Pinks + Sheer colors + more OPIs

Saturday, January 22, 2011 Category : , , , , 12

I'm sure that all you guys have seen the evil staining on my nails 2 posts back. I want to say THANK YOU  for all your wonderful suggestions. My nails are now stain free...well the skin around my nails are now stain free. I still have some minor staining on my nails but nail polish can cover that, the skin was the big problem.  So what worked? Everything that you guys suggested.

1. I used a tooth brush (old, one that I wasn't using anymore..can you imagine using my current toothbrush? ewww) and covered it with make up remover and scrubed
2. I also used a sugar scrub on my hands daily
3. repeat.

By day 2 the green around my nails lightened A LOT! 5 days later..nothing. No evidence of staining =)  Dear readers, Thank you for all your suggestions!

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I haven't been wearing nail polish for the last week so I have some old photos that I thought I would bunch together in one post. 

1. Here I have OPI Hollywood blonde stamped with konad image plate m57.
To see a swatch of hollywood blonde go here

 
 Image plate: konad m57
Stamped with: Sally Hansen nail xtreme white out 


Right before removing my polish I gave myself pink french tips using China glaze strawberry fields. As you can see.. I did a very sloppy job with the french tips.

I think OPI hollywood blonde will always be my favorite office wear/ interview nail polish


2. We have OPI Princess rule!  I bought this for $5 and I use it as nail polish filler....as in when my nails are naked and gross looking and I'm about to go out... I'll slap this polish on because I know I will remove it in a few hours.  I don't really care too much for this polish and I won't be worried if I use it all up.  On a side note, if you can't find OPI hollywoodblonde you could purchase OPI Princess rule! as a substitute because they are quite similar.


 

I stuck on some fimo? candies to my thumbs..I think they are fimo.  www.bornprettystore.com sent these to me for a review. They were part of a plastic wheel full of various decorations. I wish that they sold the candies individually..the plastic wheel contains 2 pink candies, and 2 fuchsia candies, I would love to be able to purchase just the candies.  You can check out the plastic wheel of dessert fimo these here: http://www.bornprettystore.com/product_info.php?cPath=67_157&products_id=282


3. OPI Passion, this is my favorite OPI DS nail polish. I own Ds shimmer, Ds original..and used to own Ds glamour (But i'm giving that away)

I just think that this polish looks gorgeous and is very verstile. You could wear it at the office and then for a night out. It's a feminism dainty pink with holographic properties =)




Here's my most recent haul:
OPI: Lincoln park after dark suede, We'll alway have paris suede, Ink suede, Nfu oh 69, Deborah Lippmann Lady sings the blues, Nina ultra pro purple xing

 The OPI suede collection will always be my favorite OPI collection of all time. I own everyone except suzi skis in the pyrenees suede and Here Today Aragon tomorrow suede.
I own orly iron butterfly and felt that it was close enough that I didn't need to get suzi skis in the pyrenees suede...for Here Today Aragon tomorrow suede, I didn't get it because it wasn't part of the original suede collection and therefore the finish was a bit different from the others .. i'm not a fan of it the finish.

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Hello new followers! Welcome! I've hit 400 followers now because of you guys..(~433)..so I was thinking that I would add to my current giveaway..but no..instead i'll have another giveaway afterwards  =)  this way we can get in more winners. 

**I still need to get caught up on my comments, I apologize. Some people have asked me what fauxnad plates I am giving away, I will post a bigger picture of the plates up

GIVEAWAY Happening!

Sunday, January 16, 2011 Category : 64



This giveaway is to celebrate my  300 followers...well 350 now =)

I'm giving away: OPI DS glamour, OPI Hoodoo Voodoo, Color club: wild at heart, revvvolution, worth the risque

I am also giving away 5 fauxnaud image plates + the scraper and stamper
Everything is brand new EXCEPT the OPI DS glamour. I swatched it once here.  It's a nice color but it's not really for me. I'm sure someone else will appreciate it more.  If you don't like used nail polish let me know and I won't include it.  btw, I just realized that hoodoo voodoo is the odd one out since it's not a holo...

To enter the giveaway please fill out the googledocs form at the bottom of the page.
Please note, I bought these product myself. see disclosure policy for more information.

The Rules: 

1. You must be a public follower and leave me your email address = 1 entry

2. For  extra entries (one extra entry for each of the following; please include the link!)

     - Tweet about this giveaway
     - Post about this giveaway on your blog somewhere
     - Add me to your blogroll
     - Follow me on Twitter

3. International readers are welcomed

4. Giveaway ends Sunday February 20th


Stylish blogger award !

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Miss lacquer ware for tips and toes  tagged me for this blog award. These blog awards always make me feel all warm inside =) I really appreciate it Chris! Thank you so much.


The rules for this award are to:
thank and link the person who gave it to you,
jot down 7 random facts about you,
to give the award to 15 other lucky bloggers
and let them know about it.

My 7 Random Facts...

1. I love love love rootbeer. I can consume litres and litres of it.  I've switched to diet rootbeer now because I've been getting kind of fat drinking the sugary drink =(

2. I love crocheting..but I can never finish a project. I have tons of unfinished crochet projects hiding in my closet

3. In university and after graduating I mostly worked in labs that used animals/ dissected animals...I actually hate this. I love animals and it bothers me that I do what I do..but I guess that is what pays the bills right?

4. It is very difficult to wear red nail polish and red lipstick. It just doesn't work well with my skin tone, I'm still searching for the one red that will work for me.

5. I love nail polish top coats.....clear, bar glitter, flakies, rainbow glitter, holographic top coats, etc..but I almost never use them. I buy them but they just sit around.

6. I look extremely young.  To purchase a lottery ticket you must be at least 19.  I don't look 19 and always get carded. I also always get asked what high school do I go to...then I have to tell the person I've already graduated from university

7. I'm a night owl, I stay up late..and sleep in. sleep at 5 am wake up at 1 pm. 


I'm not tagging anyone because so many of you have already been tagged for this award, if you haven't been tagged, I tag you now! =)

Nfu Oh GS 14 + La colors metallic

Friday, January 14, 2011 Category : , , , , , , 23

Here's the swatch for Nfu Oh GS 14 ( part of the Nfu oh glitter series).  It is a jelly black full of holographic glitter.  I used 3 coats.  When the polish dried it was not very gritty so I only needed to apply one coat of top coat to make it smooth.  The wear for this polish was exceptional, it lasted 5 days no chips (this might have been because this is a glitter polish).  The removal was a bit difficult (which is usually the case for all glitter polishes) but left no staining so yay! 


 

Icing has a polish that is similiar to this polish called Blackout but from the pictures that I have seen, the glitter in the icing blackout polish is finer/ smaller than the glitter in Nfu oh Gs 14. I wish I had an Icing blackout to do a comparison for you guys =(

  Alizarineclaws has a really great comparison for black polishes + holographic glitter polishes so go check it out if you can't purchase the Nfu Oh GS 14

I stamped my ring finger with Bundle monster plate 21+ china glaze millennium
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The next color I have is from the LA colors color craze metallic collection.  This is a metallic green with no name, there is a number etched on the glass that is different from the other color crazes I have, the number is either 81 or 18.
This is a metallic polish that leaves no brush strokes and has glass flecks of green in it. It is a very pretty color that required only 2 coats.
I decided to add some fimo flowers from a fimo cane that I got from Bornprettystore.com
At first it was a bit difficult to cut thin slices off the cane but I think I've gotten the hang of it now.
*my middle finger chipped =(
As pretty as this polish was...it was a Nightmare to remove!!!!!!
Look at my fingers!! argh!!! Look at the staining!!! I used Nubar's Nu nails as a base but the polish still stained. Next time..if I ever use this polish again I think I will use a base coat + a top coat.

So....Do you guys have any suggestions on how to clean up my nails/ fingers? I used nail polish remover with acetone..and well..the staining is still just as bad.  argh!  I think im okay with the nail being stained but the skin around my nails are green too! =(

once again.. arGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

OPIs

Saturday, January 8, 2011 14

I have been lemming for OPI mad as a hatter for sooooooooooo long.  I saw it at the store..picked it up.. then at the last minute decided I didn't want it ....well, I felt like an idiot,went back to the store and it was sold out.  Luckily, here comes Karen of Frazzle and Aniploish to the rescue! She had an extra bottle so she sold it to me =)  



 Look at the glittery goodness!! I have some tip wear in the photos because these pictures were taken on day 4 of wear.  This is a gorgeous polish and it causes me to just stare at it. I wake up in the morning and stare at my nails..how crazy is that?    Mad as a hatter is discontinued now but if you still want it you could get it on ebay...or alternatively, you could purchase Sparkle-icious from the OPI Burlesque Collection.  It isn't an identical dupe but very close.   Sparkle-icious is more gold based.

After wearing mad has a hatter for a week I didn't really want to take it all off so I left the ring finger as mad as a hatter and painted the rest of my fingers with OPI rumple's wiggin (this is my all time favorite polish)

Why does rumple's wiggin look odd? there is one coat of China Glaze Wireless Holographic Topcoat on it..it's eh. Nothing really special

Then I stamped my nails!

 
 Stampled with China Glaze Avalanche
Bundle Monster image plate 20

 

Double stamped thumb

Nfu Ohs!!!!!!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Category : , , , , , , , 15

For Christmas my awesome sister asked her friend in Hong Kong to get me some Nfu Ohs.  I could get Nfu Oh's  from fabuloustreet.com but with shipping to Canada and everything it is cheaper to buy them in Hong Kong..but the selection is not as great as the selection from fabuloustreet.com

 Left to Right:Nfu GS 14, Nfu 197, Nfu, 239, Nfu 122

I have swatches for the orange, blue, and green today


1. Nfu 197
3 coats, a burnt orange, slightly muted/ dusty. It is similar to OPI's Chopsticking To My Story but not as bright.  I don' t have anything that is similar to this in my collection (I also don't own a lot or orange in my collection)
 

 
Nail stamped with China glaze Robotika, using BM image plate 19


2. Nfu 239
3 coats, this color is similar to OPI Suzy says feng shui but slightly more teal and not as muted in color; therefore, brighter than OPI Suzy says feng shui

The bows come from a bow Nail Art Fimo cane that http://www.bornprettystore.com/ sent me for review



3. Nfu 122
3 coats, The only color that I can think of that is similar is maybe China glaze cherish...but even that color is much more pale and not as vibrant as this color. China glaze cherish is more of a mint green frost and this is more like a french grass green frost/ shimmer



Nail stamped with Avon Olive green, using konad image plate M63


The wear on these polishes were comparable to china glaze but not to OPI. I had some minor chipping on day 2 that I usually don't get when I wear OPI polishes. On the plus side, the bottles of Nfu ohs are huge! 17 mL is a lot of polish so that makes me happy.

You can see my past review on nfu oh 51 here

silver and purple holo comparisions

Monday, January 3, 2011 16

I've acquired quite a few purple and silver holographic polishes so I wanted to do a comparison for you guys. From the pictures (which you can click on to make them bigger) you can see that there is a difference in the holoness of the polishes. We have scatter holo and liner holo.  You can see this difference clearly when you compare the OPIs with the china glazes. The OPI holographness is everywhere (scattered) versus the china glaze which in a straight line.

I'll start with the purples:

Left to right:
Color club - wild at heart, China glaze - LOL, China glaze -  IDK, OPI -  DS original, Milani -  Hi Res

The brushes, OPI has the largest brush because it's a prowide brush

 One coat/layer of polish, you can see that the polish is opaque for the color club and china glaze

Second coat/ layer, you can still kind of see the nail line for the OPI and Milani

3 coats/ layers of polish

The silvers:

We have left to right:
Gosh - holographic, China Glaze - OMG, OPI - DS shimmer, Color Club - worth the risque
**I also have the china glaze holographic wireless top coat.. I didn't think of swatching it =(

The brushes, once again OPI has the largest brush because it's a prowide brush  


Layer 1/ coat 1 of polish, none of them are opaque with one coat

Layer 2/ coat 2 of polish, Gosh and china glaze are opaque...color club is almost opaque


Layer 3/ coat 3 of polish, You can still see kind of see the nail line for OPI

Layer 4/ coat 4 of polish

**My favorite would have to be the OPIs, shimmer and original

Nail polish rack!!

Saturday, January 1, 2011 Category : , 22

Happy new year everybody!!!

I hope you guys had a great new year and winter holiday!  I am finally back from the holidays and can blog again!   I have a lot of blog reading to catch up on and comments to write but I will get it done ASAP =)

Since it's a new year, I decided to start off the year with a new layout =)  I changed my blog from the dark blue background to a fresh white one.  

I did get some new nail polish for Christmas but I'll talk about them in another post (psst!..they're nfu ohs).What I really wanted to show you guys is my new nail polish rack:

1. Here's my stash, plus or minus a few polishes

 2. I went to the hardware store and got some wood, $0.61 per feet...white! this is a bonus because I won't have to paint the shelf so this saves me time =)



3. Tada!


This isn't exactly my entire collection, I'm missing 3-4 misc polishes and then I have my top coats and base coats but this is pretty much it =)

I think the best part of my rack is that now I can actually see every color I have and can walk up to my rack and just go " hmmm...I haven't worn this color in a long time, let's wear it today" =)

PS. I got this idea from http://polishedloveaffair.blogspot.com/ and her awesome nail polish rack

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