Hi everyone! Jeanette asked me to do a guest post for her amazing and drool-inducing blog, and I couldn’t be more honoured. Or nervous! So I hope you will all enjoy this post.
Let me show you my insanity. I’m a China Glaze fangirl, which you may already be aware of, if you read my blog. I won a giveaway last year of the entire Martini Pedicure collection in the original packaging. This collection was originally released in 2005 – that’s quite a while back in the world of nail polish releases! I have been – well, let’s just say it – hoarding this collection. I have not even opened it!
Can you even believe that? I know, it’s madness. Well, when Jeanette asked me to do a post for her, I pondered it, and then I thought I might as well break into the precious box and swatch one of these lovelies for her! So I chose the namesake of the collection, Martini Pedicure. This is a seafoam turquoise green glass fleck jelly – a finish that China Glaze is famous for. It’s lovely! This is a pretty sheer jelly, so I used three thick coats to achieve this level of opacity. I think the name is apt, because I think this would be adorable on your toes!
What a gorgeous color. I think my second photo is the most true to life in terms of color. Now, I’m sorry to say,but because this is an older collection, this is a pretty rare find. You might have to check Ebay or hunt it down in your local dusties to get it into your collection, but it’s definitely worth it!
I hope you enjoyed my post, and thanks especially to Jeanette for having me!
I love glass flecks and the Martini Pedicure bottle pics.. oh my! And the nail polish Martini Pedicure itself? So so gorgeous on your nails, Nicole! 
Thank you so much for sharing this beauty!
Thanks for looking and have a great week! ♥
Oh my! I’ve been lusting after this collection for a long time, but of course when I first found out about it (in 2008), it was already gone. *Sniff Sniff*
Martini Pedicure looks so pretty! *Sigh*
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*sniff sniffs with you*
I wish I could get my hands on the Martini Pedicure collection too, Mary! 
They look so so gorgeous and Martini Pedicure on Nicole’s nails? Stunning!
GORGEOUS~!!
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I am still drooling over Nicole’s pics, Olivia!
*_______* so so gorgeous!
Insanely gorgeous right, smoochie?
Thank you so much everyone for the very sweet comments!
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Your post is so fab hun.
You deserve all the love! ♥♥♥♥
So awesome!
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Martini Pedicure was such a fab collection right, Amy? I am so glad Nicole shared them with us.
Completely. And Utterly. In Love!
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Me too Vicky!
Love Martini Pedicure! *stares at Nicole’s nails* 
You didn’t open the box before? Oh I couldn’t do that, I want them in my hands, hold them close and go MINE! Lol!
Very pretty indeed
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Yes Nicole how could you resist that long?
Martini Pedicure looks so pretty on Nicole’s nails right, Bregje?
LOL I was hoarding them for sure! O_O It’s crazy!
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Aww! But I probably would have done the same Nicole.
MY PREEECCIOUSSS!
thank you for sharing this amazing collection! I love old CG or OPI polishes! they are so interesting!!
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I am very grateful that Nicole shared this beautiful collection and her gorgeous swatches with us too, Nailderella!
I love to look at older nail polishes too – the only problem is when such a huge lemming is created that you need them but can’t find them anywhere haha!
But when you do find ‘em – and while looking, you know from these great swatch archives bloggers are creating of the older ones, what you REALLY want to be lemming for vs. meh, not so much like you thought. Some are into totally completing older collections – I like to pick up the ones that speak most to me.
Yes that’s definitely true. When you hear raves about a VHTF/HTF but couldn’t find good swatches before you purchase it there is always a risk that you might end up don’t liking it as much as you thought.
Good swatches are so helpful!
Why oh why must collections be retired??
I wish I knew Heather.
Me wants. 
I’m still hunting down 4 of the 6 colors in this collection but I feel so extremely lucky that one of the ones I own is Martini Pedicure. It is so, so beautiful! I love the gorgeous mani Nicole did with it and her photos really capture that dazzling yet delicate glass fleck sparkle! *drools* I want to do a pedi with this polish so bad but I feel like it’s too precious and a “nails only” polish, lol!
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Oh I am so jealous, I Drink Nail Polish!
Yes Nicole’s pictures are fab! *drools with you*
I have only seen these rarely on eBay and my eye always goes to them. I also was not shopping polish much in 2005 due to some huge medical bills. I only kind of watched OPI shade releases and even barely bought a few of those. This is been a collection late in coming to my eyes and I have a big lemming for them.
Yes they are not often on evilbay, meme.
I am lemming them quite badly but in the meantime I will look an Nicole’s gorgeous pictures. 
Wow, they are so lovely !
I love CG’s glass fleckles … I wish we were back in 2005 :p
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China Glaze needs to bring back the Martini Pedicure nail polishes right, Gwenn!
I vote yes on that one! And 3-4 other hottie collections I missed out on as did zillions of others who are looking for holos, OMG’s, Kaleidoscopes…
Rumors are that there will be new linear holo next year but no confirmation. We need more true holos! And yes Martini Pedicure needs to come back, meme!
mmmm I want a drink
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Lol Brooke! But.. me too!
That’s funny – guess what I chose to put on my toes just two days ago? I stumbled over my bottle of Martini Pedicure in one of my untried-boxes and put it on. And it’s as beautiful as in these pictures indeed. I feel like I should be trying Shaken Not Stirred from this collection as well soon…
Aww that is funny, Isabel!
I wish I had Martini Pedicure too. 
Oooh *dies*. Lovely!!!
Martini Pedicure looks so so pretty right, Lisa? I need!
I hope someday I can get my hands on the entire collection but chances are low. 
Very low I would say…I need to hover around on the secondary market more looking for at least some of these – when I have looked I run into a very few of ‘em randomly and always loose by bidding thus far – but going to nab a few at some point. I just won’t pay those impossible VHTF prices. I can just see myself drinking an equally colorful smoothy that matches one of the shades I pick up from this collection, then sit and sip while I paint my toe same shade as I am sipping!!!
Funny – my ID did not show up on the above reply. Testing 1,2,3, testing….
It shows up fine now, meme?
Hmm a delicious drink while painting the nails with Martini Pedicure? I would be all over that too, meme!
The VHTF or HTF prices have reached a crazy level on evilbay.