NAILS | Cirque Colors "Firecracker" Swatch (Magentic) Charity Polish

 

Purchased by me

I have been really exhausted for the last three weeks and just as I predicted last month, I had a ton of energy to blog and organize my life and then things just got tiring. I take naps on my days off at 12pm and one day I think I had three naps and still felt like my legs were weights. I have been grateful for the extra excursions for press events, but even with working some shorter weeks thanks to using the last of my vacation days, I have found myself really struggling to wake up in the mornings. I have been going to bed around 12:30am which I guess is still on the late side, so maybe I will have to be extra diligent about getting ready for bed earlier. This past week was a little busy as I was getting ready to attend the Fete Chinoise gala on Saturday and had to find a dress and shoes last minute as I was not planning on going, but then found a colleague to attend with me. This week is INVENTORY and I have talked about this "event" multiple times a year since I have started blogging and it is never fun and always exhausting. It has gotten progressively easier to handle as we do not have as much staff or stock as before, but the feeling of nausea never goes away after a 12-14 hour day.

Cirque has created multiple charity polishes over the years, each benefitting a different cause and for 2022, they created the magnetic polish "Firecracker" for the Year of the Tiger with 100% of proceeds benefitting the non-profit organization Welcome to Chinatown. 

It's a shame I wasn't able to capture the magnetic glow of this polish, but it is truly stunning! It really does look like it has hidden embers simmering beneath the surface of the polish! I have on three thin coats as ideally, you would apply two coats and then "magnetize" the third coat.

All charity polishes have the CUTEST box art and after purchasing a few of them, I keep the polish in the box as one since they are like art pieces!

Happy Monday and be sure to check out Renee and Trysh's blogs for their “Pink and Red” manicures this week!