China Glaze Watermelon Rind was requested by quite a few people when I asked for requests a little while ago. Watermelon Rind was part of the Summer Days collection in 2009. This was a great collection. If you like glass-fleck glitters/shimmer these polishes are perfect for you. This collection also features my favorite China Glaze polish of all time Strawberry Fields, but this is about Watermelon Rind. :P Sorry, Strawberry, you'll be for another day!
Watermelon Rind
Watermelon Rind is a jewel toned emerald/jade green with silver glass fleck. This a beautiful color. It's very vibrant. This needs a solid 3-4 coats. The base of this polish is less opaque than other polishes and to avoid VNL
(visible nail line) you'll need more coats. I think they nailed it with the name, this color definitely reminds me of watermelon rinds!
My personal opinion will probably vary from the majority. This isn't exactly a favorite of mine. I love the color in general, but not necessarily on my nails. I tend to not be a fan of cooler toned polishes with silvery shimmers. I had the same issue with Grape Juice in this collection. I wish the glass fleck was a green color, but that's just me. I know you all probably think I'm crazy,but like I said majority of people will adore this color! I love it too, just not so much on me!
Happy Sunday!
Beautiful!!!
ReplyDeletethank goodness i am not the only one who doesn't like grape juice!
ReplyDeleteGrape Juice and Watermelon Rind are not my FAVORITE China Glazes, but I do like them. I think this looks pretty on you though and your swatches are great!
ReplyDeletegorgeous green polish! :D
ReplyDelete-Mia
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you know I adore you for posting this, don't you? I've been trying to get my hands on this forever and I think you just made me a tidge more desperate :-) Great post Steph! As always! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this! I think I see your point with this color, I don't have it but I think I wouldn't love it on me. However I do love it on others, just like on you.. It's complicated.. :))
ReplyDeleteI think this looks gorgeous on you- I actually didn't understand the hype over it, but seeing it on the actual nail I think it's way prettier!
ReplyDeletei saw this color in sally's today and almost bought it. it's very pretty! i may go back and get it.
ReplyDeleteI have this polish too, it's AWESOME!! ^-^
ReplyDeleteaww I can't beleive that you don't like it! This is one of my favorite shades, and I LOVE the summer days collection, except every polish I own from the collection seems to wear horribly on me for some reason so I don't wear them often :/
ReplyDeleteSooo pretty! I want this one.
ReplyDeleteI adore this polish and wear it frequently. I should probably get a backup bottle. :D
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel, tho. Sometimes something is gorgeous or very popular but it just doesn't float your boat. :D
I loved this collection. And I could've sworn you'd already done a swatch of this colour but...Anyway, at first I was quite dismissive of this colour, but now seeing on your nails and a couple of other swatches, I think I'm changing my mind and I might need a bottle soon. XD
ReplyDeleteI like this color! I'm a big fan of shimmer & glitter polishes and the color green.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great shade. :0]
-Leslie
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