OPI - Suzi's Hungary Again glitter gradient

OPI Suzi's Hungary Again is such a yummy colour! It is a warm leaning medium pink with a touch of silvery hidden shimmer. SHA is part of the OPI spring 2013 Euro Centrale Collection. To make it even more festive I added Lush Lacquer Summer Lovin as a gradient glitter at the base of the nail. Summer Lovin is a fun matte glitter polish in a slightly yellow-orange tinged base.

The result:

OPI Suzi's Hungary Again and Lush Lacquer Summer Lovin

The coloured base gave the gradient an extra dimension....it was juicy :-)
Loved that the glitter was on the sparse side, it worked nicely with the tinted base and Suzi's Hungary Again.

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....!