Sinful Colors Holiday 2011 Nail Polish Collection Swatches

I was recently sent the Sinful Colors Holiday 2011 Collection. Sinful Colors is one of my favorite nail polish brands because not only are the polishes great quality, they're only $2 at the drugstore! They have a huge range of colors at a very affordable price.

 

Sinful Colors Holiday 2011 Collection

 

Out of this World- This color is described as "a perfect silver with swirls of glimmer". This is a sheer, silvery color that has tiny hints of sparkle. This was three coats.

 

Sugar Sugar- This shade is "a candy cane, red hot tint". A red is a great classic in anyone's nail polish collection. This one is great for the holidays and all year round. This was two coats.

 

Lady Chance- "An emerald with depth and allure". The swatch came out a little dark in the picture but this is the perfect Christmas tree color. The formula was great, 2 coats.

 

Midnight blue- "A bold, bright twist on navy". While this color is gorgeous, the formula of this polish was disappointing. It was thin and watery and took three coats to even out.

 

Daddy's Girl- "A deep purple with a drizzle of shimmer and glitter". This was another iffy formula. This polish is a jelly finish so it was very sheer and thick, making it hard to work with. This was four coats.

 

Fashionista- "A glitter- laden pewter". This is a gorgeous silver glitter nail art polish. I layered it over Midnight Blue for a bit of sparkle on the tips.

 

Flower Girl- "A bronzy gold with tons of sparkle". This nail art polish has an amazing formula! It was smooth and pigmented. The brush made it easy to make a french tip line.

What do you think of the Sinful Colors Holiday 2011 Collection? Will you be picking any of these up?

Halloween Candy Corn Nail Tutorial

I have been in the Halloween spirit with all the costumes in stores and seeing people dressing up this weekend! I don't really dress up every year but I love doing a Halloween manicure. Here is my manicure from last year. This year, I decided to do candy corn nails. I got the tape tip from this post. Below is my tutorial of how I did this simple manicure and some pictures:

Here is what you need:

-Orange Nail Polish

-Yellow Nail Polish

-White Nail Polish

-Base Coat

-Top Coat

-Tape

The colors I used:

Sally Hansen Sun Kissed

Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow

Sinful Colors Snow Me White 

Zoya Anchor Base Coat

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Candy Corn Nails!

This is a simple manicure but just takes some patience. Happy Halloween!

Will you be trying out this Halloween nail tutorial? Did you a Halloween Manicure? Feel free to link me to pictures of your festive nails!

St. Patty's Day Manicure

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Are you wearing green? My nails are! =] I would have loved to do an intricate design with a clover or something but have absolutely ZERO nail art skills. So, I settled with just adding glitter.

I used these two nail polishes:

(left to right) Barry M Racing Green (2 coats), Sinful Colors Nail Junkie (one coat)

 

All I did is put Nail Junkie over Racing Green, ta-dah! I love it because it's simple and festive. Also the Nail Junkie isn't too crazy and overboard and gives the Racing Green more dimension.

What's on your nails for St. Pattys? Are you decked out in all green?

Sinful Colors Pretty In Pink Collection Swatches

I had previously posted about the Sinful Colors Pretty In Pink Collection, their Valentine's Day Collection.  Valentine's day is so close and I know I'm not the only one that dresses for the holiday all the way down to the nails! I love Valentine's Day because it symbolizes the celebration of love and happiness (even if you're single, celebrate it with ANYONE you love (mom, dad, friends, etc.). It's a very cheesy holiday, but I love me some cheesy =] I always try to wear pink or red on Valentine's and my nails are no exception. Even if you don't wear pink eyeshadow or clothing, nail polish is a great way to be festive without being dressed in a heart mascot costume.

I was recently sent three of the nail polishes from the Sinful Colors Pretty In Pink Collection. Just to mention, I believe that the colors in the collection are permanent and already exist in their line. While it sucks that these aren't new colors, it's refreshing to not have such a limited quantity of items in a collection and it all sells out because people are going nuts to swipe up things before it's too late (YEA, MAC...looking at you!).

(left to right): Glass Pink, Beautiful Girl, Boom Boom

Beautiful Girl- This is a gorgeous corally- pink color. The application was very nice and only needed 2 coats. I would say this is my second favorite of the bunch. It's a great color for spring/summer and I seem myself wearing it a lot in the warmer months.

Boom Boom- This color is more of a raspberry pink. I see this as being a great toe color for summer. This was also 2 coats. I would say this was probably my least favorite. Probably because I rarely wear colors like this but that's personal preference of course. Also, the color seemed to be more of a jelly and was a little thin in formula. 

 

Glass Pink- I saw this color as a layering color so I put it on its own and over the others I have.

(left to right): Glass Pink alone, Glass Pink over Beautiful Girl, Glass Pink over Boom Boom

I have to say that this is my favorites of the three. I was really impressed that it has more pigmentation that I thought. Of course it is sheer but it when I put it on it's own, it covered the nail very nicely in two coats and had a gorgeous sheen. When I put it over the other colors, I only had to use one coat and it went on nicely and gave a gorgeous effect.

I highly recommend these shades for not only Valentine's Day, but spring and summer as well. These polishes held up to the rest of the Sinful Colors polishes in my collection and I was very happy with the quality. I have loved Sinful Colors as a brand for a while now. Their application and quality is great for the $2 price tag. They also have a wide range of colors available which makes them even more impressive. 

You can buy Sinful Colors at Walgreens, Cherry Culture, or the Sinful Colors Website.

Will you be picking up any of the polishes from the Sinful Colors Pretty In Pink Collection? Do you have any of them and already love them? If you have any colors from the brand, what do you think of Sinful Colors, overall?

FTC: I was sent these polishes by the PR but all opinions are my own and honest.

Sinful Colors Pretty In Pink Collection Info

SINFUL COLORS INTRODUCES A PRETTY-IN-PINK COLLECTION


Perfect for Valentine’s Day

Love is in the air, romance is in bloom and pink is paramount. Welcome February 14th, a day marked by kisses, sweethearts and flirting, of course. This year, treat your tips to a Valentine’s makeover, coating them in a feminine, delicate, or dynamic shade of pink. From bubble gum to baby doll – and everything in between – Sinful Colors has the best array of pink polish to pretty-you-up for the big day.

The 8 loving shades in the collection include:

Pink Forever: Bazooka meets Bam-Bam to equal beautiful.
Beautiful Girl: Classic ballerina with a flirty finish.
Glass Pink: Sheer, shiny, shimmer-happy bliss.
Boom Boom: Magenta-infused pink, which pops on toes and tips alike.
Scandal: No-nonsense neon, slick and sensational.
Soul Mate: Muted peachy pink with a melon twist.

I was so excited to get this collection information! I know pink can seems like a boring nail polish color but this variety of pinks (especially for V-day) sounds gorgeous! I can't wait to see these in stores. You can purchase Sinful Colors at Walgreens, cherryculture.com, or sinfulcolors.com

How do you feel about this collection? Are you excited or passing?

Easy Halloween Manicure

I love the spirit of Halloween! I love holidays in general; it's a great time to be creative and come together (wow, yuliya, you're so corny). I was so excited to see the first house on my blog to put up Halloween decorations and especially this week everyone is talking about costumes and dressing up. I haven't dressed up for Halloween since HS so my way of being in the Halloween spirit is a manicure. Here is mine for this year:

At first, I started out my manicure like how they are on the first four fingers. I had an idea to do this for a long time because it just looks like fall/ Halloween.

What I used:

-Nfu Oh Aqua Base

-Sally Hansen Black Out

-Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure (I know, I know..limited edition! Sorry!! Nubar 2010 is a dupe though!)

-Seche Vite Dry fast Top Coat

The Hidden Treasure on top of the black gives the amazing fire-like effect.

It also can look green and gold in some lights! It's an amazing effect.

Then I found this Frankenstein Nails tutorial. It's SO easy and adorable and I just had to do it on one nail to give it even more of a Halloween feel. The Frankenstein nail really stands out more if it's just one nail.

What I used for the Frankenstein thumb (p.s. if you read the book Frankenstein, you'll know that though everyone refers to the monster as Frankenstein, his creator is actually named Frankenstein, not the monster...I'm a nerd!) is:

-Nfu Oh Aqua Base

-Sally Hansen Green With Envy

-Sally Hansen Snow

-Sinful Colors black nail art polish

-Seche Vite Dry Fast Polish

I want you guys to know that I SUCK at nail art! I can't even draw in real life let alone with nail polish. This tutorial makes this cute nail art SO easy and it comes out so adorable! If you don't know what to do for a Halloween tutorial, I highly recommend checking out the tutorial.

Hope you like my extremely easy Halloween manicure. It's weird to think I'm wearing 7 polishes at one time!

What are you dressing up as for Halloween? If you aren't, are you doing a special manicure like I am to be in the spirit lol?