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August 28th, 2011
Hard Candy Glossaholic Lip Glosses Review
When I saw these Hard Candy Glossaholic lip glosses in WalMart I HAD to have them. They’re lip gloss with flakies!! I picked out Fabulous (a dark red – left) and Lush (a peachy pink – right).
August 1st, 2011
China Glaze Cracked Medallion Metallic Crackle Glaze
Here’s what China Glaze Cracked Medallion looks like over yesterday’s manicure. This is the only metallic crackle I picked up because I don’t have a comparable copper color in my collection. It’s super foily. Although I like the China Glaze crackle formulas I don’t usually do a shimmer crackle over shimmer base coast. I think the shimmer bomb distracts from the contrast between the two colors. Kind of negates the crackle when you can’t see it! My preferences is to use a creme base with a foil crackle and vice versa.
As with all crackles/shatter polishes you’ll end up with a lumpy and somewhat matte nail surface. Although I didn’t use it for this pic, a coat or two of clear top coat will smooth it out to a mirror shine.
~ Allison ~
July 26th, 2011
Sinful Colors Cream Pink
I rarely wear pink on my nails but oh, this color just makes me happy! I wish they had come up with a more imaginative name than “cream pink,” though, which is lame-o. It doesn’t come close to capturing the juicy jubilee of this hot shade.
Cream Pink is a bright magenta creme with a fine gold shimmer that reveals itself in sunlight.
In low light:
And indoors it looks like a screaming neon – surprise!
What you see here is two coats topped with Seche Vite. It was really quite opaque; the visible nail line that you can sort of see here is just my horribly stained nails (thanks, Swimsuit… Nailed It!) and it wasn’t so apparent in person. The formula was very good – smooth, self-leveling, and really a pleasure to apply.
I must admit that I’m harboring a bit of an addiction to Sinful Colors! They are so inexpensive and fun. Pick up a few for your collection for only $1.99 a bottle at most drugstores.
~ Allison ~
July 11th, 2011
Sinful Colors Adventure Island
Adventure Island is a pale, greyed-out mustard yellow, with a hint of avocado green. Since Sinful Colors’ Adventure Island collection is suspiciously similar to OPI’s Pirates of the Caribbean collection, I was wondering if it could be a dupe of OPI’s Stranger Tides. As you can see below, they’re pretty different. Adventure Island (which I’m wearing) is has more yellow in it.
This is one of those polishes I had to have because it was so ugly! Yes, that’s what I said. A color like this just dares you, “Can you rock my ugliness? Can you, punk?” Well, it was on. Find out who won after the cut!
July 9th, 2011
NYC – Hint of Mint
When the mint green nail polish trend first hit it really annoyed me. I think it’s because many of the shades I saw looked too garish. But after cautiously purchasing NYC’s Hint of Mint on sale, my dislike morphed into enjoyment. It’s soft and pretty, but much more interesting than your standard pink or coral pastel. I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on this manicure!
This photo was taken in sunlight.
