Glitters from the Sephora by OPI Glimmer Wonderland Collection

Hey all! I know I've been slacking on the updates and everything, but my family from Venezuela just moved here to New York and they don't speak a word of English. I've been running around helping them with errands and getting them settled so I've been quite busy. But anyways, today I have four glitters from the Sephora by OPI Glimmer Wonderland Collection. I decided to get only the glitters because it's the only ones that caught my eyes.


Don't Be Eggnog-ious is a mix of copper glitter and big glitters in a clear base. 3 coats


Be-Claus I Said So is a mix of red glitters with a few big glitters in a clear base. 3 coats.


Sugar Plum Fairies Gone Wild is a lavender glitter and big glitters in a clear base. 3 coats (the name totally makes me laugh)


Good Tidings We Bling! is a mix of red and green glitters with big glitters in a clear base. 3 coats.


Here are they over white, from left to right, Good Tidings We Bling!, Sugar Plum Fairies Gone Wild, Be-Claus I Said So, and Don't Be Eggnog-ious

I love how they look over white, especially Sugar Plum Fairies and Good Tidings We Bling! The formula were good for them. Since they were in a clear base, it was a bit hard to reach opacity for each. Three coats did the job for all of them except for GTWB. I liked all four of them and it was a bit hard to choose a favorite. Overall, these are great glitters for the holidays and also make great stocking stuffers! ;)

What do you guys think of these glitters?

More about → Glitters from the Sephora by OPI Glimmer Wonderland Collection

Sephora by OPI Spark-tacular! Top Coat

Good morning all! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far. Next thing you know it's Monday soon :(



Today is me and my boyfriend's 4 year anniversary. I decided to do my nails with Sephora by OPI Spark-tacular Top Coat over white. And I must say, it looks quite festive, exactly what I had in mind!





Spark-tacular! Top Coat is a clear base with multicolored glitters in various sizes. We have tiny glitters and then we have hex glitters, all the glitters are in different colors, which makes this amazing. This was 2 coats over white.



It's like a little sister to Lippmann's Happy Birthday. The glitters are more dense and a little less vibrant, it's soft to the eyes. I really like how this one turned out! Glitters are smooth after applying one coat of top coat. I haven't removed them yet so I'm not too sure if these are gonna be tough to remove. I'm hoping it won't be.



I can't really say much about the formula being that it's a top coat really. But it was a little watered down and running, but nothing too hard to work with. I let each finger dry for 1-2 minutes before applying the second, this usually avoids the balding of the glitters.



Well that's all I have for today. What do you guys think of Spark-tacular? Do you love it just as much as I do?

More about → Sephora by OPI Spark-tacular! Top Coat

Sephora by OPI Safari Luxe Collection 2011

So I promised a new post today, so a new post you will get! I took off work today.. (will rant about work later) But it's almost 100 degrees here in New York and I'm totally hitting up the beach after this!

So today I have Sephora by OPI Safari Luxe collection to share with you guys. I bought the mini set just as an attempt to save some money, and the other two that was not included in the mini set. Take a look!


A Color that Can't Be Tamed is a semi-metallic green with very dim specks of holo glitter. 3 coats. You can BARELY see the holo glitters unless you look really closely in person.



Wild About Shimmer is a sheer champagne with flecks of gold glitter. 4 coats. This color is absolutely gorgeous. Even though it was sheer, it looked nice after four coats. Still visible nail line but that's OK with me.

The following four is included in the mini set.


I Don't Bite is a dark royal purple with very tiny flecks of holo glitter. 3 coats. Again you don't see the holo glitters unless you put your eye all up in the nail. My picture made it appear more blue than purple. Camera's are tricky.



Yes, Your Lioness is a coral orange shimmer. 3 coats. This one surprised me! I thought it was going to a be a boring bright retina burning orange, but it's not. It leans toward a softer shade of orange with tiny specks. Perfect for summer.


Caught With My Khakis Down is a greyish murky green creme. 2 coats. I think this would be my favorite one! It is unique. And I love murky greens!


Don't Feed the Hand Models is a pink beige creme. 3 coats. In my picture it appears to be just a plain nude beige, but it's not, there's some pink hues in it which makes it kinda cute?

The formula for these were decent. They're a bit sheer which did require 3 coats for full coverage, except for Caught with my Khaki's Down. The formula was perfect in every way. I have no complaints. Colors were good, I just wish the ones with the holo glitter would actually show up on the nails and be visible to the naked eye.

These are available at Sephora stores and Sephora.com. Regular sized bottles retail for $9.50 and the mini set retails for $18.

That is all I have for today, time to beach it up!

More about → Sephora by OPI Safari Luxe Collection 2011

Sephora by OPI Urban Ballerina Collection

Today I have Sephora by OPI's newest collection called Urban Ballerina. I was a little indecisive on whether to buy the whole collection or not, but since I'm loving all these spring collections, I thought this one wouldn't disappoint. Take a look at the swatches.


Break a Leg-Warmer is a charcoal gray creme. Very opaque under one coat, but this was under two coats


Who's Spinning Tonight? is a purple creme with subtle shimmers. 2 coats


Shiny Dancer is a dark charcoal gray shimmer with a semi metallic finish. 2 coats


Let's Plié is a light beige creme with subtle silver shimmers. 3 coats. It was streaky with the first coat but after the 2nd coat it evened out


Leotard-Optional is a mocha beige creme. Which really reminds me of a mocha drink. 3 coats


The Way Tutu His Heart is a very light pink almost white out pink. 3 coats. Also streaky with 1st coat but started to even out. I like how this one looks white with a hint of pink on it.

Overall, I liked the whole collection. Not all the colors are unique, but majority of them are. Leotard-Optional might have a few similar polishes and Shiny Dancer as well. But I can't think of any like or dupes for the other ones. The formula for these were great. They're available at sephora.com for $9 each. Prices are a bit high in my opinion, but you get what you paid. These are better formula than most $23 bottle nail polishes =X

Well that's all I have for today!

More about → Sephora by OPI Urban Ballerina Collection

Happy Halloween with Sephora by OPI Full Moon

Happy Halloween everyone! I have a few minutes before I'm off to class so I decided to post my Halloween mani now rather than after class =P

But before I do that here's a swatch of the new Sephora by OPI's Full Moon


Full Moon is an opaque white creme that glows in the dark. This was 3 coats


It is super glowy, which I love :D

And finally here is my Halloween manicure. I decided to just go with Konads since I didn't have time to do some artwork on it :(




I love how it looks when it glows in the dark :)

So that is all I have for today, be safe everyone!!

More about → Happy Halloween with Sephora by OPI Full Moon

Sephora by OPI Summer Collections

Today I have swatches from Sephora by OPI. I think they're all from their Summer collections but I can't quite recall. But anyways, here they are:

Below: Going Nude, eh? is a nude beige with subtle shimmer. This is my favorite. I love nudes now and I love how this one looks against my skin tone. The shimmer is not visible, but if you look uber close you'll see it.




Below: Havana Dreams is a baby blue creme. 3 coats. I had application trouble with this one. It kept going streaky and after a thick 3rd coat it seem ok.



Below: Midnight Mambo is a blue base with tons of glitters. It looks quite bumpy, that's because it is. I applied two coats of China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat and it seem to smooth it out a tad. It's a nice color, and surprisingly easy to remove!





Below: Read My Palm is a jade green creme. A little disappointed at this one because I was expecting a more minty green. This leans more towards the blue/aqua side. So I wasn't too excited when I saw this one.



So that is all I have for today!

More about → Sephora by OPI Summer Collections