China Glaze Pelican Grey

More neutral non glittery polish today :) I chose China Glaze Pelican Grey also from the Anchors Away collection. Pelican Grey is a medium grey (shock!) with a subtle shimmer.

I used one coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strong bofr my base and then two coats of Pelican Grey. No problems with application. I topped it off with a coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat. I have to point out that this polish dries darker than the bottle and when you first apply. Also once it's dry the gorgeous silver shimmer mostly disappears.

Picures, pictures, pictures! None in direct light unfortunately :( I swear my timing is terrible!

China Glaze Pelican Grey in Artificial Light

China Glaze Pelican Grey in Artificial Light

China Glaze Pelican Grey in Shade

I really wish I had some daylight shots because I want to show the gorgeous silver shimmer in this. You can faintly see the shimmer at my tips in the photos above. I don't usually wear grey shades but I really like this colour. Overall I prefer the grey/blue shades like Sea Spray which I was wearing previously.


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China Glaze Sea Spray

I was in the mood for some more demure shades so I searched through my stash and came up with China Glaze Sea Spray! Sea Spray is from the China Glaze Anchor's Away collection and is a gorgeous blue grey polish.

One coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strength base coat and two coats of Sea Spray. Application was flawless and very smooth. I finished with one coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat.

Some pictures!

China Glaze Sea Spray in Artificial Light

China Glaze Sea Spray in Shade

China Glaze Sea Spray in Natural Light

Love, love, love this! Oh so much! I actually didn't want to take this off! I've shortened my nails a bit more and I think it looks gorgeous on this shorter length. My only complaint is that when the polish is wet there is this gorgeous blue silver shimmer all throughout it but once dried it almost completely disappears :( Definitely can't wait to try this one again!


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Essie Playa Del Platinum

I decided to wear a nice neutral colour so I chose Essie Playa Del Platinum from the Essie 2010 Resort Collection. Playa del Platinum is a grey beige - a greige - neutral creme.

I used  Revlon Calcium Gel Nail Hardener as my base coat and then applied two coats of Playa Del Platinum. The formula was a bit thin like most Essie nail polishes I have tried but it was still good to work with. I had actually finished applying two coats and thought "oh great I have to take it off!" because there were bald areas and then thick lumpy bits. However by the time I went to apply my top coat the nail polish had levelled out and it looked perfectly fine! So I would suggest that when you try this polish don't panic after applying it, wait and allow the nail polish to self level first. I used Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri drops.

These photo's were taken that night in artificial light.

 Essie Playa Del Platinum in Artificial Light

 Essie Playa Del Platinum in Artificial Light

There wasn't must sunlight the following day but I took these photo's anyway.

Essie Playa Del Platinum in Natural Light

Essie Playa Del Platinum in Natural Light

I love this gorgeous neutral shade. I was worried when I started applying the polish and it kept balding and lumping but when it self levelled I was crazy happy! This is a beautiful colour that I think of as one of those "work appropriate:" colours. I am definitely glad to have this colour in my stash!