Archive for July, 2011
July 13th, 2011
OPI Miss Universe Review – Swimsuit… Nailed It!
This is the second polish I picked up from OPI’s brand new Miss Universe line. There are blues and then there are blues. Holy moly, this one is bright! Swimsuit… Nailed It! is an electric metallic blue polish with shimmer.
Great formula, easy application. I used 3 coats here. But I’ve gotta warn you, you must must wear a base coat! I didn’t and now I’m paying for it with blueberry-stained nails. >.<
This is what Swimsuit… Nailed It! looks like with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Hottie holo glitter on top. Mm, so much depth and twinkle.
And then I mattefied that baby. I actually think this looks awesome both glossy and matte.
Does this blue resemble any other shades you know of?
~ Allison ~
July 12th, 2011
It’s MY Year Review from the OPI Miss Universe Collection
I am so excited! I dropped into Ricky’s today on my lunch break and the first thing I saw was the brand new OPI collection for August – a collaboration with Miss Universe. The girl working there informed me that they had just come in yesterday. Squee! The polishes are sassy and fun, and I ended up taking three of the four home.
And you know that I started swatching immediately. See my #1 polish pick from this collection after the jump.
July 11th, 2011
Sally Hansen Barracuda Dupe
These are identical dupes as far as I can tell – Sally Hansen Barracuda (from the Tracy Reese Spring 2011 collection) and Brucci Kathy’s Baby Blues.
No clue why my hands look so red here but the polish color is accurate.
July 11th, 2011
Sinful Colors Adventure Island
Adventure Island is a pale, greyed-out mustard yellow, with a hint of avocado green. Since Sinful Colors’ Adventure Island collection is suspiciously similar to OPI’s Pirates of the Caribbean collection, I was wondering if it could be a dupe of OPI’s Stranger Tides. As you can see below, they’re pretty different. Adventure Island (which I’m wearing) is has more yellow in it.
This is one of those polishes I had to have because it was so ugly! Yes, that’s what I said. A color like this just dares you, “Can you rock my ugliness? Can you, punk?” Well, it was on. Find out who won after the cut!
July 9th, 2011
Bunch of Mini Swatches – Pic Heavy!
When taking off my polish I like to play, so here are some one-finger swatches I just did. I used all of these. Follow the jump to see much much more!
