Hope you're all having a decent Monday! Today I have another Spoiled to share with you before I take a break from them and move on to some China Glaze and Julep Polishes for a bit (Hey, everyone has to mix it up a bit sometimes, right? I have 34 Spoiled polishes, I need some variety!).
I don't normally wear true reds, since my skin tone just hates them. I mean, really hates them - I look pink and blotchy and ashy when I wear them. Unfortunately, I love red, so occasionally I bite the bullet and hope noone notices. Thankfully real life doesn't involve macro shots, so I think I'm pulling it off. It probably doesn't help that my hands are very chapped from dish-washing (I bought gloves today!) and are looking pretty pink anyway. I apologize in advance for how bad they look - I also invested in some awesome sloughing lotion and warming hand scrub to help out.
Today's polish is Spoiled by Wet N Wild's Hit The Brakes, a gorgeous true red jelly. It almost looks like it would be blue based, but in all honesty the way it plays with my skin tone says yellow base. Either way it's a stunning classic red, and I love love love it! Here she is on her own:
Ugh, see how horrid my skin looks? I'm babying it, but it's so very angry. Let that be a lesson to us all; wear gloves when doing dishes! Water is the enemy!
Anyway, isn't Hit The Brakes just a gorgeous, classy red? So very chic. I was also pleasantly surprised that it's a jelly. I was expecting another creme from this line, but a red jelly? I foresee an awesome Jelly Sandwich Mani in my future!
Formula on this baby was smooth as silk. I'm happy to report that I used a different brush (from an old base coat) and what a HUGE difference! The polish flowed onto the nail like silk, with no bubbling or balding. Dry time was very fast, and like most of my Spoiled polishes, wear is pretty impressive. I wore this polish for almost 3 days with barely any tip wear. If you can tolerate using a different brush, do not hesitate to pick up a few from this line. They're certainly worth the $2.99 price tag.
As beautiful as this color is on its own, I just had to play with it. I added Essie Shine Of The Times with a little sponging, and then topped it all off with NYC Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat (review after the pics):
I love how fiery this mani is! Shine of The Times looks like little flames licking at the nail! LOVE!
I wasn't aware that NYC even made a Matte top coat when I stumbled upon it at Wal Mart the other day. With a $1.29 price tag, I figured it was certainly worth a shot! It goes on very smooth, and mattes up quickly, but seems to cloud up the color a bit. For the money, it's a great little matte top coat, but if you want your color to remain 100% as vibrant, I would stick with a higher end matte top coat. I usually use Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love or China Glaze Matte Magic. Matte-ly In Love is a bit thicker than Matte Magic, but still doesn't cloud the base color. Other than being a bit cloudy, Matte Me Crazy wears incredibly well - 2 days and no chips- and stays Matte. I was able to slather my nails and cuticles with oils and lotions and within a few minutes the matte effect was back in full effect. I will definitely be using this little baby again and again. I like to play with Matte effects, and spending so little on a matte top coat means I won't feel guilty if I end up not liking it and using SV over it.
This week I am taking a break from Spoiled polishes so that I can wear my Hunger Games polish as well as my some of my other new polishes from Layla, Julep, and L'oreal. As much as I want to share all of my Spoiled stash with you guys, I need a little variety, and I'm sure you do too!
Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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