Swatch Time: Sinful Colors Leather Luxe Collection (Part 2)

Hey, there!

Today I have part 2 of the Sinful Colors Leather Luxe Collection to show you! (If you didn't see Part 1, you can see it here)

Again, Sinful Colors describes the polishes in this collection on their display as "matte shades with patent leather accents." So yes, the polishes do dry with a matte finish. The idea of this collection is to use the top coat displayed with this collection to do things like paint lines of varying length or other designs to create a "leather accented" look.

Today I will be swatching the polishes My Turn, Cold Leather, and Whipped from this collction.

Let's start with My Turn. My Turn is a dark heather grey color. The formula for this polish was good and easy to apply. Below is My Turn with its matte finish. I used two coats.

 Below is a picture of My Turn with one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

Next up we have Cold Leather, a lovely navy blue color. Looking at the bottle, the polish looks like it's smack dab in between a royal blue and navy blue. However, on the actual nail, it definitely looks like a dark navy color. Anyway, the formula was nice and easy to apply. And good news: this was a ONE coater!! :) Shown below is Cold Leather with its matte finish.

The following picture is of Cold Leather with one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

Last but definitely not least is Whipped, a black-colored polish.The formula for this polish was good as well, and very easy to apply. This was also another ONE coater! Pictured below is Whipped with its signature matte finish.

The following picture is Whipped with one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

There's a lot of nice fall colors in this collection! And, except for Strapped (the grassy green polish I swatched in Part 1), all the polishes seemed to have good formulas! I'm excited to start trying some "leather accented" designs! :)

Until next time,

-Colleen

Swatch Time: Sinful Colors Leather Luxe Collection (Part 1)

Hey amazing readers!

I'm really excited to show you some polishes from the Sinful Colors Leather Luxe Collection today! I won 5 of the polishes in this collection from Tabitha's giveaway over on her blog, Lacque Enthusiasm. So thanks again, Tabitha!

To brief you on this collection, Sinful Colors describes the polishes in this collection on their display as "matte shades with patent leather accents." So yes, the polishes do dry with a matte finish. The idea of this collection is to use the top coat displayed with this collection to do things like paint lines of varying length or other designs to create a "leather accented" look. There are a total of seven polishes in this collection, but I will only be showing you the five that I have.

Today I will be swatching two of my five polishes from this collection: Leather Loose and Strapped.

So first up is Leather Loose. Leather Loose is a rich chocolate brown with a copper micro glitter. The formula was good and easy too apply. This is probably my favorite polish of the collection because it's an amazing color for fall. Below is a picture of the polish by itself with its matte finish. I used two coats.

 The following picture is of Leather Loose with a top coat on top. I don't have the top coat that went with the collection, so I used one coat of Seche Vite dry-fast top coat instead. I like the way this polish looks with the matte finish, but I'm absolutely in love with the way this polish looks with a top coat on it! It's absolutely Gorgeous!

Next up is Strapped, a beautiful grassy green polish. It sort of looks like a teal color in the pictures, but it's more of a grassy green in real life. The formula for this polish was really thin and sort of runny, so I ended up having to use three coats. Although the formula wasn't the best, the grassy green color is really pretty and definitely worth it! Below is a picture of Strapped by itself, with its matte finish.

The following picture is of Strapped with one coat of Seche Vite top coat. I think both the matte and top-coated versions look really pretty! :)

So far, I'm really liking these colors! I should have part two of this collection up tomorrow.

Which of these two polishes do you guys like best? Would you want to see any of the "leather accented" designs with these polishes?

-Colleen

Zebra Dress-inspired Mani

Hey all! Happy Manicure Monday!

I have another object-inspired mani for you! Today I started cleaning/unpacking things from this past school year (yes, I never got around to doing that all summer lol), and I started going through my closet. After cleaning things up off the floor of the closet (where I tend to stash stuff when I "clean my room") I found my old Christmas dress from two years ago, one with zebra print on top and a purple stripe in the middle. I didn't even think I still had it. Anyway, I thought it might be a cool thing to model my mani after!

Here it is (by the way, the L.A girl polish is Violet purple, not the indigo color it looks like in the picture):

Oh, and here is the dress it was modeled after. I'm sorry the picture is so awful (I had no good natural light since it has been cloudy out all day today), but just know that the stripe/ribbon right below the zebra print top part of the dress is a Violet color, not the indigo it looks like in the picture.

Overall, I think the mani turned out okay....I think next time if I were to ever repeat this mani, I would use a lighter color (maybe red or coral?) that wouldn't blend in with the black as much. Anyway, the polishes I used were Sinful Colors Black on Black, L.A. Girl Hustle (purple), and L.A. Girl Disco Ball (white).

Hope you like it! Have a great rest of the evening!

-Colleen