Plenty of times, I've seen someone else's swatch of an untried in my own stash that just puts it in a whole new light. This week's WOW moment was the potential of layering, and the apparently rather divided internet opinion on Sinful Colors Devil's stare.
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| indoor, CF lighting |
Devil's Stare is a fiery coral-red jelly liberally sprinkled with iridescent shards and microglitters - it's pretty clearly the hot version of Green Ocean. Since that one is kinda meh on its own but
amazing as a topper, I felt more than a little foolish to not realize the same was true of Devil's Stare until
Manigeek's efforts to make what she thought was an ugly polish pretty.
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| indirect daylight |
And poof! A mani idea was born. My middle and ring fingers have 3 coats of Devil's Stare, while all other fingers have one and a half coats of Llarowe Hot Summer Nights, a vampy blackened wine shimmer. Devil has a sticky formula that needs a little dabbing to get a decent and consistent concentration of all those glittery bits - pretty par for the course for a sheer jelly glitter. Hot Summer Nights has a fairly perfect formula, and if you go in for thicker coats than I do, it'll be done in one.
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| indoor, bright CF lighting |
To blend things all together, I've topped each color with the opposite. All the wine nails have 2 layers of Devil's Stare as a topper; all the fiery nails have a sunburst design from MoYou London Kaleidoscope 12 stamped with Hot Summer Nights.
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| window-filtered overcast daylight |
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars all around. Hot Summer Nights has a fantastic formula, and is a great staple color; bonus points for it being very affordable for an indie (I think I snagged it for $4 on sale). Devil's Stare is a PITA to work with, but damn does it glow!
Where to buy: Sinful Colors polishes can be picked up at most drugstores. Llarowe has several international stockists to choose from, as she's no longer selling her polishes directly.
~Michelle
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