OPI 2010 Burlesque Collection:

 I had this post all set up to have it published the day I stopped blogging, but I ended up not publishing because I decided I needed to take a break. What I really needed to do was a break from polish period, but I can't help my addiction. Anywho, I don't have the entire Burlesque Collection because I didn't think I "needed" it when it came out. Yea... BIG MISTAKE. Especially on the glitters. I have been lucky to still find some of the glitters available at some stores and that's the only reason why I have any of them.

Glow Up Already is a multiglitter with gold being the dominant color. Four Coats with topcoat.

Simmer and Shimmer is a multi glitter with the blue glitter as the main color. Four coats with topcoat.

Extra-va-vaganza is a multi glitter with orangey copper glitter as the main color. Four coats with topcoat.

Show it and Glow it is a multi glitter with pink as the main color. Four coats with topcoat.

Tease-y Does It is a dark burgundy with microglitter. Two coats no topcoat.

 The only other two polishes I want from the collection is Sparkle-icious and Bring on the Bling, but I'm not sure how easy it will be to obtain either one without having to pay a high price. I have scouted them on eBay and I really don't want to pay over ten dollars for either of them. Maybe I'll get lucky and find them on a blogsale someday. ^_^

China Glaze Holiday 'Tis the Season to be Naughty and Nice 2010 Part 1

 There are 16 polishes in the China Glaze 2010 Holiday 'Tis the Season to be Naughty and Nice collection, but I only have 13 out of the 16. The three I am missing is Naughty and Nice, Jingle Bells and Mommy Kissing Santa.  usually make the effort to try and complete my collections, but I really don't know why I stopped on this one. I'll have to scour eBay later to see if I can find them at reasonable prices.

 Ok, so I'll make this quick because I didn't schedule this post and I have to go out to Target in a bit to get 19 presents for my son's classmates. No idea why the school isn't having the normal book gift exchange, because that was a lot easier to take care of than 19 kids. Anyways, back to nail polish. This post will have seven of the 13 polishes I have and tomorrow I will post the other six.

The first one is Frosty. Frosty is a sheer white with tons of shimmer. I used four coats to cover my visible nail line, but if you don't mind the vnl you can get away with three coats.

It reminds me a bit of Orly's Au Champagne, but this is way more shimmery and sparkly.

This is Mrs. Claus. Mrs. Claus is a red jelly with red and silver glitter. I used four coats on this one as well and added top coat.  

In real life the color is a bit more vibrant. It kind of looks washed out and that's because of my lighting. I hadn't realized one of light bulbs burned out, so I'll have to pick up some more at Target.

This is two coats of Party Hearty over Snow. You can do one, but I think everything always looks better with MOAR glitter.

You can see all the different types of glitter here. There are only three types of glitters in this one. The large hexes are red, the medium ones are green and the small ones are gold.

This is Cheers to You. It's just a basic silver foil and I used three coats on this one.

This is a swatch with no top coat, so you can see that it's bit gritty on the closeup. A coat of top coat will smooth it.

This is Jolly Holly. I used two coats on this one. I cannot believe I have not worn this color yet. It is absolutely stunning. It's not just a basic green shimmer.

Up close you can see the gold in this polish. It really stands out against the green.

Peace on Earth is a blue based olive green frost. It can be a bit streaky, but this is the tendency with all frost finishes. In order to minimize streaks on frosts, I polish as normal on the first coat/s and the last coat I just sweep the entire nail in one fluid motion. I only needed two coats on this one.

I know these olive greens aren't favorites with most people, but I just love them. Especially this one.

This is two coats of Ruby Deer. Ruby Deer is a bright red creme with an almost jelly like consistency. With the first coat it was sheer, yet not sheer enough to be a jelly. With the second coat it became opaque, but still has a bit of jelly look to it.

You can see it better here in the closeup.

 That's it for today's post, but tomorrow I will have the other six polishes that I have from this collection and I'm hoping to start swatching China Glaze's 2011 Holiday Collection. If I finish by tonight I should have it up by Thursday since I have other polishes I want to show you! ^_^

A Glitter and Flakie Sandwich

 I started the idea with a glitter flakie sandwich when I wore OPI's Don't Mess with OPI. This is a really beautiful almost hunter green. It only needed two coats and it was really easy to work with. Even though I had fun with this polish I thought that a little glitter would really make it pop, but it ended up just look like a Christmas Wreath! That would be cute except, we're about three months away. Don't get me wrong, I love, LOVE Christmas so much that.. umm.. I may or may not already be listening to Christmas songs when I feel down. O_o

This is a coat of Color Club Object of Envy over Don't Mess with OPI. It's a cute combo, but a little on the Christmas side.

Then I decided to add some Nubar 2010 to take the Christmas look and feel away, but then it seemed that the flakes overpowered the glitter.

Finally, I added another coat of Object of Envy and I was so happy with the final look. Just the right amount of flakes show through.

 That's my glitter and flakie sandwich! I actually tried this as well with red glitter and the flakes gave it a really awesome effect. It ended up looking AMAZING, so I will have to post that mani sometime next week.

P.S.

 Eileen if you're reading this, I'm working on taking pics of my stash so it might be a few more days before I can get it posted!

A Berry Blue Layering

 I have been on a blue kick since last week and this is one of my NOTD's I wore. It's Barielle Berry Blue with three other polishes layered on top. Yikes! I say yikes because when I layer, I normally don't do more than two polishes, but I was in a layering kind of mood. The other polishes I used were Nubar 2010, Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black and Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple, in that order.

 It was really amazing to see the different colors that the flakes and glitters reflected. I kept turning my hand to be able to view it at different angles. I attempted to catch all the different facets of this mani and I think I may have succeeded.

This first picture has a little bit of all the different colors.

Here the green is more pronounced. The green was my favorite!

It's a little dull here because of all the light in the background but this reddish looked really amazing, almost like a phoenix red in real life.



 I would like to play around with more layerings, but the removal is a bit too much for me right now. I'm saving all my foil for my Lynnderella's! *insert evil laugh here*

*For those of you who don't yet know about the foil method for nail polish removal click here.