Cosmetic Arts Most Popular Swatch

After seeing several nail art pictures involving a gold glitter accent nail I knew I had to pick up a gold glitter polish. The problem I ran into was that most gold glitter nail polish was never dense enough to use on its own. I’m not much of a gold glitter kind of gal so I would pass up most of the gold glitter polishes if I knew I couldn’t get the job done in two coats. When I stopped into Meijer a while back I came across the polish Most Popular by Cosmetic Arts. I’ve never heard of the polish brand before so I’m not sure where else you can purchase it from. Anyways, it was completely what I was looking for and it only cost me $1.98 so it definitely is affordable. Here is my swatch of it in sunlight:

This is two coats of Most Popular.

This has to be the best opaque gold glitter nail polish that I have come across yet. It tends to be more on the yellow gold side and will stain your nails yellow so make sure to use a base coat. Cosmetic Arts also has a silver glitter that is almost identical to this polishes formula that I may need to try. Has anyone ever tried any other polishes from this brand? What are your favorites? I definitely want to try out more polishes from this brand because they are so cheap and they do have some really pretty colors.

Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Royal Icing Review + Swatch

Hey everyone today's post is going to be about Sally Hansen's Sugar Coat nail polish in Royal Icing. I was quite excited to get this nail polish because I thought I would love textured nail polish but boy was I wrong!

This color is really dull compared to what it shows in the bottle. It does however have quite a lot of pretty purple and light pink glitter in it to make up for it. It felt like I was applying a nail polish after I poured sugar into the bottle. It was really weird/gross.

Here are a list of reasons why I don't like this nail polish:

• Texture - I couldn't get over how it felt on the nails. It felt like sandpaper and I would imagine this would get caught on your clothing (took it off not long after applying it because it bugged me).
• Sheerness - In the above pictures I applied three coats of the nail polish. Even after that I felt like the nail polish still lacked a base too it. You could see the texture stuff in it but it didn't have much of a colored base in it.
• How it applies - This applies how I would imagine nail polish with sugar poured in it. It was quite difficult for it to be even/not patchy.
• How it dries - Even once you think this polish dries, it isn't dry. My sister had wore this nail polish and had her whole pinky nail come off while washing because she had though it was dry!

Overall, I would not recommend or repurchase any other shades. For me, this trend is a complete bust. I don't know how anyone could wear textured nail polish and not have it bug them!

Have you ever tried these polishes? Did you like them or were they a bust for you too? I'd love to know! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! xoxo, Carly