Sinful Colors Star Studded

I have another Sinful Colors from the same holiday collection to share with you today. This one caught my eye because it looked like a starry bling city. I can't pass up stars, shimmer, and more glitter. This one is also new to the line. I have not had great success with Sinful Colors glitter toppers in the past, but will this one be the exception?

Star Studded (over Zoya Ryan)

Star Studded is a mix of a golden shimmer, gold hex glitter, silver hex glitters, and silver stars in a clear base.

Collection: Sinful Colors Holiday 2015

Color: Look at that in the bottle? It's stunning, it's shimmery, glittering, and looks like a magical starry dreamland. That being said, you're about to hear me say something I didn't think I'd ever say about nail polish. I think this is just a bit too much glitter and shimmer. This is so reflective it doesn't translate clearly on the nail as you can see. It's lovely, don't get me wrong, but I think they could of 86'd the shimmer and just kept it straight glitter.

Formula: I will say unlike many other Sinful Colors glitter toppers this one applied well and easily. This isn't a sparse glitter nor did I have any issue getting the stars out.

Price: $1.99 at Walgreens

Overall: This is so eye catching and beautiful in the bottle.  I don't hate how this looks on the nail, but there is just too much going on it that it doesn't have a clean look. It looks muddled, and it's really a shame. It's still pretty, but this polish could of be edited a bit.

My Rating: 4 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Christmas Eve!

Sinful Colors Velvet Ribbon

I've been griping about drugstore not having any cool stuff much less cool holiday stuff for months now. Well, I stand corrected. Sinful Colors pulled through for me a little bit this year and released a few holiday colors that caught my eye. I was shocked because while I like Sinful Colors, they don't always standout as unique to me in this day and age. Plus, they have so many re-promotes I never know if something is really new or not. This color is new though!

Velvet Ribbon

Velvet Ribbon is a red foil metallic with gold shimmer.

Collection: Sinful Colors Holiday 2015

Color: Well all be, I haven't seen a true foil polish in a long time! Foils are one of my favorite finishes too. This one is excellent! This is the perfect Christmas red and that gold shimmer blended in gives this beautiful shiny finish. This looks like shiny Christmas wrapping paper. No brushstrokes with this one which makes it a true foil, it's all made up of lots of fine shiny particles.

Formula: Excellent 2 coat formula. This applies so smoothly and opaquely.

Price: $1.99 at Walgreens.

Overall: Perfect holiday red polish.! I love that this a foil. I haven't seen foils done much less done well in nail polish in a couple of years. This is beautiful, vibrant, and oh so shiny. Way to go Sinful Colors! I'm a happy camper!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Wednesday!

Link-Up Round-Up Tuesday: 12/22/15

I will be postponing next week's link-up to the following week because I will be having some special end of the year posts going on next week. If you want to submit your link for 1/5/15's link-up fill out the form below!

B'Nails Kaleidoscope Holiday Swirls

Polish Those Nails Iridescent Flakies

The Polish Playground Green & Gold Flakie with Beach Themed Nail Studs

Seize the Sparkle 12 Manicures of Christmas 02

Claws Up! Me Thyme Review

Streets Ahead Style Girly Bits It was the Fireball

Polished At Heart Gettin' Festive with KbShimmer sELFie!

The Call of Beauty Christmas Sweater Mani

Just Add Polish Little Wrapped Presents



Happy Tuesday! 

Noodles Nail Polish Believe

Happy Christmas week! I have a bunch of festive polishes to show you throughout this week. I'm going to start with a favorite indie brand of mine for the holiday, Noodles Nail Polish. I can definitely say after seeing all the holiday collections out there, Noodles is my favorite by far. This is a fun crelly polish perfect for Christmas.

Believe

Believe is a cream colored crelly base with red, gold, green, and gold star glitters.

Collection: Noodles Nail Polish Holiday 2015

Color: I love Christmas crellies and this one is perfect. I also love this is not a true white crelly. I can find some white crellies to be really harsh on my skin tone, but this more of a cream or off white colored base. I find it more forgiving on my skin. I love the festive colored glitters in this as well as the gold stars.

Formula: This had a nice formula. I used 3 coats above. I did not have trouble applying this formula or the small glitters. I will say the gold glitters were not cooperative. They were hard to find in the bottle and when I did find them on I had to place them on my nail.

Price: This is $8.50 on Noodles Nail Polish's etsy site.

Overall: I really like Believe! I love the off white crelly base and the glitter combination. I do wish the stars were easier to get out and apply. I did not have any trouble with the stars in Winter Wishes, but this one was a bit more troublesome. I think this crelly base is more opaque than Winter Wishes. This still is a great polish to me though.

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 12/13/15-12/20/15

* I received the following Bunch Candle Co. wax melt to review, the rest were purchased by me. 

Considering how close it is to Christmas I barely melt any Christmas wax. I always burn it out too early. I get so excited for the holiday season that by time the real Christmas rolls around I'm over it! I did manage to sneak one in there though! I did have a pretty successful wax week though despite the lack of Christmas cheer.

Bunch Candle Co. Very Vanilla
Scent Description: intense vanilla aroma and subtle touch of cream
My Thoughts: Foodie smells are not my favorite, especially anything in the bakery realm. I find they smell either way too sweet or artificial. I was nervous about this one based on the name alone, but I ended up really liking it after I smelled it. This smelled exactly like vanilla extract. This was a very pure vanilla smell, it wasn't artificial or overly sweet. This was vanilla with no frills. I'd probably melt more foodie/bakery scents if they smelled like this one. I liked this one and it had a nice throw for around 6-8 hours.

Ten Digit Creations Christmas Splendor
Scent Description: apples, oak, balsam, fir, and pine, with a background of cinnamon and clove
My Thoughts: Meh. This was a very generic apples and cinnamon scent to me. There is nothing wrong with it, but I wasn't getting any of the balsam, fir, and pine notes from this personally. This to me just smelled similar to the Glade Apples & Cinnamon scent which I can get in the store. I was really hoping this had some other notes to it that gave it more depth. This had a good throw that lasted around 8 hours. 

ScentSationals Fusion Limon
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: I love clean and fresh scents and citrus tends to fall in that category. This was a straight up fresh lemon scent. Limon had the perfect blend of tartness with a hint of sweetness. This scent was very crisp and refreshing. It had a great throw that lasted 10+ hours. 

ScentSationals Timeless Devotion
Scent Description: island flowers and jasmine mingled with tropical fruit
My Thoughts: This smells exactly like Bath & Body Works Plumeria. Exactly. I get plumeria, jasmine, and not so much tropical fruit as I get peach from this. I do like this one. Florals are hit and miss for me, but I do tend to like tropical florals best. This wax melt is STRONG. It's lovely, but I probably could of used half a cube. It's just that strong. Nice scent, but it can knock you over. If you're sensitive to florals, this would be a definite no go for you. This has epic throw that I couldn't burn for too long because it was too much for me. 

ScentSationals Crisp Linens
Scent Description: The scent of fresh linens, newly washed, sun-drying on the line.
My Thoughts: I'm all about fresh and clean, but some laundry scents are just too harsh for me. This was not the case at all with Crisp Linens. I LOVED this scent. I read someone else described this as more of bubble bath scent with a beachy note. They did a better job of describing it than I could of. This is a soapy and watery fresh scent with a hint of Yankee Candle Sun & Sand scent. It's amazing and reminds of me of a fancy beach resort. This was definitely my favorite scent of the week. Great throw that lasted 10+ hours. I will be needing more of this one. 

Be sure to check out Bunch Candle Co., ScentSationals, and Ten Digit Creations online!

Use the code CHRISTMAS on Bunch Candle Co. to get 10% OFF your order!

Happy Sunday!