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OPI Suede

Thursday, January 27, 2011 Category : , , , , , , 14

OPI suede is my all time favorite OPI collection.  It is the only OPI collection where I wanted every single color.  I love this collection more than the it's summer for shore collection 2003 (bright holos), more than the Night Brights collection 2007 (including my private jet, Ink), and more than the Broadway collection 2003 (La Bohemme, Man of La Mancha)
Quick Rundown:

Collection: Suede, Fall 2009
Description of color: Matte but with micro silver glitter making it known as Suede 
Coverage/Coats: 2 coats
Resistance: day 3 only tip wear, no chipping
Drying Time: Incredibly Fast
Nail Art Stamping: Does not stamp, dries too fast
Base coat used: Nubar Nu nails
Removal: Harder to remove than an OPI Cream polish (e.g. Jade is the new black) but easier to remove than an OPI glitter (e.g. Mad as a hatter)


1. The first swatch is We'll Always Have Paris Suede

 

2. The second swatch is Russian Navy Suede


3. The third swatch is Ink Suede


This is a swatch of the original Ink

  

4. The fourth swatch is Lincoln Park After Dark Suede

5. The fifth swatch is You Don't Know Jacques Suede 

6.The sixth swatch is Orly Iron Butterfly...Unfortunately, I haven't gotten my hands on Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede yet..so this is my temp. substitute for it.This is almost a dupe for Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede.

 

 I know that Russian Navy Suede and Ink Suede look similar so I did side by side swatches for comparisons. Lincoln park after dark suede is also seen in the photos

This photo is inside under white light

 This photo is outside under sunlight

People have complained that the Suede collection chips after a few hours of application, I have not had this problem.  Below is a picture of what day 3 tip wear looks like.

Do you guys have any all time favorite nail polish collections?

PIGGY POLISH!!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Category : , , , , , , , , 18


Today I have 6 piggy polish colors to share with you all!

Miss Julie Lown, the owner of Piggy polish, offered to send me some samples.  I had expected 1 or 2 but she surprised me with 6 polishes.  This is extremely generous of her and I was completely shocked when I recieved the package. Miss Lown did not ask for a review or anything in return but I am doing a review anyway because that's what I do with all my polishes =)

Piggy polish is marketed as a polish that goes on toes but it works perfectly well on hands as well.  It actually wears as well as OPI.  I did a comparison between the wear of OPI and piggy polish at the bottom of this post and I 'm pretty impressed.

Oh yes, these polishes can be bought online at https://www.piggypolish.com/order/

These polishes all come with toe rings =)
L to R: Baby, I love your waves, LIME alright, Keep it teal, HOT attack, Schooner or later, Yacht-a Yachta-a

2 coats are applied unless otherwise stated.

The first color we have is part of the Fall 2010 collection: Baby, I love your waves.
  It is a suede polish, almost matte but slightly shinier =)
This polish dries incredibly fast, because of that, I used it on my 3 year old niece's hands since doesn't really like to wait for polishes to dry.

 


Here's a  guest appearance from my niece =)

The next color is LIME alright, another fall 2010 color. 
This color is a matte, not a suede like the previous color.
This is a crazy mustard color that I love.
This polish also dries incredibly fast.


Okay, this color does not work well on my toes, it just doesn't match my skin tone but it does look awesome on my nails.


the next color is Keep it teal
It has some shimmer in it that makes it appear almost frost like but not quite


the next color is HOT attack
I'm pretty bad at identifying colors but I think I would classify this color as a yellow frost (please correct me if I am wrong)
I had trouble capturing this color: here it is under natural light (Sun)
Here it is with the room lights on

the next color is Schooner or later, it is a super bright pink but I would not classify it as a neon pink



the next color is Yacht-a Yachta-a (crazy spelling eh?)
This is a crazy color because it is a purple jelly!  I have been looking for a jelly ever since I saw the Jessica Jellies.  I do own Jelly's like China glaze Atlantis and electric lilac but they are full of glitter, I honestly do not own a jelly with nothing in it. I think this color would be awesome for gradients..but of course the flaw of the jelly polish is the visible nail line.

Sorry! I seem to have deleted the toe image for this polish =(

Just in case anyone was wondering what the brush looks like:

 
It is similar to a china glaze brush.  


COMPARISONS!!
These pictures are from my pentax camera, not the Canon camera; therefore, the pictures aren't as nice.

So, in one corner we have OPI Jade is the new black, in the other corner we have Piggy Polish Keep it teal


Before I left my job I wanted to test Piggy polish versus OPI.  OPI is the only brand that wears well for me at work. My job was really hard on the nails and caused a lot of chipping/ breaks due to the fact that I had to keep changing the rubber gloves I wore (I wore over 25 pairs of rubber gloves each day).  Any other polish brand (besides OPI) chips instantly at work. 

I alternated my fingers with OPI and Piggy polish.


DAY 1 Sunday: freshly applied, did not go to work today


DAY 2 Monday: After work I took a picture of my nails


DAY 3 Tuesday: second day I went to work, I took a picture right after I came home


As you can see the wear is almost the same...piggy polish might even have better wear than OPI as you can see in the above comparisons images.

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