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Take a seat and relax as I share with you the Holiday 2016 collection from China Glaze! This holiday collection is a total departure from what we know to be holiday collections, and I'm totally okay with that. It's inspired by California Christmas, as China Glaze is based out of California. These are beachy colors, yet, the names totally scream holiday and these actually do work for holiday art. This is a 12 piece collection, so grab your coffee and let's begin.
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| China Glaze Seas and Greetings, Swatches and Review |
Snow Way: 3 coats plus top coat. Yes, yes, and more yes. You can't deny that this is a winter color. It's an off white with a strong copper (orange-pink) shimmer. It's light, it's beautiful. I can't say enough good things about this color.
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| China Glaze Snow Way |
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| China Glaze Snow Way |
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| China Glaze Snow Way |
If you think this color looks like Pearl Jammin from the Fall 2016 Rebel Collection, it's because they both have that stunning orange-pink shimmer! They are very clearly different colors, but swoon. Together, these make a beautiful wintry mani!
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| China Glaze Snow Way vs. Pearl Jammin |
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| China Glaze Snow Way vs. Pearl Jammin |
Partridge in a Palm Tree: 3 coats. This polish is naturally matte, so you want to work a bit faster than normal polish so you have a nice even layer. This green is my jam. I love this shade. It's in between sea foam and teal and it is so beautiful as a matte color!
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| China Glaze Partridge in a Palm Tree |
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| China Glaze Partridge in a Palm Tree |
China Glaze Partridge in a Palm Tree, with top coat. Look at that shimmer. It's beautiful both ways. Not sure which I like more.
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| China Glaze Partridge in a Palm Tree |
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| China Glaze Partridge in a Palm Tree |
Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish: One coat over Partridge in a Palm Tree. This would make as a pretty shimmer over your nails, but for me, it would never give full coverage, so I chose to layer it. This has a slight green tint, so it would best be over blues, greens, and black. It really does add that nice twinkle!
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| China Glaze Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish over Partridge in a Palm Tree |
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| China Glaze Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish over Partridge in a Palm Tree |
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| China Glaze Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish over Partridge in a Palm Tree |
Good Tide-ings: 2 coats. Periwinkle ocean blue creme. Need I say more? Beautiful formula in two coats. This is another one of those winter colors, perfect for snow manis. Or it could be the ocean. You choose.
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| China Glaze Good Tide-ings |
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| China Glaze Good Tide-ings |
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| China Glaze Good Tide-ings |
Joy to the Waves: 3 thin coats plus top coat. Another ocean inspiration but this is a deeper blue that has gold shimmer so it leans green. This was my least favorite of the collection as you can see there are brush strokes. Less strokes is the best. I do like the base color, but the shimmer is maybe a tad too strong.
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| China Glaze Joy to the Waves |
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| China Glaze Joy to the Waves |
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| China Glaze Joy to the Waves |
Seas and Greetings: 3 thin coats plus top coat. The namesake of the collection and I am loving it! I love this take of holiday purple as it's bright but still royal! The pink shimmer is perfectly balanced for me (vs Joy to the Waves) and I think any purple lover would love this.
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| China Glaze Seas and Greetings |
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| China Glaze Seas and Greetings |
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| China Glaze Seas and Greetings |
Eat, Pink and Be Merry: 4 coats for photos, but 3 for real life. You could see some nail line in my photos, so I slapped on a fourth coat. But really, 3 coats is fine. I think of Merry Pinkmas with this color. A girly pink with pink shimmer. I actually love this pink on my skin and this is already going to be in Valentine's Day manicures!
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| China Glaze Eat, Pink and Be Merry |
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| China Glaze Eat, Pink and Be Merry |
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| China Glaze Eat, Pink and Be Merry |
I had to do a comparison since these looked similar in the bottle, but I was so so wrong. Index is Fresh Prince-ss from the Fall 2016 Rebel Collection, and ring is Sand in my Mistletoes. All gorgeous. None are similar.
Sand in my Mistletoes: 3 coats plus top coat. Another great creme, this time it's a pinky yellowy beige. I realize that conflicts, but I don't know how else to explain it. It's a much brighter neutral color and I love it on my skin tone. Maybe I need to move to California because these colors are loving me and vice versa!
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| China Glaze Sand in my Mistletoes |
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| China Glaze Sand in my Mistletoes |
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| China Glaze Sand in my Mistletoes |
Shell-ebrate: 1 coat over Sand in my Mistletoes. It's not a China Glaze collection without one glitter and one shimmer top coat. Here is the glitter! It has gold microglitter, which basically reminds me of sand. There are larger copper and purple glitters. I was heavy handed on my ring finger, so you can see that this might be opaque in 4 coats.
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| China Glaze Shell-ebrate over Sand in my Mistletoes |
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| China Glaze Shell-ebrate over Sand in my Mistletoes |
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| China Glaze Shell-ebrate over Sand in my Mistletoes |
Tis the Sea-sun: 2 coats. I can't even pretend that this is a winter color, but I love it. It's a coral neon perfect for winter pedicures. I can see myself putting this on my toes when it's 4 degrees out and feeling warm!
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| China Glaze Tis the Sea-sun |
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| China Glaze Tis the Sea-sun |
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| China Glaze Tis the Sea-sun |
Warm Wishes: 3 coats. 2 coats had slight VNL so I slapped on a third. Unlike Tis the Sea-sun, this coral leans much more pink than orange and has a slight shimmer. This is one of those colors that will look good on all skin tones. It's classic and beautiful.
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| China Glaze Warm Wishes |
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| China Glaze Warm Wishes |
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| China Glaze Warm Wishes |
The More The Berrier: 1-2 coats. I actually wore this for a few days. It is a metallic foil, so I did experience tip wear within 2 days, but I got a lot of compliments. Everyone noticed my nails. I thought it would be close to Y'all Red-y for This, but this is much more pink and berry toned. It's a foil so watch for staining with removal.
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| China Glaze The More The Berrier |
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| China Glaze The More The Berrier |
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| China Glaze The More The Berrier |
I have a lot of favorites in this collection but I'll narrow it down to Snow Way, Partridge in a Palm Tree, Good Tide-ings, Seas and Greeting, Sand in My Mistletoes, Warm Wishes, and Eat, Pink and Be Merry. Ok that didn't really help at all! LOL.
The Seas and Greetings Collection is available now with select shades at Sally's. The complete collection will be at BeautyPlusSalon.com and retail for $7.50 each.
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Sand in My Mistletoes and Partridge in a Palm Tree are my favorites! I'm so glad you didn't have issues with Partridge like everyone else. I wanted to love it so much!
ReplyDeleteI only saw one person with cracking issues on IG. I haven't seen that many complaints. The formula was better than fall's Combat Blue Ts too!
DeleteAll the other blog posts I've read on this collection said they had issues with the formula on that one and you can see it in their pictures. I haven't searched through IG much though.
DeleteI am loving the pearly finish on Snow Way - SOOOO pretty! Nail art would look amazing over it!
ReplyDeleteI definitely plan on pulling it out a few more times. It's probably my favorite
DeleteI need good tidings.
ReplyDeleteYou do. Delicious periwinkle creme.
DeleteAs a California native, I enjoy this collection!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it perfect for you?!
DeleteIt's hard to pick a favorite when the colors are all so pretty. Love your pictures, they really show the polishes in all their glory
ReplyDeleteI agree. My favorites basically narrowed it down to nothing. Thank you!
DeleteLove Joy To The Waves!!
ReplyDeleteEven in it's my least favorite, I still love them
DeleteI love the break from tradition with this collection, and there are so many gorgeous shades!
ReplyDeleteI love the break too. I'm really not a huge vampy girl so this is so for me
DeleteSnow Way and Partridge are my favorites! Beautiful swatches!
ReplyDeleteThose are my favorite too. But I really love too many of them
DeleteSnow Way is so beautiful and very unique! I can't believe it's a mainstream nail polish, it's so complex.
ReplyDeleteChina Glaze has been stepping it up. Snow way and pearl jammin were so absolutely amazing. I can't wait to see what they have in store.
DeleteI am so glad you compared to Pearl Jammin'. I was convinced they were dupes.
ReplyDeleteOf course! Any other comparisons that you want to see? It's that same gorgeous shimmer but totally different base
DeleteI loved this collection. Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish looks so amazing over Partridge in a Pam Tree.
ReplyDeleteI think that's a popular combination. They look like they were meant to be together
DeleteThis is a great collection to try them! Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteI adore this collection - such a fun take on the "holiday" theme :)
ReplyDeleteI really love this collection, from the moment I saw it in the summer!
DeleteI'm a purple polish person, so Seas and Greetings has my vote. Love the names of all the polishes!
ReplyDeleteThat purple is just so so good. I love how punny the names are. I wish I were that clever
DeleteThe names for the polishes are GREAT! I'm not a fan of those metallic types and prefer what you did when you added the top coats to them.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, these names are just the best. So fitting!
DeleteI love this collection. I live in Florida, and we can't relate to the traditional snowy and chilly Christmas image. This is more like it! Beautiful swatches. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's totally Florida appropriate too! Beaches and warmth. You have that all year! Thank you!
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