Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth

Purchased

Hi, everyone. Sorry for the unintentional hiatus. I can't believe that it's been so long since I last posted. I really had good intentions but life just got busy and I find that editing swatch pics is pretty low on my list at the end of the day. I will try to be better in 2015 though. I am sorry that things haven't been very consistent but thanks for sticking with me if you're still here. I hope that you all had a good holiday. It's so weird being back at work. While I love long breaks it does make it harder to go back.

The polish I have for you today is Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth. I can't remember when I bought Sweet Tooth anymore. It was probably from a seasonal collection since I don't go to Walgreens often and usually only seek out this brand when a limited edition collection comes out. 

   

Sweet Tooth is a really pretty lavender with pink undertones and a subtle silver shimmer. If was hard to capture in pics but in person it gave the polish a nice glow. Formula was OK but not great. I used 2 coats here though I think some fingers could have used 3.

I tend to like pale purples like this and the shimmer makes it a bit different than the other shades in my stash. The formula wasn't fantastic but it wasn't terrible either, so I can live with it. It feels a bit weird to be wearing this shade in winter when I usually want dark vampy colors, but it's quite fun and refreshing.

Did anyone get an nail polish for Christmas? I got a cute e.l.f. set from my sister-in-law. I actually used it to paint my 2 year old niece's nails more than anything. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and that 2015 is off to a great start!

OPI I'm Not Really a Waitress

Purchased

Hi, and happy Friday everyone. I hope you all had an awesome Halloween. I can't believe that it's over already. At least we have Christmas to look forward to. Today's swatch actually reminds me a little bit of Christmas. OPI I'm Not Really a Waitress is a classic red with a great shimmer. I have a really old black label bottle of this one. I was digging through my Helmer looking for something to wear the other day when I came across it. I hadn't worn it for so long and I thought it would be fun to swatch it.

I don't know why I don't wear this shade more. It's a really beautiful red and the shimmer is just gorgeous. I only needed 2 coats to get the finish you see below. 

While it may not be the most unique shade in the market, it's pretty classic and I think it would look good on almost anyone. 

I definitely think I'll be busting out I'm Not Really a Waitress this holiday season. It's the perfect Christmas color!

What do you guys think? Do you have this one in your stash, too?

Zoya Hudson

Purchased

Hello again! Seems that I am on a bit of a Zoya kick lately. What can I say? They have beautiful polish and frequent sales. :) Zoya Hudson is a recent release from their spring 2014 line. Hudson is a cool toned lavender with tons of silver shimmer. If you are familiar with Zoya Stevie, I think of Hudson as its non-textured sister. I am showing 2 coats with top coat.

Formula was smooth and I had no issues with it. I love how bright and shiny this shade is. While it did not seem like the most unique shade, I had a hard time finding something close to it in my current collection.

I had to take these pics on my camera phone because my regular camera was not getting the right shade. So if these look a little blurrier than usual, that's the reason. Overall I like Hudson a lot. It's very girly and pretty but the silver gives it a fun edge.

Rimmel London Sherbet Sweetheart

Purchased

Hello! I am back again today with another polish from the Rimmel London Sweetie Crush collection. Today's polish is Rimmel London Sherbet Sweetheart, a pretty, pale yellow with gold shimmer. I picked up this polish because I don't have too many gold/yellow textured polishes. I have a couple of the Zoyas but this one was much more yellow vs gold and I wanted to try it out. No issues on formula and I did 3 thin coats here for full coverage.

The glitter in this one was slightly chunkier than the glitter for the other shade in the collection that I have. I liked this one a lot. It's pretty unique in my collection and the gold shimmer was easy to see. I don't wear yellow too often but this is a fun twist on it. It's a very pale yellow so I think it blends in a bit with my skintone. It would look fabulous on really dark skin but may be too light for paler tones.

If I remember correctly, there were 6 colors in this collection. If you like textured polishes and don't have similar shades, I would definitely recommend these. They are incredibly inexpensive, too, which is always nice. The Sweetie Crush collection should be in stores now, so get it while you can. :)

Orly Hot Tropics

Purchased

Hi, guys. I am kind of excited about today's polish because I love it. I purchased Orly Hot Tropics about a week ago and wore it all last week. The color is amazing and wore like iron. Hot Tropics is from Orly's new summer Baked collection. I bought pretty much all of the purples from this collection. Hot Tropics is a very red-based purple with amazing shimmer. As you can see below, the shimmer is not hidden at all. I did 2 coats to get the coverage below and topped with Out the Door top coat, which I've never tried before. I am liking it though this manicure wore for almost a whole week without any issues before I took it off.

I was having a really hard time capturing the color on my digital camera, so I ended up taking these with my phone. This reminds me a lot of Essie Perky Purple (or its dupe Zoya Charisma), which is one of my most favorite nail polish shades ever. Hot Tropics has shimmer though which makes it a special one in my collection.

Love, love, love this polish so much. Fantastic color and formula that is perfect for summer. I am excited to try the other shade I bought from this collection and am thinking about picking up a couple more the next time I see them. Have you tried any shades from the Baked collection yet?

Rimmel London Violet Sizzle

Purchased

Hi, everyone! Wow this week is just flying by. I can't believe that it's Thursday already. Have any good plans for the weekend? I am not doing anything too exciting except for one book signing, which should be fun. We've been having really warm weather where I am, which makes me want to bust out all of my summer brights. Before I do though. I have a few spring things to show you. Up today is Rimmel London Violet Sizzle which is part of their Sweetie Crush collection. This is a textured polish collection and I just stumbled upon it a couple of weeks ago while at Walgreens. The shades were not super unique so I only picked up the two that interested me the most.

Violet Sizzle is a pale, silvery lilac with tons of shimmer. It has a very even finish and reminds me a lot of Zoya Stevie, though I think it might be a little lighter. Formula was good and I had not problems with it. Shown is two coats with no top coat.

While I think this is pretty, I don't know if it looks great on my skin tone. I think it looks a little washed out though it would probably look great on darker skin. I liked the texture a lot as it was even and not too bumpy. If you like this sort of finish, you may like this one. I think it cost less than $2, too, so it's a good alternative if you want to try something trendy and not invest too much money into it. 

The other shade I bought was a yellow, which I'll be posting later this week. Hope you guys liked this one. Let me know what you think of it in the comments below. :)

OPI 4 In the Morning

Purchase

Hi, everyone. I hope you all had a nice Easter weekend. I didn't really do much on Sunday. A lot of things were closed which was actually kind of nice because it forced me to chill out. The weather was also gorgeous and I spent a couple of hours outdoors. I am trying to get a bit ahead of myself this week by scheduling a couple of posts before I get too busy and suddenly realize that it's Thursday and I still haven't posted.

Today I have one of the polishes from the Gwen Stefani collection by OPI. I picked up a bunch of them when they went on sale a month or two ago at Sally Beauty. 4 In the Morning was the polish that I was most excited for in this collection. I love satin/matte blacks and this one looked beautiful in swatch photos. In person, it did not disappoint.

4 In the Morning is a black satin with a very slight grey shimmer. You can't see it very well in person but it helps give the polish a really pretty glow. I had no issues with formula and used 2 coats with on top coat in these swatches.

I really like this one. It's edgy and cool and was a breeze to apply. Now that the polish world is embracing the matte and textured finish, I hope that they move on and give us more satins like this.

Did anyone else pick up this polish? Let me know what you think of it in the comments below. :)

China Glaze Wish On a Starfish

Purchase

Morning, all! Wow I just had a helluva time posting this after trying to figure out Flickr's new interface. I have to say that, right now, I am not a fan. Hopefully I'll get used to it. So today I have a new spring polish for you. China Glaze Wish On a Starfish is from their recent Sea Goddess collection. Sea Goddess is a fun collection of textured polishes with a glitter finish. Wish On A Starfish was the one I was most excited about in the collection. I mean, look at that gold shimma! I was lucky to snag this during Sally Beauty's BOGO sale recently. As you can see below, the shimmer is very prominent and I love it. Pigmentation was good and I needed 2 coats for the swatches below.

I hate when shimmer in the bottle doesn't translate to the nail but luckily the shimmer in this shines through. I love how girly and glittery it is. I have a lot of textured polishes but none really like this.

Hope you guys liked this one. What other spring shades are on your must have list?

Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso

Purchase

Hi, guys. Happy Fat Tuesday. My co-worker's wife made an awesome King Cake, which I am going to eat later this afternoon. I hope all you SoCal readers stayed dry last weekend when it was raining like crazy. Today I have another polish from, what I call, The Great RBL Haul of 2013. This is Rescue Beauty Loung Piu Mosso. Piu Mosso is an inky dark purple with copper shimmer. I had no issues with the formula and 2 coats is shown below with top coat.

As you can see, I had a hard time getting the shimmer to show through. Even in bright light, it was hard to see. This was a little disappointing since the shimmer is sooo pretty and you can see it pretty well in the bottle. 

Please ignore this bubbling. Totally my fault for rushing this and not the polish's fault at all.

This one is pretty but is not my favorite RBL ever. It is unique but I wish the shimmer was more apparent in person. Thanks for stopping by today!

Pahlish Bad Wolf

Purchase

 Good morning! Hope you guys are off to a good start this weekend. I had a really fun weekend going to what is basically a knitting and fiber arts convention. It's one of my other hobbies besides nail polish. Anyhoo - today I another polish from the Of Space and Time collection from Pahlish. Pahlish Bad Wolf is a taupe-y nude. I guess I would call it putty. It's got a really cool pink shimmer running through it. Below is 2 coats with top coat.

I really like that the shimmer in this isn't hidden. You can definitely see it. It reminds me a little bit of Orly Nite Owl but with pink shimmer instead of I think the silver shimmer that Nite Owl has.

This is one of the more subtle shades in the collection and I like it a lot. It's neutral but still unique. Are you a fan of funky neutrals or do you prefer funkier shades? Let me know what you think in the comments. :)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge

Hello and happy Friday! I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Years. I didn't do anything exciting at all and was tucked in bed before midnight. I know it sounds lame but I've never been a huge fan of New Year's Eve celebrations. I do like fireworks though. Anyway - today I have another polish from my Rescue Beauty Lounge haul. This is Grunge, which is one of the most popular (as far as I can tell) RBL shades. I was initially on the fence about this one, as I am not really into nudes. But I had heard so many great things about it that I decided to try it and hope for the best.

Grunge is a pink nude with fine silver shimmer. The shimmer is really hard to see in these pics and in person. It's more apparent in person but still very subtle. Formula was good on this and it took just 2 coats for opacity. I added top coat to this to make it extra shiny.  

I was surprised by how much I liked this one on me. It's a really nice palate cleanser after all of the crazy colors I usually wear. It's a really classy shade that still manages to be somewhat edgy. I think this color would work on a lot of skin tones, too. All in all very glad that I picked this up. 

What shades have you rocked so far this 2014?

Rescue Beauty Lounge Ghost

Hello, everyone and happy Friday! Hope you've all had a good week. I am happy to say that I am done with my Christmas shopping for the most part. I do have a couple of things to pick up and a few things to knit, but I think I am in good shape. The weather is also getting a lot colder lately, which I am loving.

Today's polish is the first from my recent Rescue Beauty Lounge haul. Ghost is a really unique shade - a cool leaning brown with tons of fine silver shimmer. This one was a bit of a chameleon and changed subtly depending on the lighting. Shown here without top coat.

I don't think I have anything else like this in my collection. I like that it's a cool brown and it looks sophisticated but still edgy. Formula was fantastic. It is slightly prone to brush strokes but they are easily avoided. I probably could have gotten away with one coat if I had used a thicker layer, but my coats were pretty thin and I decided to do 2 coats just in case.

Love this one and am super impressed with the formula. I haven't bought any RBL since the last sale 3 years ago because, to be honest, I was not super impressed with the formula on them. For the high price tag, I expected more. I don't know if my application skills or body chemistry had changed since them of if the formula has, but I had no problems at all with this and was impressed by how smooth and pigmented it was. I have tried a couple of others from my recent haul and they are just as good. I am really glad I was able to get this one during the sale because it is awesome.

I am hoping to get the rest of my RBL polishes soon. Thanks for coming by and have a good weekend!