Showing posts with label O.P.I.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O.P.I.. Show all posts

Monday, 25 August 2014

NOTD: OPI Take The Stage and Zoya Myrta

Heya guys! Today I have for you a quick NOTD I am wearing right now. I already showed you I got O.P.I. Take the stage mini and it was about time I wore it as well. I wanted to do a simply accent mani, as I seriously lacked time to do something more innovative. I thought Zoya Myrta might be a cool bright accent, only to realise when putting it on, it is way to close to Take the Stage. Oh well. :)





I really like the sparkly Take the Stage. It is a part of O.P.I. Burlesque Collection for Winter 2010 (omg, really, I feel like it was released two years ago!!) and I remember everyone went mental for the collection and I didn't get why. Take the Stage is actually a gorgeous copper foil, I love it, so I am glad I got it. I takes 3 coats to be opaque on my really short nails, I imagine I would need to work for it to be opaque on longer nails.

Zoya Myrta is a part of Zoya Surf Collection for Summer 2012, full of bright foils and definitively one of my favourite collections out there. I adore Myrta as well, such a rich orange. Two coats and you are done. 

Yeah. The combo seems a bit pointless, but I love both nail polishes, so it is all good. :)


What's on your nails today?

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Thursday, 7 August 2014

New In ~ A Haul Post pt. 2

Heya darlings! I usually post New In posts in the end of the month or the very beginning of the second one, but July was a bit busy with all the packages. I already showed you what I bought and gotten here, but just after I left Ljubljana for about a week, three packages came into my mail box and for these I am super excited. If any of you already thought I forgot about nail polish - I sure as hell did not. It's just that I got a bit pickier. :)



Nail polish!! I did a swap with a lovely lady at Moj butik and well, killed some lemmings. Barielle Mryza's Meadow was on my WL now for about three years. One of the rare shades I wanted since the beginning of my nail polish obsession and until now. And now I finally have it and the best part is, it did not disappoint on the nails.

Second lemming killed - a good yellow creme, again Barielle, shade Lemondrops. I love it and it is perfect in two coats!

Color Club Glitter Envy is amazing neonish green with glitter, a unique neon I put on my WL the moment I saw it at Scrangie's. 

O.P.I. mini Take the Stage looks like a perfect reddish copper and Essence Fruity LE One Kiwi A Day is probably the only LE Essence I have on my WL, because I love the combo of greens and glitter and because I adore the name, with the Kiwi in it. 


Buying a topcoat was loooong overdue. Everything I had at home applied like a toothpaste, it was a nightmare. Invincible Dry Fast Top Coat is, so say the gals online, everything Seche Vite is without all the cons SV has - shrinkage, smell and fast drying in the bottle. We shall see. Right now I of course adore it, I swear my mani was dry under 2 minutes. And I mean stone dry! Awesomeness. We'll see how it goes when I'm down to half the bottle. 


Ah yes, another gorgeous package from ličila.si. I <3 Makeup is a sub-brand of Makeup Revolution and it appeals to me somewhat more, I don't know why. Maybe the effect of the two products I got, the Brows set in Fairest of Them All is really awesome, I already tried it. But the lipstick. Ah, the lipstick. I am ridiculously in love with the shade. I heart makeup, line I heart my lips, shade Racing Heart, a perfection. <3




And I almost forgot: free shipping until end of August at ličila.si! Skorajda sem pozabila, zastonj poštnina do konca avgusta za vse bralke! KODA: BLOG-POSTNINA


Finally, a small purchase:

Essence Eye Blender Brush. I found it in our local Müller. You can't have too many brushes anyway and this one was a bargain. And before that my outcome of Essence brushes was 50:50, let's see how this one will turn out.


These packages made my week, really, I love what I've gotten. Reviews will follow, if you have any extra wishes what should come first, as always, let me know in the comments.


What did you get in your mailbox lately?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

Thursday, 3 April 2014

O.P.I. ~ Congeniality Is My Middle Name

Hello everyone! I feel a bit better after a horrible night I had, I felt very ill and slept until after noon. Yay. I hope it is just a one-day bug. So I went through my folders and realised I haven't shown you one beauty I wore in Bratislava. It is my flatmate's, and I loved it. Alas it is one of the colours that never photograph well, it looks much better IRL. 





Congeniality Is My Middle Name is a part of O.P.I. Miss Universe Collection for Summer 2011. This was three coats. I couldn't capture the incredible shimmer it contains, it looks amazing in artificial light, but my camera can't handle that. The berry/magenta base is gorgeous as well. A nice one! I haven't bought OPI in the last two years, I think. But ATM I am wearing DS Extravagance and I love it. Hope they'll make an amazing collection again soon.


Any OPI beatuies I am missing out on?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Stone and Grape flowers mani ~ a 3D Metalic Sticker review (ocena nalepk za nohte)

Hey my peeps, this one will again be only in Slovene. Still, you can check out my two manis I did for this review. The base colours were Stone Cold and Catherine the Grape, hence my weird title of the post. :)

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Živjo! Danes se bom posvetila drugemu izdelku iz mojega paketka, ki mi ga je prijazno poslala Mojadrogerija.si, 3D nalepkam za nohte. Skupno fotko vsebine paketa sem vam že pokazala:


In še close-up nalepk in navodil za uporabo:
 

Uporaba nalepk je sila preprosta. Jaz si pomagam s pinceto, tako da ne poškodujem laka ali nalepke same, in jo preprosto odlepim s plastike ter položim na noht kamorkoli želim. Nalepka se potem prilepi na noht, z nadlakom jo še dodatno zaščitiš, da podaljšaš obstojnost. So pa to res 3D nalepke, so reliefne in se bodo čutile na nohtu, tudi z nadlakom. Jaz osebno nisem pretirana ljubiteljica tega, ampak z nalepkami sem na to računala, tako da me ni motilo.

Bolj me je zmotila precej slaba obstojnost nalepk. Na prvi manikuri so nalepke brez vihanja zdržale dva dni, na drugi manikuri pa zgolj en dan, potem se je vse skupaj v treh dneh zelo poslabšalo. Ko se začno vogali vihati, se ljubezen hitro konča, ker slej ko prej odtrgaš del nalepke, pol cvetka. Na nohtu potem ostane samo lepilo od nalepke, kar je mene osebno izredno motilo, videti je, kot da imaš poškodovan lak. Zakaj se začnejo tako hitro vihati, mi ni jasno, saj je nalepka zaščitena z nadlakom in pritrjena na noht z lepilom. Tudi mat manikuro sem zaščitila z mat nadlakom, tako da nisem pustila nalepke nezaščitene (zanimivo, da mi je ravno mat manikura zdržala cel dan dlje kot nemat).





Drugo manikuro (z vijoličnim Catherine the Grape lakom) nosim tudi zdaj, tretji dan. Na sredincu imam še polovico zgornje rožice, na prstancu tri cvetke spodnje rožice (brez zelenih listkov) in en odpadli listek ter vejico, ostalega ni več. Pusti pa lepilo obliko nalepke na nohtu, kar v teoriji zveni lepo, na daleč pa kot da sem se v kaj butnila ko je bil lak še relativno svež.

Na kratko plusi in minusi:

+ enostavna in hitra uporaba nalepk
+ ugodna cena (1,62€ za celo folijo)
+ lep dodatek k preprosti manikuri, prvi dan obeh manikur sem dobila več komplimentov

- slaba obstojnost nalepk (z eno manikuro en dan, z drugo dva brez poškodb nalepk)
- ko nalepka odpade z nohta, pusti za sabo moteče lepilo, ki dodatno kvari izgled manikure


Jaz svoje manikure rada nosim vsaj 4 dneve, tako da me je obstojnost razočarala. Menim pa, da če želite poskusiti nalepke na lastno pest ali imeti cvetlice za kakšno posebno priložnost, da so dovolj ugodne, da se splača, tudi če morda ne bodo zdržale več dni. 
Če vsak dan menjate manikuro, je pa najbrž obstojnost itak irelevantna, en dan so meni v obeh primerih zdržale. :) Sicer pa mojih standardov obstojnosti ne dosežejo, niti jih ne bi priporočila nekomu, ki želi imeti isto manikuro na nohtih več dni.


Ste že poskusile te nalepke? Ste naletele na isto težavo, je to morda običajen problem pri 3D nalepkah?

Hvala za pozornost in komentarje! 

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*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.

Monday, 8 July 2013

A holographic duo

Hello my dear people! How are you doing? I finished my exams around two weeks ago, started enjoying my vacation while searching for a summer job (very bad timing for that in Slovenia) and enjoyed three days of blissful peace surrounded by mountains this weekend. It was neat! Today I am already back at the computer, this time searching for a room in Bratislava! I am going on a student exchange program there, yay! So if any of Slovak readers are still sticking to this blog of mine, and can help me with any information about renting a room, I will be most grateful! My email is up there in the contacts! 
I love Slovakia, I visited it a couple of years ago and fell in love with it. It will be my first time in Bratislava and I can hardly wait for it! :) 

But to the nails of this post ... lately I have grown fond of what I call duo manicure. Because it is composed of two different colours. I'm a very shrewd mammal, aye. Seriously though, I like the combo. I will show you both hands. Plus, I love how OPI DS Glamour looks with Jade Holografico Hypnose! Cool colours!





Are you wearing holographic polish now more often, thanks to the sunny days?

Thank you for reading!

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

O.P.I. ~ Dutch Tulips

Hey my dear people! How are you doing? Today I will show you a colour that I actually wear quite often, comparing to my other colours. Hm ... often is not the word that really covers it ... but I wore it at least five times already, and that puts it close to the top of my most worn polish list. A few days back I felt like wearing it again. When spring comes, I feel like wearing this crelly. Dutch Tulips is a mix of red and pink, I would say, still strongly on the red side. The pink undertone does not photograph well, but it is there. Also the name is wonderful, tulip is my favourite flower. :)

I took photos on several occasions when wearing it, trying to get decent accurate colour, so I have a mix of different wears and nail polish length. :)


 




Dutch Tulips is a part of OPI Classic Colors and is a crelly, creme with jelly consistency. That makes it very glossy and squishy. It also needs three coats to be completely opaque, but I know most people would be happy with the coverage that it has after two coats. The application is a perfection, very easy, very quick, brush and formula are great. Like I said, love this shade. 

What is your favourite Spring shade you like to wear as soon as the snow melts?

Thank you for reading!

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Jade, the new devil

So ... my dear people. I open my 'list' of swatches, and I can't decide what to post. I remember in the beginning, when I had to wait to change my mani in order to have a material for a new post, haha, good old days. I chose this combo since I posted the blue sister yesterday, and thought it's time for the other gorgeous O.P.I. creme from Hong Kong collection. 

Jade Is The New Black is amazing. Another dusty one. I love cremes, but when they are dusty, i effing worship them. I wanted this for so long, and it did not disappoint.



Two easy, flawless coats. Great formula, I also love how squishy it feels on the nails. 

Later on I added, just for fun, Confetti Tazmanian Devil. You know, one of those colourful glitters I was very fed up of seeing back then when I decided to put it on. To see what the hype is all about. And then I fell in love with it and we lived happily ever after. The end.




See the teeny tine glitter mixed with the big colourful glitter? I adorrrre it!! Can anyone tell me of a glitter varnish that has only this type of tiny glitter in it? Please do, I want it! Anyway, this is one coat only of Confetti Tazmanian Devil, it's very easy to apply and I think it looks marvellous on Jade Is The New Black.

I wore this for five days, my nail growth was already showing and I had tip wear, but I just couldn't remove it. It didn't chip either, so that's a major plus!

What's your favourite layering polish? Do you love dusty cremes and cremes in general?

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Monday, 26 March 2012

Suzi and Lynn are connecting the dots

Hello my dear people! How are you doing? I'm tired as hell but happy! I passed a bitch of an exam today and I'm so relieved! I have a few minutes before I run to my dance classes (after two whole weeks!) so  I decided I'll show you another beauty. Well, two of them. This is a mani I wore to my three days of fun times with Tolkien society back in the beginning of March and it was a mani i didn't get sick of, until it chipped off my nails. 

Lynnderella Connect the Dots was a wonderful birthday present from my swap buddy. In case any of you still don't know who she is, My Lucid Bubble is her blog and she's awesome. It's a fact, just like gravity.
O.P.I. Suzi Says Feng Shui is probably my favourite O.P.I. to wear. At least ATM and for a few months. I've worn it several times now and that happens so rarely with all my untrieds, it's really saying something. It's a perfect blue for me right now. 
So naturally I put them together for a few days away from everything nail polish related. I don't know if it's just me, but I always dread being stuck in a place without anything to change my polish and being so sick of what's on my nails it makes me want to scratch it off. Ever get that feeling? So I always search for something awesome and this certainly was an awesome combination.




When I love a mani as much as I loved this one I always feel I don't do it justice with the photos. Connect the Dots is without a doubt the most unique glitter I've ever seen and wore in my life. It's incredible. The pictures are with two coats of CtD, except on my little finger where there's only one. This is insane. All the different sized glitter, hexs, little stripes ... and the tiniest shimmer, visible to naked eye even if very gently. It's amazing. I loved it so so much. I can't wait to layer it over green, muahaha!

Two pictures of Suzi Says Feng Shui alone



This one is a part of O.P.I. Hong Kong Collection for Spring 2010 and it was a lemming of mine. A smaller one, but still. The big wish from this collection was Jade is the new black, of course. And although I freakishly adore that one too Suzi says Feng Shui kinda stole the crown from it. Blue over green, Ulmiel, really?!?! I actually wouldn't mind having both orange colours from this collection either ... all in all a great one done by O.P.I. This dusty blue is a stunner for sure. I'm not sure about my photos, my camera kills the dustiness a bit and forgive me for the reflection, but it's the most colour accurate I could get them. Two really easy coats, the formula is perfect.

A win win mani for me. I didn't grow tired of it. At all. Thanks, Kris! For both of them, actually! :) 

Do you have any Lynnderellas? Do you get the hype around them or are you not as impressed by them? Oh, what's your favourite blue? :)

Thank you for reading!

Monday, 16 January 2012

Awesome mani for an awesome day!

Heya my dear, dear people! How are you doing? It's a beautiful sunny day here in Ljubljana and my day just rocks. I passed a very very hard exam today, can I get an invisible high five here? :) I feel 152036 pounds lighter, haha! 
Of course, when I came home I looked at my nails, having a beautiful but so tired mani on them (because of the studying I can't remember the exact duration of it, but I think it lasted for 6 days without chipping (you can imagine my nail-growth showing though)!) I said: today I need a celebration mani! And sunny day just called for a holo polish that I didn't wear for months now, probably. And the awesomest holo polishes in my stash being Nubar Reclaim and O.P.I. DS Glamour, I of course pondered over the two. Glamour won. Just because I've been neglecting the poor beauty for far too long. 

I've shown you DS Glamour before, but I wanted to redo my rookie pictures of it. Sadly, there is no way to rightfully catch the unbelievable beauty of this polish. I even did a video, but failed miserably to catch the awesome holo effect. You just have to see it in person, and I hope you do have a bottle of this goodness!





*dreamy sigh* Two coats of this beauty, plus BC and TC. I hope it lasts, it's so beautiful. The application is so easy it's unbelievable.

What's your 'I feel like a million bucks wearing high heels' polish? :) 

Thank you for reading!

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Long Time No See: O.P.I. Who The Shrek Are You with lime green comparison

Oh, the title is so long. I hate when that happens. Who The Shrek Are You? is probably one of my favourite OPIs ever. I love the green. My BF hates it, but I love it, hehe. I saw the colour on a blog and immediately thought to myself "it's about damn time I wear it again!". Hence the Long Time No See label. As my stash is gettting bigger and bigger I'm starting to forget about the seriously cool and loved colours in it. Sad.




Since it's my kind of green I do have a couple that get close to it too, so I did a quick comparison for ya.

  • Index and pinky: O.P.I. Who The Shrek Are You?
  • Middle finger: Brucci Stephanie's Go Lime
  • Ring finger: Sinful Colors Innocent



As you all know, Who The Shrek Are You? is a part of O.P.I. Shrek Forever After Collection for Spring 2010, but I told you that once more anyway. What you probably don't know is, I'm a big Shrek fan. And that's because of Shrek himself. "Ogres are like onion." I love his grumpy yet loving attitude, you know. And, although it's almost a cliché now not to love clichés, I love the unusual heros in the stories. I hate blond princes who save the so-passive-it's-already-insulting ladies. Well, bond guys were never my type anyway. ;) 
Ok, now that I've gone completely OT on you, how about a few info on polish? Shrek is a three coater for me, I cannot get rid of bold spots otherwise. It's insanely glossy and dries fast.

His cousins are not dupes, as you can see. Stephanie's Go Lime (what's with that name??) is much more yellow, and Innocent something in between. I love SGL better, since it's more different form WTSAY? (as you know I don't like having dupes) and also the forumula is much better than of Sinful Colors. While SGL needs three coats and Innocent only two, Innocent has the worst brush of them all. 

I advise you two coats of base coat for this type of green, if you don't like your nails stained. Otherwise you'll have seriously yellow nails. I checked. -.-

What do you think about this kind of green? Too fugly for you? Did you get any colours from Shrek Forever After collection?

Thank you for reading!

Friday, 23 September 2011

O.P.I. Russian Navy Suede

I was going through the crazy pile of unposted swatches and was thinking to myself 'how come I've already shown you all my OPIs?', since I simply didn't remember having any prepared for posting. And then I opened my OPI folder and saw I have a bunch of them! Let's start with this Suede beauty. Russian Navy. I really like it. 




You all know the Suedes of O.P.I., I'm sure. It's from their Suede Collection for Fall 2009, where they turned their old shades into suede finish. Quite unsuccessfully, IMHO, since none really resemble the glossy originals, but Suedes are still lovely! I'd love to have a couple more, like You Don't Know Jacques! and Lincoln Park After Dark.

The application of Russian Navy Suede is a bit tricky. You have to be fast and careful with it. Nothing major though. I think the final effect is worth it. I actually prefer it Suede, I don't like it as much with a TC over it. Go figure. Naturally, suedes chip faster, just as mattes do. I don't really care about that, since in average I change my mani every other day or even every day, depends on my mood and they do last that long.

What do you think of Suedes, are you a fan? Do you have any? Or do you prefer the mattes?

Thank you for reading!