Nail Art: Grass in the Shade

Hi everyone! It's a simple nail art that I did, and I love how it turned out! I am thinking of doing variations on the design if you all like it. All I used was Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud and Art Deco Black. I just tried to make as straight of lines as I possibly could, it looks almost oriental to me. What do you all think, do you like it half as much as I do?

China Glaze Recycle

Hi everyone! Today I am showing you a color that people told me to buy for a long time, China Glaze Recycle. It is a beautiful grey creme polish that I desparately needed in my collection. Isn't it purdy? It applies very evenly but takes a little while to dry. Overall it is good to have a grey like this in your collection in my opinion, it is easy to wear and easy to spice up if you get bored with the color. What is your favorite grey polish?

OPI Mad As A Hatter

Hi everyone! I know that this color came out awhile back and I swatched this a long time ago, but I am wearing it right now because today is my birthday! Yay! I couldn't think of a better color in my collection to wear for my 20th birthday. Sadly I don't really get to celebrate because finals are approaching fast; but at least I can wear fun polish right? I love all of the different colors in this polish. It applied well after 3 coats and of course it is a huge pain to get off. I have to use 100% acetone with this stuff lol. But it is completely worth it! What polish will you/did you wear on your birthday?

Swatch Spam: Darks

Hi everyone! Today is the last installment, but I am bringing you the darks. Enjoy ladies!

OPI Big Apple Red

OPI Bogota Blackberry

Sinful Colors Burgundy Apple

OPI You Don't Know Jacques

NOTD: Studded Sparkles

Hello everyone! Today I am bring a rocker manicure to you. I recently rediscovered OPI My Private Jet in my collection and I had to use it. The studs are from a Nailene sticker pack and I thought that they were pretty appropriate with this color. I loved wearing this around all day. In case you are curious, I have the teal-flash version (version 3 I think?) of MPJ. What style of manicure have you been rocking lately?

As you are reading this, (I scheduled the post to show up at the same time I take off because I am a nerd like that) I am on an airplane to the great state of Michigan for a conference. Because this conference is 5 days long and is going to keep me very busy; I will not be very able to answer questions and comments until Sunday. I will do my best. Don't worry though, because I will still be posting like I normally do, I scheduled them ahead of time. Just be aware that I will not be checking the blog as often as I normally do. Just wanted to let you know!

NOTD: Sparkling Clouds

Hi everybody! Today I am bringing you just a simple combination, this is Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud under a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust, and I really like how it looks. Duochrome + Glitter = Win! I love it! I got a lot of compliments on this combination. Do you like how it looks too?

Nail Art: Alice In Wonderland Manicure!

Hi everyone! Late tonight I am going to go see Alice in Wonderland in IMax 3D, I am so excited! I have never seen a movie on opening weekend much less in an IMax theatre. In celebration, I decided that I needed to do a special manicure just for the movie, thankfully I got Mad As A Hatter just a couple of days ago and I knew I had to use it! I wanted to do something somewhat subtle but still really fun. This is China Glaze Recycle and OPI Mad As A Hatter on the tips. This glitter looks so good with greys and silvers! Are any of you going to the movie this weekend, have you already seen it? Be sure to not leave any spoilers in your comments! Is it weird that I will be on the hunt for others wearing polishes from that OPI collection? I have only seen one person wear one, and that was a lady who was wearing Absolutely Alice. Sorry about rambling lol!

VNS Haul!

I am so excited! So this is my first time buying nail polish online; usually I need to see the polish in person before I will buy it. Lately there have been tons and tons of swatches of China Glaze's OMG collection, which came and went months before I got into nail polish. I really wanted some of these colors, so I swallowed my pride and bought some of them online. I also picked up a couple of other polishes to make the shipping worth it. I picked up OPI Mad As A Hatter (I haven't been able to find this anywhere, it has been sold out in my area!), China Glaze OMG, China Glaze DV8, China Glaze QT and China Glaze Recycle. I can't wait until the sun comes out so that I can swatch these awesome holos for you all. Sorry, I was just very excited and I thought that I would share. :)

KOTD: Silver and Dots

Hi everyone! Today I am bringing you a KOTD; I feel like I haven't done one in a long time! And frankly it shows, the dots aren't all lined up striaght and some of the dots peeled off a bit. It was my first time using this particular design, but I struggled with it. I feel like with a little practice it would look a lot better. I used OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede as the base color and China Glaze Devotion as the stamping color. I wanted it to be matte at first, but then I wanted to see what it looked like glossy. Which version do you prefer?

Sally Hansen Opulent Cloud

Hello everyone! As some of you may know, I have been lemming this polish for awhile, but I was having a hard time finding it. I had checked several drugstores, only to see all three of the other colors that were released with this, but never Opulent Cloud. Then my lovely boyfriend developed a terrible cough, so we went to the Walgreens near his house to get him some cough syrup and cough drops, when there it was. Out next to the door of the store, one bottle of Opulent Cloud. (Angels singing!) Needless to say I snatched that puppy up! And now here it is in all of its purple/green/grey duochromey splendor! :Q........

It applied alright, it wasn't anything special in terms of formula. It was a little runny and took me three coats to get it opaque. If you aren't patient with this polish (like me) you will get some grabbing, balding, and bubbles, so take your time with this one! The color is stunning though, and totally worth waiting for in my opinion.

Now, did you pick up this color? If you did, did you like it, or did it not live up to the hype for you?

And of course for those of us in the US, tomorrow is the Superbowl! Geaux Saints! I didn't do a celebratory manicure, please forgive me. Are you going to watch? Who are you cheering for?

Nail Art: Bizarre Silver French

Hello everyone! I love how this turned out! I love mixing textures and applying it to classics, or fruit interpretations lol.

I used OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede as the base color and China Glaze Devotion as the tip color. I got lots of compliment on this bizarre french, I just wish that I had freehanded those lines straighter. Oh well.

So I wore this mani for over a day and I was too lazy to take it off; so I covered it in China Glaze Fairy Dust. I think that I like it sparkly better, do you?

Nail Art: Sunburst

This was one of my first attempts using the Art Deco polishes a couple of months ago, not perfect but not bad. Sorry for the blurry picture, it didn't look blurry when I took it. I love the glitter, it almost reminds me of fireworks, so I may do a fireworks mani in the future, New Year's Eve perhaps?

I used OPI You Don't Know Jacques and Art Deco Gold Glitter. It's not perfect but it has inspired me for the future!

KOTD: Snowing Too Soon

Hello everyone! Today is a Konadicure, but I don't think that it is very pretty. I was experimenting and it didn't turn out how I expected. I did this a few weeks ago on the first day that it snowed here. Last month. I don't want winter to come! It is WAY too cold outside!

I used OPI My Private Jet (the not amazing version) as the base color, and using the m20 plate I stamped in China Glaze For Audrey and OPI Done Out in Deco. I thought that particular stamp looked like a flower, but it looks more like a snowflake. I see another snowflake Konadicure in the future...

NOTD: Grey with Green Dots

Hello everyone! Are you sick of seeing my nail art yet? Well I have a simple one for you today, it is just OPI You Don't Know Jacques matted with the Essie Matte About You topcoat with shiny green dots of OPI Green-wich Village. This is actually from awhile ago, you will notice that my thumbnail is not broken at this point. Although it is growing back quickly, it is not back to that length just yet. It's nothing special; but I liked it. Do you like it?

OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede

Hola! Today I will be reviewing OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede. I actually liked this more than I thought I would. I decided that I should buy and try one, so after searching swatches of the Suede collection I decided upon this one.

This polish is hard to apply. It dries really fast and it is very thick and gloopy. Plus the brush was all jacked up, so I am going to have to pull it out, clean it and fix it. Although it is a toughy to apply, it is gorgeous isn't it? I love it best with the top coat on it!

I honestly see no reason to not use a base coat; it helps it last longer and doesn't effect the finish. Use a base coat to your heart's content! I love this polish and I will be wearing it often this fall and winter. Do you like it best matte or shiny? I love the shiny!

Mattified OPI! Post #4

Hello! This is my last post on Mattifying OPI polishes, but fret not because I have a Sinful Colors one and a China Glaze one coming up in the near future!

Bogota Blackberry - I love this matte! I don't usually like frosts matte, but this one is really pretty.

My Private Jet - I am not so sure about this one, the glitter shows up great through the topcoat; but I think that I like it best glossy.

Russian Navy - This one is really pretty matte, but then again I am a real sucker for navy blue!

Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow - I LOVE this one matte! For some reason the topcoat really brings out the green tones in the polish so that it looks more dark green than black.

Black Onyx - This one is fine matte, nothing paticularly special.

Here is the glossy pic for comparison.

NOTD: My Private Jet Holographic Goodness!

I was going to do nail art with this nail; but it's too pretty to ruin! Look at that sparkle! I put OPI Black Onyx under OPI My Private Jet to get a darker effect. I love this NOTD! It is a great way to wear black nail polish without looking harsh or gothic (if that is not the look you are going for)!

OPI My Private Jet

This is a review for the much loved My Private Jet. It is a dark grey holographic polish with rainbow glitter that isn't a part of the OPI Designer Series, so it doesn't cost $4 more than a regular OPI polish.

The first picture isn't that great, I tried to capture the holo qualities of the polish but didn't. I did manage to capture the rainbow qualities of the polish, although the picture doesn't do the polish justice.

Something that I love about this polish is how different it looks inside from outside. It's like you changed your mani as you crossed the threshold of the door! Inside the polish looks like silver glitter, which is really cool! I love this polish and will be sporting it often this fall and winter!

Nail Art: Cute As A Button

I really didn't know what else to call it, it reminds me of a coat? I do think however that the colors look super pretty together; I used OPI Kreme de la Kremlin and You Don't Know Jacques! for this look. I ended up taking it off later. Maybe I should do rhinstones instead of dots next time; that would be fun!

Nail Art: Dark French

Hey everyone! This is my manicure for the day, a dark french manicure! And I got the lines straight, hooray! I really like it, it is perfect for fall and it is a slightly different twis on a French manicure. I used OPI You Don't Know Jacques as a base color and OPI Black Onyx as the tip color! I hope you like them!