I love this blue! It's OPI's No Room for the Blues. A great spring colour or in my case a great shade to addpop of colour to a miserable winter day. I have got a few of my friends onto this colour and think it looked great on all of them regardless of skin tone.
It's an amazing formula which applies like a dream, is completely opaque at 2 coats, no streaks and lasts a long time without chipping. I really don't have any complaints apart from it doesn't match all my outfits!
I have had this nail polish for quite a while and have finally got around to wearing it. I must say I quite like it. I usually go for brighter or darker colours so this is a nice change. I actually bought it with a job interview in mind but never got around to using it. I think it would be a great interview colour, it looks polished and not to over the top.
It's a really pretty sheer pinky pinky nude but it is really high maintenance! I needed 3 coats to get an opaque colour and I had to apply each coat carefully to avoid streaking. The first coat was so sheer and boring that I thought it would not work but it did. It was an effort to apply but now that it's finished I think it may be worth it
I think this colour would look better on a different skin tone to mine but I like it anyway. It's a very clean & simple color. I think I may be a nude nail convert, at least for this week anyway :P
I saw this video on the Seventeen magazine website for ombre nails and knew i had to give it a go.
I can imagine it's a bit hit and miss for some people but I love the look, i think it's fun and I'm liking the ombre trend. So with that said here is my finished version..
This was my first attempt and I could definitely do with some practice! Overall I'm happy though and will probably try it again sometime. There is more variation between the nails than it appears in the photos but I think if i did it again I would probably try to make the nails a bit more different in terms of their shades as there isn't a lot of differences between some of my fingers especially my pinky and ring finger. Oh well lesson learnt.
It was a fairly simple process and here's what I used to get my purple shades.
Orly Bonder, OPI Lincoln Park After Dark, Ulta3 Lily White (which is just a plain white) and Orly Won't Chip. I also used a paper plate, a few toothpicks and a clean nail polish brush.
Overall the process was relatively easy. Here's what i did; ♥ I started by applying a base coat, i used Orly Bonder ♥ I then started with a coat of plain Lincoln Park After Dark and applied it to my pinky nail ♥ Next I added a drop of white to Lincoln Park After Dark and mixed it with a toothpick on a paper plate and painted my ring finger ♥ I kept adding a bit more white for every new nail until all my fingers were done ♥ I finished off my applying a clear top cop and you're done!
I think Lincoln Park After Dark worked out to be a really good colour to use as it's a dark colour but has a lot of purple in it - i didn't realise how purpley it was until this. Obviously you can you whatever dark shade you like, i think i dark maroon and blue would be great too.
What do you think lovely ladies, love it or leave it?
I am currently sporting OPI's Done out in Deco, it is an absolutely gorgeous colour. This is one of my favourites and for good reason too :) It’s a pretty pale lavender shade with a dusty undertone as you can see. It has a thick creamy and consistency and only needs one coat. It dries quite smooth although it could use a bit of top coat as I always manage to get chips straight away. My first bottle is getting low and will definitely be grabbing another (thanks to eBay – what did I do without it!)
