OPI New York City Ballet SoftShades Collection 2012

Today I have OPI's New York City Ballet collection to share with you guys. This collection was made for their Soft Shades colors. It consists of 5 sheers, and one glitter. I thought these were gonna be some boring sheer shades, but I was completely wrong. They are sheer indeed, but they are definitely not boring. They have a jelly finish! Jellies!


Don't Touch My Tutu! is a sheer white. 3 coats


You Callin' Me a Lyre? is a sheer pink. 3 coats


Barre My Soul is a sheer beige. 3 coats


Care To Danse? is a sheer lilac. 3 coats


My Pointe Exactly is a sheer gray. This was 3 coats, could've used another coat!

Aside from the gorgeous 5 sheer shades, this collection also came with a very, very pretty silver glitter with sheer white hex glitter. And over the sheer polishes it just looks so elegant and sweet I would say. Something about it makes me love it very much. Have a look:


Pirouette My Whistle over Don't Touch My Tutu


Pirouette My Whistle over You Callin' Me a Lyre?


Pirouette My Whistle over Barre My Soul


Pirouette My Whistle over Care to Danse?


Pirouette My Whistle over My Pointe Exactly

Since these were sheer, they weren't too hard to apply. But that's also because the formula was pretty good. All of them were done in three coats, and still visible nail line. If you have the patience, maybe it will be opaque in four or five coats. What surprised me about this collection is that they turned out to be jellies. And I absolutely LOVE jellies. So you can tell that I am very pleased with this collection. My favorite is the glitter, it's just so sparkly and gorgeous, it's subtle and not POW! in your face type of glitter. I can see me wearing these for work! I also love My Pointe Exactly, because it's a sheer grey jelly! It looks so unique and I don't think I have anything similar in my collection.

Well that's all I have for today, what do you guys think of this collection?

(These were sent to me for review)

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Essie Wedding Collection 2011

I am sticking my goal to having a post every day for this whole week, and so far I'm doing good. I'm tired of having all these backed up photos waiting to be posted. And then I get so far behind that I post summer swatches when Fall comes. That happened to me last year and I refuse to do that again!



So anyways, today I have the Essie Wedding collection to share. It consists of four polishes, 2 sheers, and 2 cremes.





First Dance is a gorgeous red creme. 2 coats





Better Together is a sheer light pink creme. 3 coats





Made to Honor is a sheer nude-ish pink jelly. 3 coats





Borrowed & Blue is a very light baby blue creme. 3 coats



I'm not a huge fan of red polishes, but it has slowly grown on me. As for First Dance, I actually really like the way it looks on my skin tone. I can't really choose a favorite because I really like Borrowed & Blue as well. So I feel it's a tie between them. As for the sheers, I don't really have a problem with them. I just feel they're a little too plain for my taste. But since I got a new job now, and for this job, it is very important on the way we present ourselves, therefore I can't really do all these crazy colors anymore. But it's OK, I'll wear the crazy colors on my days off :)



The formula for these were great. They didn't give any streaking problems at all. Applied very evenly with no fuss. That's what I like about Essie polishes. They never tend to be streaky at all. I tend to buy all Essie collections, even when I don't like the color that much. I think I should stop on that, being that I am on a budget -_-



Well that's all I have for today!

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OPI Femme de Cirque Soft Shades Collection

Today I have OPI's Femme de Cirque Collection for their Soft Shades release. I am happy to be taking a break from all the colorful nails I've been swatching and to see neutral shades. These are for their Soft Shades so they are known to be very sheer and delicate looking.

Take a look:


In the Spot-Light-Pink is a sheer pink. This was done in 3 coats. I love how it seems like a french manicure, if only my nail tips were whiter, I think this would look perfect. I love how it seems like my nails have this pink glow.


Step Right Up! is a white-ish pink, almost white. 3 coats. Visible nail lines but that's fine. Surprisingly this one wasn't streaky.


So Many Clowns, So Little Time is a creamy nude pink. 3 coats. This also makes a good french manicure base, and looks lovely on its own.


I Juggle...Men over black is a iridescent shimmer top coat. I did it over black just so the shimmer can show. The purple, blue, and pink shimmer just pops. (please click on the picture to view larger image) It's a top coat, and I wasn't brave enough to bare my nails to you guys just yet lol but I do wonder, why the name? Haha

So I liked this collection because it's a change from all the Spring collections I've been swatching (still more to come) I actually do enjoy neutral shades since it's work appropriate (even though my boss doesn't care if my nails are the colors of rainbow)

The formula for these were good. No complaints for them. My favorites happens to be In the Spot Light Pink, and I Juggle...Men. What are your inputs on this collection? Yay or Nay?

(These were sent to me for review)

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Hello Kitty Beauty Nail Polish by Sephora

Sephora had a two day private event for VIB's to shop a sneak peek of the new Hello Kitty Beauty with a full line of cosmetics and accessories. The collection launches in mid-January. Sign up here for an e-mail notification once the collection is launched.

I have the eight nail polishes to show you today. Well, seven because one of them turns out to be a clear top coat or some sort. The nail polishes costs $10 per bottle and their size is 9ml.

First off, I only bought these simply for the bottles because it is absolutely adorable. All of these colors are not unique because I've seen them around. Purple Sprinkles might be the only unique one.

Banana Cream is a pastel yellow creme 3 coats


Blueberry is a pastel blue creme 2 coats


Minty is a pastel mint green creme. 2 coats. Could've used a third


Bubble Gum is a pastel pink creme. 2 coats


Frosted Cupcake is a sheer pink frost. 3 coats


Purple Sprinkles is a sheer purple base with tons of sparkly glitter. 2 coats


Pink Sprinkles over bubble gum, minty, blueberry, and banana cream. It is a clear base coat with holo glitter

The formula for these were pretty good. I was surprise Banana Cream wasn't streaky at all. Three coats did the job. If you don't have any pastels or if you're a true Hello Kitty fanatic like I am, I would purchase these just for the bottle.

Here's what I bought from the rest of the collection..

Nail Art Stickers

Apple Balm
Blotting Papers
Compact Mirror
Sweet Gloss in Pink Bow

Roller Ball Perfume


5 piece Brush Set

Well that's all I have for today, gotta get ready for 2011 :) Wishing you all a happy and safe new year!!

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Four Orly's from 'tis the Season Holiday Collection

More holiday collections to show today! I have the Orly's 'tis the Season Holiday collection but only four of the six. I didn't get Candy Cane Lane nor Naughty & Nice since they didn't seem at all unique to me. If they were in their old prices I would've probably bought them. But $6 for a red creme, no thank you.

So anyways, the other four colors are nice. I like Orly polishes because I love their formula.


Rockin' Rocket is a bronzey/copper shimmer with gold shimmer


Glitz & Glamour is a yellow gold foil


Winter Wonderland is a semi sheer pearlish white silver shimmer. Would probably look great over other colors rather than alone


Meet Me Under the Mistletoe is a dark forest green shimmer white silver/white flecks. This one has a blue base.

Overall, this collection is ok to me. My favorite is Meet Me Under the Mistletoe and Rockin' Rocket. The formula is excellent of course. All were two coats except for Winter Wonderland which was 3 coats.

Well that's all I have for today. I believe this is my last holiday collection to show.

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Sally Hansen Spam!

Hello all! Got back from classes not long ago, and decided to do my Sally Hansen spam post today! I swatched all these last Wednesday. Wasn't a sunny day, but a cloudy day, hence all the pictures were taken indoors either with natural light or artificial light. I think these are the only Sally Hansen polishes I own. The last polish I tried from them was a prism? one and that was like ages ago.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Polishes


Gray by Gray - blue gray creme. 2 coats. I love how it's not a true gray, with blue tones in it. Makes it unique.


Yellow Kitty - pale yellow creme. 3 coats. I first bought this only for the name, since I'm a huge Hello Kitty fan :D but I love this color as well. I love yellow cremes. Especially for those that apply like heaven.


Grass Slippers - lime green creme. 2 coats. Very interesting color, any green polish is already a plus for me.


Lagoon - blue/green metallic. 2 coats. Visible brush strokes as you can see. VERY similar to Sephora by OPI's Mermaid to Order (which I don't have) but from other swatches I've seen, SOPI one is better. Less brush strokes.


Sea and Be Seen - bluish purple shimmer. 2 coats. Very shimmery, interesting color.


Ring My Shell - pearly white with hints of lavender and some green. 2 coats. VERY gorgeous pearl. I love the slight duo-chrome in certain lights. I think I should've done an extra coat to have no visible nail line. But that's ok because this color is beautiful.


Dive Deeper - pale blue shimmer. 2 coats. Quite sheer as you can see. I didn't really like this one, but it looked so pretty in the bottle that I bought it. Ehhh, it happens xP


Midnight in NY - black creme with multicolored specks. 2 coats. Love the name (hello, I'm a New Yorker) :)


Hidden Treasure - clear base with flakies. FLAKIES!! I did two coats over Midnight in NY and I absolutely love it. I've been putting it over every color possible, and it just looks nice over any color. The flakies are flashes of green, orange, gold.

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Nail Polishes


Spring Green - pale green creme with yellow base. 2 coats. Formula was a bit thick for me. These do dry pretty fast, but not as fast. You still have to give it a minute or two for the polish to settle in especially if you did more than one coat. Even though one coat was opaque, I did two out of habit. Uh is it just me or do my hands look like red crabby hands? O_o


Expres-So Yellow - pale yellow creme. 2 coats. Another yellow that applied streak free. Still till gloopy for me though!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Polishes


Green with Envy - yellow green creme. 2 coats. This collection has a normal brush which was what I am more comfortable with.


Lime Lights - sheer green pearl. 3 coats. Um, no offense, but ew. I didn't expect it to be THIS sheer. It looked gorgeous on the bottle. I should've tried it on my nails before I bought this one. Not too fond of it.


Going Green - a true green with shimmer. 2 coats. Wowee! I love this one. The green is a true green. The shimmers make it pretty. Only con about this one is STAINING. Though this one did not stain piss yellow like American Apparel's Green Malibu, this one literally stained my nails green. Took me awhile to get rid of the stain. -_- Totally Worth it though!

Sally Hansen HD Nail Polishes


DVD - sheer light purple with flashes of blue. 3 coats. Absolutely gorgeous color, need I say more?

Resolution - green with blue undertones and shimmer. 2 coats. I loved this one because in certain angles/lights you can see the blue. Which made it quite interesting.


Hi-Def - green frost? 2 coats. It's a tad sheer. I didn't like this one either. Don't know why I bought it, I guess because it was green. Sigh, how typical of me.

Phew, finally done. I hope this was helpful too all. Sally Hansen polishes can be found in most local drugstores, however, a few are already gone; such as Tracy Reese's Complete Salon Manicure Collections, DVD and Resolution. Those are the few I don't see at drugstores anymore. The others I still see around.

Ok, so this is all I have for today. I'll have a random spam post either by the end of this week or maybe even earlier.

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