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?

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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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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OPI: Don't Burst My Bubble and Which is Witch? (Pink Wednesday)

On Wednesdays we wear pink and today I have a soft and sheer milky pink to share with you.  This is Don't Burst My Bubble from OPI's Oz collection. This polish, and the other polish featured today, was sent to be by PR for consideration.

Don't Burst My Bubble is a soft and sherry milky pink shade which is perfect if you have a conservative work place or just need a break from all the color! It's a nice color that makes the nail tips appear really white, which I love. Sometimes sheer colors make the whites appear yellowish or otherwise off-colored. This one doesn't do that at all. I like it.

I applied two coats for the photos below and while it's not opaque, it's not bad at two coats. I think these colors are intended to be sheer like this, so while three coats may eliminate some of the visible nail line, two coats are adequate for a polished look.

I wanted to dress Don't Burst My Bubble  up a bit so I added two coats of Which is Witch? on top. Which is Witch? is a silver and holographic glitter containing fine particles of bar glitters and medium sized holographic hex glitters. It's suspended in a clear base but PACKED with glitter.

I wasn't sure I'd  like this glitter because the bar glitters really do nothing for me, but this one is stunning once applied. The bar glitter is so fine that it doesn't appear the way traditional bar glitter does. This polish creates an almost iced effect on the nails. It's simply beautiful  - I am glad I tried it! 

  

What do you think of these two?

On a side note: I finally went to see OZ: The Great and Powerful last weekend. It was ok but I was disappointed overall. Michelle Williams, who I typically do not love, was awesome though and she looked amazing, especially her skin. What a beauty!  I guess I had high hopes that would never be met. It was pretty though. I am a little less than thrilled that OPI thought SoftShades would do Oz justice. Strange choice. Did you see the movie? What did you think of it!?

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New York City Ballet by OPI

Hi everyone! I wanted to give you a quick peek at the New York City Ballet collection by OPI.  This collection includes six new additions to OPI's Soft Shades.  One, Pirouette My Whistle is a glittery top coat, the others are sheer shades which make them wonderful for a conservative work place, or a ballerina! 

The collection includes:

• Barre My Soul: This sheer beige is gorgeous, and that’s the “naked” truth.
• You Callin' Me a Lyre?: This ascending pink hits all the right notes.
• Don't Touch My Tutu!: Hands off this wispy white -- it's all mine!
• Care to Danse?: This lilac is up-to-the-minuet in fashion.
• My Pointe Exactly: See? This gorgeous sheer gray has been right all along!
• Pirouette My Whistle: Drink up! This silver sparkle is just what you need.

And here they are in all of their glory. Sorry I couldn't get them all in one collage, so you'll see one of the ones with the topcoat is in the wrong collage, but it was the only way I could fit them.  

Each color is three coats. Also, with the top coat I had just one coat on top. 

So do you like these soft shades? I do, they are all really classy looking and some are even fun! OPI does sheers so well. I love them! 

I am interested in knowing if you would like to see complete reviews of each individual polish from this collection (the format of my regular review posts).  Let me know in the comments and be sure to vote on the poll in the side bar.  I would be happy to do full reviews, I just want to make sure it won't bore you since you have seen the colors here. Thanks!

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On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Duri Cosmetics: Bridal Bells & Daddy's Girl

Happy Hump day! This week is flying by for me.  I am excited because this weekend is the release of The Hunger Games. I cannot wait to see the movie. Who else is excited?! Initial critic reviews are positive, which makes me so happy. I can't wait! 

Today is Wednesday and as you know On Wednesdays We Wear Pink! Today I have two pinks to share, both by Duri Cosmetics.  

The first pink is Bridal Bells which is a super opaque light, light, light baby pink. This baby is opaque. I really might have gotten away with one coat but I did two. It leans a little white and could appear chalky so be sure to top this with a nice shiny top coat. I like it, I don't love it. These bright whitish light pinks tend not to work for me. 

Next is Daddy's Girl which I was excited about. I was excited but it ended up being a flop for me.  It's a milky sheer light pink.  It was just way too translucent for me.  I couldn't make it work. I think it'd be a great base coat for a french mani, but alone it just wasn't a hit for me. I had issues with balding, which I am sure you can see in the photos. This is three coats, look how sheer! I think with a careful hand this would work best for a french base. I'll try it and report back.

Overall, these we just okay for me. Maybe I am just not a light pink girl. I have two other Duri's that I love so these just were not the colors for me. 

What do you have on today? Are you rocking pink?

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OPI: Bubble Bath

Good morning everyone! Today I have a classic OPI color that every lady needs in her collection for the perfect effort free manicure.  This is Bubble Bath and it's a semi sheer pink glaze of a color that takes no skills to apply and looks clean and polished.  I did this manicure one day before work when I didn't have time to be as precise as I normally am and you know what, I think it looks great. (If I do say so myself!)

I think if you're looking for something easy and classic you cannot go wrong with Bubble Bath.  I believe this is another version of this color floating around out there, it's not pink but sheer ivory. I think that one is lovely too. I think it is the pre-3-free formula though.  Not entirely sure.

I used three coats for the opacity shown. As you can see there is some VNL but nothing offensive in my book. This would make a nice semi opaque french base I think, maybe I will try that some day! 

Do you own this classic pink polish? Is it something you'd rock, at least to work?

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On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Nicole by OPI: Pink-Nic in the Park

It's Pink Wednesday again! Today I have a Nicole by OPI pink which came out with their Target exclusive collection this spring.  This is Pink-Nic in the Park. It's a really sheer baby pink shimmer which appears slightly iridescent.  I am not really a fan of this one, it was too sheer for my liking and really not flattering with my skin tone.  I don't see myself wearing this one again. I find that colors with irridessence appear very yellow on my nails for some reason which is not a look I tend to go for. 

In the photos this is three coats and a top coat in natural lighting:

Have you tried this one? Is it a color you'd rock? Let me know!!

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OPI: Do You Think I'm Tex-y? (Texas Collection)

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week. Today I have another polish from the Texas collection to share with you. Sorry these are taking so long. I am hoping to catch up on photos this weekend, so we'll see how it goes. I am also getting a new laptop (should come today) so I will be able to do things faster! My current laptop is old!

This is  Do You Think I'm Tex-y? what a cute name!!! OPI describes this as "a "berry" sexy bloom of Dallas Dahlia" This is one of OPI's new "sorbet" finishes which OPI consders semi-transparent. These are similar to jelly finishes. They're high shine but pretty sheer and squishy looking.  I have  love/hate relationship with this finish. I think it looks best on short nails. When you have longer nails the white tip peeks through and causes your nails to look dirty no matter how clean they are.  I was able to minimize this effect with Do You Think I'm Tex-y  by applying 3 coats, however, you'll see in an upcoming review I was not able to do that with all the sorbets.

This particular color is really pretty for summer. I think it'd look great with a tan. Like I said above, I do think it's more suited for shorter nails because it's so sheer. If you can get past the sheer aspect the high shine is really pretty!

Have you tried any of the sorbet colors? What do you think of them? 

Don't be shy in the comments. I had a tremendous response to my "Do you blog" post so it'd be nice to see some of you responders in the comments sometimes! 

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Deborah Lippmann: All that Jazz Trio

Hello everyone! Sorry there was no Monday post, I spent the day with friends. I got to meet my friend's new baby! Since I didn't have anything prepared there was no time for a post, but don't despair, this post will be a doozy!

Today I want to share the colors of the All that Jazz trio from Deborah Lippmann. The three colors contained in the trio are really fun. So on to the reviews.

Let's start with my favorite: Lady Sings the Blues. This color is stunning I just love it. Deborah Lippmann calls it a "silver sparkled blue" which is accurate to me. It's a cross between a royal blue and a navy blue with tons of silver micro and hex glitter. The color is just beautiful, it's so fun to just stare at my nails when I am wearing it.

The formula is nice. Sometimes the hex glitter polishes are difficult to work with, the hex glitter never wants to go onto the nail, but I didn't have any trouble with this one really at all, which is great. You'll see tons of the hex glitter in the photos and I like how it's randomly placed. This is by far my favorite of the three polishes.

Gorgeous right? I just adore it! On to the others:

Razzle Dazzle is described as "a darkened raspberry sizzle". It is packed with raspberry glitter. The shade is interesting because while it is a true raspberry color it is "darkened" which is funny because the base color is not black but sometimes when you look at it it appears to be. I like the look of this one, however raspberry colors NEVER work on me. I always get some excited for them but the color on my skin tone just falls flat. (See Heli-Yum).

That said the formula is nice. I required 3 coats for true opacity but the color built up nicely and the darkening was a nice quality.

Though the color doesn't look that great on my skin I think a ton of people will love this one, especially for the fall holidays. It's rich and interesting and totally will work for Thanksgiving and Christmas alike. It reminds me of cranberry.

Some Enchanted Evening was my least favorite of the three on its own because it's so sheer), however I do think it'd make a great glittery topcoat.

The company calls it "a pink salmon shimmer" and it's pink glitter with pink hex glitter suspended in an essentially clear base. Like I said I think this color would be best as a topcoat. Maybe on top of another pink or a black, definitely a black!

Formula was sheer, this is three coats but as you can see it's very translucent. I wouldn't wear this one alone but maybe someone else would.

Overall I do like this trio. Lady Sings the Blues is my standout. If I had to purchase just one polish that would absolutely be it. This set retails for $40 and would make an excellent gift for a fellow lacquer junkie. $40 may seem steep but it's essentially about a $54 value so it will save you a little off the price of three single bottles. It comes in a gorgeous silver box, perfect for holiday gift giving.

Disclosure: This set was provided to me by PR for consideration. All reviews are honest and done at my own discretion.

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