China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
Take a Walk on the Wild Side with This Teal
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer ($3.00 to $7.00 for 0.50 fl. oz.) is described as a “lush green creme with blue undertones.” It reads as a dusty green-teal with a cream finish on me. Not a dupe, but reminiscent in the kind of color family, Rescue Beauty Lounge Jack has a similar green-teal coloring but is much, much darker. MAC Screening Room is much bluer. Though blue, Illamasqua Muse had a similar dusted quality. I was surprised to find that I could not discover any dupes within polishes I’ve reviewed–none of three I mentioned in the post are dupes.
The color was mostly opaque in two coats (there is just a shadow of the nail line visible at times), and it had a really great consistency: creamy, not too thick or too thin, and flowed well across the nail without pooling along the sides, bubbling, or streaking. I typically get a week of wear with minor tip wear but no chipping with China Glaze’s formula. The polish retails for $7, but you can find it at various e-tailers for under $4 (the one linked in the post sells this shade for $3).
Exotic Encounters
LELimited Edition. $7.50.
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
China Glaze Exotic Encounters Nail Lacquer
Ooh, what a lovely shade!
Isn’t it? I love it!
That’s pretty. I’d love to do a ‘moon mani’ with that and a gold holo!
That would be gorg!!
Christine! I have been sitting here at work and making a list of the current polishes I have, that would go with this colour. I have a very long list going. I guess I should be doing some work too 😡
IF I end up getting this colour and doing a mani with it, I’ll share it with yall lovlies.
LOL!! I hope you try it!
I have this and I adore it, but I was not prepared for the removal the first time I wore it. My nails were stained so, so badly, I couldn’t believe it. That’ll teach me not to bother with a base coat, I guess!
Oh no! 🙁
Started writing three comments and I’ve selected & deleted all of them. I just can’t decide if I like this color or not, lol 🙂
LOL! What do you think is holding you back?
$3? That’s insane! We pay about £6-7 here, about $14!
I have this, along with a few other polishes from this collection, and I adore them.
But $3!!!!!! I feel robbed 😛
$14? OUCH!
I’ve never found China Glaze in the UK but this colour looks similar to one of the new L’Oreals in Blue Reef/613. Not sure if you have that colour in the US though!
Thank you for sharing the dupe, Jo! 🙂
they were out of this shade when i went to sally beauty! i’ll have to go pick it up elsewhere
I hope you can find it, Mirian!
What a great dark, dusty teal! I don’t think I’ve ever found a shade quite like this before — but I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out from here on in ;o)
I love dark, dusty fall colors like this!
The On Safari collection really has some gorgeous shades!
What are your faves?
This is lovely. Once again I’ll be on the hunt for a gel polish dupe 🙂 But we haven’t started seeing the gel fall collections yet, so I have hopes. (I also have a fantastic nail tech who always seems to know exactly what I want on my nails *g*)
It’s always good when you’ve found the right person! How long do your gel manicures last?
I go every two weeks but I probably could stretch to three if I had to – I have gel enhancements, too, so it’s a fill/polish combo. I could do three weeks but I was finding my nails were chipping more at three weeks and they were getting too long to deal with, so I switched to going every two weeks.
great colour, but I bought something somewhat similar from Rescue Beauty..teal next time perhaps!
Oh, lucky you 🙂
That’s a super pretty, rich teal. But for some reason, I don’t really like how a dark teal looks on my nails. I’ve tried several and they always look like crap :/
Really? Which ones have you tried? It’s so hard for me to imagine teal not looking good on someone!
Ooooh looks so pretty! I just ordered this online yesterday/ Now I can’t wait 😀
Yay!!
There’s something very mermaidy about this to me – I love it!
Absolute twin to Dior Nirvana (2011)
Therefore its gorgeous, used to wear it all last summer