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OPI Burlesque- Tease-y Does It

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OPI "Tease-y Does It"

Here is my last polish I've to show you from the OPI Burlesque collection (until I buy more, of course)... This one is "Tease-y Does It":

I applied this polish in 2 coats. Below is a close-up of the sparkling bits. They are slightly color changing... from pink to orange. You can also tell from the photo above... However, I never saw green while the polish was on my nails. Just in the bottle. 

It appears to be a dusty plum in the bottle but it is actually much darker on the nail:

In the lighting used below, the specs are much warmer in color.... 

I read over on All Lacquered Up that this polish is very similar to Chanel "Feu De Russie"...
Interesting.
Welp, that's all folks!


Tuesday, October 05, 2010



OPI Burlesque- The Show Must Go On

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OPI "The Show Must Go On"

"The Show Must Go On", eh? No. This one should have been named "Show-stopper"!

Look at that duochrome! A cool red that shifts to red-orange. This polish is an absolute MUST. Is that glass-flecked or a foil finish? Could it be both? Who cares when it looks this good, right?

Close-up!

I'm lost for words. It's just so gorgeous. (I'm starting to feel better about missing out on Mac's "Bad Fairy" since I've got this one!)

By the way, this was 2 thick coats. No top coat. Easy to remove.
Do NOT miss out on this one!
(FYI Just like all nail polish, its appearance depends entirely on the lighting. The duochrome effect was most dominant under fluorescent lighting so the majority of my pictures were taken under it. The first photo was taken with energy efficient bulbs and therefore do not look as spectacular... Just to let you know though, I did not do any color correcting. These pictures are straight from my camera!) 


Tuesday, October 05, 2010



OPI Burlesque- Extra-va-vaganza

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OPI "Extra-va-vaganza"

Good morning everyone! :)
I drank a few too many cups of coffee last night and turned into a swatchomaniac! I really, REALLY wanted to get my top picks of the OPI Burlesque collection shown to you all!... I am one of the lucky ones to have found a beauty supply store that is already selling this collection. I wanted them all! And I'm sure I will eventually get the others, but at this moment I decided on just 3. I got "Tease-y Does It", "The Show Must Go On", and this one... "Extra-va-vaganza":

Ahhhh... orange glitter! I'm not usually a fan of orange polish BUT it is October and I thought this would be a perfect color for Halloween :) 

Wait! It's not just orange! It has yellow, green, pink, silver, and light blue mixed in as well!

I see some people mention how they don't get the meaning behind the name.
My take is: It is "extravaganza" + "va-va-voom"... Extra-va-vaganza. What do you think?

So guys, is this polish one of your top picks of the Burlesque collection?
I'll be back later with swatches of the other 2! :) Thanks for looking!!


Tuesday, October 05, 2010



OPI DS Extravagance

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OPI DS "Extravagance"

I'm here! I chose this manicure as my "comeback" because it is cheerful, bright, girly, sparkly, and everything in between! 

"Extravagance" (as I'm sure many of you know) is an OPI Designer Series shade. What classifies an OPI polish as "Designer Series"? I used to think all DS polishes were holographic but lately they've been just plain sparkly... not even cool sparkly like "Mad as a Hatter"... Just boring sparkly like "Mystery". How many more times should I use the word "sparkly"? :)

ANOTHER OBSERVATION: The old, old DS polishes had a holographic rainbow effect. The newer ones have only scattered holographic pieces :(

Since I'm on the topic of old DS polishes, "Extravagance" (I'd say) is the same exact color as DS "Exclusive" minus the awesome holo rainbow effect that I just noted. Maybe I should do a side-by-side comparison just to confirm...

Anyways... Here I applied 2 coats. This polish was amazingly easy to work with. Goes on smooth and removes just as well. The color is magenta and those tiny specs that you see are actually holographic bits! Here is a closer look. Keep in mind, it is waaaay prettier in real-life:

Below is a photo in the sunlight. You can see the holographic specs reflecting different colors (blue, red, etc) better than in the previous pictures.

Like it? I love it!

"Yay" for my 200th post! :)


Friday, October 01, 2010



Helloooooooo!

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Sorry for disappearing! I'm alive and okay :) I really don't have any excuse for being gone so long... I was traveling a lot for a couple weeks but after that, I just struggled to get back to blogging! [oopsy!] Things have started to wind down so I hope to make a comeback within the next few days! I still managed to paint and photograph my nails while I was gone so I've already got material to work with! Thanks for being so patient! :)


Tuesday, September 28, 2010



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