China Glaze A Sunsational Neon Summer Collection Review


Hi girls!

I have the latest China Glaze collection to show you today! I don't know about you but I'm always super excited about the neons that China Glaze realeases each Summer. It probably all started with Flip Flop Fantasy... Ever since I've tried that beauty, I've been yearning for more ChG eye-searing neons.

Well, I had really high hopes for this year's Sunsational Neon collex, let's give them a closer look after the jump, shall we?







Neon & On & On
coral pink neon, creme finish
3 coats plus topcoat




Bottoms Up
bubblegum pink neon, creme finish
2 coats plus topcoat





Shell-O
coral pink neon, jelly finish
3 coats plus topcoat




Heat Index
pink neon, jelly finish
3 coats plus topcoat





You Drive Me Coconuts
blue based pink neon, jelly finish
2 coats plus topcoat





Sun of a Peach
peach neon, creme finish
3 coats plus topcoat





That’s Shore Bright
medium pink  based purple neon, creme finish
2 coats plus topcoat






Are You Jelly?
dark warm purple neon, jelly finish
2 coats plus topcoat





Highlight of my Summer
mint green neon, creme finish
2 coats plus topcoat





Too Yacht too Handle
jade green neon, creme finish
2 coats plus topcoat






Keepin’ it Teal
teal green neon, jelly finish
3 coats plus topcoat





Isle See You Later
blue neon, (sheer) jelly finish
4 coats plus topcoat





Overall :
Swatching this collection was really difficult, I think it took me 2 entire afternoons to get something decent...
It was difficult because several of them gave me trouble with application (and I'm a stubborn perfectionist!) but also because they are all SO bright that they kept making my camera freak out. You can even see that I had to change my usual hand pose for this review as I couldn't get both relatively color accurate polish and skin (hello corpse hands LOL)
All things considered, I do like most of them and looking at my swatches, I can only admit that they make a gorgeous collection color wise. But if you're thinking about getting them, be prepared for laborious application, especially on the 3 coaters.
Application tips : make sure that you have enough nail polish on the brush, work slowly, avoid going over the same area twice and use a high quality topcoat to even them out or you'll probably end up with a streaky mess.
Oh and one last thing : I doubt that Keepin’ it Teal and Isle See You Later (respectively 3 and 4 coats each here) would ever reach full opacity so you might want to keep that in mind as well (and save them for sandwich manicures for example ^_^)


Did you grab any of these? What did you think about them? Did they gave you a hard time with application?