Wild and Crazy Sylva

It's been quite a while since I posted last! If this little passion project of mine ever needed some attention, now's the time. Quite frankly, I have been doing very poorly as of late. I won't delve into the sordid details, but let's just say I've been downright miserable for a good few months now and I've been looking for anything to keep myself occupied. What better distraction than to paint my nails one of my favorite colors and prattle on about it for a bit?

We're talking about Wild and Crazy again today. Can you believe it? Nearly three years since my first post about the brand and I am STILL in love with it. It needs no introduction by now, but I'll give it a brief one anyway: Wild and Crazy was Sinful Colors' fraternal twin – the same colors produced by the same company, just rebottled with new names. Born sometime in the late '90s and died sometime in the late '00s or early '10s, likely as a result of a lawsuit filed by the owners of Wet n Wild over the name. It is one of my all-time favorite nail polish brands for its fun array of colors, strange polish names, and overall wacky vibe. Okay, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about the polish!

Everybody say hello to Sylva! Isn't she pretty? This is three coats. Yes, I'm aware of the giant gash along my pinky nail, which I decided to place front and center for some reason... you should see my thumb! I'm learning that gel topcoat over regular polish yields strange results. I love this color entirely too much to care, though. I mentioned it in my Wild and Crazy collection post, but this polish has a REALLY interesting finish to it. I don't know how visible it is in the photo, but it's very unusual. Let me copy and paste what I'd said back then, because my brain is too fried to try and describe it all over again:

"...a formula that I've never seen anywhere else. I don't know if I can put it into words... it's buttery smooth but has a tendency to pull if it doesn't dry completely between coats. It dries to this incredible finish... it's somewhere in between a frost, a pearl, and a chrome. It is AMAZING. It reminds me of satin... not satin finish nail polish, but actual satin fabric."

It really is something else. It's got this indescribable gossamer quality to it that's tough to capture on camera. The gel topcoat has also flattened the effect, sadly. I never shared this photo from back in March because it wasn't color-accurate, but it does a better job of showing off what I'm talking about. I have two other colors from W&C in this exact finish, Suzammi (a greyed-out lavender) and Lazarine (a greyish-blue), but something about this particular shade of pink really speaks to me. I'm typically not big on pink polish, but there's something about this that feels weirdly... edgy to me? How crazy do I sound, describing baby pink as "edgy"? I can't explain it. It could be an ironic thing - it's SO soft and SO girly that it loops back around and becomes subversive. Maybe I've just lost my mind... it's entirely possible.

Well, there's really nothing more I can say about this polish. Just look at the photos and pray for me because I've only got this one little bottle and I will shed actual tears when I inevitably finish it. And until next time... peace out!