Pink!

Another new polish by Sinful Color. This one is just called Pink. What a waste of a perfect opportunity to come up with some quirky name for nail polish. Oh well... True to their formula (at least so far in my experience) it goes on very sheer and takes at least 3 coats to get good solid coverage. Also, it dries to almost a matte finish. And it is just as electric in real life as it looks in the pics. Blinding.

5 New Polishes

I picked these up at Walgreens. The Sinful Colours brand is the store brand I think. Eventually I will get around to doing a swatch of them or at least using them in some fun mani. The blue is called Paradise, the yellow Pull Over and the pink is just called Pink. I also picked up two Sally Hansen HD polishes that I've been wanting to try... and since they were half off it was a good time to buy. I tried Byte (photo) and I can tell you it's definitely best over a base coat. I did three 3! layers over an existing mani and you could still see through it.

Paradise is Rough

New polish! I wanted to use the new beautiful Sinful Colors blue I recently bought, Paradise. It took three thick layers of this one to get a good, streak-free base. It was worth it though! The colour really pops. But I wanted something a little.... less boring. So I used scotch tape and cut out little notches (picture). I added this accent in a dark blue; NYC Skin Tight Denim, followed by SV Topcoat of course. I got lots of compliments on how seamless this mani looks. I'm enjoying it quit a bit myself!

Strawberry Pie

For Father's Day my sister made a strawberry pie for my dad. So I decided to paint this strawberry design on my nails. I started with OPI Log On To Love. It's the perfect colour for strawberries. Then I used a toothpick to draw on the base (Finger Paint, Papier Mache) for what would become the green leaves. This white base helps the green pop. Then I painted directly over that white base with China Glaze Tree Hugger.After everything was nice and dry I used a toothpick again to make little yellow dots for the seeds using Sinful Colors Pull Over.