China Glaze Fade Into Hue comparisons

China Glaze Fade Into Hue, center, in comparison with other lavenders

There are already a lot of periwinkle polishes on the market, and periwinkle fans are wondering how China Glaze Fade Into Hue compares to some of the others. I couldn't find any dupes in the colors I compared Fade Into Hue with, but there were a lot of colors that are very close.

Here is China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le swatched next to Fade Into Hue. China Glaze Fade Into Hue is on my ring and index fingers, Secret Peri-wink-le is on my middle and pinky fingers. These were really difficult to tell appart from each other, Secret Periwinkle is just slightly bluer and Fade into Hue is a tiny bit dustier.

China Glaze Fade Into Hue swatched with Secret Peri-wink-le

Below is China Glaze Fade Into Hue swatched with Sinful Colors Lavender. I really thought they were dupes after seeing them in the bottle, but in reality, Lavender dries to be quite a bit darker than FIH. Fade Into Hue is on my ring and index fingers, Lavender is on my middle and pinky fingers.

China Glaze Fade Into Hue is not as dark as Sinful Colors Lavender

I have some bottle shots of all 3 of these in the bottle, plus more bottle side by side comparisons with China Glaze Fade Into Hue, after the jump!

Green Ocean can't Fade Into Hue.....it's too pretty!

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over China Glaze Fade Into Hue, natural light

Here is Sinful Colors Green Ocean, a seasonal flakie polish, over a color from the new China Glaze Avante Garden collection, Fade Into Hue. I think flakies are so beautiful that they can never fade into the background. Flakies usually show up better over darker colors, but I think my pictures prove that they can look pretty good over pastels, also.  I started with 2 coats of Fade Into Hue and then added 1 coat of Green Ocean.

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over a

 Here's a picture of China Glaze Fade Into Hue on its own.  Like a lot of purple/blues, it was hard to photograph and I think it's a color you're better off checking out for yourself.  I do, however, have something coming up that should help you decide if you need this color.

China Glaze Fade Into Hue (center )with similar colors

 I’m preparing a post to upload soon, it features a lot of bottle shot comparisons and a couple of swatches of Fade Into Hue and some other colors. For now, join me after the jump for a few more pictures of Fade Into Hue.

China Glaze It's a Trapeze layered over pastel purple

1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze over  Sinful Colors Candy Coated, sun

Here are some quick pictures of China Glaze It's a Trapeze layered over Sinful Colors Candy Coated lilac polish. Candy Coated is from the Sinful Colors spring pastel colection. I love pastels and purple, soI couldn't resist this one. I applied 2 coats of Sinful Colors Candy Coated and then added 1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze.

1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze over  Sinful Colors Candy Coated

As you probably know, China Glaze It's a Trapeze is a milky white base with rainbow glitters. I love this polish in white, but one of the best things about It's a Trapeze is how well it layers over other colors. I also loved it over pastel blue, which you can check it out in this post.

1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze over  Sinful Colors Candy Coated, shade

On my thumb, I actually tried layering 1 coat of a rainbow polish and then a coat of a sheer white. It turns out everyone is right, China Glaze It's a Trapeze gives the same "jelly sandwich" look as a sheer white polish over rainbow glitter.

Finally, I was going to apologize for the quality of these pictures. The polish had long been removed when I sat down to edit and realized that all the pictures were less than optimal. It was even cuter in real life, so even though the pictures aren't great, I hope you enjoy this combination!

Mermaid's Birthday nails! Island Girl Red Sun is a party in a bottle

Island Girl Red Sun over OPI Ink, natural light

Here's a look I sported on my nails recently. The layered dots on the accent finger really remind me of a mermaid's tail and the glitter makes me think of birthday confetti, so I called the look "Mermaid's Birthday."

 Red Sun is an awesome glitter polish from Island Girl brand. Island Girl is a polish brand that is found only in certain locations. As far as I know, Island Girl is only available in Hawaii and and Las Vegas.  I'm lucky that Esmeralda Pearlfinish's travels have taken her to both places. It's only because of Esme that I own any Island Girl polishes at all. Check out more pictures of this unique polish after the jump!

Sinful Colors Almost Famous/Paparazzi glitter polishes

Sinful Colors Almost Famous display

Sinful Colors has released a couple of collections for the spring. The one that got my attention is called the "Almost Famous" collection at Walgreens. I was surprised when I ran into a display with the same exact colors in a display called "Paparazzi" at Rite Aid.

Sinful Colors Paparazzi display

I've already swatched one of the colors, Super Star, in my prior post. Join me after the jump for bottle shots of the other colors in the collection!

Sinful Colors Star Dust-purple+fuschia=awesome!!!

Sinful Colors Star Dust, natural light

Sinful Colors Star Dust is a new polish from the Sinful Colors glitter collection.  It is a clear base with mostly purple and some magenta glitters.  I don't have it on hand to do a comparison, but this color seems really close to the limited edition Wet n Wild color called Back Alley Deals. The big difference I know offhand is that Back Alley Deals dried to a semi-matte finish, while Star Dust is fairly shiny when it dries. Also, it took 3 coats to achieve opacity with Star Dust, while I think the Wet n Wild glitters were opaque in 2.  Despite the differences, I'm glad that Sinful Colors released this polish so more people can have a chance to pick up this gorgeous combination of glitters! If you're lucky enough to find it this week like I did, you can pick it up for 99 cents with a Walgreens coupon. :)

Sinful Colors Star Dust

It's Baaaaack!- Sinful Colors Green Ocean has already been sighted!

This year's St. Patrick's display, featuring Green Ocean in the middle

I've heard reports on various websites that some Walgreens have already started putting out the St. Patrick's Day displays that feature Sinful Colors Green Ocean. The green tinted polish is a favorite among us nail lovers because it's a flakie polish at a very affordable price!

The green hued flakie is only available annually in St. Patrick's Day displays.  Like all Sinful Colors polishes, its retail price is only $1.99. In the past, Walgreens is the only drugstore where I've found the St. Patrick's Day displays with this polish but I also wasn't much of a Rite Aid shopper before this year. I imagine that other stores that carry Sinful Displays might also be putting the St. Patrick's polishes out soon.

There are plenty of nice swatches of Green Ocean out there. Personally, I've layered it over violet and blue.  My swatch below has it over Orly Royal Navy.  Hopefully I'll come up with some other good layering combos and post them soon. In the meantime, just wanted to alert everyone to start looking, since this polish is highly coveted and only available around this time of year. After St. Patrick's Day, it'll disappear faster than a fleeing leprechaun!

Sinful Colors Green Ocean layered over Orly Royal Navy, natural light

Edited to add: check out my recent swatches of Green Ocean over a pastel purple and dark green!