my picks from the OPI Euro Centrale Collection

Hoppy Easter everyone!

Today I'll be showing swatches of the four polishes I picked up from OPI's Euro Centrale collection.
I kinda wanted all of them... But I was determined to be reasonable. (There may be one or two more that come home with me eventually...)

OPI - You're Such A Budapest
As always, I am a sucker for purples, and this one is niiiice. Very subtle shimmer. It is kinda thin and you need three coats for full coverage but it dries quickly so it's not a pain.

OPI - Can't Find My Czechbook
I spell this one wrong every time. But it is a lovely blue that at first seems like it would be really dupey but it actually has a lovely dusty quality to it that makes it different.  2 coats. Great formula.

OPI - My Vampire Is Buff
Why oh why do there have to be so many great nudes... This is a bone-white nude creme that's just delicious. I did three thin coats but you might be able to get away with two thick ones if you are so inclined.
Feels so nice and clean on the nails. Into it.

OPI - Polka.com (over My Vampire Is Buff)
First of all, love the name. Second, LOVE THE POLISH.
This one is soooooo good and you really need to go get it. I think this will be one of the ones you'd regret not buying in a few months when it is out of stores.
Pink, purple, and blue glitter? Yes please. All of it. All the time. Gimme.

I decided that turning the above combo into a jelly sandwich would be kinda Easter-eggy, so I added a coat of OPI - Don't Touch My Tutu, and voila!

This is my current manicure and I don't wanna take it off!

I also wore Polka.com over the other 2 colors I bought - immediately after buying the polishes I had to put them on. (But only on my right hand because my left hand was occupied with swatching.)

I will never master the art of taking photos of my right hand. It is just too hard with a camera built for taking photos WITH your right hand. You should see me trying to hold the big camera with my left hand and pose my right hand and look through the viewfinder. It is really comical. Anyways...

What did you guys think of Euro Centrale?
And again... Go get Polka.com!

Zoya Feel Collection - swatches and review

Good evening! Today I'm going to show you the entire Zoya Feel collection. I meant to post this way earlier today but I ended up having to go to school earlier than expected and then I spent some time in the ER... But I am here now to post!

You've probably seen these before, but you haven't seen them here... So here they are.
Annnnnnd I have 4 pictures of each one because they're so pretty.

I'm going to put this post after a pagebreak so I don't clog up my front page!

rebecca's favorite polishes of 2011 - #5

Hey everyone! I hope you guys are having as much fun reading this series as I am having writing it.
Today we get into the best of the best - the top five.
I knew from the beginning what the top 5 polishes would be, but I wasn't certain on the order. It was super difficult to decide which positions the polishes would fall in!
I think I got it right.

Without further ado, here is number 5.

OPI - Skull & Glossbones is my #5 favorite polish of 2011.
This one is from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection which came out back in May.

Originally I only had the mini of this one but I recently had to buy a full size because I use it so much!

Skull & Glossbones is a beige. Plain and simple, a beige. Maybe a gray-beige. Greige.
But the most flattering beige ever.
There has been a trend this year with nude polishes and I think that this shade is the best out of all of them. Some people like go to for more skin-toned nudes, but this one is just stark enough that yes, you're clearly wearing nail polish, but it is neutral and subtle and clean looking.

I'm practically as pale as pale gets (translucent, if you will) and this looks great on me so it might not look quite the same if your skin is darker (or, you know, if your skin has any pigment at all.)

And for some foolish reason I think this color looks great with my hair.

I took that picture back in May and my hair is not exactly that color anymore but I still dig it.
Am I crazy to think that a polish goes good with my hair? No? Didn't think so.

As I began to say earlier, when it comes to the polishes I have used most frequently in the last year, this one is probably the frontrunner. I have used this in so many manicures and it always looks great.

I used it for these paisley nails.

I used it for these book-inspired nails. (I got this book for Christmas! Yay!)

I used it for my popular snake skin nails. (Ew, don't let me grow my nails that long again...)


There were more manis involving this polish but I won't link them all.

I know this one will be in Kayla's favorites too - I wonder if it is her #5! Go check out her blog and see.

You need this polish.
End of story.
End of post.

muppet glitter layering!

Good afternoon! Today I have a cute layering combo to show you which I wore a few weeks ago.

This is OPI - Skull and Glossbones with 2 Muppet glitters layered on top - OPI Gone Gonzo and then OPI - Divine Swine.
I'm not sure how I ended up doing this combo, but I like the way it turned out!

Despite the fact that this is two colors of glitter, it is still pretty subtle with the beige base. (Unless you are in the sun because then it is super sparkly!)

A few days into wearing this mani I received something very special in the mail which I then layered on top... Come back tomorrow to see what it was! It was so amazing that I didn't want to take it off but eventually had to because it was grown out too far! That's a rare occurrence. Haha.
See you tomorrow!

paisley nails inspired by Chalkboard Nails!

Hey guys! Tonight I'm going to show you some adorable paisley nails I did, which were inspired by my polish bestie Sarah from Chalkboard Nails. (If you aren't already following her - check her out. Seriously. Her nail art is awesome and her photos are beautiful!)

She recently posted these paisley nails and I knew I had to try it.

Tada! I think they came out really nice.

For this design I used:
OPI - Skull and Glossbones (base color)
China Glaze - Shower Together (blue)
China Glaze - Rich and Famous (pink)
China Glaze - Spontaneous (purple)

I used a super tiny brush and dotting tool for the design. It took a while!

Look! I even copied Sarah's hand position ;)

I didn't even bother to attempt this design on my other hand... Here's what I did instead:

Big messy dots in matching colors. (I was in a hurry.)

I thought it looked cute after I did the first two rows so I snapped a picture of that too.
(As you can see, I am still awful at taking pictures of my right hand.)

That's all for today!

Color Club - Back To Boho Collection B - swatches and review

Good afternoon!
I have yet another Color Club collection to show you today.
I should be Color Club's spokesperson. I own so many!

Today I'll be showing you the Back To Boho Collection B.
(See the other half here.)

This set consists of some really interesting shades, most of which are very dark.
Let's get right to it!

Boho Mojo. Unfortunately this set starts of with a really gross polish.
This is a taupe pearl frost... Just yucky. Not sure what Color Club was thinking with this one.
3 streaky coats.

Nouveau Vintage. This is a very interesting, reddish brown with green and gold shimmer. Totally unique.
Not the sort of color I like to wear but I can respect how pretty it is. Does that even make sense?
3 coats, it's a bit sheer but builds well.

Dark blue-gray shimmer that is borderline frosty but not in a gross way. I really like this one. 2 coats.

Artsy Crafty. Dark blue-toned green creme. Love this so much. Not like anything else in my collection. 2 coats!

Blue-topia. This is a deep inky blue jelly with shimmer. If any polish should be called "Ink" - this is the one.
Here's where I am a little confused. My polish clearly has shimmer. Every other swatch I have seen was straight up jelly - no shimmer. Where did this shimmer come from?
I used 2 coats for these photos but I should have done 3, as you can see.

That's one coat vs 2 coats. It really builds quickly.
Mystery shimmer, where did you come from?
I think I like that it has the shimmer though.

Rebel Spirit. Deep brown creme. Probably a bit darker than chocolate. 2 coats for full opacity. Not something I would wear alone but I am happy to have it for nail art and stuff that would require this color!

Overall, this collection is not the most "me" out of all the collections I own - but I still like having it.
Boho Mojo is not worth anyone's time, but the rest of them are!
Artsy Crafty is my overall favorite - I love it!

If you own this collection, does your Blue-topia have mystery shimmer? Let me know!

Color Club - Back To Boho Collection - swatches and review

Hi guys! Today I'm going to show you some Color Club swatches!

Ah, Color Club. One of my faves.
I just love the 7-piece sets. I want them all!

Today I'm going to show you half of the Back To Boho collection.
My mom bought me this set at Ross in Las Vegas for $7.99! 7 polishes for $7.99!
That is $6 cheaper than what I pay when they happen to show up here at Winners.

This is the all-creme set, or Set A.

This set includes 6 creme shades and Stuck On You Basecoat but I'm not absolutely sure if the bottle included is a base coat. It's clear so it seems like it could be just a regular clear coat or topcoat but I did try it as a topcoat and it did not dry very quickly, so maybe it is a basecoat. I'm not sure!

Time for pretty colors!

Nomadic In Nude is the first shade in the set and it is absolutely lovely. Nude colors aren't for everyone but this is a gray-toned nude and I love it!
This takes 3 coats for full coverage.

Deborah Lippmann's Waking Up In Vegas is quite similar to this color in the bottle but once on the nail, the Lippmann dries much darker.

This is Earthy Angel and she ain't no angel. I hate this color. I don't even know how to describe it.
Orangey brown? Light terracotta? Yuck.
2 coats.

Up next is New Bohemian. And there is nothing new about this color...

I feel as if it is somewhere right between Essie Turquoise and Caicos and China Glaze For Audrey.
But, my girl Dori did a nail comparison of the CC, CG, and an Orly, and they look identical.
If you have For Audrey, you don't need this color.
But if you are like me and you use For Audrey a lot (note where the polish is in the bottle...) maybe you do need it...
New Bohemian takes 3 coats for perfect opacity.

This is 3 coats of Shabby Drab. This is a lovely color and it is so flattering and wait... hold on... don't I know you already?

Oh yeah, Zoya Caitlin. Yet another dupe in this collection.
If you have Caitlin, you don't need Shabby Drab.
But again, like the case of New Bohemian/For Audrey, I freakin' LOVE this color and I don't mind that I now have 2 bottles of it.
But this is a bit frustrating, isn't it?

This is 2 coats of Rad Nomad. This color sure is rad and even more rad is the fact that I don't think I have a dupe. Deep purple-toned gray.
It's much deeper than any other similar color I have. (I think. I could be forgetting something. You know how it is.)
Muy beuno. Me gusta. (Do you like my Spanish?)

Red-ical Gypsy. Boring! When swatching this color I realized I don't own any red polish by Color Club and I think that is because red is boring and CC is not usually boring. But this color is boring.
It's a perfect blood red I guess but in no way is it unique. I'm sure every polish brand has the same red!

Verdict?
4/6 of these colors are not original. However, with the exception of the red, the colors are very trendy and awesome and would be great for someone who doesn't own the color already.
One color is just ugly. I'm sorry. It's ugly.
And one color is lovely and not a dupe!

Overall I do really like the colors in this set and I think you should buy it - only if you don't have the dupes.