China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint

As soon as Spring has officially sprung (maybe a bit earlier even), I started planning to broaden the pastel part of my nail polish collection. And as much as I love Essie nail polishes (nothing beats their classic wines and neutrals), China Glaze is where it's at regarding soft, creamy pastels.

I'm totally into mints, lilacs, peachy cremes, pale turquoise shades and even limes and pale yellows. I am, however, prepping all the fiery reds, corals and punchy turquoise and blue polishes for Summer – I've got it all planned out, do you notice? And when we're talking pretty pastels, I've got a really lovely polish for you. It's nothing new, can be considered the brand's celebrated mint but I've only recently discovered it.

China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint is the ultimate pastel beaut! It looks really pale but it's definitely not white and I have no idea how it looks so green on many photos online – it's definitely a mixture of blue and a pinch of green. But I'm not going to complicate things as this is a true pastel mint and dries on the nails as it is in the bottle – no neon, just pure minty goodness. I am sure some of you might think my photos are deceiving as Re-Fresh Mint looks so much more green on many photos but I think this may be because China Glaze sometimes makes batches of the “same” color and label, but off in some way.

The formula is a bit thick and sometimes streaky, as is the case with most pastels. Luckily, second and even third coat even things out nicely. It's one to have patience with but I do appreciate the fact it doesn't seep into the cuticles and its longevity is of decent 3-4 days on my nails.

Are you in the mood to get minty? If so, which is your fave minty polish?

• Cim je proljece i zvanicno stupilo na scenu (a iskreno govoreci, cak i ranije), pocela sam planirati prosirenje pastelnog dijela svoje lakoholicarske kolekcije. Koliko god voljela Essie lakove za nokte (a zaista jesu vrhunski po pitanju vamp nijansi boje vina i prirodnih nude boja), China Glaze je brend koji ima izuzetnu ponudu mekih, kremastih pastel ljepotana.
• Mnogo mi se svidjaju mint, lila, breskvaste creme, blijede tirkiz pa cak i blijede nijanse limete i limuna. Ono sto cuvam za ljetne dane su vatrene crvene, koraljne i zarke nijanse tirkiz plavaca – vidite kako sam sve lijepo isplanirala. I kada vec pricamo o pastelnim lakovima, danas sam za vas pripremila prekrasan manikir. Doduse, nije neki novitet u pitanju i ovaj se lak moze cak smatrati klasicnim mintacem koji je u sklopu ovog brenda dosta popularan.
• China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint (7,50KM preko Lilocosmetics Facebook stranice) je ultimativni proljetni lak. Djeluje dosta blijedo ali definitivno nije bijel i nije mi jasno kako na mnogim fotkama na netu djeluje dosta zelenog podtona – moja je bocica mjesavina zelene i plave. Ali necu vam komplikovati stvari – ovo je u sustini jednostavn lak koji je ciste mint boje, susi se u nijansu kakva je u bocici – nije neonac. Ako imate vlastitu bocicu Re-Fresh Mint laka, mozda vam moje fotke zaista djeluju nerealno plavicaste ali mozda imam objasnjenje. Sigurno ste cule da China Glaze ima tu sklonost da napravi serije “iste’ boje/ nijanse koje opet djeluju blago drugacije u odnosu na vecinu proizvedenih bocica. Mislim da bi to mogao biti slucaj i ovdje.
• Sto se tice formulacije, prilicno je gusta i pomalo se neravnomjerno nanosi – sto je cesto slucaj sa pastelnim lakovima. Srecom, drugi pa cak i treci sloj poprave stvar. Ovo je lak sa kojim se treba imati strpljenja ako zelite idealne rezultate, to je sigurno. Ono sto pak cijenim jeste sto se ne razlijeva i ne uvlaci u okolnu kozicu nokta a trajnost na mojim noktima iznosi solidnih 3-4 dana. 
• Da li vi volite mint lakove? Ukoliko da, koji je vama najdrazi mintac?