The ABCs: Z for Zoya & Zebra

Finally, here’s the last post in my ABC series! I kinda effed up a bit in my Variety Pack post, because I was originally going to post Sinful Colors Zeus for the letter Z, but somehow I threw it in with the random spam. So I had to figure out something else for today’s post, and I ended up with zebra stamping over a Zoya polish.

This is Zoya Cynthia, a dark teal creme stamped with zebra image from BM-223 and China Glaze Adore. I’ve used two coats of Cynthia, and it’s nice and smooth and easy to apply.

This concludes my ABC series, I hope you enjoyed it! I had fun doing this, but I really look forward to using whichever polish I fancy from now on.

The ABCs: U for Use Protection

Today we have Spoiled Use Protection, which has glitter of different sizes and colors (even holographic) in a sheer teal base. Because of the sheerness, I decided to layer it over Zoya Charla, and these are truly a match made in heaven! Charla is sparkly in and of itself, but with Use Protection on top, it’s a veritable sparklefest!

The formula on this one is like the other Spoiled polishes I’ve tried, thick and goopy. The less I say about the horrible brush by now, the better. Nevertheless, it went fairly easy applying one coat of Use Protection over Charla. It will need a little extra topcoat, so I used two coats of Seche Vite, and it’s smooth.

Spoiled by Wet ‘n’ Wild laqcuers can be bought at CVS.

 

The ABCs: F for Frenzy

With my latest Cherry Culture haul I picked up Sinful Colors Frenzy, I guess mostly to fill up the package. I thought it looked awesome in pics, but when I tried it, I wasn’t too thrilled. This is a polish with pink and blue-green fine glitter in a sheer base, a very pretty color combination. I guess I’m spoiled by dense glitter like the Milani one-coaters, but when I needed four coats and there’s still not full coverage, I get a little frowny.

Please be aware that this polish isn’t as blue as these pictures make it seem, it was a nightmare to photograph with both purpleish-pink and tealish-blue glitter! The pink glitter is quite color accurate, but the blue is definitely more green than this.

Frenzy is easy enough to apply, but as I said, I’ve used four coats and the coverage isn’t impressive. I’d only recommend this for layering.

I’ve bought this polish from Cherry Culture, where Sinful Colors are sold for $2.50 a bottle.

The ABCs: C for Cost Is No Issue

Continuing with the alphabet game, today we’ve come to the letter C! And that brings us more glitter with Wet ‘n’ Wild Cost Is No Issue from the Ice Baby collection. This is a real glitterbomb, it is packed with fine teal glitter and bigger blue glitter in a clear base, but there’s so much glitter here that there’s no problem getting it opaque on its own.

Please excuse the jaundiced-looking fingers in these pics, I had to mess around with the white balance, but at least the polish is color accurate!

Wow, this polish is thick! I don’t know if it’s evaporated from sitting in my drawer for a couple of months, or if it’s just this gluey to begin with, but I thinned it pretty much and it’s still very chunky. At least it means that the coverage is good, and it’s opaque in two coats. This is a thirsty polish, so you’d have to use a lot of top coat to get it completely smooth.

It’s been ages since I’ve done any nail art, so I couldn’t resist stamping it the next day. This design is from Bundle Monster 208, and I’ve used Konad white for the stamping.

The Ice Baby collection were limited edition exclusive to Walgreens last year, where they were sold for $2.99 a piece. I don’t know if they’re still available now, but for us internationals, the best bet to find these is eBay.

China Glaze Rodeo Fanatic

Here’s a beauty from one of the greatest collections of all times, Rodeo Diva from 2008. This is China Glaze Rodeo Fanatic, it’s a gorgeous dark teal shimmer that looks lit from within. It also almost has a duochrome quality, sometimes it looks deep blue, other times greener. If you look at the bottle in the close-up shot, you even see a pink flash! So amazing!

The formula is a little bit tricky, quite runny, so I just took my time making sure it didn’t flood my cuticles. It’s very pigmented, I used two coats, but if you’re good, you could get away with one coat of this one.

Do you love the Rodeo Diva collection as much as me? Which Divas do you love the most?