Twin Nails! Sinful Colors Rise & Shine

So as an official polish addict I'm always on the look out for nail polish.  Every time I go to Target or Walmart I have to stop by the nail section.  Last week I saw some Sinful Colors at Wal-Mart that caught my attention.  I almost put one back, but when I looked at the name I knew I had to get it!!  Rise & Shine.  I had to get it because it is the name of my friend Aneela's blog!  She is the operator of Rise and Shine Beauty.  I immediately tweeted her a picture of the polish and she insisted she get one too!  How fun!  So we decided to wear it and post on our blogs on the same day!

Rise & Shine is a really pretty teal polish with a slight blue shimmer.  The reason why I almost didn't get it was because it was so similar to a polish that I just bought, Essie's Naughty Nautical.  Totally not a dupe, but with my bad camera skills they almost look the same.  Naughty Nautical is a bit more mintier (if that is an counts as a description) or slightly lighter and bluer in color.  Both have a slight shimmer.  

L:  Essie's Naughy Nautical  R: Sinful Colors Rise & Shine

Here is my swatch of Rise & Shine!    

Sorry I have so much glare from my lamp.  I don't know how people take such beautiful indoor shots of their manis!  Please please check out Aneela's swatch here!  She is also in the middle of running her blog sale and there are some great deals!  So check her out!!

Shimmer Polish: Karen

I'm so excited about showing you all this!  Recently Shimmer Polish was having a major giveaway on her Facebook page where everyone who was a fan was eligible for a prize!  She had 40 winners and my blog was one of them!  I was soooooo excited!  I always see Shimmer Polishes on blogs and everyone raves about the awesome formula and complexity of the polishes.  I don't know why but she took pity on me and  sent me 5 polishes because she said my blog was cute!   What?  Ahhhh!  I'll love her forever now.  :)  Since I'm not a swatching queen I'm going to show these one at a time as I use them in my mani. 

Today I have on Karen!  I used Sinful Colors' Starfish polish as a base.  I always wished I had a Shimmer Polish when I think of doing a glitter gradient.  It seems like the most perfect polish for it and it is!  So, the first thing I did with my Shimmer mani was attempt to do a reverse glitter gradient on all the nails except for my accent nail which is 2.5-3 coats of Karen on it's own.  It was a noble attempt, but not perfect, you can see how I didn't seem to get the glitter all the way to base of my nail.  I am loving this mani because Karen is sooooooo sparkly and glittery (never had a glitter polish with this much sparkle!) the girly girl in me is just all giddy over this polish! Thank you so much Cindy!  Can't wait to try the others!

In the shade outside.  The pink base is more color accurate here.

Under my lamp with a daylight bulb.  

You can buy Shimmer Polishes here or on Etsy!

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