Here are some of the cooler shades from the Avant Garden collection. These were three of the easier picks for me, since I love purples and blues!
First is China Glaze- Fade Into Hue:
Fade Into Hue is a soft periwinkle creme that can look like a dusty grey-blue in some lights, and a lilac in other lights....which is the magic of periwinkle, I guess!
Artificial light, two coats:
It seems to lean to the blue side of periwinkle.
Window-filtered daylight:
It's soft and feminine, and really lovely. It dries a hair darker and more purple than the bottle color. Just a hair. I could be seeing things.
Outside, shade:
Formula: The formula is on the thicker side, and the first coat is a bit streaky. Its self-levelling ability is about average. The second coat goes on fairly well, and is opaque.
It has the same consistency weirdness as Passion For Petals & Mimosa's Before Mani's; there's a bit of goopiness/ stringiness when you pull the brush from the bottle, but it doesn't seem to affect application. In fact, I liked this formula much better than either of those two.
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Next, is China Glaze- Tart-y For The Party:
Tart-y For The Party is a medium-toned lavender creme that is maybe a shade too dark to be called a pastel. Dries slightly darker than bottle color.
Artificial light, two coats:
It's a really pretty purple once you get it on your nails!
Window-filtered daylight:
Outside, shade:
Sun:
Formula: It's thinner than Fade Into Hue, and without the stringy viscosity. The first coat is mildly streaky, but it self-levels decently. The second coat goes on nicely and mostly obscures VNL, so I left it at two, although some people might prefer three thinner coats.
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Last of these three is China Glaze- Fancy Pants:
Fancy Pants is a medium indigo base with light purple/ pink shimmer throughout. The shimmer is mostly always visible, which is nice.
I think this is the shade that people were the most excited about from the entire Avant Garden collection.
Artificial light, two coats:
I really love this particular indigo- it straddles the line between purple and blue perfectly. I wanted to be crazy about this polish, but I experienced some formula issues, which I'll get to later.
Window-filtered daylight:
I don't have a shade quite like this m my collection!
Outside, shade:
Sun!
Formula: I wore this once before I swatched it, and had such a hard time applying it, that I added a couple drops of thinner before the application you see in the swatches above. It was originally just a little too gooey and thick, and I had ended up with bald patches and bubbling. Ugh.
After thinner, it is improved- sort of to the goopiness level of how I described Passion For Petals. The first coat is streaky and does not self-level quite as well as some of the others, but the polish is a lot more forgiving overall. In any case, be careful not to overwork this one, or it will cuticle-drag.
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What do you think of these three? I think they're some of the easy favorites of the collection; I know people love bluey-purples!
I have three more of the Avant Garden shades to show you, so stay tuned for part three!
I'm starting to love soft shades like Tart-y For The Party! Very pretty swatches too :)
ReplyMe too! I used to think they were too girly, but now I'm into it.
Your swatches are beautiful, as always. I like all three polishes, that's why I bought them, too ;-)
ReplyThanks! They are great colors!
Always such lovely swatches...I am in love with these.
ReplyThank you so much!
Beautiful. I think my favorite would have to be Fancy Pants:)
ReplyThanks! Yes, I really like it!