Nail of the Day + Review! Sinful Colors Shine Gel Tech Nail Color in 'Alfresco'

Sinful Colors Shine Gel Tech in Alfresco

Hello there darlings!  Well, after going a few months without wearing much of anything on my nails (not taking into account the coconut oil I've been using to help my cuticles, and it has been helping immensely), I decided to go with glossy pastel cornflower blue nails one day, since I figured, eh, why not, my cuticles haven't looked this good in ages. FYI, my cuticles are indeed pretty terrible.

     On the day I took these photos, the wear time on this nail polish was approaching day three with the Sinful Colors Step 2 Shine Top Coat. I'm so impressed with this formula, and it's the Sinful Colors Shine Gel Tech in the color Alfresco.  I vaguely remember using Sinful Colors way back in high school when they had less than 20 shades in their lineup, and now they're going completely ape-crap with all their consistent new releases. I could swear I probably see a new one practically every time I go to the pharmacy or grocery store now! And with their highly rated Shine formula being priced at a bargainista's dream at only $2.99 per polish, I can even see myself going a bit crazy with experimentation pretty easily. Nope, can't let that happen...

     I will say that Alfresco, a pastel cornflower blue with a cream finish and a beautiful glossy shine even without the help of a top coat, is definitely a 2-coater for moderate to full opacity, but even in some instances (like in the picture above), I see a bit of bald spots even with 2 coats. The dry time on this beautiful springy blue color was a bit average, in the sense that even after waiting two minutes before applying the top coat, I was finding that the brush of the top coat was picking up a bit of the blue polish and leaving that dreaded bald spot underneath. I apply the color in very thin layers too, so I will have to make a conscious effort in the future to wait a bit longer for it to dry. There's a lot of brush drippage, and this is a pretty thin formula, so it can become a mess rather quickly. I expect this may chip just a bit more than it would have if worn sans the top coat, but with top coat, it wore beautifully for three days, no chipping! After that three day mark, I was noticing just a bit of chipping on a couple that rendered touching up to be necessary.

Overall Rating: 8.5/10

I would definitely recommend! 😉💅