The lady was terribly confused at what I was asking (English was not her first language, and Mandarin Chinese is actually my 6th language - took a whole semester of it in college), so that was the first speed bump. Finally she got that I wanted to BUY the bottle and told me to name my price. I figured since the bottle looked at least half empty (don't go by the above picture), I'd offer her $3 since a new bottle can be easily $5. However, this is a dusty - a term I heard on another blog. Basically, the bottle is so old there is a fine layer of dust on it (and there was). She wanted to thin it for me but I lounged for the bottle and said I'd do it myself, haha.
This is one of the OLD China Glaze colors, from before the Big 3 formula was introduced. Now I have no idea how old this bottle really is - everything I find online is just that this is a HTF (hard to find) color. Score?
Problem is, the color was seriously OLD. First I added a bit of clear NYC polish to it to try and thicken up the base a bit (um, bad idea), and then I resorted to adding some Seche Restore (which I heard from somewhere... I think the Seche Twitter Feed?) because it's a pre-big 3 formula so Restore would thin it properly because it got to be a goopy mess... then I added 5 ballz to it (to help the polish mix) and well, I just don't know anymore. I need to play with it a bit more.
I do like the base color which is a good medium purple - not as pigmented as China Glaze Grape Pop but almost on the same wavelength as China Glaze Grape Juice. (They are running out of Grape words, I think).
I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 3 thin coats of Grape Juice, and a top coat of Seche Vite. Just like China Glaze Cosmic (from the Glitters & Cremes Collection), there is more rainbow glitter in the bottle than translates on the nail. (Boo)
China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].
