Friday, May 3, 2013

China Glaze Neons On The Shore / Sunsational - Jelly Swatches

I'm back! This time with swatches of the Jellies from the China Glaze 2013 Neons On The Shore collection!

If you haven't seen the creme swatches, click here for it!

China Glaze Neons On The Shore - Jelly Swatches

My first impression when I saw these colours on my nails are just.. highlighters! Bright, neon, sheer.. They looked exactly like the classic old highlighters which we used to mark out the important points during our school days!

Application-wise, these polishes are all on the super duper sheer side except for 2 (which are just sheer, not yet super duper). I used a white base for all the swatches below as I don't want to paint over 10 coats to get a opaque coverage.

First up, we have China Glaze Keepin' It Teal, a Turquoise jelly neon polish as described by China Glaze.

Personally I think it's much more green than teal/turquoise. I know it does look kinda turquoise in the picture, but it's actually much greener and brighter in real life.

Keepin' It Teal reminds me a lot of China Glaze's Four Leaf Clover except that this is jelly. If the creme half of the collection is China Glaze's classics turned neon, I wouldn't be surprised if the jelly half is China Glaze's neons turns jelly.

China Glaze Keepin' It Teal

Coverage-wise, it's extremely sheer. Probably never going to get opaque, but does leave a nice jelly finish. This is about 3-4 coats over a white base.

China Glaze Keepin' It Teal

Probably a great addition if you are into jelly polishes.

Next, I have China Glaze Are You Jelly?, a bold purple jelly neon polish.
China Glaze Are You Jelly?

Are You Jelly? is my favourite from the jelly half of the collection. It's a beautiful purple, and it's one of the not-so-sheer colours among the 6.

China Glaze Are You Jelly?

Application-wise, it's smooth like jelly (of course) and took me only 2 coats to get this coverage (over a white base).

China Glaze Are You Jelly?

It does reminds me of another China Glaze polish but I'm not sure which. Definitely not one I have. I thought it was Flying Dragon without the blue glitters, but I searched for pictures online and they were not that close.

China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts, a Raspberry jelly neon polish.
China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts

You Drive Me Coconuts is a raspberry pink neon that looks like it's just pink until compared side by side to the real pink neon of the collection.


This is 2 coats of polish over a white base. You Drive Me Coconuts is also one of the not-so-sheer jelly polish from the collection.

China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts

Finish for this polish is also more matte rather jelly shiny. Kinda just like painting hightlighter on your nails.

China Glaze Heat Index, a Hot Pink jelly neon polish.
China Glaze Heat Index

Hot Index is the indicated pink polish of the collection. It's much more neon and bright in actual than in the pictures.

China Glaze Heat Index

Heat Index does really seems more pink, but it is also significantly more sheer and have a shiny jelly finish as compared to You Drive Me Coconuts. However, both shades are really similar in my opinion and you probably don't need both.

China Glaze Heat Index

For me, I think I prefer Heat Index for it's finish although it's super sheer. Would probably be great for a jelly sandwich. This is about 3-4 coats over a white base.

China Glaze Isle See You Later, a blue jelly neon polish.
China Glaze Isle See You Later

Isle See You Later is a pretty blue jelly, but it's sort of like all the other blue neons except that it's sheer and jelly. Not super special for me.

China Glaze Isle See You Later

Coverage is super super sheer, this is about 3-4 coats over a white base. Finish is nice though.. smooth and jelly.

China Glaze Isle See You Later

A highlighter blue neon jelly.

Last from the collection - China Glaze Shell-O, a coral jelly neon polish.
China Glaze Shell-O

China Glaze describes Shell-O as a coral but I think it leans a lot towards orange. I do like the name though.

China Glaze Shell-O

Coverage is really sheer, like most of the others in this collection. This is about 3-4 coats over a white base. Looks slightly more pink in the shade and more orange under sunlight.. Quite interesting.

China Glaze Shell-O

I'm usually into corals but not so much for this one. Maybe because it's too orange and bright.

Okay, so I'm done with this collection. What do you think? Personally I think there's too much similar colours in 1 collection (all the pinks, raspberry and corals). Might be that there isn't much choices for neons in the first place, but it does make me feel that this collection doesn't need to have 12 colours. It might be better for China Glaze to stop at 6 or 8 or something.

Anyway, I might be showing some comparisons next, so stay tuned! :)

And to my Singapore readers, China Glaze Neons On The Shore are now available for sale at PolishAlley! :)

3 comments:

  1. These are the best swatches Ive seen online yet - thanks! It makes ordering so much easier!

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  2. Are You Jelly? reminds me of Gothic Lolita by CG.

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  3. It also kinda looks like Violet Vibes

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