Hey guys! The next two posts I will be sharing the
China Glaze Sunsational collection with you. As you may have already seen this collection is new for this summer, and is made up of 6 neon cremes and 6 neon jellies. I totally adored (and still adore, I use them all the time) last year's China Glaze neons, so I was super excited to try these babies out. Instead of traditional swatches, though, some are nail art manis instead -- was short on time, but thought you'd want to see them anyway :)
(I'm sure you have heard of the issues with formula on these, and I will try to address that for each individual polish, and then overall at the end)
Today I will share the cremes!
Neon & On & On is a coral-leaning pink neon, kind of salmony. This was the first one I tried out, and since I had heard of the formula issues I was very apprehensive, but it turned out to be one of the nicer ones application-wise, I think, with less streaking and patchiness. For a cute flower pattern I dotted on
China Glaze Too Yacht to Handle and
Cult Nails Tempest. Loved this mani! Very bright :)
On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off base coat
3 coats China Glaze Neon & On & On
(dotted) China Glaze Too Yacht to Handle/Cult Nails Tempest
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top
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| outdoors, shade |
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| outdoors, sun |
Highlight of My Summer is a bright minty creme. It is hard to see this is neon so much as just bright, but bright it is! I didn't have too much of a lobster hands problem with it, either -- hurray! I have heard this one to have major formula problems, but it didn't seem as bad as some others to me, about on par with Neon & On & On. I dotted and accented with
That's Shore Bright, a medium bright lavender, that also doesn't seem quite bright enough to be neon. That's Shore Bright had the best formula though, I think, of the entire cremes. In particular, it didn't cling to my ridges the way some of them did, which is even more annoying than streakiness almost, since it is hard to hide even by piling on the coats. Really liked how these two complemented each other :)
On my nails:
1 coat Nail Tek III Protection Plus
3 coats China Glaze Highlight of My Summer/(accent) That's Shore Bright
(dotted) China Glaze That's Shore Bright/(accent) Highlight of My Summer
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top
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| outdoors, shade |
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| outdoors, sun |
Bottoms Up is a bubblegum pink neon. This sucker sure is bright! It also had one of the more obnoxious formulas, for me. Lots of friendly streaking and patchiness/bald spots :| I really adore this color though! These pictures are really no good, colorwise -- it more or less looks exactly like a pink highlighter in person. Love.
On my nails:
1 coat Nail Tek III Protection Plus
5 coats China Glaze Bottoms Up
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| outdoors, shade |
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| outdoors, sun |
Sun of a Peach is a peachy orange neon. It looks nearly pastel in the bottle, but this one practically glows neon, it's so bright! A really beautiful, summery orange. I also adore this shade, but the formula was garbage on this one as well. Same old song, streaks galore and bald spots. Still, love the color.
On my nails:
1 coat Nail Tek III Protection Plus
5 coats China Glaze Sun of a Peach
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top
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| outdoors, shade |
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| outdoors, sun |
Lastly, since it didn't even get to accent like That's Shore Bright and was just petals in my flower mani,
Too Yacht to Handle is a bright aqua creme. It is bright, for sure, but it doesn't punch you in the corneas the way the pinks and orange do. I have seen it described as a brighter For Audrey, but I don't actually have For Audrey to compare. Formula was medium here; no real patchy problems but I don't care for how it stuck to my ridges.
On my nails:
1 coat Nail Tek III Protection Plus
3 coats China Glaze Too Yacht to Handle
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top
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| outdoors, shade |
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| outdoors, sun |
And there you have it! Overall, these polishes are all so pretty, but it is such a shame they have so many formula issues. I was really looking forward to taking these on my beach vacation, (beach = neons and holos, in my book) but I wanted quick application polishes so I didn't suck up all my relaxation time painting my nails, so these are definitely out. Also, they chipped pretty bad really quick for some reason, with my usual base coat, which was an unexpected bummer :(
I would suggest using these for nail art and glitter bases, I think. That takes the focus off any application imperfections (clinging to ridges, missed patches, etc.) while still showing off the pretty hue. Of course, it is up to you whether you can put up with the issues :)
Will share the jellies next post!
Have a great day! ♥
Too pretty!!
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