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China Glaze Love's a Beach - Fail


In my last post I mentioned that after a major fail with Salon Perfect brand nail polish I decided to go ahead a purchase China Glazes Summer Neon collection. China Glaze has, in the past, been a go to polish for me. Their polishes are normally well formulated and super easy to work with.

 So far I am NOT HAPPY with the Summer Neon Collection. I choose Love's a Beach to try first since I have been searching for the perfect neon pink.

 As I am writing this I can tell you I have not finished painting my nails but wanted to get a few thoughts down as I'm waiting in between coats. I am currently on my THIRD coat of Love's a Beach and fear I'm going to need a fourth coat. I am finding this polish is more finicky and difficult to work with than Salon Perfect's Loopy Lime.

 The first coat went on very streaky and I immediately noticed that the brush was picking up clumps of dried polish. In between coats I am having to shake the polish to clear the brush. The second and third coats seem to be just a streaky. I am having to be very careful to quickly polish and am not able to perfect my strokes as the polish begins to drag.

 I know that this is all due to the fact that neon polishes are matte finishes which tend to try quickly however I have a few matte polishes that the formula is PERFECT (Sinful Colors and Julep) 

 The upside to this polish is that it is BRIGHT! Which is exactly the effect I am going for.





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