China Glaze – Avant Gardent Collection Spring 2013 ‘Blooming Brights’

Trying to reinvent the wheel can often fall into redundancy, which is why I really appreciate China Glaze’s honest charm; case in point is their latest offering that makes no excuses for what it is – a spring nail varnish collection. If part 1 (reviewed here) represented the gentler opening notes of the season, then part 2 -the ‘Blooming Brights’, is Spring at its vibrant & colourful best.

All swatches are with base and top coats.

China Glaze Avant Garden – Blooming Brights

Mimosa’s Before Mani’s – a warm leaning melon pink hue, filled with ultra fine pearlized gold & silver shimmer. Excellent flow, self-levelling and quite glossy at the finish, there’s a vibrant & fresh feel to this shade, although the shimmer itself is not highly visible once applied – still enough to offer a unique overall gleam. Coats applied: 2

China Glaze Avant Garden – Mimosa’s Before Mani’s

Budding Romance – a semi-sheer deep chartreuse colour with mustard undertones, in a jelly-esque formula. With an exceptionally glossy finish at the end, there’s an organic vibe to this original green shade and I personally love its glass-like translucency at 2 coats. Very military chic! Coats applied: 3 (thin)

China Glaze Avant Garden – Budding Romance

Sunday Funday – an intense azure blue crème hue in a highly colour-saturated formula. Self-levelling and with a high gloss finish, this vivid hue has the added bonus of being completely non-staining upon removal. Coats applied: 2

China Glaze Avant Garden – Sunday Funday

Passion for Petals – a lush carnation/rose crème hue that bears some jelly-like qualities in its application. With its amazing colour pigmentation, this can almost pass for a 1-coater, and will suit a wide range of skin tones across the board. Coats applied: 2

China Glaze Avant Garden – Passion for Petals

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China Glaze Avant Garden – Passion for Petals

Fancy Pants – a quasi-sheer indigo hue, filled with ultra fine glass fleck-like pink shimmer with some sparse larger flecks thrown in, all in a self-levelling jelly-like formula. This totally spectacular shade applies like a dream, and leaves a superior gloss at the finish. Bonus: non staining upon removal. Coats applied: 2

China Glaze Avant Garden – Fancy Pants

Snap my Dragon – an über intense rich fuchsia hue with magenta ultra fine shimmer, in a hybrid crème-jelly medium flowing formula. Bearing an excellent pigmentation, application and glossy finish, the shimmer here translates quite clearly upon the nail, even giving off a blueish tone when seen under flash. Coats applied: 2

China Glaze Avant Garden – Snap my Dragon

China Glaze Avant Garden – Snap my Dragon, with flash

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Final thoughts: When the promotional photos began circulating about this collection, the shade I was most drawn to was ‘Fancy Pants’, and I can honestly say that the reality of it exceeds anything I could have expected. ‘Budding Romance’ took me by surprise with its original take on green (a perfect leaf/stem colour!) and the stunning shimmer in ‘Snap my Dragon’ was a lovely bonus as well. ‘Mimosa’s Before Mani’s’ (that name….) as well as ‘Sunday Funday’, will be shades I’ll be sporting on my tanned toes this year – when & if the warmer weather finally gets here grumble.

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