Swatchfest: five of the new shades from Sinful Colors

You knew it was going to happen. Last week when Walgreens was having their $0.99 sale, I HAD to pick up some of the new shades I listed in this post. So today I'd like to show you some swatches of all five of the shades I picked up (there are other new shades, of course, but the ones I really wanted from the Cast Away collection are not yet in my area).

Three coats, no top coat.

You can't really see the pink in this polish (well, you can kind of see it in the BOTTLE in the pic above). But boy, in person this one's a stunner. The texture could be better--it's thick and goopy and gets goopier with every coat. But is it worth it.

Two coats, no top coat.

Island Coral was a @#$%^ to photograph. I couldn't get the color right even after photo-editing, but these pictures are close. The thing about color-correcting photos for accuracy is that now my fingers look really weird. Anyway, just ignore that (please!). This one could have used a third coat now that I see my nails in photos, but in person they didn't look streaky after two coats. I was actually surprised at how opaque this one was after two coats--for a light cantaloupe-pinky-coral shade, it was easy to work with.

Two coats, no top coat.

A yellow-based, medium green jelly creme! As my pal Niki would say, it's "squishy" and I LOVE it. The only thing is, this one became goopy on the second coat, so if you already have a green like this, there's probably no need to get this one too.

Two coats, no top coat.

UPDATE: thanks to my pal Niki at Cheapalicious for pointing out that Forget Now is NOT new. I think that when I posted about it being in the Heartbreaker display, I got it stuck in my head that it was a new shade, but...it's not! Sorry about that, and thanks again, Niki! PS: I still love it though and if you don't already own it, I highly recommend it.

I normally don't gravitate toward magentas just because I already have so many of them, but the sparkle in this one is just so stunning in person. If you don't already have a polish like this, GRAB this one. It's a beautiful, sparkly jelly that looks perfect with just two coats. In person it's a deeper, more vivid shade than what you see here. Worth all 199 pennies.

Two coats, no top coat.

Of all the new shades from Sinful Colors, Bare is the one that I've received the most comments, emails, tweets from YOU about. Those of you who already own this shade REALLY love it. And now I can see why. It's like the perfect combination of ballet-slipper-pink and nude. And that fine silver shimmer running through it only adds to its beauty. This is THE perfect work shade, as far as I'm concerned. It is a little thick though, so I think I'm going to add a few drops of polish thinner to it since I plan on wearing it a lot this year.

And just as a little bonus, I want to thank one of my Twitter followers for suggesting this combo to me. If you were the one who tweeted me about putting a chunky pink glitter on top of Bare, PLEASE leave a comment here and let me know. I tried to find your original tweet but I couldn't locate it and I want to thank you because you're absolutely right--this is GORGEOUS.

Have you picked up any of the new Sinful Colors polishes yet? What shades do you own and how do you like them? I'm REALLY hoping that some of these new colors show up at Rite Aid this week since they're having a good sale. If you spot any of the new shades at Rite Aid, please leave a comment and let us know. Thanks!

All of the Sinful Colors polishes in this post were purchased with personal funds. The Jordana polish was given to Nouveau Cheap from the manufacturer for a previous review.

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