China Glaze Neons On The Shore / Sunsational - Comparison Post

So today I have the comparison post which I promised in my last post! And one thing I found out these few days is that the China Glaze Neons On The Shore collection (In Singapore) is actually called China Glaze Sunsational in the US!

Not sure why the difference in name, but for benefits of my US readers (and easier for people to find me), I'm putting Sunsational into the blog post name as well. :)

First comparison will be between China Glaze Highlight Of My Summer and China Glaze Re-fresh Mint!

China Glaze Highlight Of My Summer and China Glaze Re-fresh Mint

HLOMS, RFM, HLOMS, RFM

*Sorry about the dent there from my thumb nail..

Re-fresh Mint in my memory was a fresh cheerful mint green but placed beside Hightlight Of My Summer, it instantly became this dusty grayish mint instead..

I think I might actually be picking up Highlight Of My Summer next time for my nail arts instead of Re-fresh Mint already!

HLOMS, RFM, HLOMS, RFM

This is 2 coats each.. Formula is pretty much about the same for both polish as they are both cremes.

Next is China Glaze Sun Of A Peach vs China Glaze Peachy Keen!

China Glaze Sun Of A Peach vs China Glaze Peachy Keen

PK, SOAP, PK, SOAP

I think I'm right on Sun Of A Peach being the modified neon version of Peachy Keen.. They actually looked really similar on their first coat! It's the 2nd coat that turned Peachy Keen into this sad looking dusty peach and give Sun Of A Peach a more neon finish.

PK, SOAP, PK, SOAP

This 2nd picture isn't really colour accurate due to the lighting. I guess I just included it to show that.. the colours are different? LOL

This is 2 coats each.

China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle vs China Glaze For Audrey

China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle vs China Glaze For Audrey

FA, TYTH, FA, TYTH

Similar to the previous polishes, placing these 2 side by side sort of turned Too Yacht To Handle into For Audrey, and For Audrey into dusty Tiffany.. They are definitely the same type of blue though. :)

FA, TYTH, FA, TYTH

These are 2 coats each. Which one do you prefer?

Next up, China Glaze Keepin' It Teal vs China Glaze Four Leaf Clover

 China Glaze Four Leaf Clover vs China Glaze Keepin' It Teal

FLC, KIT, FLC, KIT

Keepin' It Teal and Four Leaf Clover are not totally identical but close enough! Formula-wise, Four Leaf Clover is a neon-ish creme while Keepin' It Teal is sheer jelly.

Keepin' it Teal is definitely easier to apply but you can still see a bit of VNL there.

FLC, KIT, FLC, KIT

Four Leaf Clover is one coat on the index finger and two coats on the ring finger.

Keepin' It Teal is four coats each.

Now we're moving on to comparisons within the collection!

China Glaze Are You Jelly? vs China Glaze That's Shore Bright

 China Glaze Are You Jelly? vs China Glaze That's Shore Bright

TSB, AYJ, TSB, AYJ

These 2 are the neons are not really that neon in the collection. I don't have any similar purples in my stash so I decided to a comparison between the 2 purples in the collection in case you ain't going to get both.

I do prefer Are You Jelly? between the 2, but it keeps creating these bald spots that are impossible to cover!  You can still see the bald spot on my pinkie which I gave up on.

TSB, AYJ, TSB, AYJ

I used 2 coats for That's Shore Bright and 3-4 coats for Are You Jelly?

Even though Are You Jelly? is a jelly, it's quite opaque..No VNL there, but the bald spots are really frustrating.

Last but not least.. China Glaze Hot Index vs China Glaze Bottoms Up vs China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts.

 China Glaze Heat Index vs China Glaze Bottoms Up vs China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts

HI, BU, YDMC, BU

Hot Index is now my favourite out of these 3!! The colour I like, and the finish is so squishy.. looking super delicious!

Jelly effect is less prominent for You Drive Me Coconuts.. It looks more like a creme finish, but the application is definitely jelly.

HI, BU, YDMC, BU

For both Heat Index and You Drive Me Coconuts, I used about 3-4 coats and 2 coats for Bottoms Up.

Well, hopefully this post is helped some of you out there! After doing so many swatches, I'm kinda looking forward to working on some nail art now!

Simple French Tips

Sorry for disappearing for such a long time.. I'm still painting my nails, I just got really lazy in taking photos of them and posting them up. =P Quite a few times I really wanted to post about my nails but didnt take any photos until it started to chip.. -.-"

Anyway I just did a simple french tips today, hope you'll like it. I also used fimo for the first time! Yes, I'm slow.. I know.. =P

Fimo confuses me. I dont know if I'm supposed to put top coat over it as it's kind of 3D and pops up (not sticking entirely to the nail). I didnt put top coat for this as I have a really strong feeling it'll destroy the manicure and I'm pretty determine to post this 1 up so I dont want to spoil it.

The fimo looks like it'll fall out any moment though..

See you peeps next time! Hopefully I'll get the feeling to start posting regularly again. Chaos!

Polishes Used:
Essence Sweet As Candy
Essence Space Queen
China Glaze For Audrey