China Glaze & Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away: Nail Lacquer in It's A Trap-Eze!

Okay, so I was on a cream nail polish kick for a bit there, but once my China Glaze Cirque du Soleil order arrived, I was like, "Screw it, I'm going back to glitter!" In another rare act of self-control, I ordered only three shades from this collection after much debate (e.g. filtering through the dozens of online reviews and swatches). The one I was most excited about, and the one that is the most hyped from this collection, was It's A Trap-Eze!, which has quickly become the most unique shade I own.


It's A Trap-Eze! is a milky white base with multi-coloured and multi-sized glitter. It has a thicker consistency that is common with chunkier glitter polishes, but it doesn't hinder the application. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. Because the glitter comes in both medium and large sizes and the base is semi-sheer, it goes opaque in three medium coats. I cannot think of any dupes for this. What I love the most about this is that the milkiness of the base colour makes the glitter appear pastel, reminiscent of confetti, balloons, and Cadbury Mini Eggs. It's only appropriate that this shade was created for their Cirque du Soleil collection; it's fun, carefree, happy, and colourful. It looks pretty tacky, like a clumsy kid accidentally spilled craft glitter over your clean white manicure, but that's probably the biggest appeal for me.