Winter harvest- Winterberry
Sinful Colors Winterberry from the 2011 Destination America
collection
Sinful Colors is a brand that does not get enough attention
in my opinion. I have to give them credit for offering such an exceptional
range of colors at such an affordable price point. When I was first getting
back into polish, this was my go to drug store brand- it was a nice way to
experiment with new colors without dropping a fortune. I do have mixed feelings
on the fact that most of their collections are OPI knock offs. For example,
today’s polish, Winterberry, came from the Destination America collection, a
knock off of OPI’s Touring America collection. I am also slightly disappointed
that it seems that the colors in their collection are often re-promotes of core
color instead of new colors. That said, I’m still happy enough where I still
purchase them. I have no complaints on the bottle, and unlike some inexpensive
drug store brands, the brushes are decent and of consistent quality
(Wet’n’Wild, I’m looking at you!).
Winterberry was a color worth buying, as it was not a
re-promote, and I don’t have anything identical to it in my collection. I would
describe the color as a dusty grape with hint of silver shimmer. It is a lovely
crème that started out easy to apply. What do I mean by started out? Well, the first
coat of this polish went on with no issues, virtually no clean up, it was so
very nice! Then, when I started my second coat, I noticed the polish had become
kind of goopy, like it was already seizing up a bit. I ended up using thicker
coats to make it easier to paint with- that was a bad idea. The thicker coat
never completely dried and resulted in some bubbles. I was able to doctor it
up, but it was so disappointing that such a lovely color which initially such
easy application did not end as well as I expected.
I thinned the polish and will use it again only because I
liked the color so much.
What is your favorite drug store polish brand?
How do you deal with bubbling polish?
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