China Glaze Lemon Fizz & a Nail Fail

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 3/20/2013 10:40:00 AM
I'm sure this will be the first of many nail fail's I'll share with you. I had every intention of trying some Spring Time Monarch Nails to share with you, but things went poorly. Enough that I removed it before I even photographed it. First I started off with a base of China Glaze Lemon Fizz.


This polish is from China Glaze's Up & Away Collection from Spring 2010. In theory I love this polish. Just look at it's lemony goodness. In reality, I hate it. Boo.


This polish was a nightmare. The first coat was streaky, the second coat left big bald spots. I had to do a really thick third coat and even then I wasn't happy with how it looked.


It's all streaky and nasty. I want it to be awesome, but I just can't get it to work. After letting the third coat dry, I sponged on a gradient of Lemon Fizz and Essie Orange, It's Obvious. I think I needed a lighter orange, but I was prepared to move on. After the gradient, I tried outlining the butterfly wings in black and things just kept getting worst. I removed it immediately. How awful.

Maybe I'll try again someday, but until then I'm going to pretend like it never happened.

Have you had a better experience with Lemon Fizz than I have? I'd love to hear about it.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

*all polishes in this post were purchased by me
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  1. AnonymousMarch 20, 2013 at 11:11 AM

    I find that colors that come out like that look fine over a solid white base so that you can do one or two thin coats of the actual color and it ends up smooth and opaque.

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    1. UnknownMarch 20, 2013 at 11:12 AM

      That's a great idea. I'll try this next time I use Lemon Fizz.

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    2. UnknownMarch 21, 2013 at 3:31 PM

      I used Lemon Fizz without a base coat with only two coats. It was nice and even no splotches or anything. Letting is dry completely probably helped with that

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    3. UnknownMarch 21, 2013 at 5:11 PM

      Maybe I got a bad bottle then. I might add some thinner and see if that helps next time I use it.

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    4. UnknownMarch 21, 2013 at 5:20 PM

      Maybe, I could've gotten lucky for all we know. Hopefully it works out well for you.

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    5. UnknownMarch 21, 2013 at 5:21 PM

      If you did, I'm jealous. :-)

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  2. AnonymousMarch 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    I have had this EXACT same problem with China Glaze's Sun Worshiper. Such a pretty color. Goes on horribly.

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    1. UnknownMarch 20, 2013 at 12:01 PM

      Boo...I really hate when that happens. This is my first really experience with a bad formula, so it was very disappointing.

      Sun Worshiper is a great color, but I guess I'll remove it from my wish list now. :(

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    2. UnknownMarch 21, 2013 at 3:30 PM

      I have Sun Worshiper and love it to death. Yea it needs a base coat of white but it is intensely orange.

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  3. Cynthia (http://oflifeandlacquer.com/)March 22, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    I think I have this polish but not sure. My love affair with yellows continues so now I want to go search for it. Personally, I would have liked to see your disasticure because I kind of enjoy that.

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    1. UnknownMarch 23, 2013 at 11:56 PM

      Next time I'll take plenty of pictures just for you.

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