Sinful Colors- Winterberry

Winterberry is one of two new colors in the Destination America collection, the other being Slate. It’s a gorgeous icy-grape purple, with a silver shimmer that isn’t really evident in these pictures. You can sort of see it in the bottle though. So far, I believe this display has only been spotted in Rite Aids. It hasn’t even hit my local RA, I had to go to the really nice one up by my parents.  The formula is excellent and I only used two coats. I really think I’m getting away from the three coat rule. The same day I picked this up, I picked up Sally Hansen’s Diamond Strength Aisle Be There from their newly redesigned release. It’s this gorgeous duochrome pinkish shimmer, but here it just looks like a regular pink shimmer. It’s really pretty though, and looked great with Winterberry. Definitely pick both of these up if you can find them. Winterberry is $1.99 at Rite Aid, and Aisle Be There was $3.97 at Walmart!  

The X-Factor!! (wet n wild fast dry- teal of fortune)

Time for a Fun Mel Fact!! After living in England for a year in 2007-2008, I’m a huge fan of their reality television series, The X-Factor. This year, Kelly Rowland, of Destiny’s Child fame, is on the panel of judges. I think she’s been doing a great job taking over for Danni/Cheryl. She’s talented, funny, knowledgeable, and a fantastic style. I’d noticed over the past two episodes that she has this really cute, semi-unique manicure. Some fairly shallow research led me to learn that her’s is a Shellac manicure (something I really want to try!) but I figured I could find two colors in my somewhat extensive collection to recreate this super cute manicure!

I used:
1 coat Seche Base Coat
2 coats Wet N Wild- Teal Of Fortune
2 coats Sinful Colors- Beautiful Girl
1 coat Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat

I think this turned out pretty well, don’t you? The colors aren’t exactly spot-on, but they are pretty close considering I used what I had and I didn’t go out and buy anything to attempt this look. As you can see in the picture of my inspiration, on Kelly’s one hand, she has the accent nail on her index finger. Scandalous! I stuck with the traditional ring finger here. Jess already reviewed Beautiful Girl, which I’ve linked you to. I will admit, I disagree with her review, but only because I AM a plain old pink kinda girl. This is 2 coats of Beautiful Girl, and I think it’s near perfect. The formula wasn’t difficult for me, and I like this shade. But that’s why we have 3 girls with 3 different opinions on here! I think the only thing I would do differently next time would be to use 3 coats of Teal of Fortune, which I have reviewed below the jump.

Also, the US version of The X-Factor debuts tonight on Fox at 8pm. The concept and format is miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiles better then American Idol, so watch it if you can! I’m hoping Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger can provide more manicure inspiration!

Sinful Colors- Innocent

In the final day of Sinful Colors Sale Week Reviews, we have Innocent. I’m genuinely torn over this color. On the one hand, it’d make a great pedi color, or base for some nail art. On the other hand, it’s dangerously close to looking like the Seattle Sounders electricity kits, that I feel a little traitorous wearing it (VAMOS UNITED!!!) It’s a bit more green on the nail than it is in the bottle. This is 3 coats, which is NEEDED for full opacity. The formula is a bit thick, so it does need some babying. I’ll probably keep it in my collection and only wear it in the summer, on days when Seattle AND DC United are not playing. I’m superstitious like that. Now, you may be going “but Melissaaaaaaaaa, DCU ARE PLAYING SEATTLE THIS WEEKEND.” Yes, they are. But I’m not actually wearing this polish at this exact moment. It’s the one totally out there, not Mel color I bought during the last sale, and the current sale is going on during #HateSeattleWeek so it’s just inconvenient timing.

The Walgreen’s Sinful Colors $.99 sale ends tomorrow. At the time I composed this post, I hadn’t yet stopped in. But today IS payday, so I can’t promise that by the time this post goes live, I won’t have stopped in for a little looksie loo.

Sinful Colors- Glass Pink

In Day 4 of Sinful Colors reviews, we have Glass Pink. This is a VERY pale pink base, with small silver and gold glass flecks!!!! This is 3 coats of Glass Pink, so as you can see, it’s probably meant to be a 1 coat layering polish. However, I can’t help but like the look of my ring finger. I like how my nail line shows through with this color. So I’m thinking it could be a top coat to give a french manicure a little something extra. It’s also a nice polish in general, giving you a little bit of bling on your tips. One of the major upsides of this polish is chips don’t show because it’s such a light color. I actually left it on for several days because I didn’t notice any chipping. Hit the jump for a macro shot of the glass flecks. So pretty!

Sinful Colors- Bianca

Full disclosure- I bought this on Sunday, at the full price of $1.99.

But with this swatch it became my favorite Sinful Colors polish, and therefore I feel the need to tell you to grab and buy this bottle if you find it ANYWHERE. I had never seen this polish before and even though I am on a self-inflicted buying blackout, I snatched it up. Good decision on my part!!! This is a magenta with purple undertones jelly-cream hybrid, and it required 3 coats for full opacity. I didn’t use a top coat, and it’s pretty shiny without it. The formula is a bit heavy, and I noticed pooling on my ring finger nail on the 3rd coat. Below the jump is a shot under “normal” lighting, aka the kitchen fan light 🙂 LOVE THIS COLOR!!!!!

Sinful Colors- Mint Apple

In Day 2 of my Sinful Colors review, we have Mint Apple. I was genuinely shocked how much I liked this color. Jess reviewed this polish eleventy billion posts ago (our FIRST post!). So you know if it gets two shoutouts on here, it’s a polish you MUST have. I’m not a big green person, and in a lot of the pictures I’d seen, it looked a little blahhh. I don’t know if it’s a skin tone thing, or a nail shape thing, or a “it really looks better in person” thing, but I’m a huge fan. This is just two coats, and it’s fully opaque. It’s got a bit of a shimmer, which you can sort of see in the macro shot below the jump. This doesn’t have a top coat. I’m really glad I picked up this color on sale. I don’t know if I would have at the full price. That would have been a shame. 

Sinful Colors- What’s Your Name

In honor of Sinful Colors being on sale for $.99 at Walgreens, I wanted to try a review some of my favorite colors I picked up in the LAST $.99 Walgreens sale. So I’m going to post short reviews, but a lot of them this week. That way if you see a color you like, you can go pick it up while the sale is on!! I’m starting off with What’s Your Name? It’s definitely one of the top 5 colors I picked up during the last sale. It’s a black jelly packed with purple and blue microglitter. I like blacks with a colored shimmer on my skintone. They don’t look as emo. I used 3 coats to make sure it was fully opaque.  As with all black polishes, wear a good top coat to prevent chipping. I didn’t use a top coat as I was just swatching, but I don’t imagine it would alter the color. This color is a definite steal at $.99, so quick!!! Go pick it up!!

Sinful Colors- (Sinfully) Gorgeous

This is not a typical Melissa color. Not at all. I’m not a big fan of blues, despite having a fairly good selection in my Melmer. But I figured for $.99, what the heck? (I used a different word, not appropes for this blog. Fun fact: I have a potty mouth.) But as I often am with polishes, I was swayed by this polish. It’s pretty fantastic.

I Used:
1 coat WnW Clear
3 coats Sinful Colors- Gorgeous

Hit the jump for the review, and some more pics!

Hump Day Ridiculousness: Sinful Colors- Queen of Beauty

I used:
1 coat WnW Clear
2 coats SC Queen of Beauty

Seriously, don’t ever do this. I know this is a layering glitter. And I know glitter is a PITA to get off. Still, for some reason, I thought it’d be funny to turn my nails into disco balls. I wasn’t laughing so hard when it took me 45 minutes to get all the glitter off my nails and fingers. I’m still finding glitter in nail crevices, and up under my cuticles and crap.

For what it is tho, it’s a very good basic layering glitter. It goes on even, doesn’t clump, and spreads easily. It also has a clear base, meaning it can be layered over any color without altering the base color, always a plus!

 

Layering Weekend: Orly – Fowl Play over Sinful Colors – Amethyst

I knew Orly – Fowl Play was going to be the hot color for fall, and when I grabbed the last one at Ulta, I was suuuper excited.  For one, it’s part of their Birds of a Feather collection, and all the sports teams that I root for’s mascots are birds (Orioles, Ravens, Capitals).   Moreover it’s supposed to be PURPLE based (of course) so the potential for a Ravens manicure is there.  Not to mention, the glitter and duochrome flakies definitely don’t hurt.

1 coat Seche Rebuild (base)
2 coats Sinful Colors – Amethyst
1 coat Orly – Fowl Play
1 coat Seche Vite (top coat)

Much, much, MUCH more under the cut. (Warning: picture heavy!)