China Glaze Splish Splash

So my last two neon polishes (Salon Perfect's Loopy Lime and China Glaze's Love's a Beach) provided amazing results after much fuss. I was NOT impressed with either formula. They were both too finicky for me. Splish Splash from China Glaze's Summer Neon Collection is worlds apart!

I could tell, after just the first coat, that this was a polish I was going to be happier with. First, this polish is not streaky and self levels!! YAY! Second, the brush didn't "clump up" like the other polishes. And third, I was able to achieve full coverage in just two coats.

I wouldn't necessarily consider this to be a neon polish but it is beautiful. It is a true blue polish with a lighter blue shimmer and dries to a satin finish.

Photo's to come...I'm in the process of setting up my mac for easier photo uploading and hopefully will be pulling my professional camera out of storage so that I can take better quality photo's.

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