OPI Sorry I'm fizzy today

OPI teamed up with Coca Cola for a nail polish collection? Whut??? As I'm a total Diet Coke junkie, I was all over that collection! That is... until I saw the first pictures. I was so disappointed...
Not only was it a collection of boring colors, but they didn't do anything nice with the bottles. Why not put the Coca Cola logo on the cap like they did with the Gwen Stefani signature or the horses with the new Mustang collection? Such a bummer and I resisted buying any of them for quite some time.

But I did look at some swatches and discovered this collection actually has some very nice understated beauties in it. So I finally caved and ordered a few, today I have my favorite to show you.

OPI Sorry I'm fizzy today is a subtle pinky coral (or a coraly pink, what ever floats your boat!). This is supposed to be inspired by Vanilla Coke (which I've never tried, but it sounds disgusting to be honest), but I have no idea how they came up with this color... Maybe they got this color by mixing Coca Cola's signature red with the light beige vanilla color? Anyway, it's gorgeous!

The formula is ok, a little on the thin side, a little patchy and I did need 3 coats to get it completely opaque and even. It dries fast enough and very shiny though, so 3 coats is ok. You don't really need to add a top coat, but I always do to prolong my mani.

I just can't get over how gorgeous this is! I showed some friends of mine a picture because I'm so in love and one friend had to have it straight away and she ordered it on the spot and another was totally flabbergasted that I actually loved a pink polish. Yes, I know, not my color, but just look at it! How can I resist?

Have you tried any of the OPI Coca Cola polishes and if so, what did you think?

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Sinful Colors Easy Going

Summer is officially here and it's no secret I like bright, fun polish this time of year, but lately I've been craving a more neutral nail. I've been rocking the beige, sand and taupe a lot, but my favorite color has to be a milky, almost white baby pink. Yep, I said it PINK! I've been in love with all the usual suspects like Essie Fiji, OPI Mod about you, etc. but since Sinful Colors is now available here and I've heard Holly talk about this polish so much, I had to give it a go!

Sinful Colors Easy Going is a very light, milky baby pink with a hint of peach. In some lights it looks definitely pink, but in other lights it's more a peachy salmon color. Either way, it's incredibly pretty.

The formula is actually pretty ok for this kind of color. It's a little patchy and streaky as baby pinks tend to be, but nothing I couldn't handle. You do need about 3 coats to get this opaque, but it dries reasonably fast. What you are left with, is a gorgeous clean and fresh manicure.

I just can't get enough of this polish. I love how this looks, it actually makes me look a little tan and I never get tan, so I need all the help I can get! This sort of color is appropriate for all occasions and goes with everything. Such an easy polish.

Do you enjoy a nice nude or are you sticking with bright and vibrant?

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#SUMMERNORULES: Canada Day

Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends!
Of course this is also the theme for the #SUMMERNORULES Challenge and I had so much fun creating this mani! Not because it's very complicated, but because I discovered I suck at drawing a maple leaf... big time!

I wanted to try something new, so I made my own maple leaf decal! I drew the leaf on a piece of plastic, added a top coat, waited for it to dry and then peeled it off to place the home made decal on my nail. This was actually very easy, besides the fact I can't draw a maple leaf to save my life!

The placing of the decal was a little tricky too, because I made it slightly to big. Not that you can see it in this picture, because I only overdid the top coat. But overall, not a bad effort. I'm definitely going to be playing around with this technique, it's fun and easy and you can go wild with the design.

As for the polishes I used, the white is OPI Boyfriend and I've declared it dead after this mani. I almost didn't have enough left in the bottle to get an even coverage for this mani and now it's official: I used up an entire bottle of OPI My Boyfriend scales walls. I'm a little sad...

The red is China Glaze Vermillion, one of my favorite reds to use in nail art, because it's a true red and extremely opaque and easy to use. My bottle has a major layer missing already, so I have to be careful not to use this one up too.

Have you joined the fun yet?

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Glitter Lambs Blue Cotton Candy

I've been following Glitter Lambs for a while now on Instagram and besides just being a wonderful person, Jamie makes amazing polishes! As soon as I saw the first swatch of this polish, I knew it would be on my nails one day and today it finally happened!

Glitter Lambs Blue Cotton Candy is a glitter topper packed with light blue donut glitter, teal dots, and tiny blue hex glitter in different sizes in a clear base. This is my first polish with donut glitter (round glitter with a hole in the middle) and I love it, it's so unique and fun.

The formula was just perfect, all the glitters came out with no effort at all, even the donut glitter behaved like a dream. I did place them a little bit on my nail, just to make sure they were spread out, but I didn't have to fish for them. This polish dried fast, but I would recommend using a good top coat to smooth it out as it does feel a little bumpy because of all the glitter. I used a coat of HK Girl.

As my base, I went with a Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and China Glaze Snow as an accent, 2 coats each. I absolutely love this mani. The donut glitter really is unique and I think this polish goes really well with the intense color of Pacific Blue.

Are you familiar with Glitter Lambs? If not, I'd suggest you go over to her Etsy site and check her out!
I can't wait to try more of these gorgeous glitter polishes!

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#SUMMERNORULES: Favorite Summer Glitter

I love a good glitter, I almost always add some kind of sparkle to my mani, either as an accent or as an overall mani. I just can't get enough of the sparkle on my nails. The only thing I don't like about a glitter, especially the chunky kind, is the removal. But I deal with it because it looks so good on and with the help of my best friend, tin foil, I'm usually done in about 10 minutes.

My Favorite Summer Glitter tends to change every year, but I always go for a bright base with a mix of glitter, either in color or in size. This year, I'm loving KBShimmer Blinded by the Bright. It's a bright yellow base, packed with multi colored hex glitter.

The formula is impeccable. It glides on the nail and is opaque on its own in 2 - 3 coats. It dries fast and shiny, but I would recommend adding a top coat to smooth it out, because it does feel a little rough on its own due to all the glitter.

I love this kind of bright glitter for summer, it's like sunshine and rainbows on my nails. This so bright, it's almost neon. It glows on my nails and I've gotten a lot of compliments on it.

Yellow is not the best color for my skintone, but because it's so bright, I can actually pull this one off. And to be honest, even if I couldn't, I wouldn't care and still rock this!

What's your favorite glitter for Summer and are you already joining the #SUMMERNORULES fun?

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