Remember when I ended my last post by saying that I "intend to return with some more old Sinfuls in tow"? Well, I’ve kept my word!
This is not going to be an especially text-heavy post. I'll include details when relevant, but not much more than that. Or maybe I will. I mostly can't be bothered with a long, drawn-out intro today... so let's get into it.
Tampa Bay (#191) is a medium blue frost/pearl/chrome. I can't decide what finish this is. Brushstrokes were apparent during application, but became much less pronounced with top coat. It's shown here in 2 or 3 coats... I can't remember. This photo skews a little brighter than the actual color. Bottle pics are more accurate.
Here it is with its Wild and Crazy counterpart, Super Star (#w191). It's so hard for me to read that name without singing. Long ago, and oh so far away…
Onto the next!
Fuchsia Purple (#15) is, well... fuchsia. It's pretty and shimmery and lovely. These magenta colors are my nail polish Achilles' heel. Do forgive the subpar photo... my camera would not focus on this one. Shown in 3 hellish coats. Not a fun formula to work with, but the juice was worth the squeeze.
I sadly do not have the Wild and Crazy version of this polish, which is called Leon (strange name, as is customary for W&C). I do, however, have this color in the old-style bottle. In my experience, this is one of the most common shades to find in the vintage cylindrical bottle, along with Green Bean and Midnight Blue. It's quite hard to come by in the new bottle, though, so I'm happy to have found this one.
I mentioned in my last post that some of my old Sinfuls have thrashed bottom labels. This is one of the worst offenders by far. White-Out, two different colors of permanent marker, yellowing, glue degradation... this baby's got it all! Thankfully, its older sibling has fared much better.
Last, but not least…
Toxic Shine (#274) is a pale pinky-purple. It's like a frost version of last post's Velvet Diamond. Once again, please excuse the photography... maybe the digital camera wasn't such a good idea. Please also excuse the quality of the manicure itself. This formula allows for no mistakes, and when painted over with old thickened topcoat, it did not play nice. It's my bad. This is 3 coats, by the way.
Here it is with its W&C friend, Cyber. Wow, don't they look different? Cyber is so much cooler-toned and darker. It's also a completely different formula, a dreamy one-coat metallic.
Formula variations are normal, but this fairly drastic. You can really see the difference in this close-up shot.
Aaaand that's why. Note the different numbers. I was certain they were the same. It's very possible that Toxic Shine also used the number 186... it's not unheard of for one color to have been labeled under multiple numbers. I recall the resident Sinful expert in the Facebook groups saying that these two were related, and she's far more knowledgeable than I, so I guess I'll take her word for it. I don't feel like pestering her about it, so I will live in uncertainty.
EDIT: I went back and found a FB post she’d made about Cyber years ago. She said that it was similar to Toxic Shine — the old formula, that is, not the newer one shown here. However, it’s actually the W&C counterpart to Sinful #186, which is called “Oh Yeah!”. I clearly got my wires crossed.
The introduction of this post was brief, so the closer will follow suit. Not sure when I will post next... sometime this year, hopefully. It's whenever the mood strikes me.
Bye for now!
P.S. Stella says hello! ♥
