O.P.I. Bring On The Bling - Burlesque Collection

Oh the Glitz and the Glam! What a pretty collection of polishes, lots of glitters and gorgeous colours! What I'm talking about, of course, is the new Burlesque collection by O.P.I. I have been dying to get my hands (or fingers..haha) on these polishes since they came out! 

I ended up picking up the Bring On The Bling polish - a gold glitter with red/green/silver flecks throughout in a clear base. 

I must tell you a few things about this polish before you get too excited by its gorgeous glittery finish. This took me 6 coats...SIX! Now I knew it would take a few coats to get it the way I wanted, but I didn't fully realize how little glitter would be deposited on my nail after each coat. Thats just a little warning to everyone, I personally think it was worth the coats because I love how it turned out! 

Heres a closer look so you can actually see the glitter in the clear base. I'm contemplating buying a gold polish to layer this over, it would probably work a lot better and take a lot less coats to get the look I want!

This picture shows the red and green glitter a little better!

Overall, I'm not THRILLED with this polish. I do like it but its a lot more "Christmasy" looking than I expected, great for the holidays but I don't know how much use I will realistically get out of it! It is still very pretty on though, and I have got a lot of compliments on it! I might go pick up the purple-y/blue one with glitter, maybe I will get more use out of that one! What do you think of this polish? Glitter polishes in general?

O.P.I. DS - Sapphire

I'm in Love...

Hey ladies! So, if you follow me on twitter I've been yapping all week about picking up an OPI Burlesque collection polish. Well, I did and I was disappointed (review coming up soon) but luckily I also picked up this gorgeous OPI DS (Designer Series) polish in Sapphire! 

Two great things about this polish: 1) Its GORGEOUS! and 2) it was only $7.99 - which is great for an OPI polish! I got this at Winners (yay, love Winners!) where they regularly carry a vast selection of OPI polishes, including the DS line occasionally. 

This is two coats of this fabulous polish with no top coat! It reflects almost ever different colour but the base is a pale blue/silver. I love the super fine shimmer in this polish, it gives it such an interesting and eye catching finish! I never really thought to paint my nails a pale blue/silver but now that I have this on my nails, I don't think its ever coming off! It is incredibly gorgeous, seriously, I'm in love!

I really hope Winners gets some more of the DS colours in! I find the formula and performance of them much better than original O.P.I. shades! (this may be in my head but I think they apply smoother and wear longer)

What are your experiences with O.P.I. DS? Do you think it wears better? Do you have some really amazing colours?

O.P.I. Go Goth!

"Go Goth", Halloween Collection

Hey everyone! Here is my latest purchase and I am so excited about it! I've been looking at this set since it came out because I love dark polish, especially in the fall! This is a collection of 4 different dark polishes so I was sold right there! The second thing that hooked me was these sets (along with the "Swiss" collection minis) were on sale for $10.99 at London Drugs, which is a great deal considering they are regularly $16.99! This set includes Unripened, Nevermore, Sanguine and Obscurity. It also comes with this random stretchy lace "bracelet" that my cat will probably get ahold of and tear to bits. (She loves anything stretchy, especially my hair elastics...)

How-Tos

Another thing I loved about this kit is it has a bunch of "How-Tos" on the back for different nail art designs! This is great for people like me who want to try something new but need step by step instructions haha!

Unripened

This is the first shade in the box, Unripened, and by far my favourite! The picture doesn't do it justice but its hard to capture glitter on camera. This is a black base with green and sometimes purple glitter, depending on what kind of lighting you are in. I just love it because of the different coloured glitter! This one is definitely amazing and a great fall/winter colour!

Nevermore

Number one, I love purple. Number two, I love glitter. Perfect! This is the second one and is called Nevermore. Its a gorgeous blackened purple with purple glitter LOOOVVEEE!

Sanguine

Here is the third colour in the collection and again, another LOVE! This is such a pretty blackened red (darker than the photo shows, the flash picks up on the red not the black) and will be fantastic for christmas! I love that all these colours have a black base to them because I love dark polish! This one doesn't contain glitter but does have a little shimmer!

Obscurity

"Obscurity" is right! I was so shocked when this came out matte! I haven't owned a matte polish yet and I am so happy that there was one in this collection! This is a true black and very matte, great for anytime I think because I'm obviously an advocate of dark polish! haha I love the matte but its going to take some getting used to, I desperately want to put a top coat on it haha!

Honestly, SO happy with this set! I think its one of the best mini sets I've ever bought from O.P.I.! I really hope these are all available in full size still, especially Unripened, because I NEED MORE of it! If anyone knows if they are still available, or ever were, in full size let me know! :)