Comparison: China Glaze Metro Pollen-Tin vs OPI Need Sunglasses?

Okay, today I'm doing a comparison for the yellow in the China Glaze City Flourish collection, which to my surprise, is actually the most popular color in this collection!

China Glaze Metro Pollen-Tin vs OPI Need Sunglasses?

OPI Need Sunglasses?: Index Finger, Ring Finger
China Glaze Metro Pollen-Tin: Middle Finger, Pinky

China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin is a beautiful creamy nacho cheese yellow that is opaque in 1-2 coats, while OPI Need Sunglasses? is a dirty sheer yellow that is a little mustard.

Needless to say, China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin win hands-down for me. It's opaque and it pops.. Definitely my to go yellow for nail art now. :)

I should be doing a comparison for the yellow in the OPI Brazil collection but I haven't got it yet. =P

What do you think? Does China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin deserve it's throne as the most popular polish in the City Flourish collection?

Comparison: China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave vs Thistle Do Nicely vs Strike A Rose

Like I've said, there's quite a few pinks in the China Glaze City Flourish collection so I thought I'll do a comparison between them, and with some others!

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China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave vs China Glaze Strike A Rose

China Glaze Strike A Rose: Middle Finger, Pinky
China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave: Index Finger, Ring Finger

The difference between these 2 is quite obvious, Strike A Rose is creamy with shimmers while Peonies & Park Ave is just neon.

Strike A Rose is also darker, slightly magenta.

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China Glaze Strike A Rose vs China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely

China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave: Index Finger, Ring Finger
China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely: Middle Finger, Pinky

Both of these 2 polishes are bright neons with Peonies & Park Ave more pink with a hint of rose, while Thistle Do Nicely is more coral.

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China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave vs China Glaze Heat Index

China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave: Index Finger, Ring Finger
China Glaze Heat Index: Middle Finger, Pinky

So I've found a dupe!(almost). Peonies & Park Ave is most likely just the creme version of China Glaze Heat Index.

Heat Index is just a teeny bit brighter and of course sheer, but I think that's just due to the difference in finishing. My boyfriend couldn't tell that they're 2 different polishes until I told him so I think we can safely say they're actually the same color here!

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China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely vs China Glaze Shell-O

China Glaze Shell-O: Index Finger, Ring Finger
China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely: Middle Finger, Pinky

Another almost dupe here between China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely and China Glaze Shell-O.

You can also tell from the pictures that Shell-O is brighter and shinier. Again, I think is due to the jelly finishing of Shell-O.

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The colors are nice, but I would definitely prefer the Jellies from the Neons On The Shore collection compared to these creme ones.

I seriously hope China Glaze would come up with some new colors rather than taking the same colors and put them in different formulas. I feel kind of cheated. :(

Comparison: China Glaze At Vase Value

China Glaze At Vase Value is a pale minty aqua creme polish that looks blue besides a green, and looks green besides a blue. Go figure.

For today's comparison, I'll be doing China Glaze's At Vase Value vs the following:

China Glaze Re-fresh Mint
China Glaze Aquadelic
Essie Borrowed & Blue

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China Glaze At Vase Value vs China Glaze Re-fresh Mint

China Glaze At Vase Value: Middle Finger, Pinky
China Glaze Re-fresh Mint: Index Finger, Ring Finger

Placed beside China Glaze Re-fresh Mint, which is a pure light mint green, At Vase Value is looking totally light sky blue here.

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China Glaze At Vase Value vs China Glaze Aquadelic

China Glaze At Vase Value: Middle Finger, Pinky
China Glaze Aquadelic: Index Finger, Ring Finger

My swatch looked a little too blue here, both of them are actually slightly teal with Aquadelic being more green.

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China Glaze At Vase Value vs Essie Borrowed & Blue

China Glaze At Vase Value: Middle Finger, Pinky
Essie Borrowed & Blue: Index Finger, Ring Finger

Surprisingly, this is actually the closest comparison I can get for At Vase Value. Placed beside Essie Borrowed & Blue, a pale baby blue, the green in At Vase Value finally managed to show through.

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China Glaze At Vase Value is certainly becoming my favorite creme blue to use. Such a pretty & unique color!

Someone did commented on one of my posts that At Vase Value is actually the aqua blue version of Essie Mint Candy Apple, but I don't have that polish to compare with. So you have that one, please do a comparison for us! :)

Comparison: China Glaze In A Lily Bit vs Light As Air vs OPI Rumple's Wiggin

Okay, I know I've said that I would be doing comparisons for the China Glaze City Flourish collection, but I'm kinda busy these days.. So I'll be doing them one by one so if I dont have time to do all of them, at least I'll have some up.

So here's the first comparisons, it's for China Glaze In A Lily Bit!

China Glaze In A Lily Bit vs China Glaze Light As Air

Once I saw China Glaze In A Lily, I immediately wondered how it compares to China Glaze Light As Air.. so here it is!

China Glaze In A Lily Bit: Middle Finger, Pinky
China Glaze Light As Air: Index Finger, Ring Finger

China Glaze In A Lily Bit vs China Glaze Light As Air

They're both light pinkish purple, but China Glaze Light As Air is a more dusty purple, while China Glaze In A Lily Bit is brighter and more pink.

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China Glaze In A Lily Bit vs OPI Rumple's Wiggin

And of course, we can't miss out OPI Rumple's Wiggin.

China Glaze In A Lily Bit: Middle Finger, Pinky
OPI Rumple's Wiggin: Index Finger, Ring Finger

China Glaze In A Lily Bit vs OPI Rumple's Wiggin

OPI Rumple's Wiggin is actually quite similar to China Glaze In A Lily Bit, but just a shade more purple.

I haven't been using my OPIs for awhile and I must say I really love OPI's pro-wide brush!. Totally no clean-up for OPI and check out how nicely curved it is!

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So that's all for China Glaze In A Lily Bit. Let me know if this is helpful! :)

China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Collection - Comparison

Had been really busy and hardly had time to do my nails.. :(

Here's a quick comparison for some of the polishes in the China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze collection!

First up, is China Glaze Mingle With Kringle which I had mentioned that it reminds me of China Glaze Goldie But Goodie from the Autumn Nights collection.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie

I didn't went and took a look at my Goldie But Goodie when I was swatching the Christmas collection, but just from my impression, I thought Mingle With Kringle seems really similar to Goldie But Goodie.

It was only when I swatched them side by side then I realised they were a totally different kind of golds. Mingle With Kringle is a much brighter yellow leaning kind of gold that would really look like a pot of gold, while Goldie But Goodie is a more brownish leaning copper type of dirty gold. Infact Goldie But Goodie hardly even look like gold anymore when placed beside Mingle With Kringle.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie

What is similar between these 2 polishes is probably the application and finish. Both are foil like polishes, Mingle With Kringle is bright gold with coppery darker gold flakes, while Goldie But Goodie is rust gold with silver micro shimmers/flakes.

Mingle With Kringle vs Goldie But Goodie

Goldie But Goodie is more opaque between the 2, and they both dis-integrates into irritating gold flakes that sticks to your skin when you try to remove them.

Next up is a comparison between the reds:

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps

Ring In the Red, Just Be-Claws and  Ruby Pumps are all red with shimmers/glitters but you can see from the picture that they are very different from each other.

Out of these 3, I must say I'm absolutely in love with China Glaze Ring In the Red! It's one of my un-tries and when I swatched it.. I was like.. woah! So pretty! LOL

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps

Nevertheless, I would admit that Just Be-Claws is a great colour for Christmas, especially for nail art as it's quite opaque. It is also very suitable for people would like something less flashy. :)

Ring In the Red vs Just Be-Claws vs Ruby Pumps

I will use China Glaze Ring In The Red for my Christmas Manicure this year! haha!

Last comparison for today would be the blupple glitters!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

Another comparison that came to my mind when I was swatching is these 2! China Glaze All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

China Glaze All Wrapped Up and LA Girl Eutopia are quite similar colour, with LA Girl a little more purple. Their main difference is their glitters.

China Glaze All Wrapped Up is made up of very dense fine glitters, while LA Girl Eutopia is made up of sparse small hex glitters with some large hex glitters.

In summary, All Wrapped Up is more suitable to be used on it's own, while Eutopia is more suitable to be used as a topper.

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

Between these 2, I think I like China Glaze All Wrapped Up more just because of the way it sparkles under the light. So pretty!

CG All Wrapped Up vs LA Girl Eutopia

That's all for my comparison today! None of the other polishes sparked any interest in me to compare them so I'll just be doing these 3.

Hope these swatches helped! :)

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Pefite Teal

Another Nabi swatch post while I'm still swatching the China Glaze Halloween collection. Today I have Nabi Pefite Teal!

Nabi Pefite Teal is a sea-form green holographic polish with teal flash!

The holographic effect for Nabi Pefite Teal is great compared to some of the others, and it is until now the most lasting Nabi holographic I've tried on.

It lasted for a whole 3 days without chips on my nails without any top coat!

I know I should compare against one of the ColorClub Halo Hues but I think it wouldnt be fair. =P

Polishes Used:
Nabi Pefite Teal

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Hot Pink

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink is a bright pink holographic polish with orange-y fuchsia flash. This pink is so bright that it's almost neon!

The downside of this polish it that the holo factor is kind of meh.. It is a very very fade linear holo that you can only spot if you know it's there. Otherwise, it just look like tiny holographic shimmers.

Nabi Holographic Hot Pink vs Jade Delirio Rosa

For comparison, I decided to compare against Jade Delirio Rosa as both polishes looked the most similar from the bottle.

You may not be able to see due to the super strong holo effect of Jade Delirio Rosa, but Nabi Hot Pink is a much brighter & stronger pink than Jade Delirio Rosa.

Overall, I would recommend this polish if you are looking for a beautiful bright pink, but probably not if you are looking for a strong holo polish.

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Hot Pink
Jade Delirio Rose

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Green

Today I have Nabi Holographic Green, a beautiful apple green holographic polish with teal flash!

Love this one! The holographic effect is quite strong! It might easily be one of the most holo polish among all the Nabi that I have swatched!

For comparison, I compared against Milani Hi-Tech.

Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech

Colour-wise, Nabi Green is closer to apple green, while Milani Hi-Tech is closer to lime green.

I guess the biggest surprise for me is to find out that Milani Hi-Tech is actually a linear holo too! LOL.. I used to think all of Milani holos are scattered.

Nabi Green vs Milani Hi-tech

I'm sorry but Milani Hi-Tech is no match against Nabi Holographic Green! =P

Polishes Used:

Nabi Holographic Green

Milani Hi-Tech

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Sky Blue

Another Post! Nabi Holographic Sky Blue!

This polish actually looked more lavender than blue in the bottle so initially I was like.. "what.. why is it called sky blue." But after 2 coats, the blue started to show. So I guess it really is blue, but maybe not sky blue though.. Light denim maybe?

Okay.. So Nabi Holographic Sky Blue is a light denim blue holographic polish with beautiful burple flash!

The holographic effect for this polish is quite strong! Finally! After 2 consecutive mild ones, I almost thought it's my lighting and not the polish. Luckily this came along! :)

Gorgeous holo deserves 3 photos! LOL

Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def

For comparison, I decided to compare against China Glaze High Def from the Tronica collection. Both polishes actually have really similar holographic flash but as you can see, Nabi Sky Blue is much more holo than CG High Def.

Nabi Sky Blue vs China Glaze High Def

The shade for Nabi Holographic Sky Blue is not as unique as some of the others, but if you are a holo junkie like me, I guess you need to get this! :)

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Sky Blue
China Glaze High Def

Swatch: Nabi Holographic Navy Blue

Nabi Holographic Navy Blue is a beautiful deep blue holographic with green flash. I love the colour, but the holographic effect for this polish is kinda weak.

Can you spot the little green flash? Of course it's more obvious in real life.. I just had some problems capturing them on the camera.

I didnt have any blue holo polishes in my stash like this as well. All my blue holos are much lighter than this. Love the unique deep blue shade of this polish!

Nabi Navy Blue vs China Glaze Take A Trek

I did a comparison with China Glaze Take A Trek as I thought it might be similar to the denim blue of Take A Trek.. As you can see, they are nothing alike. =P

Nabi Navy Blue vs Jade Hypnose

I also did a quick comparison with Jade Hypnose. Jade Hypnose like most of my other blues is much lighter than Nabi Navy Blue, and have a hint of green in it.

Verdict: This polish is beautiful if you ignore the fact that it is actually a holographic polish. Holo-wise, it's a little disappointing for me. Would you get it just for it's colour?

Polishes Used:
Nabi Holographic Navy Blue
China Glaze Take A Trek
Jade Hypnose