(Left to right: 24/7, Unicorn, Frenzy, Queen Of Beauty, Cinderella, Cream Pink, and Snow Me White.)
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Today I am going to do a review on an american nail varnish brand called Sinful Colors.
The brand's nail polishes are at a bargainous £1.99 and some of them are pretty good quality! Here is my collection so far... Although I actually have 3 more bottles of their nail varnish (one in big daddy, an orangey coral colour that looks great on the toes! My mum has took that to use, another bottle of snow me white, which has nearly gone, and a bottle of mint apple, a jade green colour that has a gold shimmer running through it.)
The brand has recently appeared in boots, not all boots, only the department boots, e.g Bluewater, Lakeside, The Glades shopping centre in Bromley.. etc.
The nail varnishes have either a matte finish, a pearl finish, a shimmer finish, or a cream finish. Although nowhere on the bottle does it say what finishes they are. :S
The colours that I am showing you today are 24/7, Unicorn, Frenzy, Queen Of Beauty, Cinderella, Cream Pink, and Snow Me White.
Starting off with 24/7
This is the brightest shade available from the range in boots in United Kingdom, and the only neon nail varnish available from Sinful Colors in the Uk. (in USA they have the whole range.) It has a matte finish and is completely opaque after 2 coats. If you want to acheive maximum brightess, apply it over white nail varnish and it the colour will POP!
Since wearing this shade I have recieved some compliments like wow, your nails are bright Frankie.. etc but my mum thought I put pink highlighter on my nails; it's so bright!
It can tend be a bit streaky, but for £1.99 you can't really complain and if you apply a good top coat, you can get a nice glossy finish.
Next is Unicorn... one of the not-so-good quality nail polishes.
If the colour wasn't so lovely, I'd be more disparaging in my review. This Applies horribly, streaky and thin- I had to constantly monitor the brush for any drips, and even with 3 coats, it still isn't completely opaque. It stained my nails even when I used a base and top coat and after nearly 2 months, my nails still have a yellow tint! It took ages to dry.. like nearly 10 minutes! The colour is a spring/summery pastel butter yellow and it is great for a day out... if you found it in a different formula.. etc. Model's Own Banana Split looks like a pretty good dupe for this colour- maybe a tad m0re expensive but much better quality and it won't break the bank.
Frenzy and Queen of Beauty
Frenzy, a clear base with pink, blue and purple glitter.
And Queen of Beauty, chunky silver glitter in a clear base. A great topper for black, blue or any darker shade.
I used one coat to achieve the look I was going for. I don't wear glitters on their own so I don't know how many coats it would take if you didn't apply it on top of another color. You can build it to a silver/purpley-pinky-bluey colour if you have Queen of beauty ontop of a white nail varnish or a silver/greyish nail varnish and if you apply frenzy ontop of a purple nailvarnish, you can make it opaque after a few coats. They were surprisingly fast to dry considering some glitters I have had in the past took forever to dry.
Cinderella is a shimmery blue, with a pink shimmer running through.
The formula, however, is awful. It is very streaky and extremely sheer during application and took forever to dry in between coats. I use three coats and a topcoat for maximum opacity. I would recommend using a quick drying topcoat on this if you don't want tons of streaks and dents. However the colour is beautiful. Suits the name perfectly! It could be called bibbity boppity blue aswell in my opinion? I think this would be great for a night out, as It would probably last well for a short time.
Last 2 colours are Cream pink and Snow me white. They both have cream finishes so I put them together in a review. I used two coats of the polishes to get a smooth, even finish all over my nails. The first coat went on very nicely, almost opaque in one coat. The second smoothed everything out very nicely.
Overall I think the cream, glitter and matte finishes are the best quality of the brand, although I'm not too sure what finish unicorn has, but it is awful.
You can't go wrong for under £1.99
Frankie
xxx
Frenzy and Queen of Beauty
Frenzy, a clear base with pink, blue and purple glitter.
And Queen of Beauty, chunky silver glitter in a clear base. A great topper for black, blue or any darker shade.
I used one coat to achieve the look I was going for. I don't wear glitters on their own so I don't know how many coats it would take if you didn't apply it on top of another color. You can build it to a silver/purpley-pinky-bluey colour if you have Queen of beauty ontop of a white nail varnish or a silver/greyish nail varnish and if you apply frenzy ontop of a purple nailvarnish, you can make it opaque after a few coats. They were surprisingly fast to dry considering some glitters I have had in the past took forever to dry.
Cinderella is a shimmery blue, with a pink shimmer running through.
The formula, however, is awful. It is very streaky and extremely sheer during application and took forever to dry in between coats. I use three coats and a topcoat for maximum opacity. I would recommend using a quick drying topcoat on this if you don't want tons of streaks and dents. However the colour is beautiful. Suits the name perfectly! It could be called bibbity boppity blue aswell in my opinion? I think this would be great for a night out, as It would probably last well for a short time.
Last 2 colours are Cream pink and Snow me white. They both have cream finishes so I put them together in a review. I used two coats of the polishes to get a smooth, even finish all over my nails. The first coat went on very nicely, almost opaque in one coat. The second smoothed everything out very nicely.
Overall I think the cream, glitter and matte finishes are the best quality of the brand, although I'm not too sure what finish unicorn has, but it is awful.
You can't go wrong for under £1.99
Frankie
xxx
