Categorized: OPI

Morning Vampies! Today I am going
to show you the other three Carolyn New York swatches I took. It is a
cold rainy grey day here and supposed to be the next couple days, so I thought these colors were fitting! I am
hoping to somehow take new pics of the Color Club cremes so I can show
you in decent lighting, but without my friend the sun around, it might
be difficult! The Carolyn New York polishes all had fabulous
consistency and application. All pics taken in sun
with no top coat.

Handball Courts
This is a really nice silvery dove grey shimmery polish. It went on pretty sheer so it needed three coats. I love, love, love grey polish and was really pleased with this. For a second I thought it might be close to OPI’s Sheer Your Toys, but no. This is more grey and doesn’t have the red flecks that OPI’s does. It is very close to RBL’s Concrete Jungle, but this has shimmer whereas that is a creme.

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Well my Butter LONDON test failed miserably. I wore Tramp Stamp for about 24 hours before my first chip appeared. 36 hours into wearing it I had 4 or five decent sized chips along with some tip wear and I had to remove it. I don’t believe it’s all the polishes fault though. You see, I noticed that some of the tips of my nails are cracking and peeling lately and I think it’s due to using non-acetone nail polish remover when I swatch. The fingertips that show the chips first are the ones that have the cracks. I have cut them down as short as possible and have switched to OPI’s Expert Touch Lacquer Remover, which is a gentle nice smelling remover that leaves my nails less damaged and dry. It is pretty expensive at $15.95 for 16 ounces, but I think probably worth it in the long run. What polish remover do you use and what do you do when your nails get damaged? 

As soon as I saw swatches of OPI’s Holiday in Toyland collection on The Nailphile and All Lacquered Up, I knew I was a goner. I didn’t order them all, I got the five I liked the best judging from their swatches, and I am NOT disappointed! All pics are taken in sunlight with no top coat. Enjoy!

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Hey Ya’ll! I feel as though it’s appropriate for me to say that because I am writing you from the big ‘ole state of Texas right now. Yep, I’m in San Antonio hanging out by the Riverwalk for a work conference. Anyone know of any cool beauty stores near here? I have already been informed of a Trade Secret in the mall, so of course I will be going there tomorrow to see if they have anything the Bay Area doesn’t have (I hope, I hope!).