China Glaze Anchors Away Collection

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Today I finally have the China Glaze's Anchors Away collection swatches and review to share with you guys. I wasn't really excited about this collection, but there were some interesting colors so I decided to buy the whole collection and try it.

Before I go on with the review, I am kind of disappointed that I didn't get to try the Tronica collection, since it is specialty for Sally Beauty. And I don't have a Sally Beauty near me, I don't think it is worth the drive to get the collection, and the fact that eBay users are selling it for about $14 a bottle is kind of ridiculous. Well I've read some reviews on it and that the holos aren't even that great, so I guess I didn't miss much.

OK on with the swatches!

From the Sand to Sand collection:


White Cap - a sheer pearly white with golden and silver shimmer. 4 coats


Pelican Gray is a cool toned gray creme. 2 coats


Sea Spray is a pale blue gray creme. 2 coats


Below Deck - a taupe creme with violet tones. 2 coats


Sunset Sail - a nude peachy creme with light flecks of shimmer. 3 coats


Knotty - dark beige shimmer. 3 coats

From the Knotty Nautical collection:


Life Preserver - pale dark orange creme. 2 coats. It's not as bright in person as my picture shows.


Hey Sailor - a vibrant red creme. 2 coats


Ahoy! - fuchsia pink with glass specks. 2 coats. LOVE!


First Mate - a navy blue creme. 2 coats


Starboard - a green creme. 2 coats. I wore this for St. Patrick's Day.


Lighthouse - a lemon yellow shimmer with glass specks. 3 coats

Overall, this collection was so-so for me. My favorite happens to be Ahoy!, I love the glass specks and how lovely it looks. Runner ups would be White Cap, Lighthouse, Starboard, Below Deck, and Sea Spray. The others were just ehh to me because I have plenty of polishes with similar colors.

China Glaze formula is always excellent in my opinion. It is never runny or thick. It applies smoothly without any problems. I am looking forward to the Island Escape collection. As I've mentioned on Twitter, a lot of Spring collections have disappointed me so I hope all the Summer collections are gonna be awesome.

That's all I have for today!

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