Category Archives: Nail Polish Swatches & Reviews

Cult Nails My Kind of Cool Aid Swatches & Review

Cult Nails My Kind of Cool Aid Swatches & ReviewHaha, if you saw yesterday’s Smorgasbord Sundays post, you got to giggle over some fun swatches of Cult Nails My Kind of Cool Aid on a guy!

I sported this awesome grayish purple polish a couple of weeks ago, but after he made the debut swatches, I had to follow up with these. 😉

This polish is tricky to capture accurately on camera because even in person, it changes a bit. If you take the colour in my flash photos and natural-light photos, the real colour is a cross between the two.

(Funny thing: The colour in my Smorgasbord Sundays post is pretty accurate, and it was done with the camera’s flash.)

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Smorgasbord Sundays: I Like Painting Guys’ Nails

Men Wearing Nail PolishWhen I get bored, I often ask my male friends if I can paint their nails.

Most times they aren’t willing (haha), but the rare time they say yes, I jump on the chance to go buck wild. And then I snap photos with my camera before they change their mind.

And, yes, I got their permission to post these on here. I just had to promise that I wouldn’t identify them by name. 😉

Although I’m sure that I have at least two more photos from other guys, we can giggle over these for now. 🙂

I love it when people don’t take themselves too seriously and just have fun!

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OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know? Swatches & Review

OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know Swatches & ReviewWhen I heard about OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know?, the first thing that came to mind was a joke from the musical, Mary Poppins.

Do you remember the joke about a man with a wooden leg named Smith? (The awful punchline was: What was the name of his other leg?) Haha, it was really cheesy when I was a kid, but it still makes me smile now.

Wooden Shoe Like to Know? from the OPI Holland Collection reminds me a lot of Whoppers…but maybe I’m craving something chocolatey as I write this. 😉

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OPI Gouda Gouda Two Shoes Swatches & Review

OPI Gouda Gouda Two Shoes Swatches & ReviewAs you know, I’m usually all about bold colours, so OPI Gouda Gouda Two Shoes from the Holland Collection is waaaay out of my comfort zone.

OPI Gouda Gouda Two Shoes is a ladylike muted rose, and I can’t say that I have ever reached for this kind of colour. It’s very safe, which means that it usually is off my radar.

But when I had the opportunity to give it a spin, I was curious like a cat to see if this could be the shade that would pique my interest in this colour family or not.

If you wear a lot of cream, white, tan, or brown clothing, though, I can see this looking really amazing as a complementary colour.

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Nicole by OPI Great Minds Pink Alike Swatches & Review

Nicole by OPI Great Minds Pink Alike Swatches & ReviewWho else is so ready for winter to be over?

Although the weather has been unusually mild with hardly any snow in Canada, I’m still looking forward to the spring and summer.

And what better way to get a taste of the warm-weather spirit than by wearing a light-hearted polish?

Nicole by OPI Great Minds Pink Alike is a pink polish that I can get down with because it’s a coral pink that just makes you happy looking at it.

For me, corals bring to mind fruity cocktails, bikinis, and the giddy feeling you get when the sun’s beating down. How can you be in a bad mood with this on your nails? It’s colour therapy in a bottle!

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OPI I Don’t Give a Rotterdam! Swatches & Review

OPI I Don't Give a Rotterdam Swatches & ReviewLife can be quite the pitcher. And some people seem to constantly get thrown crazy curve balls that make them strike out and feel frustrated.

Instead of giving up, sometimes you just have to learn how to let some things roll off your back. As gross as the saying sounds, you need to develop thicker skin or you’ll risk getting emotional wounded at the drop of a hat.

OPI I Don’t Give a Rotterdam! from the new OPI Holland Collection for Spring/Summer 2012 not only has a funny name that’ll make you smile, but it also serves as a great reminder that when life hands you lemons, be glad that you’re not a lobster!
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Nail Art: Chanel Peridot Argyle Konadicure

Chanel Peridot Argyle Konadicure Swatches & PicturesYears ago, Justin Timberlake thought that he was bringing sexy back. Yeah right – he can’t hold a candle to Chanel Peridot or any other multichrome nail polish, for that matter!

You’ll remember that I sported this sexy beast a while ago and gushed in a blog post about how it was the first Chanel anything I’ve ever owned. (It still is.)

This time I wore it, I decided to give it a little makeover. Since I love argyle and wanted to do a look that combined posh with preppy, I thought it was only appropriate to do a Chanel Peridot Argyle Konadicure using Konad Image Plate m60.

As you can see, I goofed up the stamping on the index finger, but it didn’t really bother me because the overall look was exactly what I was going for – tacky! 😉 Seriously, sometimes tacky things make you smile like nothing else, and I needed something to smile about. Done and done!

It almost has a snakeskin feel to it, and as much as I dislike snakes, I really like the patterns on their skin.

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