China Glaze On Safari Swatches & Review

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Oh my god, I cannot believe it has taken me so long to swatch this collection! Talk about my obsession with indie polishes setting me back!

I chose just 6 of the 12 polishes in China Glaze's On Safari Fall 2012 collection. I tried my hardest to only buy the ones I didn't have anything similar to already. And the only polish from On Safari I'm still lemming is Elephant Walk!

China Glaze Call of the Wild

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 Call of the Wild is a beautifully rich dark brown creme with enough red to make it look like molten chocolate! All my other brown cremes (ok I only have like 2) lean yellow so they look fairly flat, so COTW is my new fav!

China Glaze Exotic Encounters

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China Glaze Kalahari Kiss

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Kalahari Kiss reminds of a desert khaki pith helmet! The best way I can describe it is as a yellowed beige creme. It's certainly one of those fugly colours that very few people will actually want to wear, but I love that China Glaze keeps knocking one of these out each year! I have Classic Camel from 2010, Trendsetter from 2011 and now this one!

China Glaze Jungle Queen

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Jungle Queen is a smoky purple with subtle shimmer. This is the Chanel Paradoxal dupe. The only difference between the two is that JQ is contains less shimmer. It's beautiful and for $3 the price was right!

China Glaze I'm Not Lion

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 I'm Not Lion is a ultra fine mix of light gold and silver holo glitter. I've layered 1 coat over Exotic Encounters, because I haven't seen this layering combination anywhere else. I think with 2-3 layers on its own, INL would be opaque. I topped this off with 1 coat of Glitter Gloss for glass like shine and smoothness!

China Glaze I Herd That

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I Herd That is a mix of ultra fine gold, orange and holo glitter. 'm wearing 1 coat layered over Call of the Wild. It's basically a warm version of INL. Again in 2-3 coats on its own it would be opaque. One coat of Glitter Gloss gave a fabulous finish on this one too. I thought it would be very similar to the Ulta exclusive Fireside Glow (from Christmas 2011), but the glitter in FG is even finer and is very coppery (and when I say coppery, I mean that true pinky copper colour the real metal is).

Formula:

The formulas of the cremes (except COTW) were thick, but FLAWLESS! If you were in a rush, 1 coat would do because they are so pigmented. I used 2 coats myself, and they applied like butter! Do give it a few minutes between coats though, to avoid bubbling.

Call of the Wild was a bit thinner than the other cremes. It was still opaque after 2 coats, but you have to watch out for cuticle drag.

Jungle Queen is a solid 2 coater and application was good, it has a slightly thick consistency.

The glitters applied really nicely. I probably prefer them alone or over like colours though.

My picks from On Safari really did impress me. I love the colours and the top notch formulas make me so happy!!!

It's Sunday yet again, so I wish you luck for the week ahead.

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xxx

NPA