Do you know the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Sinful Colors Professional Nail Polish often makes me feel slightly insane.
While this brand is available on-line, it is primarily found, at least by me, in Target. While I have been a big Target shopper for years, this year it has become one of my main in person shopping venues. It is actually located in the same shopping complex as my grocery store so this past year it was easier to hit both Target and the grocery store in one big excursion rather than run all over town. So I have expanded my Target purchases to include anything I didn’t get at the grocery store or forgot to order on-line.
I’d like to say that this was a new to me brand that I found this year and been trying out, but honestly, Sinful Colors has been getting to me for years.
I have had several of their nail polishes in the past and their colors are fantastic. That is what draws me in every time. They look fantastic in the bottle. Each time I apply them on my nails, two coats gives me the perfect color. In fact, it always looks almost exactly like what it does in the bottle on your nails when you first apply it.
I know that sounds strange, but I have had a lot of polishes that don’t quite look the same as in the bottle. Typically from brands I no longer purchase from, but still, not all polishes look the same on the fingertips as they do in the bottle. This one does.
One of my absolute favorites is Ruby Glisten. I couldn’t find it on line, but it was still on the store shelves near me last week. I checked when i couldn’t find it on-line.
Two coats give me the perfect deep red with an understated glittery shimmer that isn’t actually glitter. It is a part of the nail polish and in my opinion absolutely stunning. To be honest any color I have ever tried from Sinful Colors has been absolutely stunning.
The problem is that as soon as you apply it and let it dry, the clock starts ticking.
I have yet to be able to keep this nail polish on my nails more than 24 hours without it chipping. I have tried top coats from a variety of brands to try and protect the color, but quite frankly nothing helps. In the photo here, this is what my nails looked like after about 48 hours.
Typically my nail polish lasts about a week before I have to replace it. At least in the winter time. Once spring gardening season starts all bets are off on the length of a good polish as it suddenly becomes weed-pulling contingent.
Over time many of Sinful Colors have come and gone from my nail polish collection. This one I keep holding onto because of the color. I think that if I end up keeping it, then I am just going to have to admit that it is a special event polish. It is a polish that is meant to be put on the day of an event and worn to that event. It will be stunning there and look fabulous, but like Cinderella’s pumpkin turned coach, it isn’t going last past the end of the ball. Trying to make to do so is just going to cause insanity.
Ms. Mimsy Reviews 