Essie - Cocoa Karma dotticure (Suite Retreat, Resort Collection 2015)

A dotticure again, this time with the complete Resort Collection 2015 from Essie.
The base is Cocoa Karma with dots of Suite Retreat (filled in with Cocoa Karma) and Stones 'n Roses filled with Time for Me Time. The result is a bit bumpy because of the dots-in-dots, the pink in pink dots look a bit like *zits* in retrospect.....but.....all in all I really like dots :-)

Essie Cocoa Karma with dots of Suite Retreat, Stones 'n Roses & Time for Me Time

Essie - Truth or Flare *european version* dotticure (Hide & Go Chic Collection, Spring 2014)

A bit of nailart can be so fun to do!
Here I started with a base of Essie Truth or Flare with dots of Essie Vices Versa, Lovie Dovie and I'm Addicted and then I put some smaller dots of Truth or Flare within the coloured dots.
I was a bit late with taking these pictures so there is some tip wear.......

Essie Truth or Flare with dots of Essie Vices Versa, Lovie Dovie and I'm Addicted

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 - At First Sight dotted french

Wow, I have been a busy mum at school....we organised an Easter breakfast for 220 kids! That is 380 boiled eggs, 720 chocolate eggs, 200 croissants, 240 petits pains etc. etc. Thankfully everything went well, even the Easterbunny showed up :-)

I don't know if OPI At First Sight qualifies for a Easter mani, but it'll have to do! OPI At First Sight is an old one, it's from the Fairytale Bride: Soft Shades 2009 Collection.
I love this polish: it's non streaking, not completly white yet still very fresh looking, it has golden shimmer and it is semi transparent. Love it.
To jazz it up I made some french dots with OPI Goldeneye, it matches the shimmer beautifully and gives the colour a little kick.

Well, see for yourself:

OPI - At Fist Sight and OPI - Goldeneye

I hope you can see the delicate shimmer of At First Sight, it was hard to capture with my compact.
I used 2 layers of AFS then made the dots and finished off with a layer of fast drying topcoat.

OPI - Euro Centrale Collection - You're Such A Budapest and Can't Find My Czechbook

Moving on to the new OPI Euro Centrale Collection! Today I did DOTS: yeah. I love dots and I should do them more often.
OPI You're Such A Budapest (YSAB) and OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (CFMC) are colors that are bestest ;-) friends in my book. Both are bright but a bit faded and both are soft without being extreme pastels.

I opted to use YSAB as a base colour and use CFMC for the dots. I saw swatches of CFMC alone and that made it look more bright and blue then in my case when used as dots on the lilac. The lilac made it look more of a petrol or greenish blue....which is lovely as well :-)
*note to self* next time I should use CFMC on its own and compare the colour with the dots.

Well, have a look and see for yourself:

OPI You're Such A Budapest and OPI Can't Find My Czechbook

The formula of YSAB was a bit watery but very workable and not at all streaky: this was 2 thin layers, perhaps when worn without the dots you need 2 thicker layers or three thin ones. There is some ultra fine purple and silver shimmer in there somewhere but it does not transfer to the nail. Perhaps that it makes the colour a bit more glowing but you don't notice shimmer just a this very slight glow.