OPI Stranger Tides

*OPI Stranger Tides*
(2 coats)


While I still firmly believe that the colors of the POtC collection are not especially pirate-y..I still love them! I ended up only passing on Mermaids Tears (I have $OPI Read My Palm which seems close) and Sparrow Me The Drama.

Stranger Tides is a dusty murked out green avocado-y shade. I found the brushes on the pirates shades to be stiffer than usual but that could just be me. Above was 2 coats, but it definitely needed 3 due to bald patching which I didnt notice at first.

It pulls a little weird on my skin tone but that never stops me haha...though a better option may have been Essie Da Bush which is a little different toned and has a better formula I hear.


I'm waiting on an AveYou.com order to come and then going on a 9-10 month no buy. Yeah, can you believe that? I'm saving money to go on a school trip to Italy which is of course VERY expensive. So for Christmas I'll probably only ask for polishes haha because I'm major lemming the Muppets collection!


Have a great night guys!

I'm Back :)! Essie Bordeaux and Thoughts on a whole Bunch of Good Stuff!

*Essie Bordeaux*
(2 coats)

Freaking awesome! I got this on clearance at Ulta for around 4$ so I'm hoping that doesnt mean it is being discontinued because I've fallen in love with this color! Deep burgandy jelly red....gah I love it! It made me feel really sophisticated haha. I would definitely put this on my "must have" list. Which is interesting because I don't think there are any other Essie's on that list!

Now I'm just going to rapid fire some thoughts on collections etc, etc that have emerged since my hiatus. So hold on!

CHINA GLAZE:
Isnt it bizarre knowing what all the collections will be from now until like next christmas? I dunno haha

OPI:
*facepalm* Seriously guys? I think some one in OPI's naming committee hit their head on something very hard. Yes, VERY hard. The colors in the upcoming collections are very pretty and I'm liking them a lot. But the names...oh god, the names. I think everyone knows about "Uh, oh, roll down the window" and what makes that worse is that it is a murky green color. ugh. But yeah, I like the colors in the road trip collection but the names not so much. Also, I'm not a big fan of the concept...personally I would have rather seen maybe another country collection.

Also, apparently there may be a Kardashian collection. Honestly, I'm not a fan because I think they are kind of horrible role models and I really don't believe they are deserving of the amount of fame they have. However, I'm of course open to any colors that they can churn out :)


Hope you guys have a great day!

Shattered ! And Zoya Sale

*OPI Austin-tacious Turquoise + Black Shatter*
(2 & then 1 coat)


Hey there! I havent posted in forever it feels like! Life has been so massively crazy it feels hard to keep up with it all! Anyway I'll still been doing mani's of course and taking pics :) I really like the Black shatter and I'm most looking forward to the silver shatter coming out in the Pirates collection- that seems really awesome looking!

Have any of you guys taken part in the current Zoya sale? I kinda feel bad for Zoya because they keep having such awesome promo's but people still complain and I mean...I dunno a company can only have so many sales haha. Here's what I got:

-Phoebe (I thought I would get all the mattes but the other two ended up not interesting me)
-Kimmy
-Faye
-Reva
-Rica
-Sooki

I know Sooki isnt anything special but I loved the name and the bright red so I went for it haha


Hope you all are having an awesome week! I really wanted to love the Mod Mattes (and I do think Phoebe is freaking gorgeous) but the Pink reminded me of just any other pink neon that dries matter and the yellow seemed like it was giving people bad application and such. Though I seriously hope Zoya keeps churning out Matte colors because their's are the best in my opinion and I love them for when I'm in a rush (like I am now haha :)

OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise

*OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise* (Did I even spell that right?)
(2 coats)

This polish is really awesome! I'd say it is my favorite out of the Texas collection. It is a bright lake blue color with beautiful shimmer flecks and a SLIGHT duo-chrome...it has a killer purple shift to it. Only complaint would be that 3 coats would definitely be needed for full opacity, but I knew I was going to use the Shatter over it so I really didnt care about the VNL. Like all OPI collections, I find myself steadily getting more and more of the Texas collection without even realizing it haha :)

I'm very excited because my local supermarket just got the Essie Retail Line Display...yay! I can't tell if it is a smaller display or the size of some big ones I've seen photos of. I didnt buy any because I had no money on me, but I'm seriously eyeing up Sweet Talker, Jamaican Me Crazy and some others. I searched it for dive bar, but I couldnt find even a slot for it. I actually don't mind the retail bottles as much in person...but still don't like that weird sticker on the side of the cap. I also like how they had space for the newest collection above the others, but my display (sounds odd saying that haha) only had French Affair and Sand Tropez. Which is sad because I was liking the looks of Topless and Barefoot.

Dunno why but I'm having an essie streak right now...we'll see how long this lasts haha :D

Hope you guys all had an awesome weekend. My totally flew by and I'm definitely not ready for school in the morning lol

Zoya Sarah + Zoya Price Raise

*Zoya Sarah*
(2 coats)

Love this red! Has the same texture as a lot of Zoya's recently like Edyta, others in the flame collection, Dannii, Jules ect ect. The gold flash is gorgeous and deepens the color a lot. Here you can see after 5 days wear which I think is okay. I get really bad tip wear...so this is typical. Application was of course, flawless.

If you havent heard, Zoya has raised their prices to 8$ a bottle. While I want to be angry with the company, I simply can't. Zoya nail polishes are worth the 8$ in my opinion, though I do wish they had kept it at 7$. Also, I think it makes sense because they economy is so bad and Zoya always has the best sales, (the 3 Free promo, b1g1 and stuff like that). So yeah...a little miffed but I know I'll still pay the money for them. How do you feel about the price increase?

Hope you all are having an awesome night! I'm about to go take a nice long nap because lord knows I need it....hopefully Friday will pass by quickly and mercifully haha :D

$OPI Under My Trenchcoat + Thoughts on other people using your polish?

*Sephora By OPI Under My Trench-coat*
(2 coats)

Aptly named color! It really does remind of the camel-y color of trench coats. It has tons of gold shimmer that really kicks the color up a notch and makes it more unique to other neutrals out that. Application was okay, kind of thick but not un-workable. I really loved this color for a neutral, but wouldnt say its a must have. I've always considered my NP relationship with $OPI as love/hate. And right now I'm in the hate phase only because they hiked prices up to 9.50. Yes, 9.50! I know to most 'normal' people they may say its just 50 cents but $OPI was already a bit overpriced at 9$. Especially considering that in general a lot of the polishes seem sub-par to regular OPI's which are usually around 8-8.50.

Though I actually like the packaging haha, I know a lot of people hate it. I admit the brush is a little to thin, but I love the big thick cap and shape of the bottle. Seriously, I hate small caps haha, they make my hands cramp!


Now onto "Thoughs on other people using your polish" time:

Since I'm still a teenager I live with 2 other women: my mom & sister. I pretty much lend them any polish they want because I actually want to see my polish be used up. I think it brings me comfort knowing they are being used, and justifies how much I buy ;)

BUT this weekend my cousin came to stay at my house. She was having auditions for college (for theatre) programs and such. When she came in (she's 18, I'm 17 now) her nails were horribly chipped with a different color on every finger. *shudder* Her mom insisted I paint her nails because it was obvious her mom wanted something more appropriate for auditions. I brought down a bin for her to pick a color and she said she wanted to do it herself.

GAH! She totally gummed up the neck of plum full of cheer (she kept letting the excess polish on the brush fall on the side of the neck) Also she was painting all over her cuticles, which normally if someone does that I'm like "hey, its your nails" but she bites her cuticles and they were literally BLEEDING (not profusely or anything) and she was putting the brush over it.

What? Not only does that sound painful, but my brush was going over wounds....freaking gross!


Wow haha. Thats a really long story. I needed to get it off my chest because the whole time I wanted to strangle her. So how do you guys feel about others using your polish? I'm usually pretty chill about it but my cousin was annoying me so much.

that was kind of a rant. I should have warned. sorry! Thanks for reading and I hope you guys all have an awesome Oscar Night!

OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston

*OPI Guy-Meets Gal-veston*
(3 coats)

I LOVE the name haha, I think its really cute. Guy Meets Gal-veston is a "sorbet" (aka jelly) coral shade that is really juicy looking on the nail. I do wish that it was a touch more opaque, even though I knew it would show VNL. For people who like a more opaque look, Big Hair Big Nails, also from the Texas Collection seems really close to it. I'm really happy that OPI is doing jellies now, though I think its funny that in all that articles/advertisements about the Texas collection OPI really plays up how original the sorbet look is haha

Sorry about being gone so long! My computer got a virus and I wanted to wait until my dad, who was away, got home because I was afraid to touch it haha. Also I'm excited because I got my ulta rewards today which = 2 OPIs or ChG for me! :) So its not REALLY breaking my new no buy, right?


And to end with, a cute crack story! :D

Haha, like a lot of people I have been searching for OPI shatter since it came out with no luck, every time I went to Ulta they were sold out and so was the local JC Penny Salon. Anyway I pretty much just gave up because I didnt want to order it online (I've heard its on ebay & such for mucho $$$). But yesterday my and my friend went out for her birthday and when she got in the car she pulled out a bottle of OPI Shatter & gave it to me! HEART=MELTED.

She said she was at Ulta, and there were only about 4 bottles left so she picked me up one! Luckily she was with her mom because apparently the people at Ulta were only letting people buy 1 per person. Which I can kinda understand because I dunno, like what if those times when I checked and it was out of stock, some lady who came in 5min before just bought like 3 bottles. But then its also annoying cause if you're getting for a friend or whatever.

Yep. Have an awesome day guys!