Gelaze by China Glaze Review + Swatches

So today I'm going to be talking about something I've been trying out for a while now and that's Gelaze by China Glaze. China Glaze has decided to jump on the bandwagon and create a gel polish line. All of the polishes they have are already found in their regular polishes permanent line. These gel polishes do REQUIRE the lamp. It claims to be a 2in1 polish and doesn't require a base coat. Here are a few random NOTD swatches that I have for a few of the colors that I own.


Fairy Dust - Can't really tell from the picture but it is a clear polish with small holographic glitter.

Flip Flop Fantasy - This one looks definitely more orange than the original FFF.

Refresh Mint - This is probably my favorite of them all. It looks so lovely on.

Shocking Pink - Definitely a very bright pink, looks wonderful on.

Swing Baby - Not really that fond of this one. Looks prettier in the bottle than on my nails.

Sorry for the randomness of the photos, most of them were taken for the use on my Instagram so they are not the best. These are the only swatches I have of them right now and thought it would be better than bottle pictures. Anyways... I also own the topcoat, For Audrey, and Turned Up Turquoise which are not pictured above. Overall, I really do like these polishes but lets take a deeper look into them.

Dislikes:

• Peels easily - This doesn't last on your nails very long. After a couple days of wear it begins to peel up at the edges causing it to snag and completely come off.

• Shrinkage - While waiting for this to cure under the light it begins to shrink. You have to really work at this polish for it not to shrink.

• Pools at the cuticle - You have to be extremely careful to use thin coats with this polish. It pools extremely easily around the cuticle and makes the whole process a lot longer due to all the excess clean up (MAKE SURE TO DO CLEAN UP BEFORE CURING, WON'T COME OFF AFTER YOU CURE).

• Availability - So far, Sally's is the only place that carries this. Most of the time when I got to the Sally's around me they are all sold out of the colors I am interested in. So the availability kinda sucks.

Enough with the dislikes, now onto the likes:

• Peels easily - I know this is under the dislikes but it is also a like as well. I love gel polish because it doesn't chip but that doesn't really take away my want to change my polish constantly. It peels of easily and doesn't damage the nail (well it hasn't in my case) and allows me to change my polish often without it chipping easy.

• Glossy finish - It's extremely shiny and I just love that. The gloss doesn't fade away either so you can expect the gloss to last however long this polish lasts on you.

• Price - Gel polish can be extremely expensive but the price for this polish isn't that bad. It costs $11.99 with your Sally's card but I've seen these on sale a lot. I got all of these polishes on sale when Sally's was having the BOGO Free deal so watch out for the deals.

• No drying time - This really goes for all gel polish. It takes a little longer to apply BUT it has zero dry time. I hate waiting around on my nails to dry so I love using this polish when I want to do my nails but don't have the time to wait around for drying.

Like I said, I do really enjoy these polishes. I most likely will be picking up a few more whenever my Sally's restocks them. What colors have you tried and which is your favorite?