China Glaze House Of Colour Swatch and Review

When I saw the first bottle shots of the China Glaze House of Colour Collection, I decided I didn't like them.  However, that didn't stop me from buying a few!  I bought the mini six pack called Roommates from Ulta...with the $3.50 off $10..and using some points.  That way I didn't have any remorse if I didn't like them.  Anywho, here it is.

Shut the Front Door

This is a mauve-ish shimmer.  I like this one.  It reminded me of a slightly darker Zoya Rory.  Shown below with two coats, no top coat. 

China Glaze Shut the Front Door

 

China Glaze Shut the Front Door with matte top coat

 

In the Near Fuchsia

This is a pretty fuchsia.  It's more or an opaque jelly than a crème.  Shown below in two coats, no top coat.  Side note, I always want to spell Fuchsia with a k not an h.  One day I will and blame swipe or autocorrect or something.  Another side note, my index finger looks concave because it is.  I did a piss poor job of filing it, but corrected halfway through this swatch session.  Never file your nails without your glasses on.

China Glaze In the Near Fuchsia

 

Pink or Swim

I speak pink....but not salmon pink.  Shown below in three coats plus top coat.  Not the best pink crème in terms of formula and shade.  Cheesus, look at that index finger.

China Glaze Pink or Swim

 

Let's Chalk About It

Not much to say here.  It is the shade of chalk and not a great formula.  It didn't want to self level.  Three coats plus top coat to smooth it out.  I've had better.  "That's what she said."

China Glaze Let's Chalk About It

 

Come Rain or Shine

This one is freaking amazing, but my pictures don't do it justice.  It's this blue BUT it has an awesome purple/pink shimmer.  Fuckshia yea this is awesome!  Two coats, no top coat.

China Glaze Come Rain or Shine

 

Don't be Shallow

This is pretty but let me tell you what the formula is like.  Have you ever used a milky pink?  The sheer, crelliesh pink that needs like five coats to make it opaque?  That's what this is.  It's a milky sky blue.  I got frustrated applying this one.  This is four coats.  I needed a fifth but I said fuckshia it.

China Glaze Don't be Shallow

 

Sorry if my title mislead you, I don't have all shades to swatch and review.  I was going to buy more if this turned out awesome.  Alas, that was not the case.  Come Rain or Shine is a must buy.  It's so purty.  I will be buying a full size of it.

 

One thing you should know about these "Roommate" minis: they come in a tamper proof package and they all had awful crusty necks that I had to waste my remover on, which means it happened in packaging production.  China Glaze owes me $0.05 for the acetone I used to correct their production error.  Keep that in mind.  I'm thinking about sending them an invoice.



 

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