Tag: Sinful Colors
Sweet Cherry Drop
Sinful Colors “Sweet Cherry Drop” has the privilege of being the first of my 20 new polishes to be tried.
The finish of the “Sweet & Sugary” Collection is very unique. It’s similar to the sandy feel of any other textures polish, but it’s got a little bit extra – bits of white glitter that float to the top to look just like a sugar-coated gumdrop.
This is just two coats over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat.
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.
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.
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.
Lil Beast
Sinful Colors “Lil Beast” is another polish from Saweetie’s Xtraterrestial Effects Collection. It’s a mossy green textured finish, a bit more metallic than the others.
This is two coats over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat and no top coat.
This polish is almost IDENTICAL to the St. Ives Blackhead Clearing Green Tea Scrub that I use. I was washing my face in the shower, looked down and was like, “Heyyyyyy…” The name though, reminds me of Beast Boy!
Big Mamaz Ship
I jumped right in to try one of my new Xtraterrestrial Effects polishes. This is Sinful Colors “Big Mamaz Ship”.
This is two coats of “Big Mamaz Ship” over Glisten & Glow Ridge Filling Base Coat. I wanted to see the texture, so I did not use a top coat. The polish is more matte than I expected – like a dusty planet?
This polished reminds me of the old China Glaze Crinkled Chrome Collection. These polishes where more chromed (duh) than the matte Xtraterrestrial polishes.