NICOLE by OPI - Blue-Berry Sweet on You (Gumdrops, 2013)

Ahhh, liquid sand....or gumdrops in this case: I still like these gritty polishes!

Today I have Nicole bij OPI Blue-Berry Sweet on You. It is a jeans blue, slightly metallic sand with a hint of purple flash hidden somewhere inside. It is hard to describe but in certain lights it is definitely showing a purple hue!

BBSoY is fairly transparent, so you need two thick layers or three normal ones to have a opaque result on your nails.

Nicole bij OPI - Blue-Berry Sweet on You

OPI - Baby Please Come Home (Mariah Carey Holiday Collection 2013)

Before the New Year I posted a mani with OPI I Pulled Out a Plum, todays mani is an extention of that one. I added a layer of OPI Baby PLease Come Home Liquid Sand and used some chevron stickers from the Born Pretty Shop. The colours go very nicely together and the design worked very well to cover up my slight tip wear!
I just recently bought BPCH, initially I had the feeling it would be too cool toned for me. But ever since they decided to stop producing the Liquid Sands, I am on the hunt for all that are not yet in my possession....
BPCH is such a lovely shade, I am so happy to have bought it and I don't find that it is too cool for my skin tone at all.

OPI - Pulled Out a Plum & OPI - Baby Please Come Home

Baby Please Come Home covers very, very well in one coat: I am impressed.
The chevrons are nice but I would have liked them more when the points would have been sharp instead of rounded.

China Glaze - Fang-Tastic (Monsters Ball Halloween Collection 2013)

Glitterrrrrrrrrr!
For some time now I had the urge to wear a glitter topper on its own.....so you can see nude nails in between the floating glitters. Weird, I know.
I choose China Glaze Fang-Tastic for the job; it's that not so halloweenish Halloween glitter from last years collection (Monsters Ball). It has blue, green and fuchsia glitter in it and some bigger blue hexes as well. Although it is more Christmas then Halloween I like the combination it's nice and very, very bling at three coats!

China Glaze - Fang-Tastic

I used peel off base coat from Essence (love this stuff: too bad they don't have it in the collection anymore), three coats of Fang-Tastic, an extra layer of top coat (Essence Gel Look) and to top it all off China Glaze Fast Forward. It stayed put for days on end!

China Glaze - Heat Index (Summer 2013 Sunsational Collection)

There are those days that you are in need of a good juicy neon pink....today was one of those!
I reached for China Glaze Heat Index, of last years neon summer collection: a perfect neon pink that is a juicy jelly. The jelly makes it succulant and shiny and it makes the neon a bit less harsh. This was three coats and I had still vnl and it is not build-able to opacity I'm afraid BUT the colour was very intense.

China Glaze - Heat Index

If and when you are allergic to jellies and/or vnl, Heat Index is not for you. If you like squishy colour wash on your nails: try Heat Index, you'll love it!
A point to note is that these Sunsational jellies don't last long on the nails...the ones that I wore were heavily chipped after one day or so....perhaps I'm doing something wrong......I don't know?!

OPI - Oy Another Polish Joke! (Euro Centrale Collection, Spring 2013)

Polish on holiday number 8:

This baby was waiting in my drawer for ever, so that was not fair to Oy-Just Another Polish Joke because she is just gorgeous! If my nails were not so stained I would love to wear this on it's own. But as it is I slapped it on Sorry I'm Fizzy Today and loved the result really.
It made the pink more of a soft orange and gave it the most beautiful golden twinkle.

OPI - Oy Another Polish Joke!

This is just one layer over SIFT and it issn't patchy at all, the golden twinkles spread out very evenly.
Very festive: it's like sunshine on your nails :-)

Sinful Colors - Emerald Envy (Crystal Crushes Collection, winter(?) 2013)

Polish on holiday number 3:

It has been a while since I posted a "liquid sand" polish: but some time ago I found this gem on Ebay.
Sinful Colors Emerald Envy is a blue-ish green with gold shimmer, that makes it festive and sunny.

Sinful Colors - Emerald Envy

Very easy this one: two coats and days and days of wear!
I think this green one is going to need some friends soon......

OPI - My Paprika is Hotter than Yours! (OPI Euro Centrale Spring/Summer Collection 2013)

Wow, I can not believe I did not buy and wear this polish any sooner...it took me a whole year!
OPI My Paprika is Hotter than Yours! is a fab colour: it is a reddish orange or and orange toned red creme.....with slight pearl shimmer (in a good way). It is a very hot and happy colour, yet it stays very classy and chique as well. As mentioned there is some pearl visible in the bottle but on the nail it gives a sort of inner glow almost, no Frosty the Snowman or anything creepy here!!

OPI - My Paprika is Hotter than Yours

This was an easy two coats.
>love it<

Orly - Pretty Ugly (Mash Up Collection Summer 2013)

I am feeling blue today, so this polish matches my mood...
Orly Pretty-Ugly was just what I was looking for: an aquatic light blue with  pretty shimmer that is not too shy. I see the pretty in this...but the ugly? The only thing I can think of is that it was a little watery so I needed three coats to get my nails perfectly covered in pretty blue...but is that ugly?

Orly - Pretty Ugly

Still three weeks to go and then f i n a l l y the summer holidays, 6 leisurely weeks of vacation and chilling on the beach! I wish it was the 18th of July already!

OPI - Visions Of Love (Mariah Carey Holiday Collection 2013)

These are the last weeks before the big summer break and I can tell: we are swamped with parties (kinda fun, but not 4 a day...), last minute get togethers and presentations. As I am cramped for time as it is, I will keep things short and sweet: OPI Visions Of Love is a dark red crelly, that leaves your nails looking vampy and chic in two fairly easy coats.
It is extremely shiny and it was hard wearing as well >bonus<

OPI - Visions Of Love

Visions Of Love is a colour you can wear anytime, anyplace, anywhere it looks always chic and fashionable. I love that it has a red and not a brown base.....that makes it just that tiny bit more sassy!