Category: O.P.I.

OPI -A Definite Moust-Have

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Hello my lovelies, I’m back! We have moved and things are starting to calm down. Still plenty to do around here and this place is gonna keep us busy for a lot longer. I’m trying to get back to my almost daily post rhythm and it actually felt really good to start taking swatch photos again :) I broke a few nails during the moving process but I fixed them with plastic tips and UV-gel. Photos of those accidents and fixed nails can be found from my Instagram. I should also be all caught up with answering the comments and e-mails now :)

So on to today’s polish. This is OPI A Definite Moust-Have from the Couture de Minnie collection. I bought the whole collection from Glisten & Glow’s online store. I’m a sucker for red nails and if I could only choose one color to wear for the rest of my life it would most likely be red. It’s just always so classic and sexy.

This is two coats of A Definite Moust-Have and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

A Definite Moust-Have applied like a dream and was opaque with two coats. Dry time was also short with a little help from HK Girl Fast Drying & Super Shiny top coat. This is such a perfect color for summer. I’m absolutely in love with this shade! There’s also a very subtle shimmer in this that is visible in sunlight.

 

OPI – What Wizardry Is This? Liquid Sand

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Been another crazy busy day and I’m totally exhausted but I just really want to show you this OPI awesomeness before I dive into my bed and turn on the “tv staring zombie mode” :P

When I started seeing these liquid sand finish polishes I was really not excited about them at all. I’m not big into textured polishes and I drown most of my glitters in Glitter Food to smooth them out. But I kept seeing these awesome swatches of different liquid sand polishes and I decided to just give them a chance. I mean so many people seemed to love that finish so it can’t be that bad. Turns out all of those people were right ;) I got my first liquid sand polish What Wizardry Is This? and I was sold. The finish wasn’t too gritty at all. It doesn’t get stuck on my clothing and I don’t feel a need to pick it or anything. I actually really like the rough, gritty look and now I can’t get enough of this finish. I need all of them and I need them now!

This is two coats of What Wizardry Is This? No base coat, no top coat.

 

What Wizardry Is This? applies effortlessly and dries fast. I didn’t use a base coat since I have the UV-gel coating on my natural nails. I really love the subtle sparkle this one has and the shade of gold-ish brown is just perfect for my skin tone.

 

OPI – Pedal Faster Suzi!

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I’ve used OPI’s Pedal Fast Suzi! from their Holland collection many times but I don’t think I’ve ever taken a photo of just it alone so here goes. Pedal Faster Suzi! is cold toned light pink with a lot of silver shimmer. Very beautiful on it’s own too and perfect base for nail art and chunky glitter polishes. On the photo I have three coats of Pedal Faster Suzi! and Poshe fast drying top coat.

 

 

 

ABC Challenge – K is for Kinky In Helsinki

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Happy challenge day ladies! I can’t believe it’s already time for the letter K! For this I chose the polish that I’ve had the longest and has the most emotional value to me out of everything in my stash. Yet another OPI classic, Kinky In Helsinki. I got this early 2003 when my back then boyfriend now a husband came to Finland for the first time. His friend had suggested he buys me this polish cos it’s an awesome color and the name of course, Helsinki being the capital of Finland. So this gorgeous polish found it’s way to me all the way from Houston, Texas over 10 years ago. This is the polish that started my collection and I will never get rid of it. I don’t care if it dries in the bottle, it’ll still be sitting there on it’s place cos it means something to me :) Though I have to say that after these 10 years have passed it’s still going strong!

Kinky In Helsinki is a deep fuchsia/magenta shimmer with a subtle blue-pink flash. This was originally released in the European Collection 2002 (this is the collection my bottle is from). It got re-released with other popular OPI shades on the 2009 Colorcopia collection. I think you can still find this at least on eBay.

Please go visit all the other awesome ladies on this challenge. Links are on the bottom of the page and also on the ABC Challenge tab. Thanks!

 

OPI Kinky In Helsinki with daylight bulbs.
OPI Kinky In Helsinki in sunlight.
OPI Kinky In Helsinki in sunlight.

 

ABC Challenge – I is for I’m Not Really a Waitress

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Happy hump day everyone! It’s that time of the week again and this week it’s letter I. For this I chose another classic, OPI I’m Really Not a Waitress. This is an amazing berry red shimmer that really does glow on your nails. Applies smoothly and dries fast. Just perfection in a bottle!

I know I was supposed to do some nail art this week but again, this one is such a classic that I think it’s the most perfect on it’s own. I stared at my nails for a while but I couldn’t come up with anything that would’ve made this look even better. I just love a good red nail polish. It’s always classy and bold at the same time!

 

 

OPI – French Quarter For Your Thoughts

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Today it’s just a basic creme manicure. Every now and then the bright colors and sparkling glitters can feel like a little too much and for those times it’s good to have these toned down basic colors in your stash. A little while ago I noticed that I don’t really have any grey cremes in my polish drawer and I’ve been keeping my eyes open for them ever since. I found this one from a discount bin earlier this week and since I’ve already considered buying it, I decided to give it a new loving home.

OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts is a smoke/cement grey creme polish from the Fall 2011 Touring America collection. Formula is ok, maybe a bit on the thin side. This was quite streaky on the first coat but evened out very nicely with the second coat and I didn’t need to apply a third one. Dry time was normal with Inm Super Fast Drying top coat. I like this shade a lot. It goes well with my skin tone and gives a sophisticated look. Neutral shade that still has that something in it to make it special. Good buy :)

 

 

 

OPI – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

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By far I have only bought two polishes from OPI Skyfall Holiday 2012 collection and here’s the first one, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Blue-ish grey shimmer polish packed with multicolored microglitter. This changes color depending on lights and angle. It’s a bit on a sheer side but three thin coats was enough for opaque result on my nails. Dry time was very fast with a little help from Inm Super Fast Drying Top Coat. I have no complaints, gorgeous polish!

 

OPI – Vampsterdam

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I got this one from eBay months ago but since the color seemed more appropriate for fall I have waited until now to try it out.Vampsterdam is deep burgundy plum-y shade with fine shimmer and a hint of frost in it. Application is flawless like with all the other Holland collection polishes I have tried. First coat is almost opaque but the second one really brings out the deep shade. Drying time was quick with a fast drying top coat and it stayed on well without chipping. Excellent polish!
My nails are really short right now cos I’m growing out the part that got damaged by the gel nails. Also my ring finger nail is again longer than the other nails and tip of the finger sticks out not looking too pretty. I hurt it when I was a kid and the tip of the finger had to be stitched back on. Hopefully my nails grow fast and soon I’ll have some prettier pics to show you.

In this mani I used: OPI Natural Nail Strengthener x2, Vampsterdam x2 and INM Out The Door fast drying top coat.

 

Black for Halloween! OPI – Baby It’s “Coal” Outside!

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I’ll continue with the same theme and now it’s charcoal black for the Halloween week manicure. OPI Baby It’s “Coal” Outside! is from the Holiday In Toyland 2008 collection.

Baby It’s “Coal” Outside! is black, shiny polish with silver micro-glitter. This applies pretty well and needs at least two coats for an opaque result. With Poshe this dried quickly too and the result is SHINY! Perfect shade for the time of the year and Halloween parties :D

In this mani I used OPI NNS x1, Baby It’s “Coal” Outside! x2 and Poshe Super Fast Drying TopCoat.

 

OPI Big Apple Red with Essie Matte About You

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Mailman finally delivered my Essie Matte About You topcoat last week and I just had to test it on my OPI Big Apple Red mani. This changes your mani into matte finish in front of your eyes and dries really fast. I really like the matte finish on this bright red mani. Matte About You turns any one of your manis into matte and that brings a welcome change to the regular look. I’m more than happy with this product :)

In this mani I first had the day before’s OPI NNS x1, Big Apple Red x3 and Poshe on top. Then the following day I applied one coat of Matte About You on top of all that.