Swatches: China Glaze Bahama Blues

In my last China Glaze post I had stated that I've fallen out of love with China Glaze polishes due to the crappy thick gooey formula. Unfortunately, Bahama Blues' polish formula is only a hair better than Operation Color. I had serious application issues with most of the colors. Thick, stringy, bubbly and extremely difficult to work with.

As disappointed as I am in the terrible formula, I am happy to say that these colors are worth the headache. They're simply beautiful. Observe:


Bahamian Escape. for some reason this is photographing really weird. It's not really that radioactive blue in real life- the bottle shows the true color. It reminds me of For Audrey but brighter and more vibrant. It's a creme opaque bright sky blue. Very, very pretty.


Bermuda Breakaway with Calypso Blue on pinkie. Fantastic bright creme blue that's somewhere in between OPI Dating a Royal and Misa Pour Me Something Tall And Strong. I thought this and Calypso Blue looked kinda similar in the bottle, so I put it on my pinkie to compare- not even close. I don't know what I was thinking.


Blue Island Iced Tea. Super-sparkly metallic blue with chunky metallic shimmer. Looks much better in sunlight than it does indoors.


Blue Paradise. Glowy blue pearl. Smooth texture on the nail, despite the sticky weirdness of the formula.


Calypso Blue. Deep dark blue creme that's not one of the dark blue cremes that looks black. It looks blue. That makes me happy. It's a cousin to Rescue Beauty Lounge Dead Calm.



Caribbean Blue. WOW! Bright sky blue with China Glaze's pretty glass fleck shimmer. This makes me think of a baby Blue Sparrow. How cute! I really like the shimmer in this one.

Overall, a good collection, but I'm still not in love with China Glaze again. I don't have the patience to work with bad formula polishes. These may be an exception because I love the colors, but still... Why so thick?? Rodeo Diva was amazing, why aren't these amazing? These did seem to dry a little faster than some of the other China Glazes I've been having problems with, so that's a plus.

The colors really are extremely nice, so if you don't mind thick polishes or having to thin brand new polish, I'd definitely recommend them!

Be sure to check out The Polish Addict's swatches of these, too!