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"

Striping Tape Design

I recently bought some coloured tapes and I wanted to try them out.

I had a set of 10 different colours and I already had green nails so unless I wanted my nails to look Christmasy, white was the best option for me to try. 

It's pretty easy to see what I did but here it goes

-2 verticle strips along one side then, 

-2 horizontal strip across the tip of the nail.

This was my first time using tape so I am still learning. I have learnt that I need smaller thinner scissors than just kitchen scissors. I couldn't always get very close. I gave up trying to use scissors on the tiny ends and used nail clippers but I ran the risk of cutting part of my nail.

I also used a top coat to help the tape stick on.

Of course if you didn't feel like making sure the tape fit correctly you can always paint a white coat on the bottom than once dry place your tape on pressing to the edges. Then paint a green on top taking off the tape in the reverse order you put them on.

As you can see I redid the design on a nail wheel. I kept reading how the nails are too close on the wheels so I taped the sides beside the one I was doing.