OPI Mustang Collection Swatches and Review!

Hi Lovelies! Today I would love to show you my swatches of the OPI Mustang collection. This lacquer collection celebrates the 50th anniversary of Ford Mustang with 6 gorgeous shades...

Coca-Cola by OPI Collection Swatches and Review

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to share with you my swatches and review of the OPI Coca-Cola collection. I've had my little paws on this collection for quite a while now, but the darker hues scream Fall to me and I was rather reluctant to try them out during the hot Summer months. Now with occasional cooler days in the mix, it seems the perfect time to rock these beauties...

31DC2013 Day 14 - Flowers

Today I have for you a floral manicure for Day 14 of the 31 Day Nail Challenge. I have had this manicure in head ever since reviewing the OPI Euro Centrale collection, although I didn't get a chance to try it at that time. It has been begging to be brought to reality ever since and I'm so excited to finally be 'forced'/ have an excuse to try it thanks to this challenge...

Zoya Designer Collection NYFW Fall 2012

I'm so excited to have gotten my little paws on Zoya's new Fall 2012 collections to be able to show them to you. Zoya has released three collections inspired by New York Fashion Week and they include Designer, Diva and Gloss. Three of the shades in these combined collections were originally custom creation for fashion designers.

I will start by showing you the Designer collection today which consists of six creams perfect for fall. Since there are lots of photos to show you, I'll get right to it...

piCture pOlish Tiffany Boxed Up

The last piCture pOlish in my collection is Tiffany. It carries the very appropriate and cute tag line of "diamonds with breakfast!" With a name like that, there wasn't a doubt in my mind that I wanted to put a ribbon and bow on this manicure.

Barielle Eli's Magic with Shannon's Attitude

Today I have two lovely Barielle polishes, Eli's Magic and Shannon's Attitude to show you. For some reason the combination of the two names to form a title seems to amuse me at the moment. I'm blaming it on lack of sleep...

Color Club All About Color Collection

I recently bought this Color Club collection at Ross and wanted to post swatches while it is still available. The collection is not new, I assume it is from 2010 based on the copyright date on the back. No names are listed on the bottles or the packaging and my attempts to contact Color Club resulted in no response. I was about to give up on finding names when Kirsten from Geeky Owl posted her Ross Haul which included this collection. Much to my amazement she had names listed! Long story short, Color Club provided the names in response to a question on their Facebook page. Yay! Thank you Kirsten :)

Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac

Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac is a sweet lilac cream. I am loving these type of pastels for spring, so this is perfect, if only spring would actually come. Seems unlikely after the hail we had last night. The cream formula was easy to work with. Two coats for full coverage. I love the slightly widened brush in these, it makes application so much cleaner. This is with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sally Hansen Collection: Hard as Nails: Xtreme Wear Color Name/Number: Lacey Lilac, 270 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP) Contains Camphor

Has Spring made an appearance wherever you live?

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Nirvana

I think it is no secret that I like brown polishes. Sinful Colors Nirvana is certainly not an exception. A lovely mushroom taupe with a great name (although I honestly don't see the connection... someone enlighten me please). This polish has a great cream formula that provides full coverage in two coats. Love the milkiness in the color. These swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Nirvana, 949 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

What do you think of brown polishes? Do you have any guesses at why they would name it Nirvana?

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Seaweed

I have another Sinful Colors swatch for you today. This is Seaweed from the Adventure Island collection. I believe it was officially declared a due to OPI Stranger Tide by those that have both. I don't own the OPI polish to compare, so I can't comment further. It is a pale dusty khaki color, that I fell in love with. The formula on this is great. Two coats for full smooth coverage. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: Adventure Island Color Name/Number: Seaweek, 5162 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

What are you thoughts on the dusty pale polishes like this?

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Timbleberry

Sinful Colors Timbleberry was a difficult color to photograph. It gave me a the case of red lobster hands, but the polish color is accurate. It is a pretty pinkish coral cream. I was surprised by how bright this polish is. It looks a bit more muted in the bottle than what comes out on the nails. I believe it is one of the colors in the main line. This is two coats with a top coat. Application was good with great coverage...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: main line Color Name/Number: Timbleberry, 108 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this color! :)

NOTE: This is a scheduled post. I appreciate all your comments and will respond as soon as I return from my trip! Thank you in advance for commenting :D

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Sinful Colors Amethyst

First, I would like to say that I'm so flattered by the response to yesterday's black and white manicure. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments, they mean so much to me. I actually feel somewhat bad following it up with just a swatch and no nail art. At least the color is lovely so I hope it is not too much of a disappointment :)

Sinful Colors Amethyst is a beautiful purple that lives up to it's amethyst name. It is slightly more purple in real life than the photos show, but the blue always likes to come out stronger than it is. The formula on this is great. Two coats for full coverage and no problems with application at all. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Sinful Colors Collection: Main Line (also rereleased in Go Plaid collection) Color Name/Number: Amethyst, 978 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Zoya Avery in Polka Dots...

Avery is the last polish in the Zoya Feel collection. It was the one I worried about the most thinking that it wouldn't go well with my skin tone, but I was wrong. It looks lovely. As I was painting my nails, I stumbled across a picture of this polka dot dress on pinterest and it was instant inspiration, so I just went with it.

For the manicure I started out with Zoya Avery as my base, taped it off with scotch tape and added the tips using Wet 'n Wild Black Creme. The dots were done using a dotting tool and the same Black Creme from Wet 'n Wild. I originally intended to have the dots over the whole nail, but I liked the look of it on just half...

Zoya Avery on her own is a a soft beige cream. Full coverage in two coats and application was great just like the rest of the polishes in this collection. This it two coats plus a top coat in these swatches...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Zoya Collection: Feel, Winter 2011 Color Name/Number: Avery Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

I'd love to know what you think of this. Do you like nails inspired by fashion? I'm thinking it would make a fun series :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Zoya Megan Funky French

Zoya Megan is the third pastel in a lovely winter collection from Zoya. It felt very girly and dainty to me and I needed something light after the gray of yesterday. I stamped using Wet 'n Wild French White Creme and a french tip stamp from Bundle Monster plate BM-220. Since my nails are not long enough for the stamp to be used in the proper direction (plenty long for me), I flipped the image and stamped the line of the stamp along the tip. The stamping turned out very pale, but I like the subtle aspect of it in this case. I added a funky slanted white french tip along the line of the stamp using French White Creme...

Zoya Megan is a pale lavender cream. It is full coverage in two easy coats. I had no problems with applications. Loving the formula and the coverage on these creams so far. This is two coats plus a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Zoya Collection: Feel, Winter 2011 Color Name/Number: Megan, ZP593 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

What do you think of subtle stamping?
I'd love to know what you think!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Zoya Kristen in a Winter Wonderland

I figured I better post this before winter is over and this is no longer relevant. I got to play with the Zoya Feel collection that I won in a giveaway from Fab Fatale. This is actually from about three weeks ago when it snowed in Seattle and everything was a winter wonderland. Driving conditions were awful, but the view outside my window was gorgeous and I was inspired to create a wintery scene on my nails.

I started out with Zoya Kristen as the base and free handed the trees and snow scene using Wet 'n Wild French White Cream. Then, I added a few highlights and snowflakes/dots using Sinful Colors Out of This World. I like how these turned out, in particular the tall tree on the ring finger :)

On it's own Zoya Kristen is a beautiful periwinkle blue cream. It applied easily in two coats. Just the perfect pastel. I actually like this color a lot for spring. Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Zoya Collection: Feel, Winter 2011 Color Name/Number: Kristen, ZP591 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

I'd love to know what you think of this!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

OPI - Holland - Part 2

Today I have the second half of the Holland collection from OPI to share with you. You can find the first half here, if you missed it. These should be available for purchase on the 8th of this month. Since there is lots to show, I'll get to it... :)

Kiss Me On My Tulips
A pretty pink cream that I would best describe as Barbie pink. I used three coats plus a top coat in these swatches. Application was very good as usual. I was fascinated (and this is probably just me) that the first coat dried darker and with a frosty finish, but the following coats were lighter and shiny. Anyone else pay attention to useless stuff like that? :)

Swatch Details
	Brand: OPI Collection: Holland, Spring 2012 Color Name/Number: Kiss Me On My Tulips, NL H59 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Pedal Faster Suzi!
A pretty lavender pink with a silver and pink shimmer. The shimmer in this one is larger and almost resembles tiny flakes. It starts out very sheer, but does build up nicely. I used three coats and could only slightly see the nail line. These swatches are with a top coat...

A close up to see the shimmer...

Swatch Details
	Brand: OPI Collection: Holland, Spring 2012 Color Name/Number: Pedal Faster Suzi!, NL H60 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Red Light Ahead...Where?
This is a cross between a cream and a jelly. I don't see too much red in it, as the name would suggest. I would classify it as a coral orange. It is not nearly as neon as the last two photos would suggest, but it is a bright color. Great for spring. I used three coats plus a top coat for this one...

Swatch Details
	Brand: OPI Collection: Holland, Spring 2012 Color Name/Number: Red Light Ahead...Where?, NL H61 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Thanks a Windmillion
A sea foam green cream. Application was perfect, only two coats for full coverage. I have such a weakness for these colors...

Swatch Details
	Brand: OPI Collection: Holland, Spring 2012 Color Name/Number: Thanks a Windmillion, NL H62 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Vampsterdam
A deep plum shimmer. The polish certainly lives up to it's vampy name. The formula was very thin and runny, not what I expected. I'm not sure if it is just my bottle like that. It took three coats to build up to full coverage  Swatches are with a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: OPI Collection: Holland, Spring 2012 Color Name/Number: Vampsterdam, NL H63 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Wooden Shoe Like to Know?
A milk chocolate brown with a reddish copper shimmer. Application was great, two coats for full coverage. I have been leaning toward brown polishes lately so this was right on target. I wore it as a full mani to work and loved it!

Swatch Details
	Brand: OPI Collection: Holland, Spring 2012 Color Name/Number: Wooden Shoe Like to Know?, NL H64 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Will you be getting any of the colors from this collection?
I'd love to know what you think of them so don't be shy :)

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Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


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