And now some bottle pics of recent China Glaze collections!
Bohemian – no plain jane, swanky silk, rare & radiant
Bohemian – want my bawdy, unpredictable, deviantly daring
On Safari – purr-fect plum, prey tell, man hunt
On Safari – elephant walk, exotic encounters, jungle queen
On Safari – desert sun, call of the wild, adventure red-y
On Safari – i’m not lion, kalahari kiss, i herd that
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? I thought it was maybe two-three weeks since my last post, but I sure was wrong. I guess when you’re having fun (i.e. is too tired to do anything more advanced than breathing and maybe have something to eat) time flies by.
I have managed to aquire quite a lot of polishes though. I’ve thought about swatching but then my energy has just run out and it wasn’t until I got a mysterious package I finally gathered strenght to do something regarding polishes and such. The mysterious package (it was mysterious because I had no idea what it was or who sent it when I picked it up) revealed a golden box inside; containing OPI’s Skyfall collection! Did not expect. I will try to swatch it ASAP, but I hurt one of my cuticles and using nail polish remover hurts, but as soon as it heals I will start swathing like crazy (promise!).
I took some bottle pics of some of my newly(ish) aquired polishes, starting with the ones from Orly.
Dark Shadows – buried alive, mysterious curse, grave mistake, decades of dysfunction
Fired Up – glow, flare, flicker
Fired Up – ignite, rapture, smolder
Naughty or Nice – miss conduct, angel eyes, halo
Naughty or Nice – devil may care, torrid, unlawful
Ok, so, apparently the names of ‘German-icure by opi’ and ‘Every month is oktoberfest’ on my (and everyone else who was at the swedish press event) bottles had been switched, but I have edited my posts now so they show the correct names. Every month is oktoberfest is the super pretty one!
Sky High (has a slight duochrome effect in fuschia, but my camera didn’t want to pick it up, you can almost see it in the bottle, on the left side)
Metamorphosis (also has a slight duochrome effect in fuschia)
Fly With Me
Daisy Does It
Sparkle And Soar
Wing Fling (has a slight duochrome effect in orange)
Swatches of Color Clubs Take Wing collection for summer 2012. These had good formulas, shown in 3 coats and top coat.
No More Film
Pink-A-Boo (super pretty color, awful formula)
She’s Picture Perfect (has a hidden shimmer in it!)
Sure Shot
My Very First Knockwurst
Schnapps Out Of It! (awful color, but awesome formula… like a one-coater!)
Nein! Nein! Nein! Ok Fine! (dries darker than the color in the bottle)
Suzi & The 7 Düsseldorfs
Unfor-Greta-Bly Blue
Every Month Is Oktoberfest (!!! this one is sooooo pretty)
The second part of OPI’s Germany collection for fall. I like these colors as well, with the exception of ‘Scnapps out of it’ that’s just… ugly. Formula was great on these too.
This might not be the most exciting collection, but I think it serves it purpose well as a fall collection, and after my visit to Berlin I actually think they picked nice colors for being inspired by Germany. If you’re only going to get one color out of this collection, let it be ‘Every Month Is Oktoberfest’ because it is SO beautiful, doesn’t look like much in the bottle but once on the nail it’s really pretty.
(these were given to me for review)
Berlin There Done That
Danke-Shiny Red
Deutsche You Want Me Baby
Don’t Pretzel My Buttons
Don’t Talk Bach To Me
German-icure by OPI
First part of opi’s germany collection. At first, I wasn’t impressed by these colors, but they’ve grown on me. Now that I have tried half of them, and the swedish summer is so gloomy you easily get into an autumn mood, I realize these are great and beautiful colors for autumn. Oh, and the formula? Awesome. Most of these only needed two coats, but I did three and they all went on smoothly.
(these were given to me for review)
If You Moust You Moust
Nothin’ Mousie ’bout it (over If you moust you moust)
The Color Of Minnie (a little bit of shimmer in it)
I’m All Ears
Opi Vintage Minne Mouse Collection. This collection makes much more sense than the spiderman. The formula is standard OPI (i.e. it’s good or great) and the colors are pretty. It can be a bit tricky to apply the heart shaped glitter but otherwise these are very easy to paint with. My favorite is I’m all ears, I don’t know why but I love these kind of colors!
(these were sent to me for review).
Call Me Gwen-Ever
Your Web or Mine?
Number One Nemesis
My Boyfriend Scales Walls
Just Spotted The Lizard
Into The Night
OPI spiderman collection. You can tell by the quality of the swatches that I didn’t like this collection. Yeah, I’m like that, the less I like the collection the less I care about the photos. I’m sorry OPI, but what where you thinking? Your web or mine is just awful, and btw, I thought these were supposed to be the brights of this year? Also, the formulas were ok but I would expect more from opi, you can do so much better than this, both regarding formula AND colors! Well, the white one was a pretty good white, and just spotted the lizard is a cool duochrome. That’s about it. SON, I AM DISAPPOINT.
(These were sent to me for review)
Full Spectrum
Liquid Crystal
Optical Illusion
Polarized
Prism
Ray-diant
China Glaze Prismatic collection. Sorry for the crappy pics. These are supposed to be kind of duo-chrome, but I don’t really see it. Maybe liquid crystal. Otherwise, nice formula, this is 3 coats with top coat. Even though they’re not all that duo-chrome, they are pretty, but the colors are very close to each other so unless you’re like me and gotta catch’em all, you won’t need all of them.
Ah, I have so much to show you, my box of un-swatched is filled to the brim (OPI spiderman, vintage minnie, color club take wing, essie bridal and neons, etc etc). And, of course, I accidentally tore of my middle nail (on my swatching hand) into a super nubbin’. Hope I will be able to swatch again soon!