Lacquer Slacker Liz: China Glaze Some Like It Haute

Friday, October 4, 2013

China Glaze Some Like It Haute

Some Like It Haute was released as part of China Glaze's Eye Candy 3D Glitters collection for winter 2011. It's an awesome charcoal grey true glitter polish. It has a clear base with tiny microglitters in dark grey, blued gunmetal and black with medium silver holographic hex glitters mixed in. The microglitters are sparkly enough -- add the holo hexes and you've got a sparkleliscious party going on. As you move your hand in light, the holo glitters spark in every color of the rainbow across your nails.

My bottle of this polish had thickened quite a bit so I added a couple of dropperfuls of thinner to it after the first nail. Given how fast Some Like It Haute dries, I anticipate having to do this the next time I use it as well. Once thinned, it applied beautifully, no stacking or clumping of glitters nor any protrusions over the free edge. Glitter density was such that I achieved an opacity I was happy with in two coats.

As you would expect with a polish like this, Some Like It Haute dries naturally to a gritty finish that gobbles topcoat. I used two coats of Seche Vite with a coat of Gelous sandwiched in between and still had a textured, albeit glossy, surface. I'm fine with that, this polish doesn't need a glass like finish to wow me. I'm over the moon with this stuff on my nails!

China Glaze Some Like It Haute

There's a lot of drama to this polish with its deep coloring and abundant sparkle. On the nail, it has a kind of windswept cliffs on a moonless night feel, exhiliration and raw energy. Mostly, though, it's just plain gorgeous.

love,
Aunt Liz

4 comments:

AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 5:34 AM
You sure know how to use those words.
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