Sinful Colors Black Cherry

Today on the blog I have Sinful Colors Black Cherry. Black Cherry is a deep dark red that is so dark it basically looks black. It is probably the darkest a red can get without actually being black. The perfect vampy color! 

Formula on this polish was pretty good for a matte. You want to make sure to let it dry a bit between coats because dragging was a bit of a problem on the second coat at the top of the nail near the cuticle. It was an easily fixed problem but I needed three coats total because of this. I was happy that I didn't have any problem with streaking and brush stokes like some other matte polishes. 

A friend of mine was kind enough to RAOK this polish to me because it was a Rite-aid exclusive polish. But...yesterday when I was at Walgreens I spotted it in a new display so keep checking any stores near you that carry Sinful Colors. 

NOTD Matte on Matte

Just going to post a super quick NOTD today. I already had on three coats of Sinful Colors Taupe It Off and decided to do some matte on matte stamping. I used Cult Nails Fetish and stamped on some swirling dots and then dandelions on the accent fingers using Vivid Lacquer VL006 and VL020. I didn't use any top coat at any point in this mani. I kept it simple but I love the contrast in the colors. I can't wait to try out some more combinations with Taupe It Off. I think next time I will try adding a top coat to it because the swatches I have seen show a gorgeous sparkle with top coat.

Sinful Color Taupe It Off

It looks like the Sinful Colors collection has been re-released with a few new additions that may be Rite-Aid only exclusives. Taupe It off and Black Cherry are the new colors in the collection and Black Cherry is for sure a Rite-Aid only exclusive. I don't even think I live in the same state as a Rite-Aid but I was lucky enough to have a sweet friend RAOK it to me. Taupe It Off is of course a taupe polish that is leaning more towards the olive green spectrum of taupes with little glass-like flecks. I have no complaints on the formula. I was able to get it completely opaque in three coats and didn't have any problems with brush strokes showing like some matte polishes. If you are not big into mattes I think that the little glass flecks take away the flatness of the matte and make it very wearable.

Monday Nail Art for Nubs - Cherry Blossoms

Happy Monday everyone!! A few days ago the Bath & Body Works semi-annual sale started and I may have gone a little bit overboard. Twice a year I allow myself to go crazy in there because the deals are just way too good to pass up. Plus, add in a few coupons and it makes it even easier to justify the insanity that is the first day of the sale. For today's mani I decided to go with a design based on my moms favorite scents, Japanese Cherry Blossom.

First I started off with one coat of Milani White on the Spot on all nails followed by one coat of Briar Rose by Hit Polish. I jelly sandwiched the glitter using OPI Funny Bunny. Next I sponged on Zoya Shelby a pink polish into random spots on the nails. To finish it off I stamped cherry blossom branches and flowers onto each nail using Vivid Lacquer VL022 and Sinful Colors Coffee. I had a lot of trouble with this stamp and think maybe it was just a bad plate. I had to stamp the nails several times to get it to appear as it does in the final pictures which I am still really happy with it was just hard to get there. I finished it all off with a coat of Seche Vite.

NOTD Stamping with Zoya Sunshine

So another obsession I have had lately besides texture polishes is stamping over texture polishes. For this look I started with a base of Zoya Sunshine and decided to go for a romantic scene so I used Sinful Shine Wisp to stamp cherry blossom branches and a cute little couple under a tree onto my nails. The branches and flower are from a Born Pretty Store plate and the accent finger of the tree and little boy and girl kissing is from Winstonia. The pink blossoms of the flower are Zoya Jolene.