Jindie Week: Day 2 - Neons

Day two of Jindie Week brings us two of my favorite neon polishes - Candy Land and Swoon. Get prepared for some major Jindie spam!

*I was not financially compensated for this post.  All items in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*

Candy Land

Color: White base with neon pink, blue, green, yellow, orange, and purple hexes in various sizes

Finish: Glitter Crème – glitter in a crème base.

Bottle / Brush: Tall round bottles with round cap - the cap is a little awkward to hold because it’s so round but also pretty short.  If you have a hard time holding caps, this bottle type might be difficult for you.  The wand and brush are long and slender allowing you to grab glitters from deeper within the bottle but making it a little more difficult to get the larger glitter pieces to stay on the brush.

Opacity: Medium – achieves opacity at three to four coats.

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation. However, it was a little more difficult to get the large glitters out of the bottle. The polish is designed to have sparse glitter on the nail instead of an overbearing glitter bomb. Just make sure to flip it upside down to be able to get to the larger glitters.

Consistency: Thick – thick but is easily remedied with some polish thinner. I should note that it is thicker in order to suspend the larger glitters. Please keep in mind that this particular metric is extremely subjective. One woman's too thick may be another woman's perfect.

Overall Ease of Application: Medium – applies well with minimal pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads well without much manipulation.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.

Dry Time: Medium – dry to the touch with minimal smudging in 3-8 minutes.

Overall Thoughts: I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Jen from Jindie Nails is a MASTER at the white crelly glitter. While it was a little thick for me, it wasn't unmanageable. In fact, it was pretty darn easy. I just flipped the bottle over for a bit then painted as normal. The glitters were easy to spread, and I really love how they layered over one another. In fact, take a look at my ring finger. Isn't that hot?! There is also a Remix of Candy Land that includes micro glitters. Personally, and this is hard to say, but I like the original Candy Land better than the Remixed version because it's so clean and fresh looking. It's almost like, well, candy! Although, I don't think it would hurt to have them both in your collection... Sorry, that's the hoarder in me talking. I promise!

Swoon

Color: Baby blue based creme with orange, yellow, and blue hexes and teal dots

Finish: Glitter Crème – glitter in a crème base.

Bottle / Brush: Tall round bottles with round cap - the cap is a little awkward to hold because it’s so round but also pretty short.  If you have a hard time holding caps, this bottle type might be difficult for you.  The wand and brush are long and slender allowing you to grab glitters from deeper within the bottle but making it a little more difficult to get the larger glitter pieces to stay on the brush.

Opacity: Medium – achieves opacity at three to four coats.

Glitter Application: Easy – Spreads evenly without much manipulation. Swoon is very similar to Candy Land in that the polish is designed to be sparse, so it takes a little work to get the larger glitters out and to get enough glitters on the nail for a fuller glitter coverage. Again, I recommend flipping the bottle upside down for a few minutes prior to using it.

Consistency: Thick – thick but is easily remedied with some polish thinner. Again, this is thick in order to suspend the giant neon hexes.

Overall Ease of Application: Medium – applies well with minimal pooling, dragging, streaking, or balding.  Spreads well without much manipulation.

Stampability: Not designed for stamping.

Dry Time: Medium – dry to the touch with minimal smudging in 3-8 minutes.

Overall Thoughts: Application is so similar to Candy Land that it's unreal. That's kind of why I wanted to put them together into one post! I'm not a huge fan of orange and blue together normally (ahem go dawgs ahem), but it actually works in this polish because the yellow transforms it from being too University of Florida-like. As you can see, Jen really knows how to do neons and crellies. It's like they're made for each other.

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*I was not financially compensated for this post.  All items in this review were purchased by me for my own use.  The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy in the tab above.*