Tag: Sinful Colors

 
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Festive Xmas Tree Nails

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Instead of Xmas tree shapes, I decided to go with the extreme close-up version…

After Sinful Colors Base Coat, I painted two coats of Deborah Lippmann Wicked “One Short Day”. I used a dotting tool to make ornaments with Sinful Colors “Sugar Sugar” (yes, using this one again) and Ulta “Silver Bells”. I finished with a thick coat of “HK Girl”, but “One Short Day” is a bumpy glitter, so my nails still have some texture. I am annoyed that the polish is already starting to chip on my right hand. I’ve heard grumbling on the web about how bad Deborah Lippmann polish chips, but I didn’t want to believe it…

I thought I had talked Lily into letting me give us matching nails, but as usual, her stubbornness won. They are similar…but she demanded Julep “Priscilla” instead of “One Short Day”. (She had to look at EVERY green glitter that I own to decide.) She also demanded multicolored balls – pink, red, blue, silver and purple. I wish I wish I had been able to get a picture before the polish started peeling off. I honestly don’t know what she does to her nails, but they last 12 hours, tops.

 

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Another Ugly Christmas Sweater

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So basically, any polish combination with red and green, and/or glitter – looks like an ugly Christmas sweater to me.

This year’s ugly sweater combination is Sinful Colors “Cauldron Couture” over “Sugar Sugar”. (Technically, “Cauldron Couture” is a Halloween polish…but green and black glitter can also be Christmas-y?) On Sunday nights, I need something quick – Sinful Colors Base Coat, two coats of “Sugar Sugar”, one dabby coat of “Cauldron Couture”, a thick coat of “HK Girl” and bedtime.

“Sugar Sugar” is one of my favorite glittery reds. I didn’t remember, but I also used it for the base last year. DOH!

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Lovecraft

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I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Kat Von D “Lovecraft”…or should I say that I couldn’t wait to get Kat Von D “Lovecraft” on my hands?

I wasn’t sure which base coat would work the best, so I threw the dice and picked Sinful Colors Base Coat – it was fine. The first coat was a bit patchy, but the second coat covered all of the bald spots and didn’t drag. “Lovecraft” is rather thick, but not goopy. The brush is so tiny, I had to use 2-3 brushfuls to cover each nail. I finished with “HK Girl” and did drag a tiny bald spot on the middle finger of my right hand. Curses!

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I LOVE the way “Lovecraft” looks, but my husband said, “Meh.” What does he know about edgy neutrals, anyway? He also said that the lighting in the picture makes my mole look like a pimple. I wasn’t self-conscious about it until he said that. He is my biggest cheerleader.

I already had a mini of Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick “Lovecraft” from Sephora points, but it’s always good to have a backup.

“Lovecraft” is matte mauve pink nude – very matte. It’s not quite as drying as most of the matte lipsticks and lip creams I have tried. It has good staying power and a coat of clear balm late in the day revives the color. As you can see, the polish and lipstick match quite well.

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It’s not Silver, It’s White

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Sinful Colors “Just Glisten” is kind of unbelievable – the perfect winter neutral.

It looks silver, but it’s white. I thought only Julep did micro-glitter like this, but I was wrong. I thought it was a smooth holographic, but when I lightly touched the first coat, I was treated to a sandy texture. This is two coats on Sinful Colors Base Coat. I decided to live dangerously and top it with “HK Girl”. I ended up with the weirdest texture. It’s not sandy, but it’s not smooth. It almost feel like rubber?

 

 

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Hit the Dance Glow

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I had intended to post this polish Monday night, but I was feeling under the weather – so I gulped some of my magical generic nighttime pills and crashed. I was all ready to post it Tuesday, but my hosting service was doing emergency maintenance on my server, so I couldn’t do it. Now it’s Wednesday…

This is Sinful Colors “Hit the Dance Glow”, a delicious glitter-filled jelly. After Sinful Colors Base Coat, I did two coats and finished with Dream Polish Gem Glam Top Coat. I didn’t mean to – I just grabbed it by accident, but it did all right.

“Hit the Dance Glow” reminds me of Zoya “Binx”. “Binx” is a warm pink and “Hit the Dance Glow” is a cool pink, but they’re very similar in texture and finish.

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Stone Cold Says So

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Sinful Colors “Stone Cold” reminds me of a granite countertop…who am I kidding? It looks like a granite HEADSTONE.

I lied – I’m still doing Halloween polishes.

“Stone Cold” is a cool slate jelly with an iridescent shimmer and black square glitter. This is two coats over Sinful Colors Base Coat and underneath “HK Girl”.

Ugh…daylight savings time ended. While my body loves being back to “real time”, the early sunset doesn’t give me time after work for pictures in natural light. For now, you’ll have to enjoy the weird fluorescent lighting in my living room.

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Slutty Pumpkin

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If you’re a fan of How I Met Your Mother, you know all about Slutty Pumpkin. For some reason, Slutty Pumpkin is all I can think of when I look at this glittery Halloween paint job.

After Sinful Colors Base Coat, I painted two coats of Sally Hansen “Sweet Nectar”. By itself, it’s totally traffic cone orange – but it’s much more festive after a thick coat of Sinful Colors “Splatter Spell”. I was hoping that the orange shards would be…oranger? They are more gold than orange. I topped with a coat of “HK Girl”.

Okay enjoy, because it will probably be another year before I rock orange nail polish again…

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Go Batty

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Shit! It’s almost Halloween! I better show off my Halloween polishes now…

This is Sinful Colors “Go Batty” – a glow in the dark, baby blue jelly with Silver holographic half-moons. I guess those are supposed to be the bats? I love the finish of these glowing jelly polishes – the colors builds beautifully and the polish naturally fades to a clear border around the edges of the nails – no harsh edges. I did have to do a lot of fishing to get those moon out – I did a lot of shaking and rolling every few nails.

This is two coats over Sinful Colors Base Coat and sealed with “HK Girl”.

 

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Walker Blood

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So…my sweet mother-in-law sent me a picture of bloody nails for Halloween inspiration. And then…my friend Angie did bloody nails. I had to try bloody nails!

I started with Sinful Colors Base Coat and a single coat of RUFFIAN “Sahara”, for a nude look. I picked Sinful Colors “Rich in Heart” for the blood. “Rich in Heart” is a deep, shimmery maroon, as opposed to the usual blood red. They look black in the picture, but you can see the red shimmer on the bottle. (I also did “Rich in Heart” on my toes.) I started off using a big dotting tool for the blood drips, but it was taking forever, so by the third nail, I just painted them with the brush – they ended up looking about the same. Next time, I might try with a paint brush to get better curves. To finish, I sealed them with “HK Girl”.

Maybe it was because I was was watching The Walking Dead while I was doing my nails, but I decided that the blood looks like Zombie Walker blood.

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Teal Midnight

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Oh Sinful Colors…how I love your bad puns.

This is Sinful Colors “Teal Midnight” from the “Bling it On” Collection. Although it is a HILARIOUS pun, this polish doesn’t look overly teal on my nails. The hue is almost right, but it’s not quite dark enough and a touch too blue. This is just two coats (with Sinful Colors Base Coat and “HK Girl”), but maybe 5 or 6 coats would give a true teal. If I had to name the color, I’d go with aqua.

It’s not that the polish is sheer – it’s a somewhat goopy jelly, with iridescent glitter suspended in the base. It’s smooth though and not at all bumpy. I can’t wait to try the rest of the blingy polishes.