OPI Bond Girl Honey Ryder and Pussy Galore

I picked up a couple of the OPI Bond Girl Liquid Sand polishes.  It is a 6 piece collection but only Honey Ryder and Pussy Galore caught my eye so those are the ones I selected.

Honey Ryder is absolutely gorgeous.  It is a gold metallic shimmer textured polish with glitter.

Pussy Galore is a light pearl pink textured polish with glitter.  While it is a pretty pink, it does nothing for my fair skin :(

These are great textured polishes, but in my opinion Zoya Pixie Dusts are still the best textured polishes on the market ;)

More Essence Polish

I liked the Essence polish so much I had to grab a few more from my local Shoppers Drug Mart.

Break Through is a vivid magenta.

Let’s Get Lost is a very bright aqua blue.

Oh My Glitter is a lavender/purple with blue, pink and gold iridescent shimmer.  Not really sure the name really suits it there is no glitter!

Party Princess is a pink based jelly glitter polish. 

Again these polishes were great, easy application and great colour payoff.  If they come out with some new colours, that I can get my hands on, I would purchase more ;)

Are you a Nail Polish Snob?

Are you a nail polish snob?  I have come to the conclusion that sometimes price does not always equal quality.  Do you only buy high end polish or have you tried some of the great quality/less expensive brands?  I like and buy high end brands, but I am always on the lookout for any quality polish.  Well…I was wandering the aisles of my local Dollarama (a Canadian chain of Dollar stores) and saw a brand of polish that I have never seen and thought what the heck, they’re a dollar.  If they are crap, I have only wasted a couple of bucks.  Honestly I wasn't hopeful; come on it’s a dollar store!  I was pleasantly surprised.  I really like the 2 Kozmic Colours that I picked up!

Mermaid is a minty green/blue colour.  The application was good, opaque in 2 coats.  It was a bit difficult to level, but Seche Vite took care of that.

Show Goes On is a silver bar glitter polish.   Application was also good, just needed a little placement on the nail, as with most glitters.

I would definitely pick some more up and would recommend them, at least to try.  Have you ever tried a less expensive polish and been pleasantly surprised?

Random Manicure Monday

Here are some random manicures for a rainy Monday.  Hope everyone had a celebratory Mother's Day!

Have a great day.

China Glaze Texture

China Glaze has a 6 piece textured collection now out.  Although I wasn't going to pick any of these up, I picked up a couple to see what they are like.  They are easy to apply and opaque in 2 coats with no top coat necessary.  They are completely matte no shimmer/sparkle as with the Liquid Sand collection by OPI or Zoya’s Pixie Dust.

Unrefined is bubble gum pink.

In The Rough is kind of a green/yellow or light chartreuse.

People have described the texture as being like the dreaded ‘popcorn ceiling.’ I must agree but I like them anyway ;) and would recommend them.