China Glaze Sand Dolla Make You Holla
(retail: around $7, 0.5 oz)
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This is a textured polish that contains tiny multi-colored metallic hex glitter in a sheer white base. The base tends to look a little pink on my nails, but it's white in the bottle.
Three coats, no top coat
The polish was quite sheer on the first and second coats, but it did become a lot more opaque on the third coat. I could have probably used a fourth coat, but I loved the frosting-like look of three coats, so I stopped there. I have to say, this polish totally achieves a frosting-and-sprinkles effect on the nail. It looks like this Pop Tart! How fun, right?
In real life, the glitter sparkles a lot more than what you see above. I took a picture in low-lighting to try and capture the effect--you can see the sparkle a bit better here:
And here's what this polish looks like with top coat:
Three coats of Sand Dolla Make You Holla plus two coats of top coat
I like it with top coat as well, but it looks more like a glaze (versus frosting) with top coat.
As for application, this polish was a bit patchy due to the sheerness of the base color combined with it being a textured polish, but for me it's SO worth it. After three coats, the patchiness does go away, but if you wanted to expedite the process, you could apply a coat of white creme polish first, and then apply two coats of Sand Dolla Make You Holla. I think that would eliminate the need for a third coat and it would make things look more even, as well. But if you're like me and you like the idea of frosting and sprinkles on your nails, apply three coats and you'll get it! By the way, dry-time was great for all three coats.
Do you own any of the polishes from the China Glaze Spring 2014 Sea Goddess Collection? If so, which shades do you own and how do you like them?
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Ohh, this is so pretty. And Spring-y and girl-y!!!
ReplyDeleteThis color is so pretty! Funny, when I saw that first photo, I thought about frosting and sprinkles as well. YUM! :)
ReplyDeleteIt gives me a craving for cupcakes with icing and sprinkles, haha! Love it with topcoat!
ReplyDeleteI got all of them. I really love seahorsin around but there was only one true dud in the collex for me which was teal the tide turns.
ReplyDeleteCrap I got 4 polishes during this sale, now you're making me wish this was one of them!
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I definitely needed 4 coats with this and I found it really hard to work with. The difficult formula made me not like this polish at all. Interesting that your nails look pink though, because I did not get that effect.
ReplyDeleteTotally reminds me of one of those animal circus cookies!!
ReplyDeleteSo cute. I hope I find his collection soon!
ReplyDeleteWelp, I just got Wish On A Starfish yesterday and thought that was the only one I NEEDED from this collection...nope, looks like Sand Dolla Make You Holla will be coming home, too. I love how it looks like funfetti cake frosting!
ReplyDeleteLOVE it with the top coat!
ReplyDeleteLove the way it looks with top coat!
ReplyDeleteOk, I need to find me this nail polish. But what's going to stop me from eating? Haha. Kidding.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so pretty, definitely my type of polish, I just hate that I would have to apply 2-3 coats to get a decent amount of color! If I do purchase this I will take your advice and put a white base coat!
ReplyDeleteHmmm,how hard is this to get off
ReplyDeleteI got this today and used a white base coat, though I did only need two coats of Sand Dolla (could've gotten away with one) it was hardly textured which made me sad :(
ReplyDeleteI picked this up on clearance at Sally's Beauty Supply- I really like the combo of colored glitters it has in the milky base. My experience with SDMYH is similar to yours- it took me 3 coats to reach opacity, and I find that it definitely leans pink on me, as well.
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