OPI Venice Fall Winter 2015 - O Suzi Mio

O Suzi Mio is from OPI's most recent collection inspired by Venice. This shade is a glorious deep purple totally opaque in two thin coats. The formula was perfection. It is dark enough to look 'just dark' in certain lights, but is fairly obviously purple in the daylight. Dark purples are an all time favourite of mine, so it's an instant hit with me.

Nail Art - Purple and Gold

The Look:
I was inspired to create a look that used glitter to create the pattern rather than nail polish. I found that I liked using glitter in this way as the shapes are more consistent than if you were to use nail polish with a dotting tool.

To start with I used two coats of High Roller as my base colour. At the base of the nail I put four golden glitters beside one another, using my dotting tool, to create a single tessellation. For the accent nail I repeated this design. I dabbed my dotting tool in a tiny bit of base coat to help with picking up the glitters. I then sealed my nail design with a coat of Out the Door top coat. I used two coats of top coat over the accent nail as the glitter is bumpy.

Products Used:

• Base colour - Revlon's High Roller from the Gel Envy range
• Top coat - Out the Door

Links:

Dotting tool from Winstonia

Gold glitter

Out the Door top coat

Revlon Gel Envy - Showtime

Showtime! Wow! Look at this beauty glow! Definitely the sparkliest in the Gel Envy line.

This is just one coat of Showtime over High Roller. Showtime can take a few coats to build up colour on it's own.

Purple, pink, navy, red, gold... *drool*

Even glorious in the shade. 

See you shortly!

Revlon Gel Envy - High Roller

High Roller was one of my first Gel Envys, and I am so glad because I have worn this shade for weeks on end. I adore it!

Super smooth formula, again with hidden blue shimmer which shines in direct sunlight.

The bottle shows quite a strong blue flash - which I was a bit iffy about, but swatches online reassured me that it did look like a creme finish.

This colour looks quite black in most lighting situations, but compared to black, High Roller is that little bit softer.

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Mangled to Magnificent pt.1: Etude Play

Ok! I'm tired of my short nails! They've been this length longer than they should have been. This new series, Mangled to Magnificent, is going to be my personal nail journey from their current state all the way in to a new glorious long and strong state.

My goal is not to have picture perfect nails, but for them to be in a state in which I am proud of. Because of that, I'm not worried about painting the polish on perfectly, having perfect clean up, having them perfectly straight. The aim of the game is to be supportive and nurturing.

I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I do :) Maybe some would like to join me?

The polish featured here today is from Etude's Play line. A gorgeous deep purple duochrome, flashing purple, blue, gold, pink, and red.

OPI Royal Rajah Ruby - India 2008

Royal Rajah Ruby is from one of my favourite OPI collections, India 2008. Although I think Raj is a part of the normal collection these days.

Me and Raj have had our ups and downs. Ya see, she only looks like this in full sunlight. You know what season it is? Winter. So for the brief five seconds that the sun is out are when I can enjoy that gorgeous shimmer.

This is two coats shown here. Really great coverage and the polish isn't watery. 

Comparison: Pepe's Purple Passion vs. We'll Always Have Paris

These two are incomparable for some and incredibly close for others. On the left we have OPI Pepe's Purple Passion and on the right OPI We'll Always have Paris. Pepe's Purple Passion was released with The Muppets collection last Christmas and Paris was released a few years ago from OPI's France collection. I think it may be a part of the main line though.

Very minor differences. Pepe has very small flakie pieces and is a fraction lighter but the shimmer isn't really all that obvious. Then we have Paris who is a beautiful deep raisin creme.

Late last year I was dying for this colour but now I think I don't need both. 


What would you do?

Color Club Back To Boho Collection

This is the darker half of Color Club's Back to Boho collection, released for Fall/Autumn 2011. Boho chic is a cross between bohemian and hippy fashion, in a nutshell. Back To Boho offers you a whole Autumn/Fall nail wardrobe of vintage shades.

Left to right: Speedy Top Coat, Blue-topia, Voodoo You Do, Boho Mojo, Artsy Crafty, Nouveau Vintage and Rebel Spirit.

Boho Mojo

This reminds me of those beautifully designed art nouveau silver mirrors. I am not sure if it is what I was using as a base or not, but Boho Mojo was really watery. This is three thin coats shown here.

Nouveau Vintage

This is one of the most bizarre polishes I have come across! It's brown but green but gold but bronze...all in a sheer maroon base! This really is the image of vintage though, isn't it? It reminds me of old wooden furniture with brass hinges and handles.

Voodoo You Do

A deep gunmetal grey shimmer/frost. To me this gunmetal grey leans a little on the teal or green side of things. I feel like it was pulling my red, yet very subtle lobster tones out.

Artsy Crafty

Artsy Crafty is a great bottle green creme. Such a classy looking nail polish! Mum snagged this one as soon as she sore it! She decided to get rid of OPI Jade is the New Black because she loved this one so much more. Really smooth formula.

Rebel Spirit

When I had first tried this on at night, I thought my dreams had come true! A dark charcoal jelly! But when I tried it again in the day time, it was more of a really dark charcoal chocolate and not so jelly. It is very shiny though! I still like it. Nice smooth formula here too.

Blue-topia

Blue-topia is a very vivid navy. It does dry a lot darker than when first applied. Mum tried it on after me and we couldn't believe we were wearing the same colour! Just a nice rich deep blue navy jelly.

Speedy Top Coat

I cannot express in words how blown away I am by this top coat! But I will try. We've all tried heaps and heaps of top coats and as the days go by you get weary of having to try something new. After trying Essie's assorted embarrassments called top coats, I didn't have high hopes for Speedy. 


But as my manicure dried and the day went on, the mind blowing just got better and better! It dries really quickly, doesn't let any denting happen, no sheet marks the morning you wake up... I'm really pleased with it. I have even chosen it over Seche Vite many times.

New Zealanders can purchase the set here, from USA Nails Online for $34.50!