OPI - First Class Desires (Gwen Stefani Holiday Collection 2014) and comparison

There are not a lot of polishes I bought from the holiday collection this year, but First Class Desires was one I had to scoop up. It is a lovely moody eggplant with loads of gold dust and a really easy formula: two coats and you're done!

OPI - First Class Desires

Love it BUT it reminded me of another polish I own: Nicole by OPI Smile For The Glam-era, so I did a comparison.

The idea is pretty much the same: gorgeous base with gold flecks in abundance. The base coat is just a different colour; OPI has that deep purple eggplant and NOPI has a autumny burgundy colour.I can not say I like one better then the other, perhaps the NOPI is more for autumn and the OPI more a winter colour? But burgundy is very wearable around Christmas as well.....sooooo I need both >duh<

OPI - First Class Desires & NOPI - Smile For The Glam-era

One coat.

Against the light, two coats.

Essie - Chills & Thrills (Too Taboo Summer Neons Collection 2014) and comparison

When I applied Chills & Thrills on my nails I had forgotten that this polish is from the neons collection. It is a very intense colour BUT I do not think it is a true neon! One could say there is even a hint of dustiness in this blue! The formula wasn't too bad (after reading all the horrible stories about the polishes in this neon collection), it was very fast drying (as neons tend to do) and I used two thick layers to get this result (and do not fiddle around or otherwise you'll get bald spots!).

Essie Chills & Thrills

There is one obvious blue that was screaming to be compared with Chills & Thrills and that is.......Essie Butler Please >of course<
And the funny thing is that C&T is dustier and a little less blue then BP (it's a bit more purple)! For comparison's sake I also included SinfulShine Most Sinful and this one was way more blue and intense and the formula was better self leveling and dried super shiny (true to it's name).

NYC - Ruby Queen (Crystal Couture Collection, holiday 2014)

A few weeks ago I bumped into NYC Ruby Queen when I was strolling through the city looking for Sinterklaas presents. It is such a nice mix of glitter that I couldn't leave Ruby Queen standing on the display.
There are pink glitters among the red ones drifting happily along in the red jelly base: love that colour combination. Stephanie from Short 'n Chic blogged about this colour the same week I bought it and she mentioned a green glitter in this collection as well. Having enjoyed this glitter as much as I did I went back to the store...but unfortunately, The Netherlands only have the red, purple, gold and blue one >sigh< and those didn't speak to me very loudly..... *can't have it all*

NYC - Ruby Queen

It was hard to get it photographed right: the polish isn't jam packed with glitter, so it looks like strawberry soup most of the time in my pictures! In real life it sparkles and glitters much more, this makes it look like there is much more glitter in there then there really is.
To round things up: Ruby Queen is a lovely polish and because of the pink glitters a bit different and wearable (not only at Christmas).

Colour blocking with China Gaze - Riveting (Hunger Games Collection, spring 2012)

As I told you the day before yesterday, my Flashbulb Fuchsia was chipping at day 1,5........
My quick and easy solution to this problem was: colour blocking. And I used China Glaze Riveting for this task. The orange and the fuchsia/cyclamen sort of clash but I like that kind of juicy clash :-)
The end result sparkled like crazy and was very hard wearing! >yeah<

China Glaze - Riveting & OPI - Flashbulb Fuchsia

OPI - Flashbulb Fuchsia (Brights Collection, autumn 2006)

Ahhhh, a nice and bright sparkling fuchsia that was what I was craving for!
Enter OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia.
The formula was like butter and I used two coats here.
It was not as hard wearing as I would have hoped: I had chips after just one day!

OPI - Flashbulb Fuchsia

The colour is perfect though: perhaps more of a cyclamen colour then a fuchsia but the fuchsia sparkle is gorgeous as is the purple flash!
And I found a perfect solution for my tipp wear: colour blocking!
I show you the day after tomorrow............

Tiny post: first stamping attempt (with China Glaze - When Stars Collide)

Just a tiny little post today: my first stamping attempt....
I have used a stamping plate from Infinity Nails: nr 17 and as a stamping polish I used China Glaze When Stars Collide over the existing China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You.

China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You & When Stars Collide

The contrast is a bit low, so the stamping is not very striking but the colours go good together I think.
Next time I'll put a creme over a shimmer and choose a higher contrast in colours.

China Glaze - Choo-Choo Choose You (second chance)

OK, we had Choo-Choo Choose You already yesterday: I know, I know......
But......as I said it might be better to throw it over a base colour....
And I did just that: I painted two liberal coats of Choo-Choo Choose You over two coats of Release (The Giver Collection). The result was much better then the previous one was. There was less pulling away from the tips and the shimmer was more prominent without the Sally Hansen top coat. >yeah<
It *might* even be better to use a darker base coat (or even black), I'll try that next time I wear Choo-Choo Choose You!

China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You & Release