Whirled Away

Clearly I've been obsessed with sparkles lately :-D  I've bought so many in the last little while that I'm losing count.  I bought this one (China Glaze Whirled Away) on sale at Winners.  I've had my eye on it for a little while but now that I have it, I don't know how much use I'm going to get out of it.  I think this is one where you have to spend some time to place the pieces individually to get a pattern you like .. I didn't do that.

Base - Nicole by OPI Respect the World
Sparkles - China Glaze Whirled Away

Glits of Gilda

I've been a little obsessed lately with these jelly type colours.  You know, the ones that are barely there but make your nails look 1000 times better?!  Maybe it's because I actually have some nails for once and I want to show them off :-)   This is Glits of Gilds from the OPI Wizard of OZ collection.  Love.

Base - OPI Glints of Gilda
Sparkles - Sally Hansen Gem Crush in Big Money
Topped with - One coat of Essence Gel-look and two coats of Seche Vite

What Wizardry is This?

Crazy new polish by OPI.  This is part of their Wizard of Oz collection (which looks pretty awesome by the way).  What's interesting you ask?  Well this is a textured nail polish, OPI calls it liquid sand and that's EXACTLY what it looks like.  It has a gritty feel which you get used to after awhile.  OPI had done a bunch of these types of polishes recently in their Mariah Carey collection but those were all sparkly nail polishes and so I think the effect was lost (sparkles already look kind of bumpy on their own).

At first sight no one else will really be able to tell that this is textured, so it kind of feels like your little secret.  Which also means that it's work appropriate :-)

Opi - What Wizardry is This?

What do you think of it?

Shower together

I feel like I'm really behind on my posts!  I've done my nails about 5 times since the last one but I think only two of them are picture worthy.  I've been totally obsessed with sparkles lately!  This, of course, means that I'm going through nail polish remover like a fiend. Kind of a love / hate relationship really.

I bought this blue on impulse thinking that it might be really similar to OPI No room for the blues ... but I was wrong.  It's one of my favourite China Glaze polishes when it comes to how easily it went on.  The sparkles made me happy, they had a blue gel type base with dark blue, light blue/green and purple sparkles.

Base - China Glaze Shower Together
Sparkles - China Glaze Water you waiting for

Eiffel for this Colour

I keep searching for purples that look good on me, they are so few and far between that I'm always surprised when I find one that works.  This is a nice jewel tone purple with just little flecks of pink when it hits the light.  Another win for the French OPI collection.

OPI - Eiffel for this Colour

I Have a Herring Problem

Ever since my big OPI splurge from beyondtherack.com I have been thinking about one colour that got left behind .. OPI I Have a Herring Problem.  I couldn't stop thinking about it.  Shimmery grey-blue, how could I have passed this one up the first time!  It haunted my dreams until I finally gave in. (Another shade that haunts my dreams is Parlez-vous OPI ... if you know where to get this one in Canada, please let me know!!!).  My fingers were in really rough shape that day so unfortunately the pics aren't the prettiest but I thought I'd share anyway, just because I love the colour.

OPI - I Have a Herring Problem
Flower was made using Bundle Monster plate 313 and a silver polish .. Rimmel I think.

Happy Polishing!

Opi Mod About You

I kept seeing this colour on different blogs and I just had to try it for myself.  I really like it and highly recommend it.  On lighter skin it looks like almost a nude colour but on my darker skin you can easily tell that it's a light creamy pink.  I think the best description of the colour is cotton candy.  This one will be a staple through the summer for sure!

Double Bogie

Another one of the China Glaze polishes I bought ... China Glaze - Bogie.  Silvery purple and it goes on really well!  I'll probably put a silver print on this tomorrow :-)

My first China Glaze - For Audrey

So I finally bought some China Glaze nail polish.  I read a bunch of reviews and everyone seems to be talking about this colour.  Now I can see why ... I love this colour.  It's a nice Tiffany blue/green.  It makes me pretty happy.  The true test for me will be in a couple of days when I see if this brand turns my nails yellow or not ... that's why I love OPI so much, doesn't make my nails yellow.

China Glaze - For Audrey

Okay fine, you can save me

Feeling the dark nail polish lately.  I love OPI's Nein! Nein! Nein! Okay Fine! .... first of all, the name is awesome ... second it's just a great unique polish.  A dark creamy grey with blue/grey undertones.  You can see how different it looks in different light, but I love it.

Base - OPI Nein! Nein! Nein! Okay Fine!
Sparkles - OPI Save Me

Daylight bulb

Yellow-ish light

In need of a German-icure

Another colour from OPI's German collection.  Looking at the bottle I didn't think I'd like this one but I was totally wrong.  It's a great dark brownish-orangeish-redish colour.  It's a nice thick formulation, two coats were all I needed.  In natural light I find it looks more red, but indoors you can catch more of the brown/orange tones in the colour. A great fall/winter colour.

Please ignore the super short nail on my ring finger ... there was an unfortunate accident while I was cutting onions.  eeek.

Indoor light - you can see more of the orange and brown here