OPI Crown me already!

If you would've told me I'd be showing you today's polish as a polish I really love about a year ago, I wouldn't have believed you. Not only because it's such a hard to find polish, but because I used to hate silver on my nails. I really didn't like any of the metallic colors, but somehow I've been loving gold and silver lately. I still don't like the (often streaky and brushstroky) metallic foil polishes, but as a color in general... LOVE!

OPI  Crown me already was first released in the Miss Universe 2011 collection and as it's an older polish, you might have a hard time getting your hands on it. This particular polish was on my wishlist for quite some time, before I suddenly stumbled across it while browsing Color 4 Nails.

Crown me already is a stunning silver micro glitter and small silver hex glitter in a clear base. It's so dense though, you can get it opaque all on its own in about 2 coats. It's such a breeze to paint, I didn't have any issues with the glitter what so ever. It dried really fast and shiny, but I do recommend a nice topcoat to smooth it out and prolong your mani.

Funny how your tastes change, because this is fast becoming one of my favorite OPI polishes. It's such an eyecatcher. You can wear this as an overal mani or as an accent nail with just about any polish you want.

The hex glitter makes this a totally unique polish in my collection and I'm so happy I was able to pick it up. You might be able to find this on sites like eBay or Amazon, but I haven't come across one recently. If you do, don't hesitate and just pick it up. You won't be dissapointed!

Do you like a silver mani or do you stay far away?

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China Glaze Zombie Zest

October is here and for a lot of people this means Halloween!
We don't actually celebrate Halloween here, but that's only a small detail. I love all the gore and gruesomeness that goes hand in hand with Halloween and my husband and I usually do a "really, really bad horror" movie night. One of our favorites is Dance of the dead, it's just so over the top bad, it's briljant! But I especially love all the Halloween themed polishes that come out this time of year.

Today I have a classic Halloween polish for you, I think I will follow up with just a few more and I might even get creative and try a few Halloween inspired nail arts. But for now, just a nice polish.

I always love my pretty/ugly colors, but I especially love them this time of year. They are something different than your ordinary polish and really make a statement on your nails. I have noticed that you either love pretty/ugly colors, or you hate them. I absolutely love them! (but a friend of mine keeps reffering to this polish as puke on my nails, she's crazy!)

China Glaze Zombie Zest is a murky olive green jelly packed with iridescent green, gold (and I even think I see a bit of blue in there sometimes) micro glitter... or is it shimmer... might even have some flakies in there... Oh boy, this is one hard polish to describe, I did my best, but really, you have to see this one in person.

Zombie Zest was part of the 2010 Awakaning Collection for Halloween and is, unfortunately, hard to get these days. I was lucky enough to be able to pick up a bottle, thanks to my friend Fleur. I wish I could get my hands on a back up, but no luck so far...

This is a great love for me. Definitely part of my top 10 all time favorite polishes. I absolutely love this little green monster. The formula however is a little on the thin and sheer side. It does need 3 coats to get opaque and you might have some cuticle flooding issues. Luckily it dries reasonably fast, so 3 coats is not a time consuming hassle. And the result is just gorgeous, well worth it!

3 coats Zombie Zest, 1 coat SV

My pictures don't do it justice, it's so much more alive in real life. Funny, for a Zombie polish to be more alive in real life *giggle*.

What do you think about Zombie Zest and those pretty/ugly colors?

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Mani Monday's: favorite Red part 2

I showed my favorite reds yesterday and it's time for me to make that tough decision... Today I will show you the one polish that makes my heart race every time I look at the bottle and have it on my nails. It's simply stunning and takes my breath away! Yes, I feel that strongly about this polish! It took me forever to find it and now that I finally own it, I'm only wearing it on special occasions, as I'm afraid I'll run out.

Did you guess that OPI Smitten with Mittens is my all time favorite red nail  polish? Well, you are right! Not only is this deep, rich red with golden micro glitter my favorite, but it's also my husbands favorite! Every once in a while he will ask me to wear "that polish you know I like so much" and I'll pull out Smitten.

The fomula is perfect, it flows on the nail with ease and is opaque in just 2 thin coats and dries really fast. Smitten is part of the 2009 OPI Holiday wishes collection and unfortunately it's hard to find these days. (Merry Midnight was also part of this collection and I really want that one too, but it's even harder to find...).

2 coats Smitten, 1 coat SV

Just look at this beauty, no wonder it's my favorite! In the bottle the golden glitter is a little more noticeable than on the nail, but when the sunlight hits this polish, the golden sparkle comes out to play. Unfortunately, it's grey outside and raining, so I wasn't able to capture the full beauty of this polish, but even without a nice ray of sunlight, this polish is stunning!

What's your favorite color polish to wear?

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