China Glaze Electric Pineapple

Here's something to confuse me.  Electric Pineapple from the China Glaze 2011 Summer Collection Island Escape is listed as a "high intensity creme based lime green."  This is definitely not lime green or maybe I just have weird limes?  If anything, I'd call this like ... dirty yellow?  I don't know what this is, but it's not neon and it's not green.  I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 3 coats of Electric Pineapple and a top of Seche Vite.  While I actually did love the color, the formula was a bit thin and I could see some bald spots on my nails.

Here in the sun you can see it's not exactly neon yellow but it is very highligher yellow (is there a difference?). The balding isn't as apparent here.

In the shade you can see a tiny bit of my nail (or maybe that's just me) on my middle and ring fingers.  Also you can see how this isn't a neon by any means.

Finally here indoors with the flash you can see the green tones (FINALLY) from this color.  I think a water marble of this and Papaya Punch would be a nice summer manicure (maybe?) and it's definitely a good creme to stamp/Konad over.

China Glaze can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty, Sally's Beauty Supply, and TransDesign.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

OPI Miss Universe Lacquers

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China Glaze Papaya Punch

Next in the Island Escape collection is Papaya Punch.  It's a vivid creme orange - not neon but looks a bit like it.  I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Papaya Punch and a top of Seche Vite.  Unfortunately, this polish was super thick and messy for me so I'll need to thin it out before using it again.

You can kind of see how thick this polish applied on my middle finger.  Plus the ridges are showing again.  It's like needing a slip under your dress.  Or Spanx!

Not really sure what happened there on my pinkie - it's like something black got caught under my polish.  Go figure.

Indoors with the flash.  This color reminds me a bit of Jesse's Girl Crush/Zoya Jancyn but is a punch (heh) brighter in its base.  :]

China Glaze can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty, Sally's Beauty Supply, and TransDesign.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

China Glaze 108 Degrees

After my issues with Latticed Lilac, I decided to turn my attention to the summer 2010 China Glaze collection - Island Escape.  I love the whole rainbow idea - even though it wasn't marketed that way by any means.  First for me is 108 Degrees, a "flirtatious berry pink with specks of microglitter."  It's more of a purple flakie like finish - kind of like how Ahoy! was.  Oddly, as soon as I got this color, I put it on my toes, and I didn't like it!  So it sat on my shelf until I decided to give it another try.


I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of 108 Degrees and a top of Seche Vite.  The formula was excellent.

Do you see this?!  Do you see how lovely this is?  Ugh it's killing me, it's so beautiful.  Instant happiness in a bottle for me.

Check out all this microglitter - the purple shimmer, the red base.  So beautiful.

Indoors with the flash and you can see that purple.  This color is still at Sally's right now, but this color is sold out in my locations.  You can still get it online, and I would.  It reminds me a bit of OPI Wing It but the base is much more radiant and pink.  LOVE.

China Glaze can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty, Sally's Beauty Supply, and TransDesign.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

China Glaze Latticed Lilac

As soon as the Metallic Crackles showed up at my front door, I grabbed Latticed Lilac - the metallic dusty purple (or soft lavender)... because as I've mentioned - I'm a huge fan of purple.  Because I figured this would look best over black, I only used a base coat of e.l.f. Black.  Now, there is something in this formula that if you add your top coat too soon, the crackle pulls up on itself, wrinkling.  And well, that's what happened to me.

Now you just have to take my word for it, but these look a million times better in person.  OPI's Silver Shatter is the SAME THING.  I've seen it on the other blogs and went "meh" but then I put it on my nails and WOW.  It was soooooooo beautiful but photographs horribly.  HORRIBLY!

However, in shade this color loses it's purple for me and it's just lots of silver foil metallic sparkle.  Sad panda.

Indoors withe the flash and you can see the purple again but still... this color just didn't hit it for me over black.  I'm excited to see it over other colors in my collection, especially a blue (like maybe China Glaze Sea Spray?)


Sorry friends - not a great review from me.  This color just didn't hit me the way I wanted it (but I have good news for others in this collection!).

China Glaze can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty, Sally's Beauty Supply, and TransDesign.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.