Happy weekend!
Today I have a color that was my #1 lemming for over a year, China Glaze Out On Safari. I couldn’t find this long discontinued color anywhere online, not even on eBay for an insane amount of money. But one day not too long ago, I was looking at nail pics on Flickr,and came across a swatch of it on Lextard’s photostream. I emailed her to ask her where she got it to see if perhaps that seller had another one. She replied back (she happened to be a reader of my blog!) and said she would send me hers because she didn’t particularly love it, and had only used it for a swatch once. I was shocked and amazed that someone would be that generous! I tried talking her out of it (not THAT hard), but she insisted. 
When the package came, I was only expecting Out On Safari, and I was super duper excited about it. But she sent me over twenty-five polishes!! So amazing!
This past weekend I finally was caught up enough on seasonal collections to actually fully swatch this one, and it’s everything I expected and more. But it didn’t start out that way. With the first two coats I was a little underwhelmed and kinda bummed out that maybe my fantasy outlived reality. But by the third coat the color got so opaque and deep, I fell in love, and it wound up being exactly as I had imagined. Check it out!
Out On Safari
Even if you don’t have an obsession with khaki/olive greens like I do, you must like this, right? For me it’s just a perfect combination of green, khaki and shimmer. And it suits my skin tone perfectly as well. This has now taken over as my #1 favorite green, as I was hoping it would!Â
Out On Safari macro shot
China Glaze, if you are reading this, you seriously need to bring this color back! SOOO many people love greens, and this one is really unique. I don’t know of any dupes to it (or I would have already owned them)!
Sorry if I now have you lusting after this elusive beauty, but she just couldn’t not be shown!. Thanks Alexa!!
-VV
11/26/2009
Hey, maybe try out La Femme’s “Egyptian Gold” it’s kind of greeny/gold if you like this. It’s just a bit darker
11/23/2009
What a pretty color. I can see why you were lusting after it.
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11/23/2009
I love this! Looks fab with your skin tone!
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11/23/2009
Hi Steph,
Thanks I am so loving it
11/22/2009
I guess I just think these look better on darker skin tones, which I don’t have. So it makes me look dead haha.
11/22/2009
A lovely color!
11/22/2009
Eek, I’m not liking this one. It reminds me of No More War, even though they don’t look alike. Also that MAC color that looks like ****, literally. I love my other greens though!
11/22/2009
Hi Arrianne,
Wow, I love No More War and the MAC olive green, those are some of my favorites ever.
11/22/2009
Ok I posted about the possible dupe. Check out my latest blog post which is so conveniently (Thank You!) listed below my comment.
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11/22/2009
I think I may have just picked up a color that is very similar, maybe even a dupe! I just put it on my fingers a few minutes ago and it has leaped to my favorites list. Maybelline Khaki Fringe. I found it at the Dollar Tree and bought 2 bottles because it looked so gorgeous. I’ll do a post with pictures asap.
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11/22/2009
Gorgeous. I just wnet and checked UK eBay (nothing there). Love this colour. And it is so nice when you get a lemming realised
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11/22/2009
I like it. I’m not big on green. Certain shades.
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11/22/2009
Nah, not crazy about this. (But I’ve been known to change my mind from time to time, so maybe it will grow on me.)
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11/21/2009
This is awesome, I would love for CG to bring it back!!!
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11/21/2009
I never saw swatches of this shade before. it looks great! enjoy it
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11/21/2009
I like green, but for some reason I don’t like that one. It looks too…khaki-ish. Some of my favorite greens are Recycle by Rescue Beauty Lounge and Rainforest by OPI.
11/21/2009
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m loving this one too. I know that I can’t go out and get this one since it’s d/c and HTF, but I’m more than willing to put my two cents in to China Glaze to bring back this color so I can try it.
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11/21/2009
Very nice! I likes it!
11/21/2009
i was WONDERING when we would see swatches!!! it’s beautiful, i’m so happy you got it
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11/21/2009
Wow, it’s such a pretty and unique color! Hey – will you do a tutorial on how you get your nailpolish so perfect – especially around the edges? I’m getting better at my initial application, but I still end up having to pick a little off the edges around my nails
Thanks in advance!
11/21/2009
Hi Coloruza,
Don’t worry I plan to in the near future!
11/21/2009
This is really pretty on you. I can see why you love it.
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11/21/2009
NO! Not another gorgeous discontinued color that I absolutely need! Already have too many on my list, but this was so gorgeous. MUST.. HAVE..
Love love love! Havent seen anything like it, hope they bring it back!
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11/21/2009
Such an odd colour. Kinda gold but also a hint of green in it!
11/21/2009
Oh wow. I’m a green obsessed chick and that’s awesome!