Swatch: China Glaze Surprise collection

I was super excited when I saw the preview for this collection and finally I managed to get my hands on them - the China Glaze Surprise collection!

China Glaze Surprise is a glitter topper collection made up of 6 beautiful mix of sparse glitters in a clear base.

This collection doesn't do well if you try to paint them like normal polish as the glitters will either get stuck to the brush & refuse to stay on your nails, or they will all clump together.

The best way I've found is to dap the glitters onto your nails instead of trying to 'apply' them. The good thing is that the clear base is thin so you won't have problems of thick polish even if you do that.

China Glaze Don't Be A Flake

 China Glaze Don't Be A Flake is a mix of matte blue and black glitters, and reflective rose pink glitters in a clear base.

 I did notice that there are slightly lesser black glitters in there and you'll need to dig around abit for them.

It's a pain in the ass to try and capture the reflective glitters on photo.

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China Glaze Glimmer More 

China Glaze Glimmer More is filled with a mix of light pink, orange, and yellow matte glitters, and fuchsia metallic glitters.

The soft shades in this polish are quite pretty actually.

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China Glaze Glitter Up

China Glaze Glitter Up is a mix of pink, orange & blue matte glitters, and smaller purple glitters.

Those that look like black in the pic above? Those are the purple ones.

Probably my favourite colour combination from this collection. :)

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China Glaze I'm A Go Glitter

China Glaze I'm A Go Glitter is a mix of yellow and blue matte glitters, and fuchsia metallic glitters in a clear base.

This might look pretty over a number of different base colors.

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China Glaze Create A Spark

China Glaze Create A Spark is a mix of black matte glitters, and orange and purple metallic reflective glitters.

This is okay, but I think I like the matte glitters more.. )

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China Glaze Shine-nanigans

China Glaze Shine-nanigans is a mix of yellow matte glitters and smaller purple & fuchsia metallic glitters.

A pretty mix of colors, but it might be hard to find a suitable base color for this as there's both light and dark colors here.

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The China Glaze Surprise collection would be a great easy solution to spice up a plain base polish. The matte glitters are a little big for me as I have tiny nails so I can't squeeze more them on my nails.

My favourite from this collection would be Glitter Up and Glimmer More!

So this is it. What do you think?

For those interested, the China Glaze Surprise collection is available for purchase on PolishAlley.com

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 City Flourish Swatches - Pollen In Love

Today I'm showing swatches for 2nd half of the China Glaze City Flourish collection - Pollen In Love!

In case you have missed out the first half - Peonies & Park Ave, you can check them out here!

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China Glaze Don't Honk Your Thorn is a light beige brown creme polish with very light silver shimmers.

Application-wise is okay, but polish tends to create bald spots. The way to solve it is to wait till the bottom coat is fully dried before applying another coat. Still, this took me 3 coats + top coat.

A pretty nudish color that isn't similar to any others I have in my collection.

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China Glaze Strike A Rose is a magenta pink creme polish with light silver shimmers.

Application is great, I achieved this in 2 easy coats & a layer of top coat.

A beautiful color that looks really good on my skin tone.

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China Glaze What A Pansy is a blue toned dusty purple creme polish. Another of the type of colors that I simply can't resist!

Application is great as well, 2 easy coats with top coat.

Definitely one of my favourite from this collection.

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China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely is a bright neon highlighter pink polish with creme finish.

Application is great, 2 easy coats with top coat.

A super eye blinding bright pink. People can probably spot you from a mile with this on. :)

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China Glaze Grass Is Lime Greener is a bright green creme polish. A really unique color for nail polish in my opinion.

Application is okay, polish tends to have bald spots. Took me 3 coats + top coat.

A beautiful polish, I think I will be using this for nail art a lot. :)

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China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin is a mustard / Nacho Cheese yellow polish.

Application is easy, but this polish have bald spots problem as well. 3 coats with top coat.

Very pretty! One of the rare yellows that actually suits my skin tone.

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So we are finally done with the swatches of China Glaze City Florish collection. What are your thoughts for them? I'm certainly glad I have these as these are colors that I'll use frequently.

Nevertheless, I think 1 pink or coral in each collection would be enough. We have too many of them already!

For those interested, the whole City Florish collection is now available for sale at www.PolishAlley.com