China Glaze Anchors Away Collection Part 1!

I have been very fortunate in that I was recently sent the full China Glaze Anchors Away collection. It looked like a gorgeous collection and couldn't wait to start swatching!

There are twelve polishes in the collection which can be can be bought individually or there are two sets of six. I decided to swatch these as though they were the two sets, if that makes sense, and I'm going to start with the pale colours, the Sand & Sea set.

First up, White Cap

 A sheer pearly white with fine gold sparkle. Very pretty. Not terribly flattering on my yellow stained nails though! I have found however this is really beautiful over the grey polish (Pelican Grey). It will definitely get used as a layering polish for me. Flawless application.

Pelican Grey:

 A pale blue based grey with the finest hint of shimmer so the colour looks soft and pearly. In the second picture the little nail also has a layer of White Cap, not that it's shown at it's best in my photo! Love this polish, it's very pretty and just the right shade for me. A little more grey than my camera would pick up.

Sea Spray:

Icy blue with the same pearly effect as Pelican Grey. This is my second favourite of this set. I know it looks almost identical to the Pelican Grey in my pictures, and actually they are similar but the grey is definitely more grey. It's quite thick and I think you can see on my middle finger you can see the strokes in the thick varnish. I applied it hastily though and with a little moer care and attention you can get a flawless finish. Gorgeous colour.

Below Deck:

My surprise favourite of this set, a surprise because normally these grey/purple shades don't do it for me. But I love this. A creme finish, it looks effortlessly classy. I can see me wearing this a lot.

Sunset Sail:

I know there are three pics, its just that it looks different in every light, the little finger has a layer of Knotty on top. Sunset Sail is a peachy creme with micro sparkle and is the one I was most looking forward to, but actually I don't love it, it's pretty but it's nothing special really.

Lastly for this set is Knotty: 

 This is described as a shimmering sand. A sparkly glass flecked nudey shade.  This is two coats shown but three would make it opaque I think. It's not really my kind of shade, but if you enlarge the pics, particularly the first, do my eyes deceive me or is there pink and green shimmer there? Anyway, this does make a nice layering polish and is very pretty over Sunset Sail.

So there we have Part 1? See anything you fancy? My top picks are definitely Below Deck and Sea Spray but I pretty much like all of these! I suppose Knotty is the least special but the sparkles save it from being too dull!

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