A few months ago, I got an email from an amazing girl named Beth. She offered to send me some nail polishes, because she was moving and couldn’t take all of her polishes with her. Beth, I can’t thank you enough for everything! You were so kind to offer to send me 1 polish, let alone the number of polishes you did send! She ended up giving me a few lemmings, but a major stand out in the box was this polish!
I passed on this at first because it didn’t seem unique. Even years after this polish came out, I would still look passed it at Sally’s. But after trying it out, I’m hating myself for never giving this polish a chance!
China Glaze “First Mate” is a dark denim blue creme with a little bit of a grey tone. The color is absolutely fantastic! It’s dusty, almost like an old pair of jeans, but dark and vampy at the same time. Indoors, it looks like a really nice navy but still looks blue in every light. Outdoors, like in the photos, its a gorgeous deep blue.
The best part about this polish is the formula. This polish is just 1 coat! Seriously, a 1 coater! The formula is so opaque, so creamy, and so easy to use that I was just astounded. It was a little on the thicker side, but nothing that was an issue. The dry time was fast and the finish was smooth. Overall, I’m just in love! I wish I had known about this polish years ago!
What do you guys think? What are your favorite blue polishes?
misshollyberries 
Lovely on you 🙂 This reminds me of one of my favourite Nails Inc blue – The Serpentine although I think that has a little more green in the base.
i’ll need to check out that polish! thanks for the suggestion
I have this color, too! Love it on you!
thanks jenn! i bet this looks awesome on you
Love this color! What a unique shade of blue and how nice of Beth!!
yeah i’m still amazed at the kindness of people sometimes. thanks for commenting! i still need to get that revlon blue that you showed on instagram because that was stunning
That looks gorgeous! I adore blue polish, it’s my absolute favorite to wear. My favorite is the Zoya PixieDust in Sunshine. That polish also happens to be my third favorite polish of all time! As far as blues go I also love Essie “Butler, Please” and Essie “Midnight Cami” and Essie “After School Boy Blazer”. I know you’re not the biggest Essie fan, but Essie really works for me. I will have to keep this in mind next time I pick up some China Glaze. I really got to beef up my CG collection, I only own like 8!
i’m really trying to give essies a chance. after school boy blazer looks like such a cool dark color! thanks for commenting!
Pretty dark blue colour!
thanks mariska!
I like this color! I just recently got my nails done at the salon and I got a color similar to this from OPI but I forgot the name of it, I’ve been on a hunt to find out the name because it is such a pretty color.
there’s one from opi that i want so bad but its almost identical so i’ve been holding off. its called eurso euro. maybe thats the one you’re wearing. anyways, thanks for commenting!
hmm maybe i’ll check it out
This colour is so nice! I love deep blues. Also I tagged you to do the TMI tag 🙂 Not sure if you’ve already done it, but anyway :p