Saturday, March 12, 2011

China Glaze Anchors Away - Part 1


Hey everyone! I'm so excited the weekend is here! I am going to be swatching a whole stack of colours today to show you over the next week. Hope my cuticles and nails can keep up with it!

Today I have six colours from the recent China Glaze Anchor's Away collection. There are no words to describe how excited I was about the arrival of this collection! All the colours looked amazing and now that I have them, I can safely say they have lived up to my expectations! 

I used two coats for each of the colours below, and no top coat.

Pelican Gray - Light gray with silver microshimmer. Not much to say for this colour except that it is absolutely stunning and applied like a dream!



Lighthouse - Bright yellow gold with gold sparkle. This one was... interesting.. and sheer... I liked the idea of this polish, but the colour didn't suit my skin tone as well. I'm guessing you could layer this over another polish, but I don't have any ideas yet of which polish to use underneath.



Below Deck - Dusty purple gray cream. This was undoubtedly the most anticipated colour from the whole collection due to it's resemblance to Channelesque. I haven't compared the two side by side, but I'm going to say that the difference between then is negligible and if you haven't got Channelesque, Below Deck is a pretty decent substitute. BD applied really well and I since I'm a sucker for purple grays, I'm head over heels for this one!



Starboard - Grassy spring green cream - Wowzers! This one is bright and beautiful! I think I have told you before that I'm not a massive fan of greens, but I find myself loving this one!



Life Preserver - Burnt orange cream. I was really keen to see this one in real life, because I don't really have a colour like this in my collection. It is a lot brighter than I thought I would be. I think I love it....



White Cap - Sheer white with golden shimmer. On its own, this polish isn't that impressive, but layered over another colour, it really shines! I put a coat over Life Preserver to show you.




I feel like a broken record, continually singing the praises of these polishes, but with the exception of Lighthouse, I honestly did love all of them! Which ones did you pick up from the collection? 

Part two of this collection should be up over the next few days.

Don't forget you can win four Anchors Away colours in my Giveaway!


20 comments:

  1. Thanks especially for the last pic....nice to see it layered!!!

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  2. I think I would definitelly get Starboard and Life Preserver. I'm in love with Life Preserver since the first swatches were showed :)

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  3. White Cap looks really, really pretty over LP.

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  4. Wow I love white cap over the orange!!! I don't have have that specific one but I want to layer it over an orange I have by zoya that has a gold shine in the light.

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  5. I love Star Board and Below Deck! Those two I'm definitely ordering. I may buy Pelican Grey also. It is so pretty.

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  6. Well I'll be. I didn't really want White Cap because it lacked appeal to me, but you're the first blog I've seen that's swatched it over something (that I can remember anyway).

    What a soft, sweet, multifaceted golden shimmer!

    Sold!

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  7. I have Sea Spray and loveeee it, but I really want Starboard as well, I'm such a green lover :)

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  8. o.m.g.
    i think Starboard is the pefect green i was looking for!!!
    thank you for the awesome swatches :D
    i must get it~~~~

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  9. No worries! I realised when I was doing the swatches that I hadn't seen anyone else layer it yet, so I thought I'd try it out... :)

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  10. Life Preserver was one of the first ones I wanted as well! I love how burnt/rusty it looks!

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  11. you should definitely get it! not that I'm enabling or anything! ha!

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  12. I think White Cap would look good over anything! Its such a beautiful colour!

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  13. Good choices! Pelican Grey is awesome because of the shimmer. It sets it apart from other greys!

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  14. Hahaha! It is a glorious shimmer! I really want to try it over some of the other colours as well!

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  15. No problem! Starboard is definitely one of the better greens I own!

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  16. Right now I'm on a grey spin and Pelican Gray is wonderful 

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