Essie - Resort Fling (Resort Fling, Resort Collection 2014)

In order to stay with the holiday pleasures for a bit longer, I opted for the name sake of Essie's Resort Collection this year: Resort Fling.
It is a jummy crelly and the colour I would describe as a peachy salmon or coral cantaloupe...if that makes any sense? For fun I added a thin layer of OPI I don't Speak Meak (which seems to be an overstock re-release of Nicole's Here Kim's The Sun. Karen Falcon of Imabeautygeek.com wrote a big blogpost about that fenomena here)
Just look at this juicy and fruity beauty of Resort Fling (don't mind the chip on my pinky nail.....it was there after I did some very hard sleeping and drinking coffee, no polish can take that, right?!....):

Essie - Resort Fling

With one layer of OPI I don't Speak Meak.

This was three very easy applied coats of syrupy goodness, it levels out perfectly (no streaks, no bald spots: just perfection). The wear was a tiny issue, BUT it could be that because I wore NO NAIL POLISH AT ALL for almost four weeks >ieks, I know<
Perhaps I should soak my nails in acetone for a while ;-)

Claire's Nail Polish - Skater (12547)

Polish on holiday number 12:

I was at the counter at Claire's and bumped into this polish. It just jumped at me, it looked like a very juicy coral crelly to me in the bottle. When I slapped it on the nails it appeared to be a more orange leaning neon coral. Well, I don't mind....I like it very much this way!

It IS a crelly and it needed three coats to get to this juicy and succulent point. I used China Glaze Fast Forward top coat and that was a good decision, I had nor chips or wear for days >happy<
For such a cheap polish I was pleasantly surprised; the formula is great, the brush good and the durability is excellent.

I'm in for second's!

And this is the END of the holiday series, 

next time I'll be back with some new and fresh manies!!

OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian with OPI Live Love Carnaval dots (OPI Brazil Collection spring/summer 2014)

Day 5: today I tried a happy dotted mani with two Brazil Collection polishes......I failed.....
I was way too impatient and ended up smearing the red dots into weeping dots >sniff<
The colours are cute together though: they are close friends and I like the combination!

OPI - Kiss Me I'm Brazilian & OPI - Live Love Carnaval

This was two coats of the bubblegum pink (Kiss Me I'm Brazilian) and that was perfect in itself.
Next time I will wait a little longer.....or perhaps a lot longer.....if I can make myself do that...... :-)

OPI Live, Love, Carnaval (OPI Brazil Collection Spring/Summer 2014)

Day 2: OPI Live, Love, Carnaval  from the Brazil Collection.
It is a hot coral on the reddish side of coral, nice and creamy, no hidden shimmers.
This was two fairly easy coats.

OPI - Live, Love, Carnaval.

I love corals and this one will be even more lovely with tanned skin this summer.....I can see it on my toes on the beach as well...!

China Glaze - Sunsational Summer Neons 2013 - Shell-o glitter sandwich

The third in the China Glaze Sunsational series is Shell-o, a hot coral pink jelly.
I have a love-hate relationship with jellies: I love the squishyness of them but I hate the transparency of them (especially when there is dirt >ieuw< under your nails....).
To make best of the translucency I decided to make a true jelly sandwich with matte white glitter: All That Glitters - Spotty Dottie Light. The white of the glitters makes the neon of Shell-o stand out perfectly!

See for yourself:

China Glaze - Shell-o and All That Glitters - Spotty Dottie Light

in sunlight

This was 3 layers of Shell-o with 2 layers of Spotty Dottie Light in between.
Shell-o was a bit streaky, it needed a bit of thinning (like Bottoms Up and Sun of a Peach), with 3 layers the result was juicy and nice! Spottie Dottie was glue like, so I put even more thinner in there and that made the application a million times better.

I love the result very summery and fresh! *happy*

OPI - Liquid Sand - The Impossible

My hands were so very dry from the persisting cold and my diy-ing that my skin resembled sandpaper more than anything else ...so I took a small break to get back my hands and cuticles to a somewhat normal state again.

I am not completely there yet but I needed some nailpolish again!!!
My eye was cought by OPI The Impossible, one of the first 4 Liquid Sand polishes of the Mariah Carey Collection by OPI (spring 2013). First off I was not convinced and I still am not..really.... Scrangie (here) made me buy it. Usually I totally get her and love her advice but with these Liquid Sands she was a bit off in my humble opinion.

The Impossible is a lovely coral red with silver hexagon glitter and holografic stars. The stars are notoriously difficult to get hold of and the polish itself is a bit on the transparent side.

It looks like this:

OPI - Liquid Sand - The Impossible

As you can see some stars stick out (very annoying) and when they are in the first layer of polish they do not shine trough the following layers... The colour itself is lovely, it just could be a bit more opaque and matte to my taste.
Next time I am going to skip the stars and try to put some nice red polish as a base under The Impossible....just to see how that will work!

China Glaze - Avant Garden Collection - Mimosa's Before Mani's

Next up in the Avant Garden Collection is Mimosa's Before Mani's. It is a lovely peachy coral/orange colour with a hint of shimmer. I was pleasently surprised by this one: it is a very flattering and happy colour. Not pastel at all and not too bright either.

Have a look:

China Glaze - Mimosa's Before Mani's

in sunlight

There is some shimmer in there...do you see it?

in the shade

This is 2 layers with a topcoat: it would have been even better with 3 layers I guess....
I had to thin the polish a bit to make it more workable, it was a bit syrupy and sticky.

In my next post I am going to attempt some nailart.....stay tuned....!

Dior - 537 - Riviera

WOW, yesterday was the highlight of my (short) blogging existence! Miss Shimmer (or is it Mrs.?) featured a picture of my Shimmer Gerry swatch on her Facebook page...look here! She also posted a commend on my blog. It's so COOL, I was all excited and felt like I was 12 years old again or something :)

OK back to reality: NAILS!
Today I have Dior 537 Riviera for you. The name did it for me really....altough the color is gorgeous as well.
It's is very vibrant en sunny coral red and I totally see myself on the Italian Riviera sipping a cocktail, wearing a maxidress and a floppy hat with this jummy colour on my nails.
There is just one but...the brush...it is huge and bushy and stiff. It feels like painting your nails with a spatula: I hate it! Can't believe a posh fashion house like Dior is giving us this "instrument" to paint with.

Look at it:

The cap is too tiny, so you don't have a good hold on it...all in all it's horrible to work with!
The polish itself is perfect though: 2 coats that level out nicely, if you look very hard you can see a little vnl but it is negligible.

My results:

Dior - 537 - Riviera

What do you all think of the Dior brushes.....hate them or love them?