Upcoming Collections: China Glaze "Poolside": Summer 2010. Swatches Part 3: "Kiwi Cool-Ada" and "Towel Boy Toy"

Alright today is the last of the Poolside swatches and I think I saved the best for last, the blue and the green are great colors!!

First we have "Kiwi Cool- Ada" which is a vibrant neon green. This might not be a color I'd wear all the time but I really like the color a lot. I think the photos are pretty accurate. These were taken in overcast weather but they seem to be correct.

This one was easier to apply than many of the other ones which was nice. I did need 3 coats and I did have some slight VNL on this one though. Ewww hate VNL.










And last but not least is one of my favorite of the bunch, "Towel Boy Toy". This is a vibrant cerulean type blue and this is the only of the bunch that has a slight duochrome to it. The duochrome is blue and very very subtle, but it's there (trust me LOL).

This one applied best of the bunch. I did need 3 coats for opacity but it is OPAQUE! No VNL yay. The formula was easy to work with and not really streaky. Winner of the bunch.

I had GREAT sunshine for the swatches on this one so they are the most accurate of the bunch and I am a happy girl because it's nice out! yay!

The whole collection in all it's glory:

So there you have it. All of the China Glaze Poolside collection. This collection should be available today, April 1, 2010 (no joke ha!). I hope the swatches helped you decide if this is a collection for you. What do you think? Getting any?

Disclosure: This collection was furnished to me by China Glaze for consideration. All reviews published on this blog are at my own discretion. Please refer to my Disclosure Policy.

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Upcoming Collections: China Glaze "Poolside": Summer 2010. Swatches Part 2: "Sun Worshiper" and "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"

Today I have two more neons to share from the Poolside Collection. Let's take a look:

"Sun Worshiper" is a vibrant warm orange tone. This is actually a very interesting color, though I am not sure it will regularly be seen on my nails. I do like it though. This color photographed much truer than the colors I swatched yesterday. It's not raining here but it's overcast; The little bit of sun hiding behind the clouds made for much better photo opportunities.

The formula on this one was a little difficult to work with and I did have some streaks and balding, though thankfully not on the hand I photographed.

I used three coats and still had VNL though I don't think you can see it in the photos so that's good.




What would a neon collection be without a vibrant florescent highlighter like yellow? That's where "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" comes in. This color photographed pretty accurately given the lack of sun.

So far "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" has been the hardest to work with. The formula is thin and runny but dries so fast you're left with streaking and blading. I needed four coats of this and I STILL had the dreaded VNL. Ugh!!!!

If you can live without the yellow skip this one, not worth the effort in my opinion.

This collection will be released on April 1, 2010. Stay tuned for swatches of the final two colors.

Disclosure: This collection was furnished to me by China Glaze for consideration. All reviews published on this blog are at my own discretion. Please refer to my Disclosure Policy.

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Upcoming Collections: China Glaze "Poolside": Summer 2010. Swatches Part 1: "Pool Party" and "Flip Flop Fantasy"

I have a few swatches of the Poolside collection to share with you today. I first have to say that these SUPER bright neons are incredibly difficult to photograph but I did my best. I will also do my best to explain what I believe is the true and accurate color of the polishes compared to the photos. It's raining here so the photos are also lacking because of that but again I did my best.

The China Glaze Poolside Collection consists of 6 neon colors:
• Pool Party: Neon Pink
• Flip Flop Fantasy: Neon Coral
• Sun Worshipper: Neon Orange
• Yellow Polka Dot Bikini: Neon Yellow
• Kiwi Cool-Ada: Neon Green
• Towel Boy Toy: Neon Blue

Today I am sharing two of them with you and hopefully by weeks end I will have the rest of the collection swatched and posted. After swatching these two in the rain I think I am going to try and hold out for the other four until I get some sun here because the photos are seriously distorted because of the weather. I hope they help nonetheless.

The first color I have to share with you is "Pool Party" which is a neon pink color. The pink in this is on the darker side, close to a fuchsia but without the purple tones fuchsias usually have.

The formula on this was thin and I needed three coats to achieve opacity. It was pretty easy to apply if I waited between coats for each coat to dry, if I was too hasty and the coat before was still wet I got a bit of balding/streaking. I don't see any VNL so that's great but, as many bloggers have mentioned, to minimize VNL with neons you can apply a white creme color under the neon shade. I did not do that for these photos. The polish, like most neons, dried matte; I added a topcoat to get it looking shiny.

The color is certainly more vibrant in person but I tried my best to capture the right tone. It's a bit of a darker pink, not a light pink as I mentioned above. It has a slight berry tone to it. A touch darker than the photos.


"Flip Flop Fantasy" is one of my favorites of the collection. It's a fantastic coral neon. I love corals and this is a unique color in my collection because of the neon quality.

This one was a bit tougher to apply. It was a little thicker in consistency than "Pool Party" and I got a little more streakage but nothing I couldn't handle. It was not a nightmare.

This one like the other was difficult to photograph. It's appearing much more orange than it actually is. It is not orange it's coral. Coral is orange-y but not orange.

Again, I am sorry for the quality of the photos. If I find the others to photograph better with some sun I will re-photograph these. I am sure the rain had something to do with the difficulty photographing but I think that neons on the whole are hard to photograph in any lighting so I am not sure sunshine will make that big of a difference.

The "Poolside Collection" launches on April 1, 2010. Stay tuned this week for swatches of the rest of the collection.

Disclosure: This collection was furnished to me by China Glaze for consideration. All reviews published on this blog are at my own discretion. Please refer to my Disclosure Policy.

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