pearl and gems of wisdom

I've owned OPI's Pearl of Wisdom for some time now but never tried it because I didn't really think I'd be that fussed on it and SURPRISE, I wasn't... It's a sheer pearly polish with some micro glitter and it's just a bit boring. I haven't given up on it entirely though. I still plan on trying it out over a black and hopefully that will jazz things up nicely but since it was already on my nails, I wasn't pleased and didn't feel like taking it straight off I added a couple of coats of Milani's Gems (a supposed dupe for Deborah Lippmanns Happy Birthday) and I rather liked the results. Cheerful/glittery nails. Well done Milani you saved the day!

always across the universe

I was pretty much always going to be attracted to this polish simply because of the name. I'm a huge Beatles fan and Across the Universe is a brilliant song and as it turns out it's also I brilliant polish. Across The Universe is my first Deborah Lippmann polish but it won't be my last. I was always hesitant to spend so much on a single polish but it was worth it in my opinion. The sheer base with the different size, shape and colour glitter is just gorgeous. Like all glitter it was a pain to remove but the effect was worth the hassle. Love it!

skull and glossbones gush

Skull and Glossbones, how I love thee. Seriously, this polish is just gorgeous! Is it pale gray? Is it off white? Does it have a hint of green? I'm not really sure but I do know it's special. This is certainly unique to my collection and because of that will be getting a lot of use. I think I pretty much love the whole OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection. I didn't think I originally wanted them all but I've slowly accumulated every polish except Steady As She Rose (I'm still not sold on it...).

merlin plays til mignight

I recently got my hands on an OPI polish from a previous Christmas collection, Play Til Midnight. I was pretty excited to try this since it looks so lovely in the bottle but as it turns out it's quite close to Russian Navy, which I've already shown on this here blog. Don't get me wrong it's not an exact dupe so I don't mind owning both but It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was wearing Russian Navy so I didn't feel like wearing something so similar. To combat this I decided to put a layer of A-England's Merlin over the top which is a dense silver glitter. It certainly changed things up I have to say. Gorgeous! Do you own any A-England polishes? What do you think?

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going grey

For anyone who's a fan of Barry M polishes, Grey is a must have. It's a gorgeous medium toned grey creme with a high gloss finish. This is the perfect subdued polish to put on when you're undecided about what to wear.

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louvre me louvre me not

I'm slowly collecting the whole France collection from OPI. Louvre Me Louvre Me Not is the latest polish to come my way and it is AMAZING! It's a purple toned red berry shimmer and it is just lovely. I can see me getting a lot of wear out of this. x

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espresso brown

I am completely in love with this Polish from Borghese. Espresso Brown is perhaps my only brown polish with shimmer but it's just perfection. The formulation was great, it just flowed on my nail without effort and the shade turned out to be extremely flattering. Brilliant.

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wicked white diamond

Showing off another Sally Hansen Nail Prisms today! This one is White Diamond and I'm showing it layered over a plain black creme to show off its true duo-chromatic possibilities. I love the way this looked but unfortunately I painted my nails before bed and wound up with many a sheet mark. Sad. Anyway I think you can get the idea. I have quite a few more Nail Prisms to post on here so look out for that!
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my private jet

My Private Jet by OPI is a rather controversial shade. A lot of people seem to get outraged when it's brought up since the formula has been quite drastically changed since it first came out. The original was a true holographic polish and has since been changed to a different base colour with sparse holo glitter. The version I have is the more common later version and while I don't have the original to make a comparison I still like this polish. It's not the most unique shade in the world but it's pretty and chic and nice to wear. I wouldn't say no to it if I found the other version but for now I'm fine with just owning this one.

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purple diamond dazzle

There was really no thought process behind why I picked up Purple Diamond. It basically went something along the lines of - "Hey look some Essence polishes! Ooh shiny!" And then the next thing I knew I was at the checkout... I am certainly glad I got it though. A lilac coloured foil type effect can never be wrong.

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