China Glaze - First Mate

I know I'm a little late on this review, but I juts found this at Cyra Lydo, and had no idea I would like it so much, but I bought it.
The formula is a bit on the thick side, but that just means that it can be a one coatter for you people, who hate applying two coats. I put on two coats, because I just like it better this way. I think you all know my opinion on the China Glaze brushes - they are way too thin and long. I got tip wear in a day, but that doesn't bother me.
I also applied a coat of OPI white shatter on top.
Here are the photos:

So shinny!!!

China Glaze - Sea Spray

Another gray from the Anchors Away is Sea Spray, this is a bit darker than Pelican Gray, and I also liked it better, but I have decided that my favorites are Life Preserver and Ahoy!.
So this is a cream gray with subtle white shimmer, only noticeable in the sunlight. I was lucky to have a sunny day and be able to take a few more relevant photos of this polish.
I took like a million photos and still don't feel that they show the real color of this polish, but these will have to do. In the last two pictures I did a top coat of White Cap, and noticed that White Cap looked a lot like Jade Sparkle Effect from CND and decided to do a comp. Click for larger view - please.

Although this picture below is not color accurate, you can clearly see the shimmer.
On the picture below is the comp between White cap and Jade Sparkle, JS is on the middle finger. As you can see, layered on top of another nail polish I see no difference, but in the bottle there is a difference - White Cap is a bit whiter, as opposed to JS which is more transparent - it being conceived in the purpose of layering. I will take a picture of the bottles next to each other and post it along with my White Cap review.

China Glaze - Pelican Grey

This was not one of my favorites from this collection , it looked kinda gloomy on my nails.
It's a light gray with very subtle white shimmer. It applied just like this entire collection and that is great, dried off super fast, and I also got the tip wear in a day which is not too great but hey the colors are gorgeous. So I guess this is a quite homogeneous collection. I don't know if you can see the shimmer very well, but I was unable to get a good photo.

China Glaze - Life preserver

I changed my mind, this is my favorite of the collection, I know I've said that about Ahoy!!, but now I actually think I like this better.
Looks great on my skin tone too. I'm not bragging I'm just excited.
The formula is great just like on the other ones. It's a cream dark orange, I love love love it, even though I've been more into shimmers lately.
Here are the photos, two coats and top coat - click to enlarge.

China Glaze - Ahoy!

Definitely my favorite of the collection so far, I've worn it for two days, which I haven't done with a nail polish in a long time, I change my nails polish on a regular daily basis.
But this was too gorgeous to take off after just one day.
It's a red cream base with pink shimmer. It's opaque in two coats, and in the light you get the prettiest pink shimmer. And as I've said before, this collection dries off super fast. Even with my revlon top coat - which usually doesn't work as well.
On the second day I put on a third coat, but it didn't change the appearance of the polish, so I didn't take any photos. What I did notice is a little tip wear at the end of the first day as you can see in the photos, but no chipping. Here are the photos - click to enlarge. My photos don't do this color justice.

China Glaze - Sunset sail

The second polish I tried from the Anchors away collection is Sunset Sail - It's really pretty also, and very work appropriate- let's say.
The formula is great on this collection, so far all of them dried off super fast, and were two coatters.
I've been trying to make a lightbox so I could take more luminous pictures of my hand, since all my pictures look like they were taken in a cave. But I just can't get it right, so until I do so you will have to bare with me through the cave pictures, also because of the weather we are having here - no sun always cloudy.
I would describe this color as a cream beige with white shimmer inside.
So here are the photos - click to inlarge so you can see the shimmer