Gelish Trends – Sweet 16 & Girls’ Night Out
I’m working my way through these Trends. The two that I have for you today are dense glitter toppers similar to Party Girl Problems & Getting Gritty With It (see those swatches here). The first one is Sweet 16 which is a multi-colored glitter topper, but the dominant color is light pink. I also see some blue and silver glitter in there, and there may be other colors as well. This is three coats of Sweet 16 with no base color underneath. I really love these dense glitter toppers! My lightbox washes out a bit of the sparkle and makes them look a bit matte, but I can tell you that these definitely sparkle and shine in the light!
This is Girls’ Night Out. It’s also multi-colored but silver is the dominant color. I also see some specks of blue and red throughout. I really wish I could show you in pictures how truly sparkly it is. Soooo gorgeous! Again, this is three coats of the glitter topper with no base color underneath.
Lovely swatches as always. Thanks for doing both my requests so quickly!
Glad I have Girl’s Night Out in my drawer ready to try — it looks great, and different to the other silver one, Am I Making You Gelish (which I also have). Sweet 16 is also nice, and having tried out Getting Gritty With It and being impressed, I may add this to my collection.
The only thing I have issue with regarding the Trends glitters is they look great at a distance, but when I look close up, there are bits where I can see my nail underneath, especially at the tip. I tried a colour underneath, which looked great, but obviously had a different effect. Do you have any advice on getting such great coverage as you have here?
I also have some clear patches near the tips – the glitter doesn’t want to stick there for some reason. It’s not really noticeable from a distance as you said and is hardly noticeable even in my pictures, but I can see the spaces.
Is this similar to sledding in style? Would you be able to do a colour comparison? Love your swatches, so many thanks for your fantastic work Andrea x
Sledding in Style has different size glitters and shows more of the base color underneath. You can see it here: http://www.chickettes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gelish-sledding-in-style-2.jpg
These glitter toppers make great accent nails. My only problem is that I can’t take my eyes off of them. They would be beautiful additions to any mani. Both are going on my wish list!
Girls’ Night Out is gorgeous!
Are all of your Trends polishes the normal size (.5 oz)? I purchased 2 of the minis, (which I rarely do, but I needed a new color ASAP) Girls Night Out and #PartyGirlProblems. I had high hopes for them since your swatches are always so true to my experiences, but the feel like the Minis (got mine from Sally’s) have a lot less glitter and more clear, if that makes sense? I did 3 coats of #PGP and it didn’t even begin to cover my nail. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
Mine are a mix of minis and full size bottles – the two that you mentioned I have in full size. I’ve never compared a mini with a full size side-by-side, so I don’t know if there’s a difference in the formula or glitter/base ratio. I had to apply pretty thick coats to get the coverage shown in my swatches.