Showing posts with label off shore summer 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label off shore summer 2014. Show all posts

China Glaze I sea the point

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I love blue nail polish and my absolute favorite blue of all time has to be Essie Butler Please. But although that color is to die for, the formula is incredibly crapy. So I'm always on the hunt for a polish that gives me color like Butler, but with a much better formula. I had high hopes for the polish I'm showing you today, let's see if I found my perfect version of Butler.

China Glaze I sea the point is a bright, in your face blue cream polish. This was released as part of the Off Shore Summer 2014 collection.


The formula, I was crossing my fingers when I was painting this and although it's not a bad formula, it's not perfect either. Its a little patchy because it dries extremely fast, so working quickly when applying without going over the same spot too often is a must. It does level nicely while drying though and it's opaque in 2 thin coats.


I love this color (duh!), it's bright blue, but it's a little dustier than Butler. It reminds me more of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (old formula), but it's not quite the same either. They are however all 3 close enough so you don't need all of them, except when you love blue polish as much as I do, than I'd totally recommend getting all three!


The biggest plus though for this polish, is that this didn't stain my nails! Normally when I apply a vibrant blue polish, I have to double up on base coat, or accept the fact that I'm going to look like I killed a Smurf for a couple of weeks. This one was easy to remove without any staining.

Even though this was released a while ago, it should still be available at the normal China Glaze selling points. If you love blue, you need to give this a try!

What's your favorite blue polish?

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China Glaze Wait n' Sea

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Another Monday, another weekend over. We had some glorious weather this weekend, the temperatures rose to a very nice 23 degrees and I enjoyed every bit of it! I relaxed in my garden with a book and a nice glass of chilled white wine and on Saturday night I practiced my water marbling. Oh, the glamorous life I lead, lol.

For the main color of my mani, I choose the gorgeous China Glaze Wait n' Sea. This is a teal crelly and it's part of the recently released Off Shore Summer 2014 collection. I thought this was supposed to be a neon collection, but this is nothing like it. It's fun and colorful, but it's not that bright and definitely not a neon!


The formula is, thank God, nothing like a neon too. It flows on the nail with ease and it's easily opaque in 2 thin coats. It dries reasonably fast and super shiny, but I always add my fast drying topcoat. This is one of those really hard to capture colors (like four leaf clover... don't even get me started on how many times I tried...), but my swatch pictures are fairly accurate, it's a bit brighter irl.


I absolutely love how this mani turned out. This color is amazing and I actually really like my water marble design. You should see my other hand though, not so pretty... I keep having issues with water drops ruining my design. If anybody has a great tip to avoid that, please let me know in the comments!


Did you pick up any of the new Off Shore colors and if so, which ones?

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