy HoliGlaze Collection looks like a grape purple in my natural-light photos, but that’s entirely because these days, my only option has been to photograph it during really dim mornings.

The colour in real life is a fuchsia that leans heavily on the pink side, so please take that into consideration if you’re shopping for this shade.

There have been so many dreary days, which makes photographing it challenging, but hopefully my photos still give you a good idea of its personality.

The entire time I wore this, I kept looking at my nails like a vain polish peacock – that’s when you know you’re wearing a winning polish! (It’s hard to take your eyes off it because it twinkles all the time!)

Some dense glitters wear like iron on me, and some don’t play well with Seche Vite and then chip off. However, I tend to have good luck with polishes lasting a long time. (It might be because my natural nails are on the dry side, so polish hangs onto them for dear life like a clingy lover. Haha!)

China Glaze Put a Bow on It held up so well – I’m impressed!

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