A Winter Pink Polish

For the past few weeks, I've been on the lookout for a shade I call "winter pink." The best way I can describe it as a pink that doesn't have any orange or coral in it, or a pink similar to a ballet toe show but more deeply saturated. The closest shade I've seen is Julep's Susan, which apparently is discontinued. Julep describes Susan as a "cheery rose pink crème," which is better description than mine. I wanted a pink polish that was happy and cheerful, but not too summery, which pretty much describes most pink polishes.

I was in Walmart's grocery section one day with my mom, and she fishes out a nail polish from behind several packages of bagels. "This is a really pretty color," she told me and handed it to me. It was that pink I'd been hunting for.

The polish is Sinful Color's Soul Mate:

It's cheerful, rosy, but doesn't scream summer. This is the first color I've ever bought from Sinful Colors so I wasn't sure what to expect. Most of what I've heard about the brand has been mostly positive which is always nice. What's really nice about this polish is that it's only $1.98. You read that right, less than two bucks and the line carries an extensive range of colors.

The brush runs sort of narrow and doesn't seem to carry a lot of polish on it. This polish applies streaky and I have three coats on in the picture above. I have to apply it on the thick side to avoid the worst of the streaks. It also chipped fairly easily even with a top coat on but the chips weren't huge. All in all, for a two dollar polish, I'm pretty satisfied. I love the color and it met my expectations for a cheap polish. Walmart and Target both carry a small selection but Rite-Aid and Walgreens have a lot of colors to choose from.