Wheel R11: Vintage China Glaze Thermals

Today for Nail Wheel Wednesday, I have a whole wheel of In the Mood polishes from China Glaze, thermals from a time when I don't remember that we called them thermals. I picked all of these up at a beauty supply store in Michigan, way back when dusty hunting was a thing and there still were a few treasures to be found. Most had long since lost their shade labels off the bottom, and I knew it wasn't likely they'd still change colors due to how old they were, but that didn't stop me from getting one of each shade they had. Since most weren't labelled, it does seem that I got some duplicates, the same shade just one bottle slightly more faded than the other. Note that some of the bottles have the China Glaze logo still in use today while some have an older style.



Same wheel after being run under hot water. Only polishes 19 and 20 show any signficiant color change.



(all are two coats, no topcoat, except as noted below)

1. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
2. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
3. China Glaze In the Mood Lemon to Coconut Cream
4. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
5. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
6. China Glaze In the Mood Gold to Lime Green
7. China Glaze In the Mood Bronze to Gold
8. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
9. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
10. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
11. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled [may be same as 10, just slightly less faded]
12. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled (3 coats)
13. China Glaze In the Mood Mint Green to Seafoam Green
14. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
15. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
16. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled [probably same at 15, but maybe at one point they changed to different colors when warm]
17. China Glaze In the Mood Mocha to Light Cappuccino
18. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
19. China Glaze In the Mood unlabelled
20. China Glaze In the Mood Purple to Sparkle Blue Neon [might be same as 19, though the base color and glitter density is somewhat different between the two]


Bottles 1 through 4:



5 through 8:



9 through 12:



13 through 16:



17 through 20:




















19 & 20 showing cool and warm states: