Category: Nail Polish

Sephora by OPI – Sample Sale

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This one is like Opening Night’s red little sister, stunning red shimmer polish. In a certain light this one looks like it’s glowing from the inside. The red shade on this is gorgeous and fits the time of the year perfectly.

This also applied very well and dried fast. Two coats was enough for an opaque result. I like this shade so much I might actually finish whole mini bottle someday.

In this mani I used: Nail Tek II x1, Sample Sale x2 and Seche Vite on Top. The photo doesn’t do justice to this polish and I couldn’t capture the inner glow this one has.

 

Sephora by OPI – Opening Night

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This is a perfect choice for my first swatch from the Sephora by OPI 18 minibottles collection. Sephora by OPI Opening Night is a stunning blue shimmer polish. This shade is so deep and still clearly blue, not black in any light.

This is a dupe for OPI Yoga-Ta Get This Blue!. I compared this next to each other on my nail and Yoga-Ta Get This Blue! is tiny bit deeper blue and has brighter shimmer. The difference is too slight for my camera to capture so no use taking a pic. If you have neither of these polishes and you have to choose between the two I recommend YGTB! cos that one is just a tiny tiny bit more beautiful.

This polish is so pigment-rich and applies so smoothly. One coat was enough for my short nails and it dried super-fast. Perfect!

In this mani I used: Nail Tek II x1, Opening Night x1 and Seche Vite on top.

 


Color Club’s Lava Lamp with Dior’s Indian Saffron + an attack of a killer balcony window

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Here’s a nice summer-y manicure. Color Club Lava Lamp is bright neon orange creme. It’s really cool on it’s own but this time I wanted some depth to the shade so I added Dior Indian Saffron on top of it. Indian Saffron is sheer, peachy color which has a lot of micro-glitter in it.

In the first photo I have one coat of OPI NNS and two coats of Lava Lamp.

On the Second pic I have added two coats of Dior Indian Saffron and a coat of Seche Vite on top.

In the last pic you see what happened to my poor nail yesterday morning. Killer balcony window attacked my left index finger nail and almost tore the whole thing off. I can tell you that really HURT and it actually still does! The torn part is still attached and it’s hanging by a tiny bit of nail. I don’t have the balls to remove it cos it hurts way too much. Now I keep hitting it everywhere and screaming every 5 mins. I filed the nail as short as I could after taking that pic and now I try to survive with a little help from a band aid for the next couple of weeks.

Now I’m also gonna have to live with one nail shorter than the others for a while cos I don’t want to cut all of my nails super short. At least I’m on a maternity leave and no one pays attention to my nails here at home :P

 

Photo taken in sunlight. This is so bright my camera couldn’t handle it too well.
Photo taken under artificial light to show the glitter a little better 
Oh the horror!!!

 

China Glaze – Golden Spurs

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After that glitter overdose and the last mani that was about as attractive as dog puke I decided to go for something a little more subtle. China Glaze Golden Spurs was perfect for that. I got this ages ago but never tried it until now. I have so many polishes that I have never tried and I’ve had them for a long time now. So I made a decision not to buy any nail polish until I have worn all the polishes I have at least once. Though I’ll let myself slip if I run into some extremely gorgeous polish for a great price.

Golden Spurs is from China Glaze Fall 2008 Rodeo Diva collection. Beautiful golden sand-y brown shade with a lot of gold shimmer. This is thin in the bottle and applies like a dream. Took only two coats to be opaque and dried really fast.

In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Golden Spurs x2 and Seche Vite on top.

 

(Photo taken in sunlight)

 

Color Club Pardon My French Collection – Part 3

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Here are the glitters layered with creme polishes and they definitely look the best this way.

I layered Turn The Other Chic with five polishes and the results looked really good. It changed the neon-green Color Club Feelin’ Groovy into more grassy/nuclear green, very cool looking shade. It also gave black polish a hint of golden green. It was nice and pale over white creme and very bright and fresh looking on bright yellow Color Club Almost Famous.

I also took new pics of Oh Naturale and I Believe In Amour with just one coat on.

These are just quick swatches so no base or topcoat on these pics.

I Believe In Amour (1 coat)
Oh Naturale (1 coat)
Pardon My French (2 coats) and Hot Couture (1 coat)
I Believe In Amour (2 coats) and Hot Couture (1 coat)
Take Me To Your Chateau (1 coat) and Si Vous Please! (1 coat)
Oh Naturale (2 coats) and Turn The Other Chic (1 coat)
OPI Alpine Snow (white creme, 2 coats) and Turn The Other Chic (1 coat)
Color Club Almost Famous (neon yellow, 2 coats) and Turn The Other Chic (1 coat)
Color Club Where’s The Soiree? (black creme, 1 coat) and Turn The Other Chic (1 coat)
Color Club Feelin’ Groovy (neon green, 2 coats) and Turn The Other Chic (1 coat)

Color Club Pardon My French Collection – Part 2

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Here are the glitter polishes from the Pardon My French collection. These are very sheer and have multicolored glitter in them.

Hot Couture is peachy looking in the bottle but doesn’t leave much color on the nails.

Turn The Other Chic is fun yellow glitter and gives most coverage out of these three.

Si Vous Please! is clear slightly blue tinted polish. The hint of blue saves the day in this polish and even if it’s very sheer my yellow-ish nail tips look bright white with this one so you can wear it alone too.

These work the best when layered with the creme polishes from this collection and I’ll show you pics of that tomorrow :)

 

Hot Couture (3 coats)
Turn The Other Chic (2 coats)Si Vous Please! (2 coats)

 

Color Club Pardon My French Collection – Part 1

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Better late than never I guess. I finally have the pics of the Color Club Pardon My French Collection. I got these early this year but since the baby came I’ve had absolutely no time at all to swatch these until now.

This is a great collection with seven shades, four cremes and three glitter polishes.

On these photos I only have the polish on, no base or topcoat. On this post I’ll show you the creme ones and tomorrow I’ll post about the glitters.

 

Pardon My French (4 coats)

 

I believe In Amour (3 coats) 
Oh Naturale (3 coats)

 

Take Me To Your Chateau (2 coats)

 

 

These were once again good Color Club quality. The only one I had a slight problem in application was Pardon My French and that would work better too with a little more time and patience when working with it.

Oh Naturale and I Believe In Amour are sheer ones and work great starting from the first coat. I actually prefer them better with just one coat and I’ll have to photograph them that way too.

Take Me To Your Chateau is well pigmented and is opaque with just one coat.

In a mood for nude – Color Club’s Linen & Silk

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Right now I love having nude nails. I spent quite some time without wearing any polish. If I do my nails I use sheer/light colors or do a basic french mani. This happens to me every now and then and passes quite quickly ;)

Color Club’s Linen & Silk is a perfect choice when I’m in a mood for nude. Light sand colored shimmer polish applies perfectly starting from the first coat and is opaque on the third coat.

In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Linen & Silk x2 and Seche Vite on top.

 

Color Club Poptastic Collection – Jackie Oh!

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Another bright color to cheer up this cloudy and wet winter day here in Finland. Jackie Oh! is a lovely coral-y pink neon shade. This is also from the new Poptastic collection.

The quality on this one is also very good. Polish applies well and is opaque in 2-3 coats depending on the length of your nails. Seche Vite dried this one super fast. This shade isn’t a basic neon pink, it’s bright coral color and it makes me think retro-pin up when I look at it. Regardless of the crazy bright color this polish still looks elegant and will look great next to a tanned summer skin.

If these neon shades feel like a bit much to be worn on your finger nails you still might wanna get a bottle for your toes. Bright, summer-y color makes your spring toes look great and summer feels like one step closer :)

Again, the photo does not do justice to the shade. It is much brighter IRL. These neons are just too hard to photograph correctly. You have to try these yourself to know how they really look.

In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Jackie Oh! x2 and Seche Vite on top.