OPI - I Don't Give a Rotterdam

Hello everybody,

Hope you're doing fine.
Me, I'm still at home and resting... and now posting ;)

Oh, yes, the collection I've waited for such a long time is finally in my hands!! OPI Holland is here!! I know, here in Europe we get the collections after they are released in the US, but that's not a problem with me. I'm still happy I've got it!
Of course, I didn't order all the 12 polishes... but only 9 :D And amongst the 9, 4 of them are minis. Hopefully I will be able to show them all to you!

First of all here is I Don't Give a Rotterdam. I find the name excellent, i just love it. And i love this polish too. The colour is a gray-blue with silver crystal flecks inside.
The formula and the application were excellent. Purists will need 3 coats, but I'm OK with 2 coats for opacity. The wear was also very good.

 Here I'm wearing 2 coats of I Don't Give a Rotterdam + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

 

I think that the best way to wear this polish and to value it is to wear it with a light blue pair of jeans:

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In conclusion:

Application: 4.7/5
Formula: 4.5/5
Finish: 4.5/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 4.0/5
Wear: 4.0/5.0

Overall: 4.37/5



And, in the end, I want to share with you this picture of the young magnolia tree in the patio just bellow my bedroom window:

... yeah... spring is here ;)

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - Sapphire in the Snow

Hello everyone,

This has been a very busy week for me, working late and everything... And it's so cold outside, and it seems to me that it's going to last forever... Lost my little avocado-tree because of the freezing weather - well, ok, ok, I  know its' my fault I didn't bring it inside before it got completely frozen...  oh, well, enough with my talk! Let's get to the polish I'd like to show you today: OPI Sapphire in the Snow! Gorgeous!

I know this is another oldie, but I've got quite a few in collection ;) From the swatches I've seen on different blogs I think last OPI fall collection Road House Blues is very similar to this one.

It's an indigo cream, in some lights is more blue than purple, in other light i' more purple than blue. I just love complex colours like this. The application is very good, and you'll certainly need 2 coats to get it fully opaque - some perfectionists would like maybe 3.The drying time is correct.

As I'm far from being a perfectionist (while I do like things well done), I only did 2 coats, and I guess it came out pretty OK (except a little bald spot on my ring nail - thank you for ignoring :-) ).

In the shade

In the sun

And again in the sun

I don't know what's wrong with me, 'cause I've been so much into glitter layering lately... so I've added a coat of OPI Last Friday Night on top of my middle and ring nails:

In conclusion:

Application: 4.5/5
Formula: 3.5/5
Finish: 4/5
Drying time: 4/5
Opacity: 3.5/5

Overall: 3.9/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - It's Totally Fort Worth It

Hello everyone,

A quick post for today to celebrate my new net-book (my desktop is totally out of service and unfortunately lots of my pictures are still trapped on its hard-disk )!  Oh, well, it's a small, inexpensive laptop... Not exactly what I wanted, but that'll do it until I get something bigger and better: a desktop :) But that's all right, I don't regret buying this one because I'm sure it will be a great travel companion after all.
And luckily,  I have some drafts saved in my posts. So, until I receive my command of an adapter ATA -USB for hard-disks, I'll post the stuff I already uploaded in my drafts!

So today I'll be showing you another "last year"! It's OPI It's Totally Fort Worth it, from the Texas collection released for the spring in 2011.
This polish is got a cute gray-ish silvery base with this really nice pink shimmer, it's also got a very beautiful pearly finish ... but it is incredibly sheer! What you see in the pictures bellow is actually 4 coats!
I don't know about you, but me, I simply can't handle polishes that require 4 coats in order to get a bit opaque. I 'm sure that I'm not going to wear them because I cruelly lack spare time... And yes, 4 coats and still got VNL...! Too bad. 
The drying time is surprisingly good even with 4 coats.

I tried to do a Konad design using OPI Ski Teal We Drop, but it failed. So I added a coat of OPI DS Coronation on top of the mess :) and here is the result:

Oh well, too bad for this polish, but this makes the waiting for OPI Holland even harder!!! :D
They said it will be available in stores about middle of February... gna gna gna! ;D Can't wait! ;)

So, until then, let's see the conclusions about OPI It's Totally Fort Worth it:

In conclusion:

Application: 3/5
Formula: 1.5/5
Finish: 3/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 1/5

Overall: 2.6/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI Crown Me Already! - Miss Universe Collection

Hi there everyone,

Hope you're doing fine and that you're having a great weekend.
Today I'll show you another polish  from the Miss Universe Collection. It's basically a mix of silver micro-glitter, hex-glitter and some other medium-sized pieces of silver glitter, all in a clear base.
Of course, because of the clear base, you'll be needing 3 or 4 coats for opacity. I only did 2 here. Normally, IRL, the portions of nail that you obviously can see through the glitter in these pictures, is not so visible actually.
The application was OK for a glitter, and I gotta say that I really like the sparkle and the joy that this can bring to any mani when used as a top coat!

So, here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Crown Me Already!, no top coat:

In the shade

In the sun

An over a dark base:

In conclusion:

Application: 4/5
Formula: 4/5
Finish: 4/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 4/5

Overall: 4.1/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - I Vant to Be A-Lone Star

Hello everyone,

As I said before, I'm really, really behind with my swatching... I have a lot of un-swatched polishes that I'd like to show! I know, normally I should be stating to swatch the 2012 spring collections, but instead... I'm doing 2011 spring! :)
I've only got 3 polishes from OPI Texas 2011 Spring collection: I Vant to Be A-Lone Star, Its' Totally Fort Woth it and Guy Meets Gel-veston... Not the greatest polishes ever, but somehow different!

So today it's time for OPI Vant to Be A-Lone Star.
I don't know exactly what the name means.. I guess it refers to the "Lone Star State" (Texas) but I don't know why is it spelled like this?
Anyway, back to the polish... The colour is a grey-ish baby blue, with silver shimmer inside. It looks almost frosted to me. The problem with this polish is that is SHEER... Here I'm wearing 3 coats of polish, and still got bald spots and VNL. This polish is however beautiful, and I think it would be even more beautiful maybe layered on an opaque nude creme. In spite of everything, I really like it!

And then I decided to add 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air on top... Everything changes instantly ! :D

Who'd knew? :) OPI Vant to Be A-Lone Star is an excellent base for Glitter in the Air ;)

In conclusion:

Application: 4/5
Formula: 2.5/5
Finish: 3.5/5
Drying time: 3/5
Opacity: 2/5

Overall: 3/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - Congeniality is My Middle Name - Miss Universe Collection

Hello everyone,

These pictures were taken in august, during the summer holidays, Bucarest...

I really loved this polish and is the only one my mother really liked - so now it's more than precious for me. Of course, at that time I still had my long-holidays-nails :)

I'd describe the colour as a berry base with fuchsia glass-fleck shimmer! Gorgeous. It does look a lot like The One that Got Away from the Katy Perry collection, but this one is a bit lighter and slightly more pink. I'll probably do a comparison later on this week. Opaque in 2 coats, it's a got a very good formula and dries very well.

So, here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Congeniality is My Middle Name + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

In conclusion:

Application: 5/5
Formula: 4/5
Finish: 4.5/5
Drying time: 4/5
Opacity: 4/5

Overall: 4.5/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - A Little Nookie

Hello everyone,

Now this is a genuine winter swatch... no sunshine, not good light for good quality pictures, no nothing! I'm sorry for the low-quality pictures, but the light is very bad today. I have however chosen to swatch a little bit today because I happen to be at home and to have some time! 

So I've decided to start swatchig all of my polish bottles I have since like more than a year ago and that I haven't swatched yet!

A Little Nookie is one the first OPI polishes I've ever purchased, I guess it was in my very fist big command, back in the fall of 2009. I have worn it 2 or 3 times, because is such a neat and neutral colour. I really love it! It is one of those black labeled OPIs that today are quite hard to find: A Little Nookie is part of the Sheer Romance Collection 2002! 2002!!! :) A polish from a collection released 10 years ago! Now that's an oldie. I didn't know when I bought it, but I'm happy I did ;)
It's got an adorable satin-like finish, is easy to work-with and the application is great. It is sheer indeed, as the collection name stipulates, but it builds up very well.
Here I'm wearing 3 coats of A Little Nookie, no top, and I think I could've used 2 more for full opacity. But I can't say that I dislike the VNL with this kind of shades (not like the "sorbets" from the Texas Collection!) . I think it was made to be like this, and it is very lovely. 

In conclusion:
Formula: 4/5
Application: 5/5
Drying time: 4/5
Finish: 5/5
Opacity: N/A*

Overall:  4.5/5

Thank you for watching!

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* I've decided that announced sheer polishes will not be noted on their opacity, as from the beginning we know that there isn't supposed to be any!

OPI - Skull & Glossbones

Hello everyone,

I've been having these pictures in my drafts for quite a while, I don't even remember when I did this. It's not the greatest swatch I could do, but I've decided to publish it because I'm so late with all the collections and everything...
This colour will probably worth a re-swatch later on this year, because it's a great colour! Skull & Glossbones is a beautiful and very original shade of light grey, but with a very subtle beige undertone. No dupes I could find for it! This is actually my favourite of the Pirates of the Caribbean collection (number 2 being Steady As She Rose).

The consistency of this one is a bit watery, but no biggie, it layers very well, and it's perfectly opaque with 2 coats. Dries quickly also.

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Skull & Glossbones, no top coat:

And here is the lousiest pirate of them all. Sorry for him. He looks angry and powerless!

 I've got only Mermaid's Tears left to swatch of this collection. Coming soon! ;)

Thank you for watching!

See ya soon!
Hugs!!!

OPI - Jade Is the New Black + stamping

Hello everyone,

How you've been doing? Me, I'm just too busy these days but I miss blogging. I barely have the time to do my nails and going to the office with naked nails is becoming a regular basis...Not good! I need to get organized here ;)

So this is a little oldie I've got for you today! It's the famous OPI Jade is the New Black released with the Hong Kong collection for the spring, in 2010.
And it's really one of the most beautiful greens ever! I'm a huge fan of this polish and I'd wear it more often, but... it's really, really not work appropriate. It's too beautiful to be work appropriate! :)
It applies very smoothly and is perfectly opaque in 2 coats. The finish is gorgeously shiny... I truly adore it! And weirdly, I think it looks well on my fair skin tone!
So here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Jade Is the New Black, no top coat. The first 4 pictures were taken in the sun:

And the next 3 in the shade:

I've been practising my stamping with my new Claire's french manicure white.. so this is what came out of it. Not great, I still have to work this out, but I'm getting better - I think ;P )

Thank you everyone for wathcing!

See ya soon!
HUGS!

Catrice Mermaiden

Hello everyone,

Today I'm going to show you another Catrice from my swap with Stephanie form So Nailed. This is a superb purple/green duo-chrome, in a gorgeous silver base.
The formula is absolutely great. It applies like butter and needs two coats for full opacity. The only thing I dislike is the brush strokes which are a little too visible for my taste. But, in all, this is a great polish!
In the following I'll show the polish in different lights, so you'll get the impression it's not the same polish! But it is!
Here I'm wearing 2 coats of Catrice Mermaiden, no top coat:

In the shade

And in the sun. Yup, it's the same polish ;D

Still the same LOL ;D

Yet again, in the sun, still the same ;D

Here you can see both colours on the nails:

And then I thought I'd like to see how Catrice Mermaiden compares to OPI Not Like the Movies (from the Katy Perry collection)! So I put 3 coats of OPI Not Like the Movies on my middle and on my pinkie, keppeing the 2 coats of Catrice Mermaiden on my index and ring.

As you can see, the colours are mainely the same, only Not Like the Movies has some silver shimmer in it, while Iron Mermaiden has not.
Also, Not Like the Movies applies really well and builds up very well too, and you don't get any brush strokes marks at all.

I'm not sure which one I prefer... Iron Mermaiden needs only 2 coats for full opacity and teh formula is a dream to work with, but has got brush stroke marks and no shimmer ...

Which one do you prefer???

Thank you so much for watching!

See ya soon!
BIG HUGS!!!