OPI - Honey Rider Liquid Sand of The Bond Girls Collection, summer 2013

Somehow these pictures were forgotten along the way.....they were waiting to be posted for a long time already!
So today is the day for Honey Rider.
It is a neutral light golden Liquid Sand by OPI (a mix of golden and silvery particles), not too blingy and not too yellow. I usually do not like golden foils but the texture gives it that little umph it needs and makes it less in your face and more wearable.
The formula was very nice and it was perfectly even and opaque in one/two coats.

Here it is, finally....

OPI Liquid Sand - Honey Rider - The Bond Girls Collection

As you can see it is a very wearable colour, it would look lovely on the beach and it would even be Christmas appropriate I think! So: very good investment ;-)

China Glaze Sunsational Summer Neons 2013 - Highlight Of My Summer

I almost forgot about Highlight Of My Summer, even though it initially was my first pick out of the collection.
HOMS is a very fresh, minty green colour with a lot of white in the base and some yellow to make it not too minty. Colour wise it is very lovely, I do not have anything similar in my stash. Consistency wise it was a hot mess......when I was little I used to paint my nails with Tipp-Ex (used for blocking out type errors). This white stuff had a terrible consistency, dried instantly, clotted always and HOMS does excactly the same things :-(
It dries so fast it does not level out, so it streaks and it clumps. I added thinner which helped a little but not enough by any means. After 3 fairly thick layers of HOMS it n e e d e d two thick layers of topcoat to smooth things out a bit.
Wear time was horribly bad as well: the next day I had bits and pieces missing from my tips...

I did a very brave (dare I say so myself?) attempt to photograph this monster (the pic with the "sunset button" is the most colour accurate I could achieve):

China Glaze - Highlight Of My Summer

in diffused light

in sunlight

using the "sunset button" on my camera

Conclusion: love the colour, hate the polish!!
I'll use it for dotting but never again for a full mani. >sigh<

OPI The Bond Girls Collection summer 2013 - Solitaire with a dash of Pussy Galore

After three weeks of NO nail polish at all on my nails (which was kind of refreshing) I decided it was time to  get painting again. I choose Solitaire from The Bond Girls Collection (all Liquid Sands).
Solitaire is like moon dust......a softly glittering silvery white. With some lights the silvery glitters seem to be dark grey, like little moon craters, and in other lights they glow up like sparkling silver. I love this colour; it is pure white and yet it isn't, if you get my drift ;-)

Have a look yourself:

OPI The Bond Girls Collection - Solitaire

I wore Solitaire like this for a day and then I decided to add some subtle striping.......

OPI The Bond Girls Collection - Pussy Galore

Photo taken inside

Photo taken outside

Pussy Galore is a very soft and girly addition to Solitaire...you have to look to see it. It is a lovely soft pearly shade with some slightly darker pink microglitter hiding in the murky waters. I could not get those micro glitters to show themselves to the camera >sorry<

All in all I really like the Liquid Sands and Solitaire is no exception. Can't wait to try Pussy Galore on all my nails: perhaps next time.....?!