Category: Nails
Lara’s Big Nail Polish Adventure
I have been trying to get my hands on the new Target-exclusive Sinful Colors Collections for like a MONTH. As soon as I started seeing posts on Instagram, I hit the closest Target…nothing. (This was before Thanksgiving.) At the second Target, I asked a Beauty Advisor and she looked them up – they weren’t going to be stocked there, but they were now in stock at the FIRST Target. I go back to the first Target and ask the Beauty Advisor…she sees them in inventory, but the “shelf date” was November 28th. I wasn’t too pressed – that would save me from having to leave the house on Black Friday…
…And like clockwork, the polishes were available on the Target website on Sunday, November 28th. I added them to my basket, but my gut was telling me to WAIT for Cyber Monday, so I did. Low and behold, The Cyber Monday special was 25% Beauty! Instead of $59.60, my cart was $44.70, or $41.72 using my Red Card. I quickly checked out…and somehow managed to send 20 nail polishes to my sister in New York. What the FUCK Target App? When I called the 800 number, they were unable to send a shipping label to her to return them, but they DID send me a $15 gift card to cover the cost of her shipping them to me AND said they fixed the issue with the default address. Finally, my beauties made it here this week…
The Sweet & Sugary Collection has a sugar coated finish: “Watermelon Obsession” (light pink), “Orange Slice” (this one looks more terra cotta than orange); “Sweet Cherry Drop” (red); “It’s So Grape” (um, gray?); and “Sour Melon Crush”.
The Velvet Matte Collection looks to be similar to the Bebe Rexha Velvet Mattes: “Strawberry Cheesecake” (dark pink); “Raspberries ‘N’ Cream” (light pink); “Blueberry Macaron” (light blue); “Pistachio Praline” (light green); and “Rosewater Delight” (lighter pink).
The Sheer Matte Collection is similar to Tulle Temptations Sheer Mattes: “Petals in Pink” (pink); “Iced Petit Four” (periwinkle); “Frosted Sugar Cookie” (accurate – looks like cookie dough); “Lavender Notes” (lavender, duh); and “Icing on the Cake” (melon pink).
The Glossy Candy Collection is in their Quick Bliss formula: “Candied Grapefruit” (pink); “Royal Cake Pop” (silver); “Sugarplum Sucker” (light violet); “Green Apple Craze” (hate the name, love the polish); and “Candy Coated Mint” (another cookie dough polish).
This oughta keep me busy for a while…
That’s Elfed Up!
Sinful Colors “That’s Elfed Up!” was my pick to try out a new product – Glisten & Glow Glitter Grabber! I pounced on a Black Friday sale to restock on Glisten & Glow Top Coat and decided to purchase Glitter Grabber. It’s supposed to create a smoother surface on pokey glitters.
I started with Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Top Coat and then two coats of “That’s Elfed Up!” I painted a single coat of Glitter Grabber and then topped with Glisten & Glow Top Coat. Although “That’s Elfed Up!” isn’t especially dense, but I could still tell a difference in how smooth the Glitter Grabber made the surface. Glitter Grabber also makes glitters more photogenic. My crappy phone picture looks great!
I cannot WAIT to try the Glitter Grabber on some of the chunkier glitters that I own, especially the Delushies.
Power Packed
Help! What color is this???
It’s definitely not white…but it’s not gray exactly, either. There’s a hint of blue, but that’s not exactly right either. It’s the color of the sky on an overcast day, the sun nowhere in sight. Or wall putty. Or whiteout. Ugh. The polish is Orly Breathable “Power Packed” and I cheated and looked on their website – it’s described as a powder blue/grey créme.
Orly has launched the first Muslim friendly nail polish with the water permeable formula in their Breathable line. I was skeptical at first, but this polish has GREAT staying power. There is nothing on my nails except two coats of “Power Packed” and it lasted a full week with minimal chipping. It was also very easy to remove. Technology!
How You Dune?
That was a really bad pun, huh?
I cannot help it – I was watching the new Dune while doing my nails and the polish looked just like the sand to me…
This is Sinful Colors “Salt Bath Babe” from the Essenchills Collection. It is supposed to smell like Himalayan Pink Salt and I suppose it did…for about a hot minute. I smelled something mystical on my nails that evening, but it was gone by the next morning
This is two coats of “Salt Bath Babe” over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat. No top coat, so I could (hypothetically) smell the polish.
Baelien
“Lara, what’s with all the matte polishes?”
One of my CHILDREN ran off with my top coat. I am not brave enough to enter the lair of the teenage boy, so there it will stay. Glisten & Glow is having a 30% off Black Friday sale, so I already ordered more…but it probably won’t make it here until next week. For those of you questioning my decision to just buy another bottle…you must not have teenagers.
This is Sinful Colors “Baelien”, from Saweetie’s Xtraterrestrial Effects Collection. It’s a textured sand-colored polish. This is two coats of “Baelien” over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat.
Holidaze
I received Color Street “Holidaze” as a freebie with my last order…I couldn’t wait to get some glitter on my nails.
I love they way these look, but my application was a bit sketchy. Let me tell you where I fucked up…instead of using my crystal glass file, I was lazy and just used the tiny file in the Color Street package. Big mistake! It left the edges all raggedy and didn’t look as good as the last few times.
I think I’d like to mix “Holidaze” with “Zoomer & Zorbit” – that would look great!
Magik Touch
Does anyone else have a pile of untried nail polishes from over five years ago?
No? It’s just me?
I am doing my best to get through the really old polishes…maybe if I can commit to trying one a month, I’ll get through them…by 2056.
This is two coats of Sinful Colors “Magik Touch” over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat. I topped with Glisten & Glow Matte Top Coat, but I probably did not need to – it’s already a matte polish.
“Magik Touch” is from the Kylie Jenner “Trend Matters Angel” Collection. It’s an icy powder blue matte – I was willing winter into existence…but I live in Texas, so who am I kidding.
Linked Nails
I am TOTALLY all-in when it comes to be a Band Mom. Not only did I crochet my son a hat to match the colors of the props of this year’s State-bound Marching Show – Linked – but I also did my nails to match.
I picked three colors from last year’s Sporty Brights Collection: Sinful Colors “Werk Out” (purple), Sinful Colors “Warning!” (orange), and Sinful Colors “Trainers” (pink). These are the rubberized polishes – they are so cool! I started with Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat, two coats of each color, and then a contrasting dotticure. I wanted to use the Sinful Colors Rubber Top Coat…but I couldn’t find it! How did I manage to lose this top coat??? I tore my nail cart apart looking for it, but no luck…I broke down and topped with Glisten & Glow Matte Top Coat instead.
In case you’re interested in the hat, the pattern I used was the Ugly Christmas Sweater Beanie by Hooked on Sunshine and it’s FREE!
Blackcherry Halloween
I meant to post this on Halloween, but I ran out of time before leaving town…
For my Halloween week mani, I wanted to try out some Halloween Nail Decals. I have no idea when or where I got these decals. They didn’t match any of my Julep boxes, but maybe they came in another box?
The bloody background is Sinful Colors Quick Bliss “Blackcherry”. “Blackcherry” is super sparkly and shiny, but I did not want to overwhelm the stickers, so I topped the decals with Glisten & Glow Matte Top Coat. I used Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat for the base coat and two coats of “Blackcherry”.
“Blackcherry” is beautiful on it’s own – I’ll be trying it with a shiny top coat soon.
Joss
Can you believe that I still have at least a dozen Julep polishes that I haven’t tried yet?
Julep “Joss” is a ripe fig duochrome and has been chilling in the pile for over five years! It’s mostly dark purple, but there’s that little hint of green. Can you see it?
This is two coats of “Joss” over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat and under Glisten & Glow Top Coat. My top coat is getting thick and goopy – I need to order a new one!
I’m going to have to assume that this polish is named for Joss Stone, who had that one song, and NOT that douche Joss Whedon.