China Glaze "VIII"

I picked this up the other day at Sally Beauty Supply because they had a coupon where you get one free China Glaze with the purchase of a Seche Vite top coat, so I couldn't pass up a deal like that, two of my favorites in one!

China Glaze "VIII" is a gorgeous sort of vampy blackened purple color. In the bottle the color is just a stunning, very clearly purple, on the nails it takes on a bit more of the black and appears to be a black but better type of color.

I always find colors like this difficult to work with, requiring lots of clean up but I think that speaks more to my application style than formula. The formula on this isn't too thick or too thin it's just right.

I am a huge fan of this color, especially on shorter nails. I am not sure why but I tend to wear these sorts of colors when I have little nubbins after a break. I feel like, on me, they look better that way. But obviously colors like this work on any sort of nail.

If you're into dark and vampy I think this color would be a winner for you. Not quite black, not quite violet but a beautiful mysterious mixture of the two.