Sinful Colors Green Ocean

If you know me, you know I love flakie polish.  Love it.  LOVE IT.  So when I saw Sinful Colors Green Ocean, I had to have it.  As with all flakies, it looks all right in the bottle:

I also love old Catholic art pieces.

And then you slap it on over some black polish and it turns into some kind of amazingness:

Seriously.

This is three coats over the black polish from Revlon Moon Candy which is my favorite one-coat black.  My camera doesn't really capture all the fabulousness of Green Ocean, but it's not only full of flakies but it also has glitter in the same iridescent shade.  The majority of the color you see is a beautiful rich teal, but there are flashes of yellow, green, royal blue, and even a little purple.  Here are some close ups:

So much glitter

Haggahaggahagga *drool*

The formula is great and what you'd expect from any glitter polish, the first coat works better if you dab it on, then after that feel free to brush away.  I also found the mylar flakes lie a lot flatter than other polishes with a similar finish (I'm looking at you, Moon Candy) and I only had to press a couple little rebellious bits down while it was still tacky.

I also own Luxe and Lush by China Glaze as well as Heavenly Angel by NOPI.  Luxe and Lush is warm and firey, while Heavenly Angel is an array of pastel iridescence in pink, yellow, green, and blue.  I like Luxe and Lush over reds and oranges.  Here it is over OMB! by NOPI:

He shot first.

I've just realized I've never done a mani with Heavenly Angel.  I'll have to do a side by side comparison of all my flakies over black, but not until this manicure has chipped.  I'm loving Green Ocean WAY too much.  For the price ($1.99 or so at most places) it really is a stellar polish.  I paid about twice that for Moon Candy and have been pretty irritated with the formula and I'm really glad I can get a similar effect without all the hassle.  From what I understand, it's only available as part of the Shamrock Colors collection, so get it now or you'll have to wait and see if it comes back around next March.

Welp, I think I hear the little one calling for his after dinner snack.  I've never had a more demanding (or more adorable) boss.