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Katy Perry

krex — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:11:41 +0000

Spring is in the air and all of a sudden I felt like posting again. But it’ll be a short one with only bottle pics of the OPI Katy Perry collection. Which you all by now seen a million times I guess. But I don’t care! ,*

OPI The One That Got Away & Not Like The Movies

OPI Teenage Dream & Last Friday Night

OPI Burlesque swatches part 2

krex — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:13:21 +0000

Here’s the rest of the collection!

Show It And Glow It!

Bring On The Bling

Extra-Va-Vaganza!

Sparkle-icious

Simmer & Shimmer

Glow Up Already!

I hope you can imagine how insanely sparkly these are. I used 3 coats on all the swatches.

I think Burlesque is an awesome Christmas collection, a lot of them feels really Christmas-y and makes you think of sparkly decorated Christmas trees. I love it. Although they might not all suit to wear to work, but who cares? One thing I like about these is that they all look fantastic in indoor lightning, which is something I appreciate.

OPI Burlesque collection will be available in Sweden from November (I think) at Kicks and Åhléns, among others. They cost 150 SEK. I think everyone needs at least one of the glitters for the new years eve-party!

OPI Burlesque swatches part 1

krex — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:24:37 +0000

I am so happy about these! When the weather get gloomy, I don’t wanna paint my nails in an equally gloomy color. I want something that glows, and cheer me up. These certainly does! And around Christmas they will be totally awesome.

Ali’s Big Break
A red glitter, glass fleck style. It covers in 2 coats, but I added a third for depth. If you look closely, there is pink and gold flecks in it too, but it’s not that prominent on the nail.

Rising Star
A deep and warm gold microglitter. It’s just too sparkly to be a shimmer, specially in indoor lightning! Indoors ju can also see that there is a small amount of green microglitter in it.

Take The Stage
An intense copper microglitter. It doesn’t really suit my skin tone, but I hope you can see past that. I think it will look fantastic on the right person.

The Show Must Go On
This one is interesting. It’s a darker pink, and there is some duochrome action going on. When you look at it directly, at almost looks cool toned. But then, at some angles, the gold microglitter shows up and makes it a warmer color.

Let Me Entertain You
Ooh, I love this one, but I’m a sucker for these fuchsia/magenta colored polishes. This has glass fleck glitter, in the bottle it shows some duochrome, but it isn’t visible on the nail.

Tease-y Does It
A very dusty dark plum with glass fleck glitter. This one also look duochrome-ish in the bottle, but on the nail only copper and pink glitter shows.

I thought all of these had a good formula and were easy to work with. Most only needed 2 coats, but I did 3. I have to say, removal was not so fun. Specially rising star, I had glitter all over my hands! But with a little extra remover and a good hand wash, you get glitter free.

So, what do you think? Do they live up to your expectations?

OPI Burlesque collection

krex — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:56:36 +0000

Ok, I’m not gonna waste any time and write about the event, I’ll do that tomorrow, with swatches. I just wanna show you these bottle pictures ASAP!

Show it and glow it! & Bring on the bling

Extra-va-vaganza & Glow up already!

Simmer & Shimmer & Sparkle-icious

Rising star & The show must go on!

Tease-y does it & Let me entertain you

Take the stage & Ali’s big break

So, what do you think? .D Any lemmings?

Jitterbug & Midnight Mission

krex — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:15:40 +0000

These two are among my favorites in the china glaze vintage vixen collection.

Jitterbug

Midnight Mission

Great formula on both. I’m trying to get all vintage vixens swatched asap, so I can start with OPIs Swiss collection as soon as I get them (which should be tomorrow), and you know what? Next week, I’ll hopefully be able to show you OPIs new Burlesque collection! .D I’m so excited!

Extravagance

krex — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:44:25 +0000

OPI DS Extravagance. Well this is a nice purple. Reminds me of color clubs wild at heart, but it’s more red toned, and not a holo. Although it does have holographic/prismatic glitter. Really pretty! I need to get more DS polishes.

Grape Juice

krex — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:15:08 +0000

I know I know, I’ve done this one before too.

China Glaze Grape Juice

one down, 239578936 to go

krex — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:33:18 +0000

Woho! I now have the complete vintage vixen collection .DD Plus another holo. I will never complete the OMG! collection, that’s just not realistic. I wish china glaze could re-release it, and the kaleidoscope collection.

Ingrid & Classic Camel

Goin’ My Way? & Hey Doll

Foxy & L8R G8R

Strawberry Fields again

krex — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:24:20 +0000

China Glaze Strawberry Fields. I know I have already showed this one before, but let’s be honest, I’m much better at taking pics now, and my nails look a lot better ,D And this polish deserves better pictures. It’s not as juicy as the others in the summer days collection, but it’s really pretty. A safe pink but not boring because of the gold glass fleck glitter.

Riveter Rouge

krex — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:20:12 +0000

I don’t think I’m ready for these autumn colors.

China Glaze Riveter Rouge, from the vintage vixen collection. It’s a pretty color, so sparkly and shiny. Great formula.

FYI, Color clubs 0-60 speedy top coat is crap. Really. Why didn’t anyone tell me?