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.
I bought three shades from China Glaze Avant Garden collection and I think I have to get at least three more. I love these spring/summer-y shades! First I’ll show you Mimosa’s Before Mani’s. This is a light colored and bright peachy coral/orange-y shade with a subtle gold shimmer. I didn’t have anything like this in my stash yet so I welcome it with open arms :D This is another perfect shade for a hot and sunny summer day. I’m in love!
Mimosa’s Before Mani’s applies perfectly and two coats dried fast. My long nails could’ve maybe used a third coat though. So on the photo I have two coats of Mimosa’s Before Mani’s and Poshe fast drying top coat.
I ran out of my Inm fast drying top coat so I need to place an order for it next week. I also have many bloggers favorite HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat coming my way.
Have a great Saturday everyone!
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| China Glaze Mimosa’s Before Mani’s with daylight bulbs. |
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| China Glaze Mimosa’s Before Mani’s with daylight bulbs. |
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| China Glaze Mimosa’s Before Mani’s in sunlight. |
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!
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| OPI Kinky In Helsinki with daylight bulbs. |
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| OPI Kinky In Helsinki in sunlight. |
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| OPI Kinky In Helsinki in sunlight. |
I bought my first piCture pOlish bottle a while ago, it was Mallard. This polish is created with The PolishAholic blogger. I really love seeing these blogger collaborations. Who would have better knowledge of what shades are unique and still missing from the nail polish universe than a true polishaholic? Mallard was released as a limited edition shade but has since been added to the permanent range, where it truly deserves it’s spot I might add. I’m still praying to the nail polish goddesses to give me a change to get my hands on another very popular shade, piCture pOlish Kryptonite.
Mallard is a deep dark green polish with green and copper flakies plus a lot of shimmer. There is very beautiful depth to this polish, it glows on your nails and the shade of green is stunning. This applies very well and dries fast. On the photos I have three coats of Mallard on but if you have shorter nails you can get away with just two. I also have Inm Super Fast Drying top coat on. This is a unique shade in my stash and I’m very happy to own it. I actually wore this manicure for a full week :D
Please go read The PolishAholic’s original post where she shares the lovely story behind this polish.
I got my bottle from Harlow & Co. Mallard is sold out at the moment but since it’s now part of a permanent collection you can get yours later when it’s back in stock.
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!
Happy hump day everyone! It’s time for our weekly ABC Challenge again. We are already at the letter G. Time really flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? So for G is chose China Glaze Gussied Up Green. This amazing green is from the 2008 Rodeo Diva collection which is one of my all time favorite collections from China Glaze. I can’t be sure if this is my first ever green nail polish but I think this is the one that started my passion for green.
Gussied Up Green is deep dark green shimmer. It has a certain glow to it that makes me love it so much. This applies very well and two coats was enough for an opaque result. I was thinking about stamping over it but after I got it applied I changed my mine. This one is just perfect on it’s own!
Here’s yet another discount basket find from a local store. This time it’s Models Own Naked Shimmer. As the name hints, this a nude polish with gold shimmer. Unfortunately shimmer isn’t as visible on the nail as it is in the bottle but you can still see it. This neutral toned flesh-y nude is probably suitable for many different skintones. I quite liked this myself, shade is pretty chic and sophisticated!
The formula was a bit on the thick side and this might benefit from a drop or two of polish thinner. In this mani I used two coats of polish but the result could’ve been even better with three thin coats. The smell on this was also quite strong but all five of my new Models Own bottles smell the same so I guess that is normal.
In all this was quite positive first experience with Models Own nail polish and didn’t make me regret the four other shades I bought along with this one ;)
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!
Here’s Color Club Berry and Bright from their new Winter Affair collection. Bright shimmer-microglitter red polish. This was opaque with just one coat. Removing was a bit slower than usual cos of all the shimmer and microglitter in it, but not too annoying.
I’m just so annoyed by these short nail photos that I’ll most likely photograph these ugly nail pic polishes again someday.
In this mani I used: OPI Natural Nail Strengthener x2, Berry and Bright x2 and INM Out The Door Super fast drying top coat.
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In this mani I used: OPI Natural Nail Strengthener x2, Vampsterdam x2 and INM Out The Door fast drying top coat.
