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Simple Snowflake

Konad Nail Art, OPI 28 comments

OPI "Ulta-mate Berry Beautiful"

You caught a glimpse of this manicure earlier in my cookie post. Here is a photo of a fresh manicure (sans tip wear). The red polish is OPI "Ulta-mate Berry Beautiful" which like I said, is from FOREVER ago. I really get annoyed when I read that nail polish only lasts a couple years. Hmph! This one has lived 3x that already and the formula is as good as the day I got it!

The "snowflake" I used is not actually a snowflake, but I like it so much more than the ones on Konad image plate M59. This is from M20. I stamped in Konad's white "special polish" and then applied a rhinestone to the center. Pretty, huh?
Do you have any black labelled OPIs? Did you find them somewhere or have you had them sitting around?


Friday, December 17, 2010



OPI (Swiss) - Diva of Geneva

OPI 26 comments

OPI "Diva Of Geneva"


What It Is

A deep magenta shimmer. My favorite thing about this polish is how it reflects light. The edges of my nails are very dark, while the centers seem to glow. This is a perfect shade for Fall. Part of OPI's (Fall/Winter 2010) Swiss collection! 

Application

"Diva of Geneva" took only 2 coats to become fully opaque. I remembered to wrap my tips early so it didn't need an extra layer! :) Another thing to note: This polish applies darker than it appears in the bottle, which looks kind of light & dusty.
If you are thinking this is a dupe for OPI "Queen of West Web-erly", it's not. They are very similar but "Diva of Geneva"s color is much more saturated.


Thursday, November 18, 2010



OPI Swiss- Yodel Me On My Cell

OPI 9 comments

OPI "Yodel Me On My Cell"
I did this manicure so long ago. I don't remember how many coats I used. Probably 3. I usually get 2 coats done and it looks great... Then, I remember that I need to wrap the tips of my nails with polish, so I give it a third coat.
This color was "meh" to me. Don't get me wrong. It's a gorgeous shade. I'm just not in the mood to wear blues right now. In the Fall, I prefer: reds, purples, greens, and browns/taupes. I'll wear blue in the winter though... Navy or light blue (because it reminds me of ice).

I need a new top coat! Did you see how the Seche Vite was pulling the top layer of nail polish away from my cuticles!?? Grrr!... That's all for today! TGIF!


Friday, October 29, 2010



OPI Pink Of Hearts 2010

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OPI "Pink Of Hearts 2010" - 2 Coats
Good morning! Today's manicure is OPI's "Pink Of Hearts 2010". This purchase was an impulse buy. I was at the cash register, paying for my other nail polishes, when I saw the Breast Cancer Awareness point-of-purchase display. The polish was pretty so I bought it :) I saw on OPI's website that they are making a $25,000 donation (that's 2,941 bottles of OPI!) to Susan G. Komen For The Cure. Donations are always a plus!
It's really a pretty color and the texture is unique. It has a semi-dull/flat finish when it dries. Kind of like a satin polish... with shimmers! I can't think of any other polishes in my collection that have this finish... OPI describes it as "pale pink with a shimmer of hope - and an uplifting sparkle". I wonder who writes that stuff?
I think my favorite part of this polish's presentation is the sleeve on it's cap with the pink ribbons! :) -OR- the background illustration that's used on the OPI website:

I mentioned a couple days ago that I broke a nail and had to trim them all down... no, my nails don't grow that fast. These are all previous manicures. You will see my short little nubs soon enough :)


Thursday, October 21, 2010



OPI- Funny Bunny

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OPI "Funny Bunny"

I bought this color because A) I needed another white, as my bottle was beginning to run low... and B) It was on sale. Little did I know, this white is the opposite of opaque. I really hated it at first... but like they all do, it grew on me. My opinion of it now: it's a cool, milky white. Ghostly kinda... It would be good for a Halloween themed manicure! 
This is 3 coats:

Below are 2 photos of the same thing. I can't decide whether I like the photos I get with my Canon or the ones from my Nikon better...? 

[ABOVE] With my Canon, it's so much easier and faster to take pictures. I just point and shoot... but sometimes the photos are distorted (from photographing too close) and my skintone looks too red. I'm "olive" toned...
[BELOW] My Nikon lets me focus on objects closest to me and blur everything that recedes into the background. This is my favorite effect in photographs! :) BUT my skintone is off in these, as well. I look pale! 

I thought I'd see what you guys like better! Let me know :)


Tuesday, October 12, 2010



OPI- My Private Jet

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OPI "My Private Jet"

Here is the version I have! I don't think this one has the charcoal base like some do. It looked very similar in color to "You Don't Know Jacques"... Anyways, it does have that green flash that I've seen people mention [shown in the photo below]. It also has scattered holographic specs, minus the rainbow effect. This version is to the Original "My Private Jet" as DS "Extravagance" is to DS "Exclusive". Get it? :)

I still like it though...

I wonder how many versions actually exist...? At the beauty supply store last weekend, I saw one that was more charcoal in color with larger, but less, holographic pieces. I almost bought it but I really don't wear this one enough as it is!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your day... Mine has started off well. It finally feels like fall around here. The leaves are turning red and there's not a cloud in the sky. Ahhh. So relaxing :)


Wednesday, October 06, 2010



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

OPI 16 comments

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



Strawberry...Treasure?

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OPI "Strawberry Margarita" topped with DS "Treasure"

My nails have grown back out so I don't mind shimmers and glitters so much anymore... I don't really know why, but I was in the mood for DS "Treasure". Since I'm not a huge orange polish fan, I decided to layer it over pink! I guess this is in the same family as China Glaze's "Strawberry Fields". It is pink with golden sparkles! I like it! I've actually been wearing this since Monday and it has held up during sanding [gasp!]... I'll tell you about that later. 
Here are some more photos!

Bottle photos so you can see the colors alone:

Sparkles!

Hope you enjoyed this combo as much as I did :)


Thursday, August 19, 2010



Overexposed In South Beach

OPI 10 comments

OPI "Overexposed In South Beach"
Good morning everyone! Here are the nails I'm sporting today. This is 3 coats of "Overexposed In South Beach". I really like this color because it has only a tiny hint of shimmer (which you can see in the above photo). Just enough that it looks like a creme finish from a distance... and by now you might know that I prefer creme polishes over shimmers :)
Like with all polishes, the color changes under different lighting. Indoors, it seems very dark (it reminds me of "No Spain No Gain") but outside it lightens up! The photos were taken very close to a lamp so that brightens the color even more.
This is a really great color but it might be more appropriate for the fall rather than the middle of July... even though it was part of OPI's collection last summer! How do you like it? On another note: LOOK! My nails are growing out, finally :)


Thursday, July 22, 2010



Queen Of West Web-erly

OPI 13 comments

OPI "Queen Of West Web-erly"
This is one of my favorite fall shades. Sometimes it looks purple and sometimes it looks like a deep magenta... but always gorgeous :)
I'm not normally a huge shimmer fan. I like them, but I don't like wearing them... This one is different though. The shimmer makes the polish glow where it reflects the light, while the edges remain dark... like when you bump up the contrast in a photograph. Unfortunately, the effect is more obvious in real life. Hopefully you believe me :)


Friday, July 16, 2010



Nails that could stop traffic...

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...or in my case, cause a car accident because I CAN'T STOP STARING AT THEM (even while driving)!
These gems are BRIGHT! P.S. Sorry for the uneven nails. They are surprisingly hard to shape when they are this short! Anyways, back to the polish... This is 3 coats of Zoya "Trixie", topped with Seche Vite to last longer, and then covered with 2 coats of OPI "Paris Couture For Sure" glitter top coat. Look below at the rainbow awesomeness!
Yah, it really is THAT good. I love this top coat and I can't believe I've had it sitting around this long without using it! What is up with that!?

I should try it over black to create my own version of My Private Jet! Will anyone ever know the difference? Probably not. There's already 72 other versions out there!!
If you are wondering why I applied Seche Vite BEFORE "Paris Couture For Sure", that's because you can't use a top coat over some holographic polishes because it significantly diminishes their effect. It makes the holo turn from a rainbow into just scattered colorful specs... definitely not as cool.


Thursday, July 15, 2010



"Barely There" Glitzy Nails

Nfu Oh, OPI 34 comments

OPI "Coney Island Cotton Candy & Nfu Oh GS01
I'm down to nubs right now ;) My middle fingernail became victim to my car door! I swear, most of my breaks are due to the car. I should just trade it in!
Since I'm kind of in shock by how short my nails are, and because I don't want to draw attention to them, I decided to paint them with the new color I got for french manicures: "Coney Island Cotton Candy". I wasn't in the mood for white tips but I needed something because I wasn't thrilled with the odd, uneven, visible nail line... soooo I added a bit of glitter (Nfu Oh GS01) at the bottom of my nail!
I'm enjoying this manicure a lot more than I had imagined. I think mostly due to that glitter! I'll tell you what, Nfu Oh has some great glitters! I've got GS01 & GS09 and they are amazing! I love how small the particles are. They're easy to work with, easy to remove, and do I really need to say it? Gorgeous!
I actually think this could pass for a work-appropriate manicure.
What do you think?
Thanks for reading! :)


Thursday, July 08, 2010



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