Nail Mail! Pt. 2: Golds & Neutrals

Welcome to part one! Here we have Zoya's Avery, who is from the Feel collection 2011; Zoya's Godiva who is from the Pixie Dust collection 2013; SOPI's Under My Trenchcoat, OPI's Funny Bunny who is from Garden Party 2007; and lastly SOPI's Keep Me On My Mistletoesies.

Shown here from pinky to thumb, with two coats each, is: Keep Me On My Mistletoesies, Funny Bunny, Under My Trenchcoat, Godiva, and Avery.

OPI Can't Let Go

This little beauty is from OPI's collaboration with Mariah Carey released early 2013. There were four liquid sand polishes in this collection. Can't Let Go is a pretty medium purple glitter that dries a gritty matte. 

This was two coats of Can't Let Go. It applied nicely and was easy to control. Although it dries gritty, it is actually quite smooth to the touch. Incredibly sparkly in the sunlight!

Thanks for reading!

~Steph

OPI Go Goth Halloween Set 2010 UPDATED

UPDATED: Here are each of the colours on the nail. The formula on these are all very nice. Have to be careful when applying Obscurity though, it can get streaky.

Here is just a quick look at the Go Goth collection! This collection came out for Halloween 2010. I'm really excited to see what they have in store for us this year! 

Retails for $39.90, a bit of a rip off but I really loved these colours.

Sanguine is a beautiful dark red, plus I love saying it. Sanguine.

Nevermore is a very pretty navy with pink and purple sparkles.

Unripened is really nice! I really hope OPI brings this sort of shade into a normal collection.

In order above in outdoor lighting natural vs. flash: Ink, Obscurity, Sanguine, Unripened and Nevermore.

Here is Ink and Nevermore side by side. Can you spot the difference?

Did you pick this set up? Did you like them?

MAC Mehr

Another lip post :)


This is Mehr from MAC's Mickey Contractor collection that was released a couple of weeks ago. I had high hopes for Gulabi too, but it didn't wow me as much as Mehr.


Mehr is a really pretty natural looking pink. It is quite opaque once you put it on. I always like to wear a basic balm underneath as it is a Matte lipstick, so it can dry you out or make your lips look dry.


It looks really great with the lipglass Lust. Lust is sort of like the glossy version.

Nail Polish Resource (Lots of photos) Part Two

Hi again! Decided to edit a few more, so here they are :)

Zoya Dovima

Zoya Loredana

OPI Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow

OPI Gotta Go! Grape

OPI Russian Navy

OPI Blue Jeans

Zoya Morgan

OPI Blush of Adrenaline

OPI Tangerine Scene

OPI Suede Collection

Here is OPI's Suede collection which is entrirely matte but also look great with a top coat! I thought I'd repost them all together :)

These are all picture with two coats.

Russian Navy Suede

You Don't Know Jacques Suede

Lincoln Park After Dark Suede

Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede

 Ink Suede

We'll Always Have Paris Suede

OPI Mystery & China Glaze Solar Flare Matte

I was dying to wear Solar Flare and was looking through my stash for something that had gold shimmer but also a dark base. OPI Mystery fitted the bill perfectly.

I was so happy with this mani. I don't know what it is about it that makes it so. A lady in my class who is about 40 or so, said to me "Steph, Your nails are mean!". I thought it was quite nice that she liked it :D

I have to admit though I was wearing this manicure shiny for a lot of the day until I came home and thought hmm... I wonder what it'd look like matte? This is the result. Cool.

China Glaze Glam & Solar Flare

These are the first two polishes I have gotten from China Glazes glitter specialty collection, or what ever they call it.

Glam the pink one and Solar Flare the gold one.

In the photos I have done one nail with one sparse coat and the other with two coats for each polish.

These polishes can get thick quickly or may be thick when you get them. That's ok you just have to dab a lot of the polish off before applying if you only want a little glitter, otherwise they are perfectly fine.

I found that these polishes dried very quickly and look amazing shiny or matte.

Glam has a big sister called Doll House which is exactly like Solar Flare, just the colour of Glam. And of course Solar Flare has a little brother called Treasure Chest which is exactly like Glam only gold.

Glam has very similar glitter to what is found in Spellbound and Fortune teller. It just lacks the very small glitter. I still love it to pieces though.

Solar Flare is big chunky hex gold glitter. As big as the glitter is I have worn it maybe 3 or 4 times since getting it. I just can't get enough of it.

What do you think of these polishes? Do you prefer them jam packed or a little more sparse?

Playing with Flakies, Glitter & Matte!

I was so amazed by mariannaoust's manicure today, I thought I'd have a go too :D

Luckily I brought some awesome polishes home with me for Christmas.

I used OPI Black Onyx as the base colour, then played around with combinations of Sinful Nail Junkie, NFU51 & 61(I don't think I've got the numbers right for the nfu's sorry :( ), OPI Merry Midnight, China Glaze Fortune Teller and of course, Essie Matte About You.

My sister asked me to do her nails like one of these designs for Christmas :D

OPI Russian Navy SUEDE

I think Russian Navy suede was the winner of this collection for me.

Something about it just really glows. It looks amazing in the sun or shade and with different skin tones too.

I will be sporting this one a lot through Summer... actually, all year I reckon!

Nothing different about the formula for this one :D Still consistent with the Suede collection.

Have a merry merry Christmas tomorrow!