Frosty Claws!

 I think I accidentially jumped straight over fall shades and into winter. I was hoping Hottie by Sinful Colors would have the same bold, almost neon-blue color as it is in the bottle. Alas, it came out less Californial Gurls and more Cinderella. Though the bright flash in the photos shows a bright-blue, it's more of a light, powder blue in real life.

If Jack Frost had an illagitamate love child with the Little Mirmaid, this is what the baby's nails would look like.

There are other problems with this polish. First, it took 5 coats to get full coverage. FIVE! Second, while I understand that removing octogon-shaped glitter is always going to be a challange, these glittery bastards refused to let go of my cuticals, despite using straight acetone and an orange stick. Seriously, my skin is red from all the chemicals and scraping. (I'm hoping that some of the glitter on my skin will come off with wear). There is also a serious shrinkage issue, even before I layed a top-coat of MegaShine. So much so that I had to file the nail after application to reduce the amount of white peeking over the tip. The worst part was that the shrinkage was not exactly uniform due to the octogon glitter from hell, so I bassically wound up tearing the tip of the manicure every time my file caught on a piece of titanium glitter. Oh yeah, Did I mention the clumpy formula?

I guess the finished product looks nice if you dig the sparkely-pastel thing. Otherwise, I would only reccomend this product used as an over-coat, and then very sparingly.

Ratings:


Application: 3 out of 10, very clumpy and streaky
Color: 4 out of 10. Nice color on it's own merit, but noting like the bottle.
Clean-up: 3 out of 10 Evil, evil glitter.
Appearance: 6 out of 10 It has a nice depth, and the glitter, though a total pain in the ass, does shine like the dickens. It also has a much smoother finish than most glitters, and took the top coat very well. The overall appearance rating took a big hit because of the unusual amount of shrinkage from the tip.

Next time I'll be taking a stab at a scotch-tape french tip in pinks and whites.