Hello, hello! I'm so excited to show you these new China Glaze On Safari shades today. I have five from the collection, so let's get to it! :D My swatches are all shown without top coat.
Man Hunt, 2 coats: bright blue creme-jelly hybrid. I love how blue this is. It looks navy indoors, but outdoors it's so blue and yummy. It seemed more like a jelly on the first coat, but it became nice and opaque at two. Even though it's opaque, I think it still looks kind of squishy. The formula was nice as well.
Exotic Encounters, 2 coats: a dusty teal-green creme. The formula was excellent on this one. It practically painted itself. Exotic Encounters was also the color I was most excited about, and it didn't disappoint!
Purr-fect Plum, 2 coats: a dark plum/berry creme. Nothing too unique, but quite flattering. I know this is going on my toes once fall rolls around. The formula was good like the others.
I Herd That, 3 coats: very fine gold and orange glitter with blue and green glitters; possibly holographic. The glitters are so fine, it's hard to tell. I mostly get glowing blues and greens sparkling through the mass of gold and orange, but it does have a holographic glitter quality to it because of how sparkly it is. This is one of the colors that would have escaped my radar if I hadn't had a chance to try it out myself. The blue and green glitters really make this one for me. I love it a lot more than I thought it would. The formula was perfect, and it becomes relatively opaque in 2 coats.
Prey Tell, 2 coats: a vampy maroon-brown creme. Look how shiny and squishy this is! I found the formula to be okay. It required some concentration on my part, just because of how dark it is. It was a little harder to get clean rounded edges near the cuticles, and dry time was a bit slow. I'd recommend waiting a little between coats to avoid drag.
Verdict: All the colors I've tried had excellent formulas, except for Prey Tell. Even then I'd say that Prey Tell was one of the less finicky vampy red-browns I have tried so far. I knew from the beginning that I was going to love Exotic Encounters, and it lived up to my expectations in both color and formula. Also included in my list of favorites are Man Hunt and I Herd That, which turned out to be an unexpected favorite.
The China Glaze® On Safari collection will be available at
fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide in July 2012. Individual
polishes retail for $7 MSRP; the 6-piece sets retail for $42 MSRP.
Liz
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