China Glaze What A Pansy

Okay, I went back to buy some of the OPI Brazil collection and decided to get What a Pansy from the City Flourish collection as well.  (I posted the others I purchased here.)

What a Pansy is a slighty gray purple that leans a bit blue.  It reminds me of Orly Cashmere Cardigan and pulling it out, they seem really close with What a Pansy being a bit darker.

Application on this wasn't as bad as the others I reviewed in my previous post.  It settle nicely, but was still a little thick.

This is 2 coats.

My Picks from the China Glaze City Flourish Collection

Hey everyone!  Today I have a few of my picks from China Glaze's City Flourish collection for Spring 2014.  Lets get started.

First up is Grass is Lime Greener.  This one is a pastel green creme.  Its pastel but bright at the same time.  I love it!  I don't think I have anything like this in  my collection.  It dries matte like a neon and unfortunately suffers from "streakyness."

This is 3 coats with top coat.

Next is Metro Pollen-tin.  Its a bright pastel yellow-orange creme.  This one applied the worst  out of them all (typical yellow).  It went on streaky and dried matte like a neon.

This is 3 coats with top coat.

Next we have At Vase Value.  This one is a pastel blue creme with hints of green.  It's just slightly greener than your typical baby blue and to be honest, most wouldn't really notice.  Like the others this also dries matte and applied streaky.

This is 3 coats with top coat.

And last, I have Thistle Do Nicely.  This one is definitely neon!  I picked this one up because it was a neon pink that was slightly coral and I thought it could be a dupe for the original Flip Flop Fantasy.  It's close, but more pink.  Like most neons it dries matte.  This one was also a bit streaky but was easier to work with than the previous three.

This is 3 coats with top coat.

Now I have to say that I love colors like these!  They're really bright and almost look like they've mixed neon pigments with white.  A few of them remind me of some swatches I've seen of Lime Crime polishes.  Due to their pastel/neon nature, they don't have the greatest application.  They are streaky and as you can see in my pictures, they don't "level" very well even with top coat.  I'm thinking of picking a few more of these up.

Do you plan on getting anything from this collection?

EDIT:  I posted a review of What a Pansy from the same collection here.

China Glaze Seahorsin' Around

The other day I decided to hit up one of my favorite nail supply stores to see if they had any of the new collections.  They had the China Glaze Sea Goddess Collection and City Flourish Collection.  I got a few from each and I'll probably do just one post on my picks from the City Flourish Collection this week.

So today I bring you Seahorsin' Around from the Sea Goddess Collection (2014), which consists of all textured polishes.  This one is a medium blue with silver and gold shimmer.  Textures like this kind of remind me of the inside of a geode.

Application on this was good.  I have no complaints.

This is 2 coats.

And of course with topcoat.

Is anyone getting anything from the Sea Goddess collection?

Zoya Yara

Hey everyone!  Today I couldn't figure out what polish to wear, so I reached into my untried pile and pulled out Zoya Yara.  Its one of those pretty/ugly olive greens that I love and has tons of golden glass flecks.

No complaints on application

This is 2 coats.

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