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OPI Excuse Moi! Swatches & Review

Natural Light Excuse Moi OPI The Muppets Collection Swatches & ReviewOPI Excuse Moi! is the pink glitter polish from the OPI The Muppets Collection. At first I overlooked it because I had my eyes on the chunky glitter polishes, which I previously swatched and reviewed.

But I had to try this one out because I thought that perhaps this would be the pink that I would fall in love with.

It’s different than what I expected. The other glitter polishes take 3 or more coats to cover the nail, and they’re really meant for layering. On the other hand, OPI Excuse Moi! is waaaay more pigmented and isn’t really meant for layering over other polishes.

While this colour isn’t my favourite pink polish, it definitely gets points for being unlike any other pink I have in my collection.
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OPI Warm & Fozzie Swatches & Review

OPI Warm & Fozzie Swatches & ReviewLast month, you’ll remember that I swatched and reviewed 4 glitter polishes from the OPI Muppets Collection.

I didn’t think that I’d have more to review before the official release of the collection, but PR was kind enough to send me more colours – this one as well as another shade!

So, today I have the pleasure to bring you OPI Warm & Fozzie, which I loved a lot more than I thought I would! 😀

Now, brown polishes don’t usually do anything for me, but this one’s really different, and photos don’t do it justice.

It’s a warm copper that at first looks ordinary. But with closer inspection, you’ll see that there are actually pinkish (or rust-coloured) micro-glitter that gives it more dimension.

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Nail Art Tutorial: Skull Nails

Skull Nails Nail Art Tutorial & SwatchesThe next Hallowe’en nail art: Skull Nails! They’re really easy and fast to do. Plus you’ll only need two colours, so hopefully more of you will decide to replicate this!

Yes, the teeth are super long, but you can tweak this design as you see fit. You could make your skulls smile, you could add some stitches, or you can go the lazy route like me and just draw vertical lines.

Even though it’s not perfect, I think that this is a fun design you can do in a snap.

Also, with just a few easy modifications, I can see how you could turn this into ghost nail art. (I’ll probably try this out later, too!)

P.S. Later on, I may try to do skull nail art that looks more menacing like The Punisher. We’ll see! Continue reading

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Nail Art Tutorial: Candy Corn Nails

Halloween Candy Nail Art Tutorial & SwatchHurray! It’s October! Why am I so excited? Hallowe’en is right around the corner, and it’s one of my favourite holidays in the entire year.

I’ve actually been prepping a few posts for this month to make sure that I get in some Hallowe’en nail art. And I still have plenty more ideas that I need to work on.

To start off the first festive nail art extravaganza, I bring you Candy Corn Nails! Who doesn’t love this yummy seasonal candy?

Funny thing: I’ve always been self-conscious about the shape of my ring-finger’s nail – it’s narrower at the top near the cuticle and then flares out. But, for candy corn nail art, the shape actually makes it look more like the candy! 😀 Woo hoo! Continue reading

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OPI Teenage Dream Swatches & Review

Sunlight OPI Teenage Dream Swatches & ReviewMany months ago, I had a strong fascination with Katy Perry (aka Katheryn Hudson). Her music and pictures were everywhere! If you didn’t like her, you probably found it akin to hell.

Her music is like candy floss – syrupy sweet and superficial. When I’m in a carefree mood, I do enjoy some of her songs. It seems like she doesn’t take herself too seriously. At least that’s what her image is marketed as.

When the OPI Katy Perry Collection came out, I knew that I had to have all the colours.

While most people went gaga over OPI Teenage Dream, I actually fell more in love with OPI Last Friday Night, the blue holo glitter I previously swatched and reviewed.

In a weird way, Teenage Dream looked very neutral on me even though it was jam-packed with glitter.

This didn’t move me, and I can’t see myself wearing this shade solo again. If I do wear it in the future, I’ll have to stamp on top of it or add a crackle polish to cover it up.

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Nail Art Tutorial: Rainbow & Cloud Nails

Rainbow & Cloud Nail Art Tutorial & SwatchesDo you remember the last time you were on Cloud 9?

I was on Cloud 10 with these Rainbow & Cloud Nails. Did them many weeks ago, but I’m only posting it now. It’s been a few days since my last nail post, so it’s about time!

You may remember me sharing my Dotty Nails that I did when I was just playing around with my new dotting tools. This manicure was done perhaps a few days after that one.

I always wanted to try my hand at rainbow nails, but i thought my hands would be too shaky to draw smooth arcs for each colour.

Using a dotting tool is very easy and the way the dots come out in various sizes depending on the tip and how much pressure you apply makes the end result more interesting to me than perfect arcs anyway.

Plus using a dotting tool is as much fun as popping bubble wrap! (I swear there must be some sort of gaseous substance in each bubble that makes the popping act seem so addictive! :P)

Hope you try this and share with me any of your dotty manicures! It’s cool when you can design a picture using just dots. I’d love to see what you can come up with!

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OPI Divine Swine Swatches & Review

OPI Divine Swine Swatches & ReviewAre you feeling glittered out yet? I’m not – hehe, but I’ll switch it up soon, so hang in there!

Today I present the 4th (and last) glitter polish I own from the upcoming OPI Muppets Collection – OPI Divine Swine!

It follows the same suit as 2 previous glitters I’ve showed you. But this time, the small glitter is magenta. I really like this one, but Rainbow Connection still gets top honours.

The name makes me laugh only because when I think of ‘divine swine’, I tend to think of bacon, so really this colour should be reddish.

Want to see this by itself and then layered over a bunch of colours? I have some swatches to share with you! Continue reading

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