Hello everyone!
Today I'll be showing you Midnight Blue by Sinful Colors. I've actually had this polish for a few years now, and I remembered that I've actually worn it once. I actually didn't like it at first, but now I'm on the fence about this polish. I'll explain in a bit.
Midnight Blue is a dark metallic blue. This is two coats with a top coat. Sinful Colors retails for $1.99 in various stores.
As far as application and formula, I had no problems with this polish this time. I remember the last time I tried it out, I had a hard time getting the application right. I guess practice makes perfect.
If applied carefully, you could get away with one coat. I would recommend two just because I could still see my nail through the first coat.
The only thing bothering me is the color, which I believe is why I never bothered to pick up the polish again in the first place. Don't get me wrong, the color is absolutely gorgeous. But, I feel like this color is way too bold on me. It just doesn't seem right on my nails. I could definitely use this in nail art, but not by itself.
Overall, I still don't like this polish (well, color wise). It's too bold for me. If you're looking for a nice bold blue, this is definitely your polish. I wish I loved it, but sadly I don't.
What do you think of this polish? Do you like bold colors?
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Hello everyone!
If you follow me on Instagram, I said that my internet was being really dumb, but now it's back on! I'm hoping that it doesn't cut off again, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed lol.
I have a swatch of Sinful Colors Innocent for you all today. I wanted a bright color to cheer me up since I've kind of been down lately. This color definitely cheered me up, especially with my new nail shape. My nails are round again! I forgot how much they look good rounded. But anyways, onto the swatches!
Sinful Colors Innocent is a lime green polish. In some lights, it looks like a yellowish green. This is two coats with a top coat. I received this polish as a gift, but Sinful Color polishes run for $1.99 at various stores.
I really had no problems with the application and formula. I did use two coats of base coat instead of one because it is a green polish, and green polishes are known to usually stain nails. Other than that, this was easy to work with.
I actually really love the color of this polish. I usually don't like to use greens except for nail art, but I love it on my nails. This polish might be on my top 10 list of my Sinful Colors polishes.
I really wanted to do some nail art, so I did some simple stripes down the middle of my nail using Sinful Colors Endless Blue. With a detail brush, I outlined the blue stripes with white acrylic pant. Finally, I sealed my design with a top coat.
This was such a simple design to do. I wanted to add more inside the blue stripe, but my design didn't look good lol. I'll settle with this for now though. It reminds me of football for some reason though. Is this a team's colors by any chance?
Overall, I'm loving Innocent. It's so easy to work with and it looks great by itself or in nail art! I would recommend buying this polish for your collection if you're looking for an inexpensive lime green.
What do you think of this polish?
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Hey everyone!
I have a swatch of Revlon's Autumn Spice for you today. This is actually my first Revlon and scented polish, so I was excited to see how this polish would turn out. I really like this polish and it smells so good too! Let's take a look!
Autumn Spice is a copper brown polish with micro gold, orange, and pink glitter. This is two coats without a top coat.This is almost a one coater, but it's best to do two coats.
The application and formula were good to work with. I actually wore this on Christmas and I had a hard time applying it because of the ball on the top of the brush, but I didn't have any trouble this time. I guess it just takes getting used to.
The fragrance smells so good. I would say it smells like cinnamon and spice for the most part. It really reminds me of autumn. The great thing about it is that it's not overpowering at all, which is what I like the best. Don't smell it by itself though! I made the mistake of doing that the first time I opened it and it was bad lol.
I decided to add on to it by creating dots with my dotting tools. I used Sinful Colors Gold Metal for the dots. This is the perfect color combination. I'm so glad that I added the gold dots to it. The dots really bring out the color of Autumn Spice.
Overall, I love Autumn Spice. It has a great formula and scent. I would recommend picking this up and some of the other colors if you're interested. I really want to try more in the collection if they're as good as Autumn Spice.
What do you think of this polish and design? Have you tried any of the Revlon Parfumerie polishes yet?
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Hello everyone!
Today I have a swatch of Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl. Also, I think this is my first swatch of the year lol. This week, I'll be bringing more swatches since most of my posts so far have been nail art.
This is actually one of my favorite Sinful Color polishes that I have, despite the weird name lol. I haven't worn it in a while, but I had forgotten just how beautiful it is. Let's take a look!
Daddy's Girl is a purple jelly with purple and gold glitter. This is four coats with a top coat.
I had no problems with the application. The formula was a bit on the thick side, so the drying time between coats were very long. I even chipped the polish off my thumb on accident after I thought it was all dry, and this was about 20 minutes after I painted it on my nails. This polish definitely needs a top coat afterwards so it can actually dry completely.
I wish I had captured the purple and gold glitter properly on my camera (I've had this on for a few days), but it's absolutely beautiful on the nail. At least you can see the polish in the bottle properly lol.
Overall, I really love this polish. This polish is for anyone who's a sucker for jelly polishes. It's a must in your collection!
What do you think of this polish? What's your favorite jelly polish?
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Hello everyone!
I have my first nail art post of the year!
I know the post title has race in it, but I wasn't really inspired by racing or anything like that. I just came up with the nail design in my head. I honestly didn't know what to officially call these, so my girlfriend came up with the name for the post lol.
These nails didn't take that long to do, even though it seems like they did. I made a gradient and then created a checkered diamond in the middle. If anything, I was going for an abstract geometric design.
I really like how these turned out though. These are probably one of my favorite designs that I've ever done so far. Let's take a look at them!
For this design, I applied one coat of Sinful Colors Snow Me White as the base for the gradient. Then, I sponged on Sinful Colors Innocent, Sinful Colors Midnight Blue, and Sinful Colors Amethyst onto a makeup sponge and created the gradient. Once the gradient was opaque, I applied one coat of top coat to seal in the design.
For the checkered diamond, I outline a diamond onto my nail with white acrylic paint and filled in the shape with a detail brush.
Next, I made three lines horizontally and vertically to create the squares for the checkers with black acrylic paint and filled in every other space with the black paint. Finally, I added another layer of top coat to seal in the design.
I'm really proud of these nails. I love how abstract they look. I really don't want to take these off lol. I hope to do more designs like this. I want to challenge myself to think outside the box with my designs.
What do you think of this design? Do you like abstract designs?
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Hey all! How is everyone doing?
I have the last Born Pretty Store review for you today. I received these pink round studs (I'm just going to call them studs for now since I can't think of the correct term lol). These aren't shown under the product pictures, so I'm assuming they're the same item or they happened to change styles but didn't change the picture on the site. Let's get to the review!
There's five nail studs that come in a pack, which you can use for accent nails. These are priced at $0.99 right now, but they were originally $3.04.
For this manicure, I created a pink dotticure.
I applied two coats of Sinful Colors Creme Pink as the base color. With a dotting tool, I created dots using Sinful Colors Pink Forever. For the stud, I applied one coat of top coat and placed the stud onto the nail. Finally, I applied another layer of top coat to seal in the stud and my design.
As you can see, the stud barely fits my nail. I have a small nail surface, so the stud looks huge and sticks out on my nail. It just looks awkward on me. Also, the stud doesn't lay flat. Even with the amount of top coat that I used, the nail stud was on the brink of falling off my nail. If anything, it looks like a 3D decoration on my nail.
Unfortunately, I really don't like how these look on me. If they were a little smaller and laid flat on my nail, then I could see myself getting some use out of them. This will probably be the first and last time that I'll be wearing these. I'm kind of disappointed because these weren't even what I asked for and I don't like them on me.
If you're going to purchase these nail studs, I wouldn't recommend them for those who have small nails like me. These particular nail studs are more suited for those with larger nail surfaces. For only $0.99, these are a good price for these studs. But, these are not for me.
You can get these pink nail studs and other nail art supplies at the Born Pretty Store. You can also use the coupon code SHBQ10 for an extra 10% off your entire purchase. What do you think of these pink nail studs?
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*This product was provided to me for my honest review*
Hey everyone!
I have a swatch of Sinful Colors Dream On for you today. I don't know why, but I've always avoided this color whenever I'm looking for Sinful Color polishes. It's probably one of the main colors that I don't have in my collection. My parents bought it for me as a Christmas present, so I was excited to finally try it out.
I might have figured out why I've been avoiding it...it's a possible dupe for Sally Hansen's Cherry Cherry Bang Bang. I don't think the polishes are exact, but they're pretty close. I think Cherry Cherry Bang Bang is a bit brighter though. Either way, I like both polishes.
Dream On is a neon purple with some pink undertones. This is three coats with a top coat.
This is honestly a weird polish. It looks magenta to me, but I can't call it magenta. It's really weird, but I can't exactly describe it into words. My camera FLIPPED out when I was taking photos. I know when my camera flips out, it's going to possibly be a weird color lol.
This polish also dries matte, but I didn't really notice it until I looked at the bottle. The polish doesn't dry as matte as I thought in my opinion since I would have noticed it right off the bat. I think it looks better with top coat.
As far as application and formula, the application was a little bit streaky. Once you start building up the color, this problem goes away. For the formula, I think this polish is a crelly, but I could be wrong. If anyone can give me some insight on that, that would be great.
Overall, I like this polish, but I'm not in love with it. It's an interesting color though, so I would recommend picking it up.
What do you think of this polish? Do you have any "weird" polishes in your collection?
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Hello everyone!
I have a swatch of Sinful Colors Mama San for you today. This color was actually one of the first Sinful Color polishes that I bought when I was starting to get more into doing my nails, so I've had this polish for a while.
Also, excuse my pointer finger looking weird. I actually had a break in my nail and I repaired it using the teabag method. It was also the first time I used that method so I was worried that it would come off, so I used so much base coat to keep it together. That explains the "bump" on my nail lol. Anyways, onto the nails!
Mama San is a frosty metallic rose pink. This is two coats with a top coat. The formula and application were great to work with. I had no problems at all with this polish.
I've expressed before that I'm not into metallic polishes that much, but I actually really like this polish. It's not an overpowering metallic like most metallic polishes come off to be. I don't have to save this polish for a certain season or holiday, I can wear it year round. The color is also pretty neutral as far as metallics go. I would describe it as a soft metallic if anything.
Overall, I really like this polish. If you're looking for a nice metallic polish, this is a keeper to have in your collection.
What do you think of this polish? Do you like metallic polishes?
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Hey everyone!
For today, I decided to try out a popular technique that I've been wanting to do for ages: sugar spun nails! These were actually pretty easy to do and I love the effect that comes out from these.
For this design, I painted two coats of Sinful Colors Big Daddy. On a scrap piece of paper, I placed a few drops of Sinful Colors Endless Blue on it.
With a dotting tool (or toothpick), I swirled the polish around to thicken it up. I also blew on it a little to speed up the drying time.
Once the polish thickens, the polish will turn stringy and you can start placing it on the nail. I did a back and forth motion for all the nails. I did this until I thought there were enough strings on the nail. You can make the strings as thick or thin as you want, but I did a combination of both.
For the accent nail, I added Wet n Wild's French White Creme on top of Endless Blue.
I think the one thing that I like about these nails is the texture. It feels really nice and it's an easy way to get a textured design without texture polishes. I almost tried it with a texture polish, but I wasn't sure how that would come out. If you all would like to see how that goes, let me know and I can try it out for you!
What do you think of this design? Have you tried sugar spun nails before?
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Hey everyone!
Today I have a simple dotticure to show you! I really like how this design is so simple and eye catching at the same time. The effect of the dots overlapping really make it a cool design.
For this design, I used the biggest sized dot of the dotting tool. If you want smaller dots, you can use the smaller dot sizes to make it smaller.
I used Sinful Colors Amethyst, Wet n Wild's French White Creme, and Sinful Colors Creme Pink for this design. You can use any and as many colors as you want.
First, I placed a dot of polish onto a scrap piece of paper. Next, I dipped the dotting tool into the polish and made a row of dots along the nail. With the next line of dots, I placed the line slightly over the first line of dots. I continued doing this for the other colors until the nail was filled.
I didn't use a base color for these nails, but you can paint your nails first and then do the dots if you'd like.
I love this design so much. I think this looks great on short nails, but it would look good on long nails as well. It's so eye catching, it kind of looks like tie dye a little bit.
What do you think of this design?
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Hey everyone!
I've been kind of uninspired lately when it comes to nail art, so when in doubt do polka dots. I used my dotting tools to create this cute flower and polka dot design. If you don't have dotting tools, there are many different items that you can use such as toothpicks, pens, pins, etc.
I started out with three coats of OPI's My Vampire is Buff as the base color. For the flowers, I made four small dots with a dotting tool using Sinful Colors Nirvana. I used Sinful Colors Black on Black for the center of the flower. Finally, I placed small black dots into the remaining space on the nail.
I really love how this design turned out. It was simple and quick to do, which is what I love about the dotting tools. There's so many designs that you can do with them, I should use them more often lol.
What do you think of this design?
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