OPI Germany Collection 2012 – Every Month is Oktoberfest

I was anticipating OPI Germany Collection to be absolutely stunning. Well, nothing is new in terms of finishes, but collection is definitely lovely and very well composed. Maybe because I own so many polishes, I can’t be fascinated with entire collection and buy all of the polishes as I used to anymore:). Overall, there are definitely some timeless and classic pieces like Don't Pretzel my Buttons and Schnapps Out of It.

I got only 2 of the polishes from this collection so far: Every Month is Oktoberfest and German-icure.

Every Month is Oktoberfest is blackened base with mix of dark purple metallic shimmer. The shade is very complex and definitely looks “rich”. It’s almost black under the indoor artificial light. In sunlight it reminded me of Max Factor Fantasy Fire. Great polish to have in your collection. Every Month is Oktoberfest definitely more on the classics side.

The application is flawless; only 2 thin coats are needed for the full opacity. It also dries fast and durable as most of the OPI polishes.
The only strange thing I noticed is that it doesn’t go well with Seche Vite top coat. After one day of wear clear top coat started chipping off. At the same time, the nail polish itself didn’t chip at all and stayed for 5 days.

Tony Moly GT05 Jupiter

As a lover of purple nail polishes, I’m totally mesmerized by the beauty of Jupiter by Tony Moly. It’s a deep purple base with tiny purple-pink and bigger blue glitter. The formula of Jupiter is different than that of the other polishes from Galaxy collection. It’s not as “top coat hungry” as the other ones, mostly because the nail polish has less glitter.

Nerd Lacquer Cold & Calculating

Cold and Calculating is a deep purple shimmer with silver and pink different sized glitter. Pretty simple for Nerd Lacquer, right? Trust me, it’s not simple at all!

Cold and Calculating is such a vibrant shade bordering vampy and trendy. I saw some swatches on the web and It seems like my polish is a little bit different than the one in the square bottles - it doesn’t have blue small glitter and the base is not jelly. This adds more color overall.

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party

This week I’m cheating a little bit for Pink Wednesday J. 

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party is a square and hexagon glitter top coat consisting of blue and pink particles. It really feels like party on the nails.

Technically, I still have pink in my manicure, so it’s not 100% cheatingJ . As a base I used Royal Orchid by Priti NYC that is also dark burnt mauve pink. Surprisingly, Boy-Girl Party made the base look darker and more purple.

Orly Plum Delicious

Orly Plum Delicious is a lovely light lilac shimmer with a hint of duochrome finish. I only have seen this polish in a mini version of Orly.
The formula is quite thin, but it’s easy to apply and wear. Unlike most of the brushes in mini polishes, the Orly’s brush is a little bigger that makes the application easier.

Without flash in daylight

OPI Touring America Mini Set swatches

I wasn’t’ planning on buying OPI Touring America nail polishes. I don’t know why, just had more wanted ones on my list.
 I got this mini-set as a present from one of my friends as a present and it includes pretty much all of the nail polishes I wanted from this collection except  Road House Blues.

The set consists of 4 small sized nail polishes:

1.    -     French Quarter for your Thoughts

2.    -    Honk if You Love OPI

3.   -     A-Taupe the Space Needle

4.  -      Are We There Yet?

     Are we there yet? Is a melon crème with a little bit of shimmer. It has some orange undertones as well. 2 coats are enough, but for the full opacity I would recommend 3 coats.

    A-taupe the Space Needle is an espresso brown, one of my favorites from this collection.  It’s definitely a very fall color, with an earthy kind of feel. I would say that A-taupe the Space Needle probably will not find a lot of affection in the hearts of nail polish lovers, because it is on the uglier side. But this fall ugly color really has been a huge trend, like CG trendsetter and WestSide Warrior. I absolutely adore it for the uniqueness.

    French Quarter for Your Thoughts is a light grey crème, color of the dry concrete. It reminds me a lot of the Skull and Glossbones from the Pirates of the Caribbean Collection that I already have. So, it’s nothing very special to me.

    Honk if You Love OPI is a very dark purple crème, almost black, but still not black. It’s a very interesting shade. I personally really liked in on my toes J. Its jelly based, so 3 coats are needed for the full opacity.

Drip Mani with Color Club Pucci-licious and CG Gamer Glam

I have been into nail art lately and as I’m not so proficient in it as other girls, I’m choosing the easiest ones:)

Drip manicure is very easy to make. All you need is 2 or more nail polishes and nail art brush. First, I painted the nails with Pucci-licious. Such a gorgeous shade of purple. I noticed that Color Club Poptastic collection has a very specific polish formula – it’s more on the rubberized side.

I then used Matte Essie top coat to get rid of the shine.

Although matte Pucci-licious mani already looked pretty awesome it was a little too much for work, so I added China Glaze Gamer Glam holographic to create a drip mani.