Sinful Colors Nirvana

I think it is no secret that I like brown polishes. Sinful Colors Nirvana is certainly not an exception. A lovely mushroom taupe with a great name (although I honestly don't see the connection... someone enlighten me please). This polish has a great cream formula that provides full coverage in two coats. Love the milkiness in the color. These swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Nirvana, 949 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

What do you think of brown polishes? Do you have any guesses at why they would name it Nirvana?

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Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Seaweed

I have another Sinful Colors swatch for you today. This is Seaweed from the Adventure Island collection. I believe it was officially declared a due to OPI Stranger Tide by those that have both. I don't own the OPI polish to compare, so I can't comment further. It is a pale dusty khaki color, that I fell in love with. The formula on this is great. Two coats for full smooth coverage. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: Adventure Island Color Name/Number: Seaweek, 5162 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

What are you thoughts on the dusty pale polishes like this?

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Anutka :)

Black and White Challenge Day 3 - Black Base with Color

Day three of the Black & White Challenge is a manicure with a black base and some color. I once again started with Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, but instead of adding the color on top, I added it underneath the nail.  For this I used two coats of Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar. This type of manicure is becoming know as Louboutin Nails due to the original inspiration being Louboutin shoes with a red sole. I think this is such a great way to add something special to the manicure. It will probably go unnoticed by others, but you know it is there, so it is kind of like sexy lingerie for your nails... :D

This seems to be a popular pose to show off the manicure, so I thought I'd give it a try as well... :)

And here are the shoes that inspired it all. I got this photo from here. Interestingly enough, according to that website it says that Mr. Louboutin originally painted the bottom of a shoe using red nail polish while he was bored. I guess it has come back full circle now...

source

Have you tried Louboutin Nails before?
I love it, just need to have long enough nails and remember that clean up and removal requires some extra effort...

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Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Timbleberry

Sinful Colors Timbleberry was a difficult color to photograph. It gave me a the case of red lobster hands, but the polish color is accurate. It is a pretty pinkish coral cream. I was surprised by how bright this polish is. It looks a bit more muted in the bottle than what comes out on the nails. I believe it is one of the colors in the main line. This is two coats with a top coat. Application was good with great coverage...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Timbleberry, 108 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this color! :)

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Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Slate

Sinful Color Slate from the Destination America collection is a soft gray with a silver shimmer. The shimmer is very fine and it perfectly compliments the gray. The formula is good, easy to work with, two coats for full coverage and no visible nail line. Swatches are with a top coat...

A close-up of the shimmer...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: Destination America Color Name/Number: Slate, 1055 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this! Are you a fan of gray polishes? :)

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Anutka :)

Black and White Challenge Day 2 - White on Black

Today is day two of the Black and White Challenge, which means a white on black manicure. I started out with two coats of Wet 'n Wild Black Creme. Then I painted the white sloped tip with white acrylic paint and added the leaves in black and white acrylic paint as well. I meant for it to be more black than white, but it looks almost 50/50. It reminds me of a skirt I used to have that had the same curved angle (without the leaves)...

A new swatch of Wet 'n Wild Black Creme. This is my favorite black that I have used so far. It is opaque in one coat, cheap, and works well for stamping. What more could you ask? However, even though it is opaque in one coat, I used two here because I find it covers the nail ridges better...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Wet 'n Wild Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Black Creme, 424A Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this manicure!

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Anutka :)

Sunday Stamping: Plate Ending in 4

I managed to sneak in a manicure for this week's Sunday Stamping Challenge for the facebook group Adventures in Stamping. This week the challenge was to create a manicure using a stamping plate ending in 4. I chose to use Bundle Monster plate BM-224.

The base of the manicure is an un-named Color Club polish. A vampy deep plum color with a nice shimmer. I will have swatches of it up soon. I stamped using a Sally Hansen Color Quick pen in Chrome Rose. I got it from Carolina's giveaway a while back. I'm still going through all the fun stuff she sent me and discovering new gems all the time. This was my first attempt at stamping with the Quick Color pens and all I can say is that it is amazing to stamp with. I wish they would bottle this stuff up, I'd stock up for sure! For some reason I have a fear of the pens drying out. To accent some of the stamped flowers, I added a small yellow rhinestone on each nail...

UPDATE: The Color Club polish is named Catwalk Queen. See swatches here.  

I would love to know what you think of this. Have you stamped with the Color Quick pens before?

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Anutka :)