Really Green Ocean! (St. Patrick's Day pt. 2)

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over China Glaze Holly Day, shade

I have no idea why I never thought to layer Sinful Colors Green Ocean over a dark green. Now that I've tried the flakie over China Glaze Holly Day, all I can say is "Wow!"

Sinful Colors Green Ocean is a blue-green flakie in a light green base. It looked stunning over Holly Day, a dark green creme from a China Glaze holiday collection. I later added a coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy and made the look matte.

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over China Glaze Holly Day, matte

If you don't yet own Sinful Colors Green Ocean, be sure to check your local Walgreens for it. It's part of the limited edition St. Patrick's Day display that will soon be getting pulled as new displays come out.


Check out a few more pictures after the jump!

My St. Patrick's Day nails - Rainbow in the sky

St. Patrick's Day manicure with Sinful Colors Sugar Rush blue base

Here is the St. Patrick's Day manicure that I wore yesterday. I started with 3 coats of Sinful Colors Sugar Rush, a lovely pastel blue. Then, I stamped a shamrock my pinky with China Glaze Holly Day. I created a pot of gold with Wet n Wild Ebony Hates Chris and a striping brush. I added a bunch of gold "coins" with golden yellow microbeads that I picked up using clear polish and a toothpick. I made my rainbow with the same striping brush as before and the following colors: Sally Hansen Rapid Red, Revlon Electric, Holly Day, and Sinful Colors Amethyst.   Finally, I used my largest dotting tool to create a cloud with Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

St. Patrick's Day manicure using nail art brushes, stamping and microbeads

China Glaze Fade Into Hue comparisons

China Glaze Fade Into Hue, center, in comparison with other lavenders

There are already a lot of periwinkle polishes on the market, and periwinkle fans are wondering how China Glaze Fade Into Hue compares to some of the others. I couldn't find any dupes in the colors I compared Fade Into Hue with, but there were a lot of colors that are very close.

Here is China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le swatched next to Fade Into Hue. China Glaze Fade Into Hue is on my ring and index fingers, Secret Peri-wink-le is on my middle and pinky fingers. These were really difficult to tell appart from each other, Secret Periwinkle is just slightly bluer and Fade into Hue is a tiny bit dustier.

China Glaze Fade Into Hue swatched with Secret Peri-wink-le

Below is China Glaze Fade Into Hue swatched with Sinful Colors Lavender. I really thought they were dupes after seeing them in the bottle, but in reality, Lavender dries to be quite a bit darker than FIH. Fade Into Hue is on my ring and index fingers, Lavender is on my middle and pinky fingers.

China Glaze Fade Into Hue is not as dark as Sinful Colors Lavender

I have some bottle shots of all 3 of these in the bottle, plus more bottle side by side comparisons with China Glaze Fade Into Hue, after the jump!

Green Ocean can't Fade Into Hue.....it's too pretty!

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over China Glaze Fade Into Hue, natural light

Here is Sinful Colors Green Ocean, a seasonal flakie polish, over a color from the new China Glaze Avante Garden collection, Fade Into Hue. I think flakies are so beautiful that they can never fade into the background. Flakies usually show up better over darker colors, but I think my pictures prove that they can look pretty good over pastels, also.  I started with 2 coats of Fade Into Hue and then added 1 coat of Green Ocean.

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over a

 Here's a picture of China Glaze Fade Into Hue on its own.  Like a lot of purple/blues, it was hard to photograph and I think it's a color you're better off checking out for yourself.  I do, however, have something coming up that should help you decide if you need this color.

China Glaze Fade Into Hue (center )with similar colors

 I’m preparing a post to upload soon, it features a lot of bottle shot comparisons and a couple of swatches of Fade Into Hue and some other colors. For now, join me after the jump for a few more pictures of Fade Into Hue.

China Glaze It's a Trapeze layered over pastel purple

1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze over  Sinful Colors Candy Coated, sun

Here are some quick pictures of China Glaze It's a Trapeze layered over Sinful Colors Candy Coated lilac polish. Candy Coated is from the Sinful Colors spring pastel colection. I love pastels and purple, soI couldn't resist this one. I applied 2 coats of Sinful Colors Candy Coated and then added 1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze.

1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze over  Sinful Colors Candy Coated

As you probably know, China Glaze It's a Trapeze is a milky white base with rainbow glitters. I love this polish in white, but one of the best things about It's a Trapeze is how well it layers over other colors. I also loved it over pastel blue, which you can check it out in this post.

1 coat of China Glaze It's a Trapeze over  Sinful Colors Candy Coated, shade

On my thumb, I actually tried layering 1 coat of a rainbow polish and then a coat of a sheer white. It turns out everyone is right, China Glaze It's a Trapeze gives the same "jelly sandwich" look as a sheer white polish over rainbow glitter.

Finally, I was going to apologize for the quality of these pictures. The polish had long been removed when I sat down to edit and realized that all the pictures were less than optimal. It was even cuter in real life, so even though the pictures aren't great, I hope you enjoy this combination!

Mermaid's Birthday nails! Island Girl Red Sun is a party in a bottle

Island Girl Red Sun over OPI Ink, natural light

Here's a look I sported on my nails recently. The layered dots on the accent finger really remind me of a mermaid's tail and the glitter makes me think of birthday confetti, so I called the look "Mermaid's Birthday."

 Red Sun is an awesome glitter polish from Island Girl brand. Island Girl is a polish brand that is found only in certain locations. As far as I know, Island Girl is only available in Hawaii and and Las Vegas.  I'm lucky that Esmeralda Pearlfinish's travels have taken her to both places. It's only because of Esme that I own any Island Girl polishes at all. Check out more pictures of this unique polish after the jump!

Sinful Colors Almost Famous/Paparazzi glitter polishes

Sinful Colors Almost Famous display

Sinful Colors has released a couple of collections for the spring. The one that got my attention is called the "Almost Famous" collection at Walgreens. I was surprised when I ran into a display with the same exact colors in a display called "Paparazzi" at Rite Aid.

Sinful Colors Paparazzi display

I've already swatched one of the colors, Super Star, in my prior post. Join me after the jump for bottle shots of the other colors in the collection!