On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Bondi New Your "Botanical Beauty"

Hello beauties! Happy Wednesday! I hope you're all having a nice week. As you know, on Wednesdays we wear pink so today I have a polish to show you from a new brand called Bondi: New York, which was sent to me for consideration.

This is Botanical Beauty  which is a lilac tinted Pink creme.    It's got a nice high shine finish. I love the color, it may have a  touch too much white in it for my skin tone but I think a lot of people can pull this off, vs. a true baby pink, because the subtle purple tone warms it up and makes it less stark.

This polish is super opaque and I only needed two coats for the finished result. I had no issues with streaking or balding at all. I thought the formula was very nice on this. Please excuse the index finger, I'd just broken that nail when I took these photos:

  

Bondi polishes are 5-Free and can be purchased on their website for $15 a bottle. The price point is a bit high for me. I do not usually spend that much on a polish unless i feel the color is truly unique. However, if this suits your budget the product is nice.

What do you think o f Botanical Beauty? Have you tried any Bondi nail polishes? I'd love to hear your thoughts! 

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OPI: Honey Ryder

Hello friends! Happy Monday! I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead of you! Today I want to show you another OPI Liquid Sand color that was sent to me for consideration. This is Honey Ryder from the OPI Bond Girls Collection. This is a really pretty golden shimmering sand color. I love it! 

As with the other Liquid Sand polishes, this is a textured matte finish. I cannot get enough of these. I am so happy to see new colors in this finish! 

The formula was great. I had no issues with application whatsoever. You don't want to use a top coat with the Liquid Sand colors if you want to keep the matte textured finish, but these dry really quickly between coats so it's not really an issue.

  

What do you think of this one!?

Random Bits:

• Yesterday I spent all day cooking for the week. Let's hope this makes life a bit easier during the week. Here's what's on the menu: Baked Spaghetti Squash and Cheese from Skinny Taste (I just baked the squashes to make prep time less), Cilantro Lime Shrimp from Skinny Taste, Mediterranean Quinoa Salad from Skinny Taste for lunches this week, and while I was preparing all of those things I had Chicken a la Criolla simmering in the Crock pot, also from Skinny Taste. If you haven't checked out Skinny Taste and you love to cook, you should. Gina's blog is amazing (and who doesn't love the name Gina? LOL). 
• Saturday, the 27th, is my Birthday! We're going to NYC to see Wicked! We've seen it before but we're going with friends who haven't seen a Broadway show so we thought Wicked would be a great way to introduce them to Broadway.

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Color Club: Over the Moon

Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well! Today I'd like to show you a color (sent to me for consideration) called Over the Moon by Color Club. Over the Moon is a light blue linear holographic polish.  Holos are just so much fun, when they hit the light it's just a kaleidoscopic of color. What else can I say? So pretty!

This is actually a really opaque, almost one coater! I used two for the opacity shown but if you're super careful you will absolutely be able to get away with one. What's better than that!? No streaking, no balding.

Love this one! How about you?

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Well that was short and sweet! I wanted to say hi to you all and thank you, as always for coming and reading the blog. I hope you're all doing well.  I am! I am enjoying my new job and am really excited for what's to come!

What else is going on? Well, I have been told by the Dr. to go gluten-free. What a pain! So I have been doing that, not easily, but doing it. Any of you gluten free? How do you do it? I mean no calzones? No bread basket? No tortillas. It's really sad. I did, however, find a really great bakery nearby that makes killer gluten free cupcakes. One craving satisfied! Any tips are much appreciated. 

Until next time, have a fantastic day! 

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OPI: I Theodora You

Hi everyone! Today I have yet another polish from OPI's Oz collection to share with you. As you know already, this collection was sent to me for consideration.

This is I Theodora You and it's another SoftShades color. It's a sheer baby pink color. In the right lighting it's got a nice high shine. This type of color gives you a nice clean look. I do love the look of a sheer pink from time to time. I think I love the idea of it more than I love the actual result. I tend to gravitate towards these types of shades and then I never quite love them on me. This one is ok. 

I used two coats for the opacity shown but I think you really do need three, I am just too lazy for three.  I had a bit of streaking but I think it was really all about my application, not the really the polish, so be careful and you should be okay.

Please excuse my dry cuticles:

What do you think? Need this in your life?

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OPI: When Monkeys Fly! Over Glints of Glinda

Hiya! I hope you all survived Monday! LOL! Since I showed you Glints of Glinda yesterday I thought i would show you When Monkeys Fly!  which I swatched over Glints of Glinda. (These were sent to me for consideration). When I saw this collection I really thought I would love the glitters, unfortunately they look 100X better in the bottle than they do on the nail. Major bummer!

When Monkeys Fly! is a bronze gold glitter with holo glitter suspended in a clear base. Unfortunately it does not transfer to the nail as nice as it looks in the bottle. The glitter particles are few and far between and difficult to disburse onto the nail. I hate when glitters require a million coats to show up because the clear base gets gunky and gross. It makes me sad that this did not work for me because the color in the bottle is really pretty. I even tried shaking, putting it upside down, putting it on its side... nada. Also, the large gold/bronze pieces that DO make it to the nail have a tendency to curl up and make a mess. Sad day for me.

Meh... it just disappointed me. Oh well! Have you had better luck with this glitter?

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OPI: Glints of Glinda

Hello my friends. Happy Monday. I hope you all had a nice weekend. Mine was great! We got to spend time with our nephew/Godson PJ, his new brother and sister, and of course my brother in-law and sister in-law. Saturday was a great family day! On to the polish...

Today I want to show you a sheer nude. This is Glints of Glinda from OPI's Oz The Great and Powerful collection. This was provided to me by PR for consideration. I am going to cut right to the chase, I don't like this one. It just does not work for me. It's far too yellow in tone and makes my nails look discolored.

I used two coats for the opacity shown and like I mentioned above, this is sheer. It's meant to be and I don't think you'd get this opaque no matter how many coats you did. The formula is nice and there's no issue with streaking or balding. It has a nice high shine, it's just the color that doesn't work for me.

I look at this one like a glaze, just a skim coat of "color" to shine up the nails. I just wish the coloring wasn't so yellow on this one. Oh well. 

What do you think of Glints of Glinda? Do  you think the yellow tone would work for you?

I wanted to share a professional photo of my niece and nephew. My friend Bambi, of Everlasting Beauty Photography took some amazing new born photos of the twins.  This is my favorite one, just look at the smile on Anthony's face!!!! Take a look at Anthony and Aria:

Have a great week everyone!

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Zoya: London (Pixie Dust)

Hi all! Today I have another one of the Zoya Pixie Dust polishes to share with you. This was sent to me for consideration. This is London which is a slate grey textured matte color.

I have already told you how much I love this new finish trend and this one is no exception. I just love how this finish looks on the nail. I cannot wait to see more ASAP.

I love grey and this is a nice mid toned one. It is perfectly opaque in just two coats. It dries quickly and to keep the integrity of the finish you must skip a top coat. 

What do you think? Do you love this trend as much as I do?

In other news, I have a new niece and nephew. My sister in law had TWINS on Thursday  Here's a pic of Anthony and Aria :-) Big brother PJ loves "his babies"!

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