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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Sinful Colors Endless Blue Swatches And Review

If there's one thing I learned on my trip to the east coast, that's to remember to moisturize! I forgot how harsh the weather can be on the nails and how brittle they can get from indoor heating. I suffered a couple breaks as a result. I applaud the gals who can maintain their nails in that kind of weather, I know that I couldn't!

It's very rare that I find a polish that really impresses me, especially a drugstore polish. Sinful Colors Endless Blue is one of those rare occurances. I initially had low expectations for this shade because blues always tend to stain and I usually get a little streaking with application. I had neither of those problems with this color, and to top it off, I only needed ONE coat of this polish for full coverage! It's a beautiful cobalt blue shade, and a near dupe to the infamous Nails Inc Baker Street. I didn't even need a topcoat for shine, this baby has its own to show off!

Sinful Colors Endless Blue

If you don't have this yet, you need to run out and get this ASAP! I'm sure it'll be a mainstay in your collection, and for $1.99, you can't pass it up. I think it's going to be permanent color, but just in case, nab it up now in case it goes away. I found mine at Target and I hear that there's a LE display as well.

China Glaze Hologlams Dark Holo Picks

We've made it back from our trip from NC and we had a lovely time with the grandparents in-law and visiting the countryside. LO did great on the plane ride again, however on the way to the airport she had a meltdown in the car, poor thing. I know now to take a layover if it means using a closer airport. The only thing I really regret is not visiting Charlotte because that's the city I'm interested in moving to next. If you have any advice about this city, I'd really like to hear it!

I was able to find some of the China Glaze Hologlams at my nail supply store last week so I picked up the colors that I liked, which were mostly the darker shades of the collection. I always gravitate towards darker holos because it's hard to find a good dark holo, especially since the holo pigment always lightens the base after it's added. As a forewarning, this is a picture heavy post!

To keep this short, I'll summarize the four polishes together because they all performed similarly. The holo effect in these were minimal if not non-existent indoors, and you can see that in the first photo of each set. When in direct light, the holo appears and it's a much finer sharper holo effect due to the smaller spectraflair particles. In comparison, the Color Clubs seem to have a more rugged holo rainbow because the SF particles are larger. When applied, it was slightly runnier than other holos I've used but I didn't have any trouble with pooling or streaking and used two coats for each mani with no basecoat or topcoat.

Galactic Grey is a charcoal grey holo.

China Glaze Galactic Grey

Strap On Your Moonboots is one of more unique colors from this collection, it's a dusty navy blue holo.

China Glaze Strap On Your Moonboots

When Stars Collide is a lovely plummy purple holo.

China Glaze When Stars Collide

OMG a UFO is a dusty green holo.

China Glaze OMG a UFO

I think everyone had high hopes for this collection but if they're like me, the collection is a little disappointing in how weak the holo effect is compared to the OMG collection and the recent Color Club collection. However, I do like the colors and find them to be unique compared to other holos I've seen. The price point is reasonable if you can find them thru a wholesale supply versus retail. Have you tried any of these, and how do you think they perform?

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Sinful Colors Endless Blue Swatches And Review

China Glaze Hologlams Dark Holo Picks