Category: China Glaze

China Glaze – Bahamian Escape

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I decided to show you yet another polish from the China Glaze Bahama Blues collection. This is the last one I own from that collection, Bahamian Escape. I love this light blue creme polish, the shade is so fresh. My first Konad order also just arrived and this color just scream for some Konading, IMO ;D

Bahamian Escape is a bit on the thick side and the application isn’t the best possible, but it’s workable. Two coats is enough for opaque result and this one dries pretty quickly. In this mani I used: Nail Tek II x1, Bahamian Escape x2 and Seche Vite on top.

My laptop is still being fixed but as far as I know it is ready and I should get it back early next week. Then I can get back to my normal posting rhythm.

This week I also experienced the horror of nail breakage :´( I broke two nails at work and I had to trim all of them short. Feels so weird. Well I still have a few swatch pics for you with the long nails and hopefully my nails grow back long soon.

 

China Glaze – Caribbean Blue

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Yet another polish from the China Glaze Bahama Blues collection, Caribbean Blue. This is an interesting light blue shade with a lot of silver micro-glitter/chunky shimmer. I expected this to be brighter but I see it as bit muted. Either way it’s quite pretty.

Caribbean Blue was normal thickness in the bottle and it dried quicly. Application could’ve been a bit better though. I think this needs three coats to be fully opaque. I was lazy though and only applied two coats cos I knew I was gonna remove it the following morning ;)

In this mani I used: OPI Nail Envy Soft & Thin x1, Caribbean Blue x2 and Poshe on top.

 

China Glaze – Bermuda Breakaway

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And here’s another polish from the China Glaze Bahama Blues collection, Bermuda Breakaway. This is a gorgeous blue creme polish with a hint of purple. Absolutely stunning shade. I didn’t expect it to be this nice on my nails based on what it looks like in the bottle, but it sure is. It is so nice to be positively surprised sometimes :)

Bermuda Breakaway was quite thin in the bottle and applied oh so smoothly. Opaque in two coats. I only tested this polish to swatch it so I have nothing to say on drying time or how long it goes without chipping. I’ll do a full mani with this soon and I’ll edit the post later to let you know how it works out. So on this photo there’s only two coats of polish with no base or topcoat. It was photographed wet.

Once again my picture don’t do justice to the polish and I think IRL you can see the hint of purple much better than on my photo. My camera refuses to photograph shades like this correctly. I really need a new cam :(

 

China Glaze – Pink Underground

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This is China Glaze Pink Underground from Operation: Colour collection. Lovely Barbie pink is muted enough to not look tacky on this dark time of the year here in Finland. This polish has a fine pink shimmer that is only noticeable in sunlight or under a very bright light. You could even mistake this shade for a creme polish.

This is a perfect pink shade for a year-round use. I haven’t been a big fan of pinks before and this is a good shade to encourage me to try out brighter pinks much more often that I’ve done lately.

Pink Underground was quite thick in the bottle but the application wasn’t that bad. This manicure is two coats of color polish but I think it could’ve used three. This mani stayed perfect for three days. I used: Nail Tek Intensive Therapy II x2, Pink Underground x2 and Seche Vite dry fast top coat.

I have decided to add a watermark on my photos from now on. As far as I know, my photos haven’t been used without permission yet, but I’d like to do what I can to prevent this from happening in the future. I hope it doesn’t bother you guys too much :)

 

China Glaze – Blue Paradise

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My hands felt so nekkid after the last, almost nude manicure that I decided to use a darker polish once again. This is one of my Christmas gifts, Blue Paradise from China Glaze Bahama Blues collection.

It’s a very shiny and shimmery blue. Very pretty but nothing too spectacular or unique. Either way it’s colorful and shiny enough to work as an accessory so I will be using it again in the future, no doubt about that.

Blue Paradise was a bit on the thick side. It was fully opaque with two coats, even one coat might have been enough but I prefer to use at least two either way. In this manicure I used Nail Tek II x2 as a basecoat, Blue Paradise x2 and the topcoat is Seche Vite once again.

 

China Glaze – Revolution

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Here we go with the red again. I just love red nail polish and this one is going to help me find my lost Holidays mood. This polish is Revolution and it’s also from China Glaze Operation: Colour collection.

Lovely, bright red creme polish is perfect for one of my Christmas manicures. Looking at the bottle I expected this one to be even brighter red, but like Code Orange this seems to be a little muted too. Perfect for the season and actually quite sophisticated looking red. I added two rhinestones on the ring fingers to add a little more festive feeling to this mani.

Revolution was quite thin and applied like butter. Was also almost opaque with two coats, some might want to add a third one though. This one also dried pretty quickly using Seche Vite. Rhinestones are from Kiss Rhinestone Accents package that holds 70 stones.

Update to my nail tear drama. The nail is still in one piece and I haven’t added the gel on top of it yet. I went to get some nail glue and applied that to the tear. It’s been holding on for about 24 hours now and I hope to be able to go on this way for a while to grow out the tear. The LCN Nail Repair Film i tried first was completely useless in this case.

 

China Glaze – Code Orange

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This is China Glaze Code Orange from their Operation: Colour collection.

Not a very Holiday Season color (unless it’s Halloween or Thanksgiving), but I needed something to sheer myself up a little bit. I’m having a slight nail breakage tragedy going on here. My right hand’s index finger nail has started to tear and is about to break off completely. I went to buy some Nail Repair Film (LCN), but I don’t know if it’s gonna help any at this point. If the situation gets worse I’m probably gonna pay my friend a visit at her Nail salon and have her put a gel on it to keep it from breaking more.

And let’s get to the point… Code Orange is a lovely muted orange with pink shimmer. I love love love this color! I find it very unique and I think it’s one of those colors you either love or hate from the bottom of your heart.

Application wasn’t the smoothest possible but not the worst either. Dried quickly with Seche Vite and two coats was enough for opaque result. In the photo: Nail Tek II x2, Code Orange x2 ja Seche Vite.

To get back to the horror that is my nail breaking, you guys wouldn’t happen to have any great tips on how to fix a tear on your nail?