China Glaze Frostbite - Swatches and Review

I have had China Glaze Frostbite for a few years and it is a gorgeous blue. While I love the color, the formula leaves something to be desired. This is NOT my usual experience with China Glaze. China Glaze usually has a wonderful formula so this is very disappointing. It was rather thin and streaky when applying. I had major issues with cuticle drag  (as you can see in my shade photos) and I had some bubbling as well. I used 3 coats in the pictures, no top coat.

As I stated earlier, my bottle is a few years old but this shouldn't be an issue. I have a lot of polish that is that old with no issues. Frostbite is in China Glaze's core line and is still available at Sally's, as well as other places. I am hoping that they have fixed the issues with this formula over the years and my bottle is the exception and not the rule.

First up, some sun pics....

And some shade pics....

The lit-from-within look of this polish is amazing. I only wish the formula was better. Do you have this color? Is the formula like mine, or do I have a dud?

Dandy Nails Through Glass - Swatches and Review

Tonight I have the second polish I purchased from Dandy Nails and it is absolutely stunning! If you missed my post on Colorblind yesterday you can find it HERE. The name on this polish could not describe it better, it looks like you are looking through broken glass. Holo broken glass. There are silver holo "shards" and hex glitter as well as a silver micro-shimmer (or at least that is what I am calling it LOL). Amazeballs.

I have swatched it over four colors and just like Colorblind it is almost perfectly smooth on its own. I have no idea how glitter this chunky can be smooth but it is. A top coat would make it have no bumps whatsoever. All of these pics are one coat of Through Glass (I used a dabbing method, as I do with all big glitters) with no top coat.

I forgot to include pics in my first post of the packaging so I will show you that first.

Isn't this adorable packaging?!

Very securely wrapped

Dandy Nails Through Glass and Colorblind

Over China Glaze Frostbite (post coming on Frostbite soon)

Over Misa Toxic Seduction (the silver micro-shimmer really changed the base color of the green)

Over China Glaze Long Kiss (post on Long Kiss coming soon)

Last but not least over Misa Fatal Affair (post coming soon, Fatal Affair is a very deep, rich purple)

I absolutely LOVE this polish!! Sandy, the creator of Dandy Nails, has created an amazing line of polish and I cannot wait to buy more of them!!

You can purchase Dandy Nails at her Etsy shop HERE. Make sure to follow her blog dandy-nails.com and her Facebook page!