OPI My favorite Ornament

When I first ordered this polish, I didn't think I would like it, but I needed a golden polish in my stash for the holidays and some sparkle in nail art. I looked at a lot of swatches and I thought this was the nicest one I could find because it wasn't so... yellow. So when the package arrived, imagine my surprise when I fell in love with this polish as soon as I took it out! So much so, that I've allready worn this polish 4 times and I only got it mid December.

OPI My favorite Ornament is a white golden micro glitter. It's part of the Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 collection and will only be available for a little while longer.

The formula is perfect! It's so densly packed with glitter, it's opaque in 2 - 3 coats, depending on how thick you make your coats. It flows on the nail with ease and it dries in seconds! It does dry a little rough, so a top coat to smooth it out is a good idea.

2 coats, with top coat

I think this might be my new favorite glitter polish, it's just so beautiful! I only just took it off and am allready thinking about putting it back on. I really hope OPI decides to make this a permanent shade, but I'm not going to take that risk and am contemplating getting a back up, just to be sure.

What's your favorite gold or silver polish?

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Deborah Lippmann Shake your money maker

'Tis the season, the season for glitter! I always love glitter, but this time of year I always go overboard. I normally just wear a glitter accent nail, but this month I'm all about the all over in your face glitter mani's. This polish is exactly that: gorgeous in your face glitter!

Deborah Lippmann Shake your money maker is a chunky green and gold glitter with smaller green glitter in a slightly green tinted base. The base is so light however, it almost looks clear.

Did I mention I hate the lighting this time of year?

The formula was really nice but because it's such a dense glitter, it's a little on the thick side. I layered it over a coat of Essence The green and the grunge and this is just 1 coat! It dried reasonably fast, but a little on the dull side, so a shiny top coat is a must. I think the gold glitter might actually be holographic, because it sparkles so much on the nail. Unfortunately I couldn't get this to show up in my pictures.

You can definitely get this polish to be opaque on its own in 2 - 3 coats, but you end up with a very thick layer of glitter on you nails. I prefer it layered like this. I looks like a mermaid discoball on my nails and I just can't get enough! My pictures don't do this polish justice at all, so I'd recommend checking this out for yourself.

Do you own any of the Deborah Lippmann polishes and if so, what's your favorite?

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OPI An affair in Red Square

Many of you might not know that I'm married. Very happily I might add. My husband is handsome, kind, he makes me laugh and he's my best friend, he truly is the love of my life. But every now and then... I get this feeling... an urge... and I just can't help myself... I just have to have an affair!
OPI An affair in Red Square that is. Luckily my husband not only knows this, but he approves 100%! (It's red, so he's happy!)

This is the first red polish I bought (yes, really!) and I blame my love affair with red nails solely to this gorgeous red shimmer. This was first released with the Russian collection in 2007, but has since been added to the core collection. Would I say it's a unique color? No, not at all! I have a few in my stash that come really close to being dupes for it (A England Perceval, just to name one) and this is said to be a dupe for anothter famous OPI shade: I'm not really a waitress, but I don't own that one, so I'm not 100% sure.

But it's gorgeous nonetheless! The formula is absolutely perfect! It doesn't drown my cuticles, which is always a good thing for a red, opaque in 1 coat, but 2 thin ones are better and it dries really fast. I just can't say enough good things about it! It's my go to Christmas red, it just reminds me of shiny wrapped presents.

I have worn this a ton and will always love it on its own, but this time I decided to add a bit of a Christmas feel to my mani. I started with 2 coats of OPI Goldeneye on my accent finger and followed with 1 coat of Affair after the gold completely dried. I then dabbed it with cling film while still wet, to get a marble effect.

Goldeneye

The result... I love it! Finally I can pull off a gold polish!

I heard somebody say everybody loves gold glitter ( I think it was Yukie from Warmvanillasugar0823 in her China Glaze and OPI Christmas collecion video) and I was actually talking back to the screen, saying "Not me!". Gold just doesn't suit me and I don't really care for it. Then why did I buy this polish? I got sucked in and I wanted a gold polish for Christmas manicures. I actually like it in the bottle, on my nails... not so much...

But combined with An Affair it's just stunning! I'm kinda regretting not doing a full marble manicure. I might have to take this of and re-apply it, especially because I bumped my pinky before my topcoat had time to dry, so I have a dent in my polish... I debated whether to redo that finger before taking my pictures, but then I thought: none of us are perfect and we all have those horrible moments when we ruin our mani's so I left it (the fact that it was 11 o'clock at night and I wanted to go to bed might have helped with that decision too... ).

I love this polish and this combo and will be rocking this a lot this season. The only "bad" thing I have with An Affair is that it can be a little streaky when first applied, but it usually levels quite nicely after drying.

What's your favorite Christmas red?

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