It has been a very long time since I covered Sinful Colors on this blog. After the big blogger fiasco, I silently bought a few polishes here & there but without much love. I was angry, as a customer & a blogger. Now, going into a new year, I’m going to start covering them here & there. To my knowledge, they have resolved things with the bloggers previously involved. Here’s to a lesson learned I hope. Keep reading to see swatches of each of these lovely shades!

With that, I bring you the Sugar Rush Collection. With lots of hidden shimmers & gorgeous spring ready shades this has me prepped for spring. All of these swatches are without top coat or base.

Sweet Nothing- Creamy pastel blue with hints of turquoise. 2 coats. A bit thick. 

Unicorn- Pastel yellow cream. Harder to manage & patchy. 4 thin coats. This is the only shade from this display that is actually permanent. It became easily clear that the formula has gotten much better!

Sweet Tooth- Warm pastel lavender with hidden shimmer. Sheer first coat. 3 coats.

Candy Coated- Pale pastel super blue toned lavender with hidden shimmer, barely visible. Sheer first coat. 3 coats. More purple than in the photos.

Sugar Rush- Light pastel blue cream, no shimmer. 2 coats opaque. I’ll need to swatch this with some other similar colors. I know I have something similar but it is absolutely lovely! Color corrected because it is pretty much white with a drop of blue.

Orange Cream- Pastel creamy tangerine orange with hidden shimmer. 1st coat sheer, 3 coats to opaque. Probably one of my very favorites, it is lovely.

Cotton Candy- Light cool pink cream with hidden shimmer. 3 coats to opaque.

There you have it! I really hope you’ll stick around & follow to see the collection I am most excited for. The Almost Famous Collection from Sinful Colors is full of glitters & some of them are just terribly awesome. I’ll be showing those to you soon! What do you think of the Sugar Rush swatches? Any shades you’re interested in?

I also wanted to note that with the Walgreens deal going on this week, I snapped all of mine up for $1. Most people are saying you can only get 3 at that price but for some reason…it worked at my Walgreens!

This is going to be a depressing post folks. I have been so excited about the VS polishes coming out. I like quite a few Victoria’s Secret makeup items so when they decided to make nail polish I was all in. Unfortunately…the 2 polishes I tried first weren’t what I was expecting…

String Bikini: A very cool pink. Super stringy & difficult to apply. 2 coats.
Cooler than China Glaze Naked, hotter than Zoya Shelby, & slightly lighter than Sinful Colors Pink Forever.
 

I was so depressed after application I pretty much consider these swatches fails. String Bikini needed to be color corrected because it is that odd shade of pink but other than that….I barely looked through the few photos I did take. Fails. These are fails.

I loved both of these shades in theory (& the names!) but String Bikini was the biggest let down. I’m praying I got a bad bottle because I’ve never used a brand new bottle of polish these stringy. On top of that, it made my nails look dry as heck. Backstage was goopy, which I can deal with, but it was so goopy application was pretty much impossible. I had to sponge this on with the brush but I wasn’t happy about it. Notice the edges are glitter free because it was so gloopy.

Clearly these both need thinner & some serious chemistry. I have some other shades to try but man am I timid now. Very timid. I will say I like the packaging, very much like my beloved butterLONDON polishes with the removable cap & rectangular shape.

I picked my shades up inside the Victoria’s Secret store with some rewards points but these should also be available online soon. I honestly can’t remember how much they were…but they weren’t cheap! Whenever I find the receipt I’ll post the price.

For Spring 2013 Zoya has graced us with their Lovely Nail Polish Collection containing 6 new & very gorgeous nail polish shades! There isn’t one polish in this set that I feel doesn’t work with my skin tone…it is a spring miracle! Stay tuned for swatches, color rundowns, & my favorite shades!

This set contains 3 shimmering metallics & 3 luxurious creams.

Gie Gie: A soft cool shimmery metallic pink. This one had nice coverage & I applied 3 coats but I could have gotten away with 2. Lovely & so soft looking.

Julie: A soft shimmery metallic lavender. I love this shade so much…of course it is purple. This makes me think of those scenes in moves where girls in floral dresses dance through fields of lilacs…true story. 3 very thin coats.

Blu: A super light blue cream. This color honestly reminds me of adding a few drops of blue to a whole can of white paint & I love it. Gorg. This one was a bit streaky so I needs 3 thin, even coats.

Neely: A super pale green cream. This is definitely a springy green, it doesn’t lean blue or teal at all. 3 thin coats for perfect coverage.

Jacqueline: This is a super light creamy yellow toned nude with the faintest hint of sheen. This one applied a tad streaky & needed some coaxing to even out. 3 thin coats.

These are crazy gorgeous shades that have me lemming some springtime nail art & fresh air! Oh, & yes, there is still snow on the ground! I think these are essentially spring shades with either a beautiful creme formula or a really different shimmer. I am still shocked all of these shades work with my skin…are these my traveling pants for spring? I think so! My favorites from this collection are definitely although I definitely like them all!

These shades are available for $8 each from Zoya’s website. 

What do you think of the Zoya Lovely collection? Do these shades whisper spring time bliss to you as well?

**Polishes provided in consideration of review. All opinions are my own.