Beauty Tips for Women: Combination Review of Sinful Shine – I’m Blushing and Essence – Let Stars Rain Down On Me! top coat

I purchased Essence Nail Art top coat in Let Stars Rain Down On Me! It claims to be a holo-glitter polish. The bottle needs to be shaken because all the glitter particles settle at the bottom. It looks very pretty, so I was hopeful that it would deliver.

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I decided I wanted to pair this with Sinful Shine – I’m Blushing. This polish was horrible. I have several Sinful Shine polishes and have never experienced such horrible formula issues. It streaked and had bits of black particles in it. I did two coats and it still did not look good and I did not want to invest in more coats to fix the problem. I hoped that adding the holo-glitter top coat would help. So here is where I finish my review of Let Stars Rain Down on Me! Stars do not rain down. I applied 4 coats. With a sponge and without and this is all I got. I was not impressed at all with this top coat.

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To help salvage this manicure I decided to do some stamping. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 600

Not crazy at all about this manicure.

I give Sinful Shine I’m Blushing, one brain. I hope that this simply was a bad batch and that others do not experience the same formula issues I did. BRAINrate1

I give Essence – Let Stars Rain Down On Me! top coat, zero brains. Don’t waste your money on this at all. It simply does not deliver on its name or claims.  BRAINrate0

Beauty Tips for Women: Pink French Manicure

Here is a delicate twist on the staple French Manicure.  I wanted to do pink but I wanted something that was subtle.  I went with Sinfulcolors Professional Salior’s Delight, which is a lovely soft pink.
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Very simple and I love how it came out.

Beauty Tips for Women: Valentine Manicure

For my Valentine manicure I used the 2014 OPI Pink Of Hearts set put out to increase breast cancer awareness.  I wasn’t able to get it when it came out last year but I found it at T.J.Maxx for $7.99.  So if you missed it then you may want to check your T.J.Maxx. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 528

The polishes in the set are Mod About You and The Power Of Pink.  The formula for each polish was great. I kept it very simple because I just enjoyed the colors so much.  Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 529Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 530

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I give the OPI Pink Of Heart set 5 brains.          BRAINrate5