OPI Solitaire

When the Bond Girl Liquid Sand collection came out I really only wanted 2 of the collection, but when I saw some swatches of Solitaire...I had to have it.  This is the first 'white-ish' colour I have seen in textured polish. It has silver glitter which is more prominent when it dries.  It reminds me of glistening snow.  Can you say Christmas manicure :)

These are the other 2 I previously picked up.

Nicole by OPI 'Kardashian Kolor' - Part 2

Here are a couple more of the Kardashian Kolor collection.

All Kendall-ed Up is a bright pink creme.  Was opaque with 2 coats.

Kendall on the Katwalk is a navy based glitter with purple, green and blue glitter.  I really like this one!  I achieved opacity with 3 coats.

Again I am not a Kardashian fan, but I really like this collection.

Nicole by OPI 'Kardashian Kolor' Part 1

Nicole by OPI 'Kardashian Kolor' - Part 1

While I am not a fan of the Kardashians, I really like some of the colours in the collection.

Follow Me On Glitter has a base of small black and silver glitter with a mix of multi-coloured hex glitter. Such an interesting polish

Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam is a dark green/blue creme.  The picture just doesn't do the polish justice. Great formula, opaque with 2 coats.

My Empire...My Rules is a taupe/brown creme polish.  A pretty basic neutral polish and I achieved opacity with 2 coats.

Hard-Kourt Fashionista is a a dark brown/wine creme.  Yet again the picture just didn't pic up the true colour of the polish.

Great polishes!!

Mani Mondays

Morning everyone! This is my very first post for a great new Blogger/Facebook group Mani Mondays that I joined.  It was created by Lindsay, one of my favourite beauty youtuber/blogger, and is for fellow nail polish addicts.  I think the name says it all…very simple; every Monday I will do a themed manicure and will blog about it.  This week’s theme is Whatever you Want.

I chose Bottoms Up from the 2013 Sunsational collection by China Glaze.  This is a neon bubblegum/barbie pink.  I started out with a coat of white polish than 2 coats of the polish.  It was streaky and of course matte, but the trusty Seche Vite took care of that:)  This polish is so much brighter in person.  I normally don’t wear neon on my fingers, just on my toes…so this is a stretch for me.  I am starting to step outside the box, a bit!

Note:  There were some bad reviews for the formulas of the polishes from this collection.  I think we must remember that neon pigments are famously difficult to work with and a white base coat really helps.


China Glaze Sunsational Cremes

Barielle's New York Style 5 Pack

I picked up this 5 pack of Barielle polishes at my local Winners store.  Winners is a Canadian discount chain store; similar stores in the US are TJMax, Ross, Marshall's, etc.  These are my first Barielle polishes!

Big Apple Red is a true red creme polish with cool undertones. This has to be my favourite red in my collection!  Was opaque with two coats.

Soho at Night is a dusty grape purple, without being too dark.  I used 3 coats for full coverage.

Central Park is a dusty 'jade' green creme polish.  I have a bunch of greens in my collection, this one is very unique.  Was opaque with 2 coats.

Fifth Avenue Boutique is a beautiful coral leaning towards red.  It looks very similar to OPI's - A Definite Moust-Have.  This went on like a dream, opaque with 2 coats.

Date Night is a great deep green shimmer.  I achieved full opacity with 1 coat but used 2 coats for good measure :)

I definitely need some more Barielle in my life :)