Blue and Teal Geometric Stripes

Quick and easy nails today. :D

Base is OPI Road House Blues, the teal is a CC striper.






Thanks for looking! Do you have a favorite blue?

Color Club Holiday 2011 Beyond the Mistletoe

For some reason holiday collections always seem to be the best of the year. This is no exception. If you do not love glitter these might not be your cup of tea. I however, LOVE THEM! They applied beautifully and would be wonderful layering polishes. I have one swatched with only one coat so that you can see the coverage. All other swatches except for Holiday Splendor are three coats. There are six in this collection, three of which have holo glitter. One of them is a colored base, the rest are clear based with multi colored glitter. Onto the pics!





Beyond the Mistletoe.
First pic is one thin coat. Baby blue and holo glitter suspended in a clear base.



Gingerbread.
Mainly yellow gold and rust glitters in a clear base with slight mix ins of purple and green. No holo.




Sugarplum Fairy.
Light lavender with holo glitter in a clear base. This almost turned gray on me when I put it on. Could be that my skin just pulled out that tone.



Candy Cane.
Bubblegum pink and red glitter in a clear base. No holo.



Jingle Jangle.
Turquoise and lavender glitter in a clear base. No holo.





Holiday Splendor.
Green base with holo glitter. The pictures on this are unfortunately NOT color accurate. This color for some reason photos very blue when in fact it is screamingly green. The below bottle shot, although not terribly wonderful quality is more color accurate. If you happen to have the Untamed Luxury collection the polish Untamed Luxury is uncannily similar to this, although it is teal and this is green.


What do you think? Will you be scouring the stores for these bad boys?

OPI Miss Universe Collection

Wow! This collection is a stunner! No real application problems, all vibrant rich colors. I am a fan. For serious. I am definitely a creme girl at heart, but these shimmery polishes have won me over!

Onto the swatches!

Congeniality is My Middle NameAnd berry-wine shimmer is what I do best!
 

This was sooo difficult for me to capture. It is definitely a berry shimmer, but the shimmer is bordering on being  a hidden shimmer. In some lights it is a bit more burgundy. I used two coats and in my opinion, it could have used another. In the second picture you can see the shimmer in the bottle, but not as much on my nails. A gorgeous color, might not be one I reach for often, but I did enjoy it when I wore it.

It’s MY YearIt’s about time for this champagne-rose to shine!

Oh this is a beauty. It is similar in finish to the Serena Williams OPI color Rally Pretty Pink. I actually loved this more than I thought I would. It is a gorgeous purple with strong gold sparkle. This is two coats and it covered well.
It's MY Year vs. Rally Pretty Pink



Rally Pretty Pink on Index and Ring.

Crown Me Already!
A sassy silver sparkle that knows what it’s worth.

One coat


Oh this is beautiful! The glitter! In the first picture I used just one coat, in the other pictures two. I could live with wearing it that way, but would probably use one more. This has larger silver hex glitter in a standard silver glitter base. It is very reflective and I love it!

Swimsuit…Nailed It!
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie vibrant shiny-blue bikini.



Hands down my favorite of the collection. Bet you didn't see that coming did ya? This is a lovely saturated blue with an almost foil like finish. These pictures are once again two coats, and I think I could have gotten away with one, had I been a bit more careful with my application.

What do you think of this collection? I love Swimsuit... Nailed it! It makes a GORGEOUS pedi color as well. :D