Nicole by OPI Modern Family Collection

I've been enjoying the colours in this collection. I also love how they put the characters names into the polish names :)

Nicole by OPI What's the Mitch-uation?

What's the Mitch-uation? This is a shiny blue with purple tones that come out best beside a purple object. The polish is really thin. Show is 3 coats and I probably could have done a fourth since at certain angles I can still see through it.

OPI Hong Kong Collection

OPI's 2008 Hong Kong Collection 

(parts of it)

 I have to say I really like the colours in the Hong Kong Collection it seems since i keep stumbling onto them

Suzi Says Feng Shui. This was from my friend for my birthday. This is a perfect blue. I don't see any greens or purples in it. I rarely find streaks with the OPI colours. They go on smoothly. I just wished they dried quicker :)

OPI says "A serene cobalt blue to balance your yin yang."

Meet Me At The Star Ferry. This is such a neat purple. It looks like a mix of OPI's Significant Other Color and their Romeo and Joliet. I love the light sparkle in it. The reason it looks so much better than my usual quick rush paint job is because it was an actual manicure (I never get them since I'm a swimmer so the water always ruins them so fast and I work in a deli which is also very rough on nails). So I got a manicure form my Aunt for Christmas and it took ONLY 7 months to use since I was waiting for a week or so that I wouldn't be at work to ruin my nails. The price that my Aunt paid for the manicure had gone down so I had enough left over to buy the polish as well. BONUS!! haha :)

OPI says "A Kowloon-lit, moonlit violet"

Jade is the New Black. Its a beautiful jade green, it looks fabulous on nails and toes and works well with nail art.

OPI says "This vibrant green is the new fashion vibe"

Nicole by OPI Gumdrops Collection

Nicole by OPI

Nicole by OPI That's What I Mint from their gumdrops collection. I really like this one, it has a light blue colour mixed in with some darker and lighter colours. The textured is sorta like a light pebbly feel its not overly rough so it won't catch on anything. And because of all the glitter its very durable. I wish they had brighter colours in this collection most of the other colours are quite dark

Nicole by OPI I Lilac Gumdrops from their Gumdrops collection. I love how soft this purple is. I wish they had a green in this shade.

IT SNOWED!

So I realize this has nothing to do with nails but I'm excited :)

We only get like one good snowfall of the season in December in the Lower Mainland. But we got some in February!! :) Its so awesome! I'm so tempted to call in sick at work so I can enjoy the snow (which would be sitting beside a window and stare at it). But that doesn't give me money... :( Well at least I get to work near a window today...and I get to see all the people coming in covered in snow.

But here is some snow nail art I did for my mom in December

I started with OPI's Keeping Suzi at Bay as the base then I sponged some of Sally Hansen's Hi Ho Silver onto the tips. Then with my white nail pen I drew a snowflake and added some smaller snowflakes (the dots) onto her ring finger.

Pink Floyd

I grew up listening to Pink Floyd, being that they are my Dad's favorite band. So I made this one just for him.

I was unhappy with the colours I chose. I thought that they would be good but when I did it the rainbow didn't work with itself :( If I did it again I would have to go colour shopping and play with the colours before I did my nails. Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out. It also got great reception :) I am (sadly) not ambidextrous so I didn't dare try doing it on my right hand instead I wrote Dark Side of the Moon on my nails using a nail art pen :)

Now I need to do Another Brick in the Wall nails

Ombre

So my friend and I bought 2 Ombre sets by LA Girl 

One was Girls Night Out, A bright summer one

the other was Spring Fling, A blue one with glitter

Personally I like the Girls Night Out better since its brighter, the blue one is too...I don't know boring? But who knows maybe it looks better wearing it than on swatchicles. Anyways luckily my friend was the one who bought it not me :) So the kits came with a top coat as well. Girls Night Out came out as matte.

Gosh

Gosh

This is Gosh's Ocean. It does look like ocean water. It has the perfect mix of blues and teals, with a brilliant shine. Every time I paint my cousin's nails she chooses this one :)

Super Bowl

So I'm not a football person...But my dad is a little bit so just for him I made some Seahawks nails :)

For the eagle thing I made it using some refillable nail art pens.

The thumb is Suzi Says Feng Shui.

The pointer and pinky fingers are Queen Victoria Street

The ring finger is Cotton Candy with Quo by Orly Baby Yellow Instant artist

The middle finger is Suzi Loves Cowboys with Chic Chic Horray 

So this one got a really good reception :)

I love the simplicity of it. I don't usually do mix-matched art I usually prefer the look of one solid pattern, but this one worked really well. I tried to get my family to draw the eagle on my right thumb but they all laughed at me :( So I did it myself probably better than they could have done. 

Hard Candy Polishes

This blue has no name. I really like this one it had an almost holographic look with it's sparkles.

This green looked a lot nicer in the bottle. The gold and silver glitters mixed with the green just don't appeal to me (so I only wear it on my toes). Sorry it looks like crap in this picture I was trying something new. If you want easy polish removal you coat your nails in white glue and let it dry then paint on top of that. So I was trying that plus the polish has gotten quite thick.

Such a beautiful purple. It might be one of my favorites in my collection. It had such a fine sparkle in it that it created an almost holographic look to it.