I think today will be another multiple post day! I just don't have the organization and desire to do daily posts and wait to put up posts so it's one a day because that's just not my style. Whenever I do something at home, like clean and fold laundry, I do it all in one stretch, for four hours straight. Other days, I don't fold or clean anything because I just don't feel like it. I like to get things done all at once. I guess I'm a live in a moment kind of gal haha.
I have to give a presentation at work on Wednesday about what I learned during my internship, so writing about nail polish is getting me on a writing roll! Anyways, today I have for you Sinful Colors Cinderella. I'm sure you've seen tons and tons of swatches of it on numerous blogs that expound the wonderful qualities of the beautiful color, and I'm here to add to that litany of praises.
Cinderella is a baby blue color with copper/orange/red/pink glass fleck shimmer. It's absolutely stunning in the sun. Under fluorescent/inside lighting, you mainly see the baby blue but there is a hint of the glass fleck. It's not like the hidden shimmer in Dior polishes where you have to tilt your hand 45 degrees while 2 inches away from the light source to see the shimmer, but rather a secret flash of shimmer, kind of like a dress with a long slit that you don't notice until the person wearing the dress moves. Sooooo pretty.
It sucks I couldn't get too many pics of Cinderella outside, so I had to resort to taking most of the pics at the office. These were taken a couple of days after I first put it on - so there was some tipwear. I'm sure you can find better pictures elsewhere, but here's my review and swatches!
It was a little harder to apply because the formula was a little runny, so I had to do three coats. It was slightly streaky, which made it harder to get totally even, which is why I had to do three coats. Totally worth it though, it's a gorgeous color!
Do you see the beautiful shimmer? It's so hard to capture with my crappy old camera, but it's there!
Last summer, when Essie came out with Da Bush, I bought it immediately because I love these weird camo green colors. I love OPI Who the Shrek Are You (I've worn that 3 times, 2X to see Wicked, and once for St. Patrick's day in a patchwork, and it's rare for me to wear a polish twice!), and am dying to get Finger Paints Sexy Sundress! When I saw Sinful Colors Seaweed at Walgreens, I bought it immediately, but I had a feeling I'd seen it before. I dug out Essie Da Bush and found what had caused my deja vu! I didn't get Stranger Tides, so I couldn't say if they were dupes, but had I known that Sinful had pretty much duped the whole OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection, I would have gotten all of them and not bought any of the OPI ones!
From left to right: Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Da Bush, Sinful Colors Adventure Island
Essie Da Bush is on the left, SC Seaweed on the right (sorry for the ugly nail wheel, I ran out and painted over other colors!):
A close up to show the differences, but they don't exist! They are complete dupes. I think the Sinful Colors collection that Seaweed was a part of was limited edition, so I don't think it is available anymore :/
I had a niggling feeling that I had done an Independence Day patchwork mani before, and I found the pics of the one I had done last year for July 4th on my Flickr account! Here they are:
My left hand. I loved the flag I did, though it literally took almost an hour to do just one finger because I wanted the stripes to be perfectly straight. I didn't have striping tape, so I just stuck to using the Sinful Colors nail art polishes with the thin brush and went very slowly to make perfectly straight lines. It was such a pain in the butt that I resorted to doing my handy dandy signature patchwork because it was much easier to do and still was an eye-catcher! I can't remember the name of the blue, but it was the Sinful Colors bottle I was holding in my hand, and was on display for the 4th of July last year, along with the nail pens. The white was Rescue Beauty Lounge (RBL) Underwear, and the red creme was RBL Chinoise. The stars are a random cheapie n/p. I remember rushing to do this patchwork because it was late, and I had to go to sleep, so it isn't as sharp as I usually like (like the one I did for this year, in the post before this one).
My right hand. I am right-handed, so doing nail art on my right hand is a bit of a challenge sometimes, but I am getting better at writing with my left hand with so much practice! I was so tired I didn't even bother doing a patchwork, so I just resorted to a funky french, with RBL Chinoise for the red, and RBL Dead Calm for the blue.
At the county fair, I usually wander around alone because my dad is off at the horse races all day, so I'm left to myself. I try to read outside for a while, get bored and hot, and then walk around, seeking solace in the air-conditioned buildings. I really like looking at the mostly student artwork, some by adults, and this picture was one submitted by an adult! I was happily surprised to see a picture of nail polish. I think I identified the polish as China Glaze Atlantis (that's how I get people to believe I have over 1000, prob. 2000 n/p is by ID'ing what they are wearing!). It was so cool I took a picture of the picture lol.
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Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!
