a-England St George! Oh and I'm back!

Hi. *hangs head*

I've been gone for awhile, I know. But I am back now! I have a stunner today, a-England St. George. Holy crap, this is a good polish. Deep green-y teal. Perfect formula. Smooth and glides on. If you're careful it is a one coater. Its got a scattered holo that comes alive in the sun. It is super gorgeous!

a-England can no longer ship worldwide due to silly Royal Mail and their polish laws but it is available at Llarowe and Ninja polish :)

Thanks for reading!

OPI Ski Teal We Drop Swatch

Herroh!!

Today is just a quick post with one of my favourite teals! This is OPI Ski Teal We Drop. It came out with OPIs Swiss collection from fall of 2010! Its gorgeous. Two coats of shimmer teal goodness. Great formula.

Hope you like it! Thanks for reading :)

Jade Gets Slapped With A Gradient!

Hayooooooo

Today I am showing off what I did with Butter London Slapper! I decided to practice my gradient skillz. I don't have many skillz in the gradient department but I am getting a bit better each time I try.

I sponged on OPI Jade Is The New Black starting at the tips. I picked Jade Is The New Black because I figured the colours were similar enough that the gradient would be subtle... AKA easier to blend :) I added a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust afterwards for some sparkle and topped it with HK Girl Topcoat.

 I'm the first to admit that I am not an expert at gradients but I think this one is my best attempt yet. I think the key to blending (with me, anyway) is to choose colours that are similar in tone and finish.

I hope you enjoyed todays post, thank you for reading :)

Butter London Slapper Swatch

Oh hay it's Friday! I think is it Friday... my days are all jumbled up!

Here is a quick swatch of Butter London Slapper! Teal creme perfection. Great formula, bright clean colour, flattering. I'm wearing two coats in these pictures and I am a fan. 

I always wanted to try a BL creme because of all the good things I heard about the formula but I was hesitant because of the $14 price tag. Well, I am a believer. This was awesome to apply. I think I'll only purchase during sales though. $14 is a lot of money. You can find Butter London at their website (which does NOT ship to Canada), Karmaloop.com & Nailpolishcanada.com. I've also seen a stray BL on a rack at Winners so keep your eyes peeled.

Overall thoughts about Slapper:
-Great formula and a great colour
-I love the bottle shape, stores well and is not tippy
-I love that the cap pops off and reveals a user friendly brush handle
-$14 is pricey but worth it if you love the colour

Thanks for reading!

Sunday Swatch Spam FT. OPI

Herrrroh.

Today I've got some swatch spam for you by OPI. Take a peek!

OPI We'll Always Have Paris Suede

Pinky-purple-heaven in just ONE coat.

OPI Orge The Top Blue
Perfect medium blue creme in a perfect two coats.

OPI Danke Shiny Red.
My favourite one-coat red by OPI. Stunning shimmer on this one!

OPI Alpine Snow.
3 Thin coats of a stark white. Perhaps a bit too stark for me, but it works if that is what you are goin' for.

OPI Funky Dunky.

Two coats of grape purple perfection. I love that this always looks purple and never too dark.

OPI Fly.
Excellent teal creme/crelly. I love this one. Bright, clean, awesome.

OPI You Only Live Twice
Raspberry Glassfleck with a three thin coat formula. It seriously glows. I love this one.

& That is it for today! I hope you liked my Sunday swatch spam :)
Thank you for reading!

Polished Perfection Leapin' Lizards

Hello :) Just a couple more days left of work for me! In fact, depending on weather tomorrow will be my last full work day! Then I am just a chopper, float plane, shuttle drive, and two commercial flights to go! Then I will be back home to play with my polishes again! My nails have took quite a huge beating here at work though :'( I've been trying to keep my cuticles moisterized and my nails covered in at least SH Nail Miracle or OPI Nail Envy.. but its no match for the chemicals and water my hands are in all day! :(

Annnyywhoooo.... This is a polish I picked up in a blog sale! Polished Perfection Leapin' Lizards! Awesome name right? Well it is an awesome polish too.

Teal holo glitters in all different sizes of bars and hexes in a teal base! Oh and microglitter too! There is a LOT of teal and a LOT of holo going on in this polish! Application was flawless. The teal base really helped make the colour opaque at two coats and the glitter went on where it was supposed to, layed flat (even the bar glitter!), and no fishing was needed at all. I like that :)

Two coats and topcoat in these pictures :) Some were taken in the sun and the last one is indoors :)

I will wear this one a lot, I really liked it :) Hope you do too!

Springtime Flower Nail Art with OPI's Nicki Minaj Cremes!

Finally arrived in Northern Quebec for work!! Very excited to be here. The internet is not bad for a camp.. but still pretty unreliable. I am going to be very very busy over the next month here!! Also, everyone speaks french and my french skills are so incredibly poor. Its shocking how long you can last in a conversation just nodding, smiling, and laughing before the other people realize you don't speak their language. Turns out I am even more awkward than usual in Quebec. Also my nails are already suffering. Constant burning, chemicals and dishwater will do that to them though. Im doing my best to try and keep them from becoming too horrifying. I have cut them very short :(

Anyway......  here is some flower nail art I did awhile back in spring when I had long nails! I used the three cremes from the OPI Nicki Minaj Collection. I used two coats of Fly as the base colour, Pink Friday for the Petals, and Did It On 'Em for the middle of the flowers. 

I used the back end of a paintbrush as a dotting tool to make the petals and middle of the flowers. I did the middle dot first, then used it as a guide to go around it with Pink Friday for the petals. Then I did the middle dot again. After it dried a bit, one coat of SV smoothed it all out. They definitely aren't perfect but I think they look quite pretty for spring. 

This manicure made me realize how nicely the Nicki Minaj creme colours go together! I was super happy with these nails :] Although it has made me miss my long nails very muchhhhh.

Essence Choose Me - Swatch

Helllooooo! 

Here is another Essence polish I picked up recently called Choose Me! Its a super pretty greened-blue almost teal jelly base with an intense glassfleck shimmer at first just seems gold in the bottle but on the nail its also seafoam green, and blue too. Its really gorgeous, especially in the sunshine. This is three thin coats and topcoat :)

Yay Essence! Another winner for the books :)