NOTD: China Glaze Flirty Tankini

China Glaze Flirty Tankini

I went through my China Glaze drawer last week and pulled out all my untrieds and also updated my polish spreadsheet. Somehow Flirty Tankini was in my untrieds! I guess I was so over-the-moon about Surfin' For Boys that I just flat forgot to wear this one.

But I am so glad I found it and tried it- it's at the top of my love list along with the other Summer Neons I have- Pink Plumeria and Surfin' For Boys. These make such great pedi colors as well. I know Flip Flop Fantasy is a favorite, but it is so hard to get nice even coverage with it, even using 3 coats. These Summer Neons give great coverage at  2 coats so they win the contest as far as I am concerned.

Details

Brand/Name: China Glaze Flirty Tankini

Number of coats in pic/topcoat?: 2 coats color topped with 1 of NYC Grand Central Station

Price: I purchased this for roughly $3 from www.transdesign.com

Collection: Flirty Tankini is part of China Glaze's Summer Neons collection from Summer 2012. The shades included in the collection are:

• Pink Plumeria
• Love's A Beach
• Surfin' For Boys
• Orange You Hot?
• Sun-Kissed
• I'm With The Lifeguard
• Splish Splash
• Beach Cruise-R

NOTD: China Glaze Pink Plumeria

 

China Glaze Pink Plumeria (in sun)

from the Summer Neons collection

China Glaze Pink Plumeria (overcast day)

from the Summer Neons collection

I am LOVING these. The above swatch is three coats and it applied perfectly. Although other bloggers have said theirs were thick, mine was just fine.

Thursday was a rainy day, no sun in sight, but I still had to get a shot of this. Even in the shade, it's gorgeous.

And luckily the sun came out on Friday so I could get a sun shot- I am loving this color!

NOTD: China Glaze Surfin' For Boys

China Glaze Surfin' For Boys

from the Summer Neons collection

I ordered a few shades from the China Glaze Summer Neons collection and was dying to try this one first.

The formula on this is leaps and bounds better than the formula on China Glaze's Poolside collection from 2010.... this applied like a dream, with no white coat needed on bottom to get this great pop of color and great coverage in just two coats.

I think it's the slight hint of shimmer that makes the difference in the formula. Although it dried matte, I used Poshe as my topcoat and it dried super-fast. Scrangie mentioned that hers were too thick and she recommended using thinner first- but I had absolutely no problem with my bottle.

Have you tried any from the Summer Neons collection? What's your favorite? I also ordered Pink Plumeria and Flirty Tankini.