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China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

Does This Polish Contain It’s a Trap-eze?

China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer ($7.50 for 0.50 fl. oz.) is described as a “white cream base with multi-glitter.” It has a cool-toned, milky white base with large, hexagon-shaped glitter in pink, light-medium blue, yellow, green, orange, and white, along with smaller glitter in the same colors. I don’t know of any dupes at this time, but I’d love to hear from any of you that may! The whole combination reminds me of confetti birthday cake.

I tried one coat layered over China Glaze Escaping Reality as well as two coats of the polish on its own. It had a streaky base–just as milky lipglosses tend to streak and settle into lip lines, so did the polish. Whether worn on its own or was layered, you could see a streakiness that made it look uneven. The consistency of this was incredibly thick–nearly goopy–and it was difficult to apply in even layers. Because it is so thick, each layer had quite a bit of glitter, but the glitter particles didn’t spread evenly. I think this would be best over a white base with one or two coats of glitter, and if you don’t like the feel of glitter on your nails, you’ll need a really thick top coat or two layers of your regular top coat. I wanted to love this one so much, because everyone else was raving about it but I couldn’t get past the thickness of the formula.

It's a Trap-eze

LELimited Edition. $7.50.
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7.5
Product
9
Pigmentation
6
Texture
8.5
Longevity
3
Application
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China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

China Glaze It's a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer
China Glaze It’s a Trap-eze Nail Lacquer

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Dana Avatar

I just got this today…it’s like the defective sister of Deborah Lippmann’s Candy Shop, but it’s so full of glittery that the streakiness isn’t too noticeable. Party on my nails!

Tennyoceres Avatar

The formula in the bottle reminds me of jaw breakers and gum balls. I bet the polish would have been way better if China Glaze toned down on the amount of glitter packed in. Right now it looks like Elmer’s glue and some grade school art project on your fingers.

I’m a fan of glitter polishes. Not obsessed, but I do like them occasionally.

Jennie Avatar

I don’t like the way the white base seems to cling to the glitter when wearing it over the pink polish, and I just don’t like the look at all on it’s own. Total miss for me. 🙁

HOLLY Avatar

Milani Jewel fx Gem is a dupe for the glitter & I use it then apply Wet n’ Wild creame color over top. It looks just like this & like a birthday cake icing.

mirian Avatar

I got this also because of all the rave reviews, but it was streaky on me too!! luckily for me the glitter and my pale nails didn’t show the streaks too much, but i knew they were there. still a fun bottle to own.

KT Avatar

I wouldn’t call it a dupe due to quality differences, but nails Inc. offers some very cute polishes that give the appearance of cupcake sprinkles. They’re called Special Effects Sprinkles, offered in 4 shades for $9.50 each (0.33 oz) at Sephora. I’ve found that they apply smoothly despite lots of glitter, and give opaque coverage with 2 coats. Super cute!!!!

Erica Avatar

I’ve had this for a couple months now, & I wear it all the time. Mine is not streaky, not clumpy & not thick. I get questions about it constantly, it’s that eye-catching..I’m betting you have a bottle that was either heated or cooled excessively when it was shipped from the plant, because this is a stellar bottle of polish. 🙁

Gwen Avatar

Have you though about putting some polish thinner to make it less gloppy. I wonder if that would help in the application. I doubt it will help in the streaking.

Amanda Avatar

I’m with everyone else on this one, this is one of my FAVORITE China Glaze Polishes EVER! The formula is fantastic considering it’s jam packed with glitter..although I have tons of experience in glitter polishes since I’m an indie nail polish addict!

Liss Cope Avatar

Yeah i think this review is a bit unfair, this is my favourite of the collection as well, the formula is great considering the amount of glitter in it, and I have tons of indie nail polishes! 😀
I get lost of complements when wearing this polish : )
<3

An Avatar

I liked the look of this nail polish when I first saw the bottle shot.
I still like it despite the thickness. I would like to try it over a white base.

I really adore milky glitters. *-*

Erin Avatar

I have this and it wasn’t streaky at all. I even layered it over a blue and the base looked clear. I got a ton of complements. You got a bum bottle for sure.

Sierra Avatar

There’s a polish that’s EXTREMELY similar to this at Claire’s in a little kit, but the base color is a bit more lavender. (Though that might be a result of my cool undertones)

OrangeLipstickBlog Avatar

I think you got a really bad bottle. I expected it to be thick and goopy but my bottle is actually quite normal and applies just like a regular polish – NOT like a glitter polish! I couldn’t believe it. I’m so in love with my bottle.

Stephanie Avatar

I know a few indie companies that make similar looking polishes, granted they won’t be as cheap price-wise as this one. There is one that I really like called My Little Cuppycake by 365 Days of Color. The glitter is a bit brighter, and a little less sparse, but the quality was fantastic

Dinitchka Avatar

I got a few of these from the collection and even though I loved it in the bottle, on my nails … MEH! I’m out of polish thinner but I think thinned out it will be a better consistancy.

Ramona Avatar

I just got it and I really like it, it hardly deserves to be on the Worst of the Week list. Yes, it is thick; but I just added some nail polish thinner to it and that fixed the problem. I’m willing to take the time to be a little more fussy for such a unique polish.

Kim Avatar

I got my bottle about a month ago and had the same problem with it being super thick and hard to apply on it’s own. I recently added some thinner, which helped a little, but it doesn’t help that it chips super easily on it’s own and I also tried it over CG’s Exquisite. I’m a nurse so I’m always opening vaccine bottles, so my nails usually chip in a day or two on my thumbs anyway, but this was ridiculous!

erica Avatar

I’m actually kind of horrified that you wear nail polish, especially ones with little specks and bits like this to work as a nurse. Like I’m not trying to start a fight here but the fact that you mentioned your nails chipping off all day and handling vaccine bottles in the same sentence kind of raises a concern about how sanitary places that nurses like you work in.

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