NOTW: OPI Ski Teal We Drop

Hi everyone!  First off, I have to say how pleasantly surprised I am to have followers to this blog.  That being said, I have to say that I really appreciate and enjoy all of your comments.  

I am going to be a hypocrite here, because I said previously that I really do not like blue polishes on me.  Well.......guess what?  I found one that I kinda like.  Here it is:

Also, so far so good on the Orly Bonder Base Coat.  Pretty happy with that so far.  Have a great week everyone!

NOTW: L'Oreal Breaking Curfew

Breaking curfew is a beautiful, vampy, deep blood-red.  Love the color, but the formula and application was not good.  It required 3 coats to be totally opaque and streak-free.  It was almost a jelly consistency.  

Thanks for looking, and have a great week!

NOTW: SHXW Grey Area

Hiya!  Hope everyone is doing great.  This week I am trying a different base coat, also not using Gelous over the BC.  Trying to figure out why I am getting severe chips on about day 3 of my mani's lately.  So we'll see how this works out with Orly Bonder.

Which base coat works best for you?

NOTW: OPI Diva of Geneva

Random Swatches

I haven't posted since last year, so here are a few swatches on my nubs.  Seems as though I keep breaking one or two.

OPI Jade is the New Black

 2 coats, no topcoat

OPI You Don't Know Jacques

2 coats, no topcoat




 
OPI Cajun Shrimp

2 coats, no topcoat






China Glaze Peace on Earth

2 coats, no topcoat





Petites Color Fever Vintage Gray and Periwinkle

2 coats, no topcoat






Petites Color Fever Black Diamond

 







2 coats, no topcoat





Pure Ice Coral Reef

3 coats, no topcoat









Confetti Moonstruck

 















2 coats, no topcoat







NYC Purple Pizzazz Frost

 















2 coats, no topcoat

Essie Mink Muffs

2 coats, no topcoat








Finger Paints Black Canvas Creme

2 coats, no topcoat

NOTD: Borghese Stellare Notte

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful holiday!  The new year is right around the corner!
I say this is NOTD because I only wore it one day and then changed to CG Bogie.  This is a beautiful nail lacquer, but just isn't for me.  I just do not like wearing greenish blue or teal on my fingernails.  Toes, I am ok with wearing blues.  It is a duochrome in an almost black base or maybe even navy blue, not really sure.  It mostly shows flashes of teal, but if you hold it just right.....you can see flashes of purple.  The purple was almost impossible to photograph, I almost gave up on it.

 





































In the bottle you can sort of see the color of teal, then the purple below it.  Well almost, I wasn't able to capture a very good bottle photo.

I actually like how it looks in the above photo.  But it always seems to look teal to me.  :(  

I was FINALLY able to capture some purple!  Now this is pretty, I love that.

I think I actually captured both colors of flash in this one.  Overall, the application was smooth and was the typical "two-coater".  Oh, and it started chipping within a few hours as well.  So I was definitely not happy with that.  I used my usual base coat and top coat and it still chipped quickly.  I haven't tried any other Borghese nail lacquers though, so I do not know if this is typical of the line.  Have you tried any others with success?       

NOTW: SH CSM Haute Chocolate

This nail lacquer is pretty typical of the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes as far as ease of application and durability.  





It's a metallic, frosty shade of brown.  Kind of coppery and rusty all at the same time. 

Here it really looks brown, doesn't it? 

In these 2 pictures, it almost looks like a burgundy or wine shade.

In this extreme close-up, it looks more rusty.  I'd say IRL it appears more brown than anything.  It was hard to capture the true color of this polish.  I am not in love with this color, but I do like it.  Very nice wintry shade.  On a side note, how do you like my nubbins?  I keep breaking one and have to keep making them all even.  Obviously, I am OCD.......ya think?