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I’m still pushing out posts and almost caught up after the Black Friday rush! Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving break and got some goodies. My spoiled little boy pretty much scored for Christmas and we got a great deal on an Xbox One bundle and a PS4 (saving that for his bday in February though) plus Nick will be building him a brand new computer to be able to play Minecraft a bit better. I bought a few things for myself as well, all polish of course.

Now onto today’s post. I have the China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers collection to share with you! I actually was very excited for this collection following their Fall 2015 The Great Outdoors collection (check it out if you missed it). There were a lot of hits in this collection for me and it definitely gets you into the holiday spirit.

Let’s take a look

Better Not Pout

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Better Not Pout Swatch

Better Not Pout is a medium berry with a metallic shimmer. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Brand Sparkin’ New Year

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Brand Sparkin’ New Year Swatch

So I’m still a little on the fence about this shade. I like the concept of it, but almost wish the jelly base wasn’t so sheer. You can layer it over a purple creme to fix it of course. But I do love the overall thought of this shade.

Brand Sparkin’ New Year is a sheer, deep purple jelly base backed with purple and silver holographic glitters. I used 3 thin coats for these photos.

Break The Ice

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Break The Ice Swatch

Break The Ice is a silver holographic shred glitter top coat. I used 1 coat over China Glaze Mix and Mingle. I didn’t have application issues and got a nice amount of shred glitter for only 1 coat.

Bring On The Bubbly

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Bring On The Bubbly Swatch

Bring On The Bubbly is a classic holographic gold hex glitter top coat. I used 1 coat over China Glaze Wine Down For What and a top coat. I got great glitter distribution with this one as well.

Coal Hands, Warm Hearts

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Coal Hands, Warm Hearts Swatch

Coal Hands, Warm Hearts is another jelly based shade in the collection. Again, I wish the base wasn’t so sheer, but it’s easily fixed with a black base color. This is a black jelly base filled with black glitters and silver holographic glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Don’t Get Elfed Up

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Don’t Get Elfed Up Swatch

Don’t Get Elfed Up is a beautiful blacked teal base with teal shimmer that shifts to a beautiful purple. This was hard to capture but I took an extra photo or 2 to see if I could get it! I used 3 thin coats for these photos.

I Soiree I Didn’t Do It

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection I Soiree I Didn’t Do it Swatch

I Soiree I Didn’t Do It is a sheer teal jelly base with densely packed teal and silver holographic micro glitters. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. This is my favorite of the jelly shades.

Mix And Mingle

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Mix And Mingle Swatch

I adore a good purple, and this is a good one! Mix And Mingle is a vibrant medium purple crelly. I used 3 thin coats for these photos and a glossy top coat.

Peppermint To Be 

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Peppermint To Be Swatch

Peppermint To Be is a warm red crelly base with gold shimmer packed into it. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Son Of A Nutcracker

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Son Of A Nutcracker Swatch

Son Of A Nutcracker was a favorite of this collection. This is a vibrant orange toned coral with orange shimmer giving it an almost metallic appearance. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Ugly Sweater Party

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Ugly Sweater Party Swatch

Ugly Sweater Party is a sheer red jelly base with pink, blue, red and holographic silver hex glitters mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Of all the jelly glitter shades, this one had the sheerest base for me.

Wine Down For What?

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Wine Down For What? Swatch

Wine Down For What? is a vampy red creme with some brown tones to it. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

China Glaze Holiday 2015 Cheers Collection Overview

This is a holiday collection with a fairly classic look. Overall I do like more shades than I was just so so on. My only issue was that the jelly shades were just a little too sheer for my tastes, but as I said – that’s easily fixed with a base color to darken it up. Aside from that, I am happy to see them branching out in the last couple of collections. It was the duochromes in the Fall collection and now the jellies in this one, so while they weren’t totally for me, I am glad to see more aside from the traditional cremes and metallics of the holidays. Son Of A Nutcracker, Mix and Mingle and Don’t Get Elfed Up are my favorites of the collection.

China Glaze Cheers! will be available November 1^st at retailers including Ulta, Sally Beauty Supply.

China Glaze® Cheers will be available on November 1st 2015 at Ulta and Sally Beauty Supply, as well as fine salons. MSRP $7.50 for individual shades.

You can also find China Glaze online at Harlow & Co (Canada)

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What did you think of this collection? Have you picked any up?