New Sinful Colors Green Nail Polish

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I came across some new Sinful Colors nail polishes this week, and I picked up some green ones, so swatches of those are what I have for you today.  One, I'm not sure is new (I may have just passed on it before) - when it comes to drug store polishes, I know as much as you do regarding release dates and other info.

There's no general statement to be made regarding application - one was thick and a little gloppy, one very thin, two good.  The brush and bottle haven't changed, other than that one of my four has an "S" on top of the cap.  The pictures are all in natural light.

Innocent was the thick one, but it wasn't too hard to control and only took two coats.  It's a yellow green creme.

Sinful Colors Innocent Nail Polish, Two Coats

Mint Apple is probably my favorite of the four (even though a mint flavored apple would be an abomination), which is a shimmery dusty green that's really not all that minty.  It applied well and took three coats.

Sinful Colors Mint Apple Nail Polish, Three Coats

Happy Ending is the one with the worst name, a yellow green with a strong shimmer that applied well in three coats.  It's my second favorite.

Sinful Colors Happy Ending Nail Polish, Three Coats

HD Nails is the one I'm not sure is new.  It was very thin and I could still see through my nails a bit after three coats, but wasn't really up for applying a fourth.  It's a darker green shimmer and the one I like the least.

Sinful Colors HD Nails Nail Polish, Three Coats

Those are my new Sinful Colors green nail polishes, and what I have for you this morning.  Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!  

Sinful Colors Green Ocean

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I have a Sinful Colors St. Patrick's Day shade for you: Green Ocean. It was in a display with Irish Green, just those two colors.

It's green flaky and regular glitter in a clear base with a slight bit of green to it. I used two coats over black, and got this.

Sinful Colors Green Ocean Nail Polish, Two Coats over Black

Now, I don't have a ton of Sinfuls because they're very hit or miss with whether they'll dry properly for me with any top coat. This one dried fine with Diamont, but dry, it's the exact opposite of smooth. It's looks nice, but feels awful. I think a bazillion refresher coats of top coat would fix that.

That's what I have for you today, Dear Reader. Until next time, love and nail polish to you!

Sinful Colors Nail Polish

Good morning, Dear Reader!

To end Drug Store Week, I thought I'd show you the cheapest of the cheapo nail polishes, Sinful Colors. They're usually a whopping $1.99 at Walgreen's, but this week they're buy one get one free, so $1. A few new colors just came out, and I picked some up on my way home from an outing last night.

These are also hit or miss for me, largely due to drying time. Some are fine, some simply never ever dry all the way. But for $1 and a good color, I'll roll the dice.

The first two glitters, I just swatched over black to show you the glitter. They're one coat each over the black.

Queen of Beauty is a silver glitter in a clear base.

All About You is a bunch of super fine gold glitter in a clear base.

Then the more interesting ones... See You Soon is a deep teal blue, opaque in two coats.

To it, I added one coat of Nail Junkie (great name!).

I Love You is a glittery purple jelly, and this is two coats.

And here's a finished manicure, where I added two coats of I Miss You, a purple based glitter, to I Love You.

There were a couple more new ones, but to be honest, my patience for swatching reaches its limit at about six, so that's all I have.

That's all for now, Dear Reader. Supposing the I Love You/I Miss You manicure actually dries, that'll be all for today. If it gets messed up in a few hours because it didn't cure despite Diamont and Freeze Dry, then I might have something else for you...

Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!

A Comparison of Greens: So Many Greens, So Little Time

Good morning, Dear Reader, and welcome to another day in the life of The Nailphile. Yesterday, I wore my beloved Emerald City again, so this morning seemed like a good time to compare it to other greens, the goal being to find it out it's a dupe of some wonderful hard-to-find polish or unique in itself. Here are the contenders for comparison, SH Emerald City (EC), OPI Rainforest (OPI), Essie Dominica Green (DG), Rimmel Camouflage (RC), Sinful San Francisco (SF), and China Glaze Outta Bounds, which got knocked out of the running right off. As you can see, it's clearly a bluer green than the others.



So that leaves us with the five to look at, which turned out to be fortunate since I don't have a sixth finger on my left hand. I took photos in indirect sunlight and direct sunlight, looking both at all of them together and at each one as compared to Emerald City by itself. Unfortunately, I neglected to label the pictures with "Sunlight" and "Indirect Light," but I trust that you, Dear Reader, will be able to discern which is which.
















My impression is that the polish to which Emerald City is closest is OPI Rainforest, although the shimmer is slightly different. The sunlight picture with Sinful San Francisco is deceptive in that it makes SF look like a brighter green than it is, and although it and Emerald City are similar, the difference between them is indeed as obvious as it appears to be in the indoor photos. If you don't want to pay $40 for a Rainforest, Emerald City is very close to it for only $3, and will simply require a bit of stalking (but probably not $37 worth of stalking). I think Emerald City really is unique, but close enough to Rainforest to satify a lemming for it.

I'd me glad for your input on these pictures, Dear Reader, as well as any suggestions for other comparisons you'd like to see. For tomorrow, I have a pictures that show a surprising dupe for a high end limited edition polish, so be sure to check in then.

Have a happy day, and love and np to you!