Gnarly Gnails: Shade: Solitaire

Brand: Maybelline

The Beauty Buffs - Radiant Orchid

Wednesday, May 07, 2014
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Brand: Ninja Polish

The 12 Days of Polish - #7

Tuesday, December 17, 2013
By Missy
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Challenge: Digit-al Dozen Theme Week

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Black & White - Day 1 - Texture

Monday, November 11, 2013
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Brand: Candy Lacquer

Golden Girlie

Saturday, April 20, 2013
By Missy
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I have a couple more products to review today - this time from KKCenterHK - the awesome superstore that carries a TON of stuff!

Let's get right to it and I'll walk you through it!

Items In This Post:

OPI Liquid Sand - Honey Ryder

OPI Liquid Sand - Solitaire

KKCenterHK - BLUESEA Bow Tie Nail Art Decorations

KKCenterHK - N. Nail 2.5mm Circle Glitter in Black

Orly - Luxe

Candy Lacquer - Cold Hearted

Here are the polishes I've used in todays manicure.

The BLUESEA Bow Tie Decorations come 2 to a pack and retail for $4 (at time of publishing, this item is currently out of stock on the website but plenty of other cute bows are still available by clicking HERE).

The N. Nail 2.5mm Black Circle glitters come in a HUGE jar - like a lifetimes supply huge. It says 10g, its a ton. It's available HERE and retails for $8.00 - it comes in a ton of other colors also.

Here is a macro of the glitter in the jar. The glitters are kind of stuck together in some places, like they've been cut but not separated - so be sure if you purchase this product to keep that in mind before you get down to business with it - you don't want to grab a big chunk of glitter when you only mean to grab one!

And now we come to the nails! I started this mani with 2 coats of Orly Luxe on all nails except my ring/accent. For my accent I started with 1 coat of Solitaire Liquid Sand by OPI.

Then on my regular fingers I applied a few of the circle glitters haphazardly, followed them with a coat of Candy Lacquer's Cold Hearted white glitter polish and then added a couple more circle glitters. I wanted to give the appearance of the black glitters being a part of the polish.

For my accent - when Solitaire dried I did a gradient using her and Honey Ryder Liquid Sand by OPI to get a cool white to gold texture gradient!

Then I finished the accent nail up by adding the cute bowtie decoration!

I thoroughly loved this manicure and these products! I will never use that entire jar of glitter and the bow ties are reusable as long as I don't lose them when I wear them!

You can get 10% OFF any purchase at KKCenterHK by using my code:

LASTLY - Tell me in the comments - do you prefer this smaller size of photos or my standard bigger ones? They are always clickable to make fullsize/larger, but I wanted to know your thoughts with the top navigation header being stationary now if this made it easier to see the picture in its entirety if I made them smaller....?

**some products in this post were given to me for free in exchange for my honest review**

Brand: OPI

OPI Bond Girls - In Action!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
By Missy
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I'm extremely excited about this post you are about to scroll through.
The moment I saw word that OPI was coming out with a FULL collection of Liquid Sand polishes I was beside myself with anticipation! Swatches and bottle shots started popping up and my mouth was watering!
Well...I received my set earlier today and couldn't even stand to wait one second to get them on my fingerzzz! If you follow me on Instagram, you saw me splashing photos all over the place of my new pretties.
So first things first...

Polishes In This Post:

OPI - Pussy Galore Liquid Sand

OPI - Honey Ryder Liquid Sand

OPI - Solitaire Liquid Sand

OPI - Tiffany Case Liquid Sand

OPI - Vesper Liquid Sand

OPI - Jinx Liquid Sand

Lets Check these beautiful ladies out:

From Left to Right:

Solitaire

Tiffany Case

Honey Ryder

Vesper

Jinx

Pussy Galore

I'm going to get the wordy stuff out of the way so you can just focus on the pics.

Each of these polishes is opaque in just 2 coats, with the exception of Pussy Galore, which took 3 coats. Formula on most of these were right in the middle, just what you would expect. Exceptions were Honey Ryder which was thicker than the others, but can almost be a one coater, and Tiffany Case, which was the thinnest of the 6. All of these polishes produce a gorgeous sparkle, with and without topcoat, with the exception of Vesper which is a matte texture with no glitters whatsoever.

Lets do this!

Pussy Galore - portrayed by Honor Blackman in the film Goldfinger

3 coats - no topcoat

Up close

3 coats with topcoat

Solitaire - Portrayed by Jane Seymour in the film Live and Let Die

2 coats - no topcoat

Up close

2 coats with topcoat

Jinx - Portrayed by Halle Berry in the film Die Another Day

2 coats - no topcoat

Up close

2 coats with topcoat

Vesper - Portrayed by Eva Green in the film Casino Royale

2 coats - no topcoat

Up close

2 coats with topcoat

Honey Ryder - Portrayed by Ursula Andress in the film Dr. No

2 coats - no topcoat

Up close

2 coats with topcoat

Tiffany Case - Portrayed by Jill St. John in the film Diamonds are Forever

2 coats - no topcoat

Up close

2 coats with topcoat

All in all - wow!

These polishes are all must haves.

With the exception of Vesper - these all sparkle soooo much, with and without topcoat.

Jinx surprised me at how much I fell for it, the sparkle in that polish is nothing short of a full on glitterbomb.
My picks of the collection are Honey Ryder (I'm a sucker for gold, what can I say!?), Solitaire and Jinx.

These polishes release in May and retail for $9.00 in the US and $10.95 in Canada.
You can find OPI at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Chatters, JCP Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA

**all items in this post were sent to me by the company or their pr firm in exchange for my honest review**