OPI–My Pointe Exactly with Pirouette My Whistle

I was  so looking forward to the OPI NYC Ballet Collection. As soon as I saw Scrangie’s swatches I knew I had to have ALL of them! I’ve been searching for the perfect french polishes for so long and I had a feeling these were it! I was actually a little scared that the collection wouldn’t live up to my expectations.

Well, I needn’t have worried. This collection is AMAZING!!!!

 

This is My Pointe Exactly:

A gorgeous light grey milk jelly. Can you say perfect?! I am so in love.

This was three coats. The awesome thing about the polishes in this collection is that you can build them up to the opacity you want. One coat adds a pretty shine and polished look to your nails, two coats adds more colour and three gives you the beautiful squishy jelly look above.

 

Of course, I had to try out Pirouette My Whistle, the lone glitter of the bunch:

Ahhhhhhhh! I love you, Pirouette My Whistle! So beautiful! Silver microglitter with tiny little silver hexes. I actually thought they were circles at first but upon closer inspection they are very subtle hexes.

 

Stay tuned for more of this collection because I can’t seem to stop wearing them

Em

essence–True Love

How many times have you worn a polish and thought “meh, I don’t love it!” and then looked at the photos and gone “wow!”

You can really see the beauty in this polish in the photos.

essence True Love from the Vampire Love collection:

Two coats. Awesome formula!

It’s really too bad I didn’t like this polish that much when I wore it, because the photos really are lovely. You can see the depth of the polish in the photos but it doesn’t seem to shine through in real life.

 

What do you think? Do you agree or do you think I’m crazy?

Em

Color Club–Fashion Addict

This polish has been sitting in my untrieds drawer for months. For some reason I just never had the desire to wear it until just the other day.

 

Unfortunately I didn’t choose a good day to wear this pretty scattered holo. No sun in sight!

 

Here is Color Club’s Fashion Addict:

Apologies for the crappy photo. Artificial light is just not the same with a holo  

Anywhoo, this was a pretty, delicate light purple scattered holo which grew on me more and more as I wore it. It helped that wear time was fabulous and I didn’t get any chips or tip wear after a few days. That’s always a winner in my book!

 

I only wish I got Revvvolution, the black holo from Color Club! But I’m seriously contemplating a No Buy for May … I have way too many untrieds to get through and I have a hard enough time picking one to wear as it is!!!

Em

Chi Chi–Everyday I’m Shufflin’

Don’t you love it when you get polish as a present and the person just completely hits the nail on the head? My partner’s mother got me a few polishes for my birthday which I got during my last Adelaide trip. And honestly, one of the polishes is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen.

This is Chi Chi Everyday I’m Shufflin’:

Droooooool! Look at that BEAUTIFUL blue/green duochromey goodness? it is so, so gorgeous. This was two coats and the formula was amazing.

Chi Chi, you are amazing.

 

Here is another shot of the gorgeousness:

Ahhh. Doesn’t it just make you happy? No? Only me? I’m okay with that

 

Have you tried Everyday I’m Shufflin’?

Em

China Glaze–Aqua Baby

I seem to have a lot of colours like this, but I never get sick of them. I’m a sucker for a good teal, aqua, turquoise …

 

This one is China Glaze Aqua Baby:

Beautiful! This was two coats. I really didn’t need the second coat but you know me, I had to do it anyway! This was amazing to apply and lasted a good few days on my tips before chipping.

 

I did some nail stamping using my Red Angel plates:

This is a really cool design, very funky. I like how there are some gaps where there aren’t any squares. I used Konad Special Polish in Pastel Blue for this. Super funky!

 

What colour do you always gravitate towards??

Em

Sportsgirl–Show Off

What better way to welcome the cooler weather then to wear a gorgeous, squishy dark teal jelly. I’ve really been into the darker colours lately and I completely blame the weather! I love cold weather though, so I’m loving it. The nights and early mornings here are sooo cold, so at the moment I’m rugged up with a blanket on the couch. Bliss!

 

This is Sportsgirl Show Off:

Such a beautiful colour. This is two coats and it had an awesome formula. As most dark teals, it stained a little around my cuticles but nothing too drastic. I do love teals, they’re my favourite!

 

This is my first Sportsgirl polish and I’m pretty impressed so far. My sister gave it to me for Christmas and I’ve only just gotten around to wearing it (that says something about the state of my untrieds drawers …)

 

Are you enjoying the cooler weather?

Em

OPI–It’s My Year

I’ve been a bad blogger again! Sometimes life just gets in the way and polish falls down the list of priorities. Gasp, I know! It’s hard to believe I used to have to paint my nails every night or at LEAST every second night and now I’m lucky if I get a chance to do it three times a week. My evenings, which used to be my polish time, have been filled with massages lately.

 

Anyway, this is the polish I wore on my birthday this year:

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. A new favourite. This is just BEAUTIFUL. I could not stop gawking at my nails. Perfection in a bottle

This was two coats of OPI It’s My Year. I’ve been eyeing this off for a long time and finally borrowed it off my good friend Kate. I am definitely going to have to buy this one. How can you resist this?

Gorgeous formula, pretty decent wear time too! Winner all round

Em