Monday, June 10, 2013

NOTD: China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On

China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On
2 coats
from the Spring 2013 Avant Garden collection
 
I was afraid this shade would give me Lobster Hands, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. There's a really pretty shimmer in there that looks really neat in the sun.
 
 

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

NOTD: nails inc. Sweets Way

NOTD: nails inc. Special Effects Sprinkles Nail Polish in Sweets Way
2 coats
(listed as "Sweets Away" on the Sephora website)

Sweets Way macro shot
white with pastel blue, pink, and silver sprinkles

Today I've got the last of the four shades from the nails inc. Special Effects Sprinkles collection. I am not sure why I waited to long to wear this one- it's very pretty. I continue to be impressed with the coverage you can get from just 2 coats in this collection.

It was a bit bumpy so I added a coat of Gelous before I did my topcoat and it smoothed it out well.

Details
 
Brand/Name:  nails inc. Special Effects Sprinkles Nail Polish in Topping Lane

Number of coats in pic/topcoat?: 2 coats color topped with 1 coat of Gelous and 1 coat of NYC Grand Central Station
 
Price: $9.50
 
Purchased from:  www.sephora.com
 
Collection: Topping Lane is part of the Special Effects Sprinkles Nail Polish collection, released in Summer 2012, along with Sugar House Lane (pastel grey with monocrome sprinkles), Puddling Lane (teal with navy and gold sprinkles), and Topping Lane (pink with cerise, silver and purple sprinkles)

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Friday, June 7, 2013

NOTD: OPI Minnie Style over Chic from Ears to Tail

 OPI Minnie Style (1 coat)
over Chic from Ears to Tail (3 coats)
 
shade
 
 
Minnie Style is pink, red and white glitter in a clear base from the Couture de Minnie collection. When I purchased the Runway Minnies mini set at Ulta, I also picked up a full size of Minnie Style for $9.00 since it wasn't included in the mini set.
 
I didn't do any special application method with this glitter- I just painted one coat of it like I would any other polish and this is the result I got.
 
I love that OPI is doing glitters like this- I think they are such a great addition to their collections.

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

NOTD: OPI Innie Minnie Mightie Bow

OPI Innie Minnie Mightie Bow
2 coats

from the Couture de Minnie collection

 
Last Saturday I purchased the Runway Minis at Ulta for $12.95 and this week I'm swatching the set, left to right. Monday I showed A Definite Moust-Have Tuesday was Magazine Cover Mouse, and Wednesday was Chic From Ears to Tail.

Innie Minnie Mightie Bow was definitely my favorite of the set. The shimmer that shows up in the sun is gorgeous!

 

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

NOTD: OPI Chic from Ears to Tail

OPI Chic from Ears to Tail
3 coats

from the Couture de Minnie collection

 
Last Saturday I purchased the Runway Minis at Ulta for $12.95 and this week I'm swatching them, left to right. Monday I showed A Definite Moust-Have and yesterday was Magazine Cover Mouse.

I found Chic from Ears to Tail to be a bit thick and it needed 3 coats to be completely covered and even. Some bloggers have mentioned they see a slight silver shimmer in the sun, but I don't think I saw that at all. The mini bottle seemed to be more of a straight creme.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

NOTD: OPI Magazine Cover Mouse

OPI Magazine Cover Mouse
2 coats, no topcoat 
Liquid Sand

from the Couture de Minnie collection

Last Saturday I purchased the Runway Minis at Ulta for $12.95 and after I swatched A Definite Moust-Have, I moved to the right and did the next shade, which was a Liquid Sand shade. (more on that in a minute)

 
OPI Magazine Cover Mouse
macro shot

It is really pretty! I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of texture polishes because I find them sort of scratchy and bothersome. So I added some topcoat to see what that looked like.

OPI Magazine Cover Mouse
2 coats of Gelous, 1 coat of NYC GCS added

One problem for me, though, is that with all the coats I've got on there, chipping starts pretty fast. It's the second day now and I've got one nail that's about to peel off completely, and two that have big chips near the tips. For me, this would be an "occasion" look- meaning I'd just wear it for a party or an event- it wouldn't be a mani I could plan on wearing for multiple days due to the chipping.

But more on the fact that they included a Liquid Sand shade in the Runway Minnies set..... I do think it's great anytime they don't put a topcoat mini in there! However, do you notice that on the front of the Runway Minnies set they don't mention Liquid Sand? If you were a nail polish novice, perhaps a Disney lover, and picked this up and didn't know much about texture polish, Magazine Cover Mouse would throw you for a loop!

There is a very small sentence on the back, below the name of the shade, that tells you not to use topcoat.

Still, I would have like to have seen OPI add the Liquid Sand wrapper on the bottle top like they do on the regular size bottles like this:
 
 

 
Or at the very least, highlight the Liquid Sand feature on the package front like this:
 
 
 
What do you think?

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Monday, June 3, 2013

NOTD: OPI A Definite Moust-Have

OPI A Definite Moust-Have
from the Couture de Minnie collection

On Saturday I purchased the Runway Minis at Ulta for $12.95 and being an typical Type-A accountant, I decided to try the first shade on the left in the package first.



The above swatch is 3 coats. Although I have seen other bloggers say this is almost a one-coater, I still has visible nail line after two coats, and it was a bit streaky (this may be due to the mini bottle brush) so I went ahead and did a third coat to even it out. I was very happy with it!


There's a really pretty shimmer in there that's just gorgeous in the sun.

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