Winter neons - Sexy Bomb s37 again~

It's winter time! What do we do in winter? Wear neons, that's what!

This is an old favorite, a hot-pink neon foil polish. Solid in 2 coats, wearing 3 in photos with topcoat. Again, a little watery but the texture of the polish is perfect for the large brush. This is interesting: the new camera actually captures the neon contast between environment and polish as opposed to my old photos of this polish (could be seen here or here) where I had to touch it up in Photoshop.

It's absolutely blinding and the foil finish really makes it glow. My favorite hot pink!

Airy holographic layering - Sexy Bomb s32 and Hits Hefesto

Today is an experiment in holographic layering - a milky base with pink foil particles as a base polish and a layer of HITS Hefesto on top. This came out very subtle. Between pink foil shining through and holographic, holo doesn't take the spotlight. However, it works nicely together as a combination. All I can say is I feel like a pretty princess!

Sexy bomb s62 Korean polish and comparison

S62 is a seawater blue-green base with lots of blue foil shimmer. Applies smoothly, it's a bit watery but that makes the really wide brush work, since it keeps flowing down the brush and you don't have to dip it in the bottle for the next nail. This is also sort of a foil, like many Sexy Bombs are. In the bottle, it shines purple on the edges a little, but on the nail it's a shimmering mermaid blue and I love it!

I also have Wet 'n Wild Teal of fortune in my stash and they look quite similar in the bottle. I did tape swatches and turns out WnW is much more green and has glass fleck, where Sexy Bomb has metallic shimmer.

Sexy Bomb S36 vs S40 comparison (lots of pics)

Another sexy bomb post! I have another pair of polishes very similar in the bottle and wanted to do a comparison. S36 is a cool pink with pink shimmer and S40 is a peach pink with violet and blue shimmer. Interestingly enough, they look more different in bottles than they do on the nail and I believe it's the S40's cool toned shimmer that does this. Both are a little disappointing compared to the other Sexy Bombs. I guess they are meant to be sheer jellies, but I wanted full-out color payoff. I kid you know, it took about 5-6 coats to get the color in the photographs and you can still see my nail beds. Application was very nice, but s36's brush was frayed and sort of "fluffy" which made application harder.

(Read on for further indepth review and TONS of pics)

Sexy Bomb s32 vs s38

When I went on my mad Vancouver shopping spree for Sexy Bombs, I grabbed 2 very similar polishes, one was a milky pink and another was more of a peachy tone. Since they are so close to each other, I will be reviewing them together. They both contain pink metallic shimmer, and are both of similar opacity and application.  They also use the strange Sexy Bomb formula: runny yet opaque, sort of a creme with VERY fine metallic glitter, so it ends up being a subtle foily shimmer. They both apply like a dream and dry very fast. However, they do smell pretty strongly.

Read on for LOTS of pics!

Sexy Bomb s42 - pink holographic glitter

Another Sexy Bomb to review! This time I'm trying s42, a sexy and sassy pink glitter with little holographic glitters inside! First off, I think this is meant for layering or making a gradient, because the slightly pink jelly base is loaded with glitter and it is a little on the sheer side. However, I was able to get decent opacity with 3 coats, which isn't too bad. The final color is a strange shade of metallic pink, with metallic fine glitter and holographic slightly larger glitter. S42 ends up looking like a very sheer foil basically and it is EXTREMELY shiny.

Vancouver haul

I'm finally back and buy do I have additions to my stash! I hauled like crazy for the 2 days I was gone and here is what I have to show for it:

Here is the haul itself. May not look like much but read on.

Sexy Bomb s37 - more Korean polish!

note: it's even brighter in real life!

I really want to know what the label says

This is the last Sexy bomb I have to review in full detail. 

S37 is my favorite of the bunch and it's FANTASTIC!

When I was browsing these, the SA told me I should get this color, even though I was hesitating. She had it on and for some reason I still didn't love it. S37 did not hit me until I put it on at home. This color is...get ready for this... a hot pink foil! It has metallic shimmer and the base is a neon pink that's blinding in the best of ways. When I wear s37, I feel like Barbie! The formula is fantastic and it dries very fast. Sexy Bomb uses a pretty wide brush, but it works very well for me and you just need 1-2 strokes to cover the nail entirely. Full opacity is at TWO coats. This polish lasts a while on me and slightly hard to remove (a true foil!)

Speaking of Korean hauls, I can't wait to visit the Face Shop in Vancouver again come this weekend. Get ready for more Korean and other asian goodies!

Sexy Bomb s66

S66 is much more of a foil than the other Sexy Bombs. It's a green base with a LOT of light green shimmer.

On on the nail, it's a salad-green foil, very reflective and fresh! I've never seen a foil like this myself, so it was a welcome surprise.  Most of the color is the foil shimmer, so application was good, but a little patchy due to larger particles. There is a TINY flash of light gold in this color, as seen on the pinky and more so in the bottle. Since this is a true foil, taking it off was a bit of a pain but I still love foils :D

Overall, I like this salad foil. It isn't a bright color but I like using it as a base for nail art.

Sexy bomb s22

Sexy Bomb s22 is another amazing polish that came home with me from Metrotown's Faceshop, Vancouver BC. I hauled most of these on the account that they look like fantastic duochromes in the bottle, but so far it's been a trend with them looking much less impressive, but still very pretty on the nail. 

S22 is a sandy/camel base with light brown shimmer. It translates to a warm beige shimmer on my nail, sort of like a darker champagne. I did notice that it gives off a green flash, as seen on the index finger and it's visible in both daylight and indoor light. Application is AWESOME and only took me 2 coats to get it solid. Sexy Bombs come with a wide brush but it's not clunky and works well. The polish itself seems pretty runny, so I was surprised at the opacity I got. I really do love this color, it's not bright but not quite a neutral at all... very unique.

I think I have about 2-3 more Sexy bombs left to swatch!

Sexy bomb S71

Untried swatch time!
Sexy Bomb s71 

Lookit this bottle! There's even a purple flash on the edge!!

No cleanup because I took this off pretty soon.

I swatched s71 since it looked like the perfect deep mystical forest green in the bottle, but came out grainy black on the nail with a green flash. This polish is a BLACK base with green shimmer. The black eclipses most of the shimmer, so it's more an edgy black as opposed to a forest green. 

The best way I can describe this color is "goth Christmas".

I'm a little disappointed in the color of this polish, especially since it looks FANTASTIC in the bottle, but oh well.

Application, however, was great and it was solid within two coats. The drying time is very fast for the Sexy Bomb polishes and it was really fun to play with. I might use it to Konad later on.