Before I get into this review, a few people have asked about my favorite Sonia Kashuk Nail Colour, Rock Star. I couldn't find it on Amazon (so I can't provide a product link photo), but the embedded link above will lead you to Target, where I originally bought it. Rock Star (13) isn't currently listed, but will hopefully come around again (check your local Target, they may still have it). The Noir Lacquer post here gives a good representation of this shimmery indigo polish (shimmery, not opalescent). On to the review...
Target is always a great place to find good, inexpensive and fun beauty products. Meg is always a good person to listen to about style and living on a budget. Combine the two in a conversation about me hating hot pink nail polish and you get a surprise:
It turns out that there is a hot pink nail polish that I will actually wear (who knew?!). And I have Meg and Target to thank for it. But that's not all - I have completely fallen for the New York Color - In a New York Color Minute nail colors. At $1.72 each (at Target), these seem too good to be true. The biggest complaint about them from other reviewers seems to be that they're too thin, but I agree with one of the MakeupAlley reviewers - it makes it easier to control. 
I know everyone's crazy for the Sephora by OPI collection, but I spent the last few years trying a bunch of their polishes and never being satisfied with any of the colors. So far I've tried five colors from the NYC In A New York Color Minute line - and I love every. single. one. Granted, the grey and lemony ones probably don't look as good on me as someone younger or more fashionable, but I still really like them.
All of the colors dry quickly with a glossier finish than I'm used to (requiring no top coat, if you're lazy, like me) This line also has a mattifying polish, if you're interested. All of the ones I tried definitely require two coats to avoid streaks, but you get nice, bright, glossy color and after a week my polish hasn't chipped. I also love that I can actually afford to have a decent selection of great nail color thanks to NYC (the regular NYC line is only 99 cents each!).
MoMa is the hot pink I was referring to, but it's more a dark fuchsia...I think of hot pink as being a bit on the neon side. When Meg first told me about it (and showed it to me on her own nails) I wasn't so sure. I tried it on my toenails and was surprised how much I liked it. I'm guessing that what bothered me about the color at my last pedicure was the opalescence. There's just something about bright and dark opalescent polishes that I do not like. MoMa is my favorite of these five.
Lincoln Square Lavender is a shade or two lighter than MoMa and a great contrast (sorry to tell the world your secrets, Meg!). I haven't found a single picture of it that doesn't look so purply, so I'll just tell you that it is a nice pink-purple mix, just enough purple to keep it from being bubble gum. I prefer this one on my fingernails, which is downright shocking - I almost always wear nudes or clear polish on my hands.
Sidewalkers is a cement grey and doesn't have as much blue as most pictures show. I don't think it makes pale skin look as dead as most of the dove greys out there.
Lexington Yellow is more lemon custard-y then it looks, pale-but-still-bright yellow.
Mulberry Street is not as sheer as I thought it would be (read: wanted it to be), but it's a nice, shimmery nude and, okay, it has a bit of opalescence. I think this shade is suited for a classy occasion (but I have no class, so I'll have to find another excuse to wear it).
Other reviews: Makeup Alley, Glam on the Cheap, additional links to reviews embedded in the nail color names (above).
Target is always a great place to find good, inexpensive and fun beauty products. Meg is always a good person to listen to about style and living on a budget. Combine the two in a conversation about me hating hot pink nail polish and you get a surprise:
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| MoMa |
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| Lincoln Square Lavender |
All of the colors dry quickly with a glossier finish than I'm used to (requiring no top coat, if you're lazy, like me) This line also has a mattifying polish, if you're interested. All of the ones I tried definitely require two coats to avoid streaks, but you get nice, bright, glossy color and after a week my polish hasn't chipped. I also love that I can actually afford to have a decent selection of great nail color thanks to NYC (the regular NYC line is only 99 cents each!).
MoMa is the hot pink I was referring to, but it's more a dark fuchsia...I think of hot pink as being a bit on the neon side. When Meg first told me about it (and showed it to me on her own nails) I wasn't so sure. I tried it on my toenails and was surprised how much I liked it. I'm guessing that what bothered me about the color at my last pedicure was the opalescence. There's just something about bright and dark opalescent polishes that I do not like. MoMa is my favorite of these five.
Lincoln Square Lavender is a shade or two lighter than MoMa and a great contrast (sorry to tell the world your secrets, Meg!). I haven't found a single picture of it that doesn't look so purply, so I'll just tell you that it is a nice pink-purple mix, just enough purple to keep it from being bubble gum. I prefer this one on my fingernails, which is downright shocking - I almost always wear nudes or clear polish on my hands.
Lexington Yellow is more lemon custard-y then it looks, pale-but-still-bright yellow.
Mulberry Street is not as sheer as I thought it would be (read: wanted it to be), but it's a nice, shimmery nude and, okay, it has a bit of opalescence. I think this shade is suited for a classy occasion (but I have no class, so I'll have to find another excuse to wear it).
Other reviews: Makeup Alley, Glam on the Cheap, additional links to reviews embedded in the nail color names (above).
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