Apparently, my love for sparkle triumphs over everything, because here I am once again, pushing cream polishes aside to make way for more glitter. In rare act of self-control, I ordered only three shades from the China Glaze Cirque du Soleil collection after filtering through the dozens of online reviews and swatches. I felt that the majority of the shades from this collection, while fun and colourful, were shades that we'd seen before, so I only picked up the ones that I felt were the most unique. After trying and loving It's A Trap-Eze!, I decided to try the other glitter I picked up. I swear, I'm going to go back to creams after this.
Water You Waiting For is a sheer medium blue jelly base with cerulean blue, indigo blue, purple, and emerald green glitter, shimmer, and micro-shimmer. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. Due to the intense amount of shimmer and glitter, it will reach opacity in two medium coats. It is similar to Nicole by OPI's Kendall on the Katwalk, with perhaps less purple shimmer. Often, nail polish companies will try to group colours together to try to create a more unique or unexpected shade, but it ends up looking odd (e.g. ugly). But this is a prime example of colours working well together to create an even more stunning, more dimensional shade. It represents Cirque du Soleil perfectly; you somehow get lost in its oceanic beauty, like it's underwater magic.
Oh man, it's almost enough to bring me out of the nail polish slump! GORGEOUS. I love blues and I even love sparkly blues. Good choice, Denise!
ReplyDeleteYou should get this one, Liz! At $9 a pop, it's hardly a splurge, ya know? ;)
DeleteI refuse to pay $9 for China Glaze!!!!! LOL
DeleteLol, why? It's the same as OPI or Essie... :P
DeleteThey were like $4-5 a year ago! What the heck happened??
DeleteI think some places do sell them for $5... like, I know lots of nail polish places in and around Pacific Mall sell them for cheap. But as far as I know, regular retail price for China Glaze (at least as long as I've been buying them) have been around the $8 - 9 mark. :P
DeleteWow, this is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI have to check if it's available online :)
This collection should still be available on most nail polish websites. :) Honestly, to me, this is the prettiest one of the Cirque du Soleil release!
DeleteThis is beautiful! It's almost the same as Nicole by OPI's Kendall on the Katwalk except the larger hexagon glitter seems to be more blue whereas the Kendall shows purple in some light. I like the idea of a jelly base though...will have to take a closer look in store.
ReplyDeleteOoh, yes, thanks for pointing that out. Totally forgot about Kendall on the Katwalk! I've added it as a dupe. :)
DeleteIf you have Kendall on the Katwalk, I don't think you'll need this one -- they're realllly similar!
This color is beautiful and gorgeous. I'll definitely be checking this out.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely do! It's definitely the prettiest shade from China Glaze's Cirque du Soleil collection, in my opinion. :)
DeleteI'm not a mega-glitter polish person, but even I can appreciate how gorgeous this is Denise! It was the only shade from the collection that gave me pause. Perhaps if I'm feeling fiesty I'll pick it up... :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, I think if I were a superhero, I'd call myself MEGA-GLITTER. I'm obsessed. :P
DeleteThis is truly a gorgeous shade, though, for real. I got asked by soooo many people what I was wearing!
You should feel fiesty ALL THE TIME. :P