OPI Hello Kitty Collection - May Pal Joey + Charmmy & Sugar

Hey everyone! You may have seen my Instagram post hinting that a long-overdue blog post may be necessary thanks to the unbearably cute new Hello Kitty collection from OPI.
If you've been following me for a few years, you definitely know two things:
1) I love Hello Kitty.
2) I love OPI.
Which brings us to the conclusion that clearly I need this collection. Bad.

A photo posted by Rebecca Likes Nails (@rebeccalikesnails) on Feb 7, 2016 at 8:33pm PST

For whatever stupid and disappointing reason, my local professional beauty supply that carries OPI is not getting the collection. Which makes me real sad because I was hoping to pick up the entire thing there (including the little display that they all would come in.)
Wait a second... I wonder if my Sally Beauty supply would have the display and let me have that one? Hmmm.....

Anyway, I promptly hopped onto my favorite trusty polish website, Nail Polish Canada, and I picked up the Collector's Edition set that comes in the little pop-up box, with six polishes inside. (I also totally want the little train case type thing I've seen around but I'm sure that's out of my current polish price range. But a girl can dream?) So that set is on the way to me now, but in the meantime, I also hit up my local Winners and found a huge full display with 3 of each polish. How did they get it right away? Who knows. But I picked up the two I wanted most that weren't in the 6-piece set!

OPI - My Pal Joey
Now, this isn't an original color or anything, but it is a really great royal blue with a dreamy formula. It takes two smooth coats to get it perfect, and I experienced no staining which can sometimes be a problem with blues this pigmented.

OPI - Charmmy & Sugar
This is a cute and girly shimmer/glitter polish best used as a topcoat. The shimmer is pink with a duochrome flash and the bigger glitter bits consist of pinks and silver and a blue/green.

I brought it home thinking I had nothing like it at all in my collection! But upon arriving home, I realized I had something practically identical. You'd think this wouldn't happen to me after I've weaned off my polish buying so significantly, but no. I perused a few other people's reviews of the collection, and googled their names together but couldn't find anyone else who made the connection between these two polishes (probably because not a lot of people buy MAC nail polish besides MAC hoarders, who aren't necessarily also nail polish hoarders).

OPI - Charmmy & Sugar vs MAC Just Jewels
As you can see, these are basically identical. The MAC one has slightly less of the larger glitters throughout, but not enough to really make a difference so if you already own it, you don't need the other. The MAC shade has been long sold out though (it was in the Heirloom Mix collection for Holiday 2014) so if these glitters are catching your eye, pick up the OPI! It's cheaper, anyway.

Jeez, I guess posting so rarely causes me to ramble on and on when I do get around to posting! Hope you guys don't mind!
After noticing that I only scrounged up 7 posts in 2015, I've decided that I'm gonna try to come up with something to post at least every 2 weeks for the rest of the year. It might not happen, thanks to grad school, but I'll give it a shot! Got any suggestions for things you might like to see around here?
Until next time!

31DC2013 - day 6

Yoooooooo, sup. Today is Purple day and purple is my fave.
I decided to use one of my untried purple polishes, a beauty from one of my fave brands, piCture pOlish!

piCture pOlish - Warning
Hot damn, this is a good one. Shimmery purpley bluey goodness. Really happy with it! It needs three coats to cover completely but I don't even mind.

I didn't just wanna leave this solid today so I added some glitter and stickers!

Hello Kitty!!! The nail stickers were from Born Pretty. And the glitter is Maybelline - Lavender Sparks.

This mani was a little hard to photograph but I didn't have much time because my camera battery was about to die... Haha!

Ain't nothin' better than purple glittery HK nails. Am I right?

delayed valentines day mani!

Hey guys! I totally meant to post this manicure yesterday for Valentines day but I forgot.
I've had a busy week with an exam and a midterm assignment plus working plus my usual time spent being sick plus a new found addiction to Candy Crush Saga... Anyway...
Better late than never?

I did a mani inspired by my Valentines Day Hello Kitty!

Isn't she sweet? Hehehe. And do you like how I got my HK pajamas in the shot?

It didn't turn out as perfectly as I had hoped, but when you don't inspect it too closely, it's still adorable!

I've seen lots of this leopard print with hearts going around lately, and it is so cute! I will definitely have to try it again soon and hopefully do a little better... Haha!

The base color for this mani was China Glaze - Dance Baby.
I did the red detailing with OPI - Comet Loves Cupid.
And I mixed the two together for the color inside the print.

Hope you guys like this mani even though it is a day late. Oh well!

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Freak Out!

Hi everyone!
Happy New Year's Eve! (Or Happy New Year to those of you on the other side of the world who are already in 2013!)

Today's post is the last polish from the Models Own Mirrorball Collection and I think I definitely saved the best for last.
(I know I said earlier that the purple was probably my favorite but I changed my mind.)

Models Own - Freak Out! (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Blueberry)
An amazing glitterbomb with all kinds of blue glitter and blue holo shard glitter and tiny bar glitter and pink glitter and... Ah! I love it.

This combination of glitter is just really cute. The colors are so fun. I like the short bar glitter, it doesn't look hairy like some bar glitter does! It's just right.
This is two coats of glitter with some additional fishing to fill empty spaces.

As I have said in every post, you're gonna need lots of topcoat to cover the roughness of these glitters.

Sooooo much fun. I can't wait to wear this one again! I bet it would be awesome over practically anything.

Overall I'm really stoked on this collection and I'm glad I decided to splurge on it.

Yesterday I said I might wear all five of them as my NYE mani... And I went for it!
If I can get some decent pictures, I'll post it tomorrow... Holy blingy!!

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Disco Inferno

Good morning and happy Sunday!
We're still rolling along with swatches of the Models Own Mirrorball Collection - hooray for glitter!

Models Own - Disco Inferno (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Sweet)
Gold and green and holo glitterbomb!

Tiny gold glitters, big gold glitters, gold holo shreds, green glitter...

I layered it over orange, not realizing how much green was in the polish, and it ended up looking a little bit Halloween-y.

As with the previous polishes from this collection, this does not dry smoothly and you need lots of topcoat. But I think it is worth it!

Maybe I should layer all five of these together for my New Years Eve manicure... Hmmmm!!!!

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Hot Stuff

Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin'!

Another polish from the Models Own Mirrorball Collection and another 80's dance song stuck in my head!

Models Own - Hot Stuff (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Candy)
This is a pink and red and holo glitterbomb!

Pink glitter, purple glitter, red glitter... I think. Hard to tell.
Holo squares! Holo diamonds! Holo shards!

As with all the Mirrorball polishes, the glitter likes to stick out and not lie flat. I found this one was the worst for that. You definitely want several coats of topcoat or you wanna use cuticle nippers and snip off the rough edges, like I do. (Yeah that adds another step to your manicure but hey, then you're not gonna go crazy and pick it all off in 2 hours because it's not perfectly smooth... Haha!)

Three down, two to go!
I really love these polishes and I'm having fun sharing them with you. Everyone loves a glitterbomb.

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Dancing Queen

Good morning! Here is post 2/5 of the Models Own Mirrorball Collection for your viewing pleasure!
Glittery goodness awaits you!

Models Own - Dancing Queen (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Melon)
This is the mostly-green glitter from Mirrorball! I adore how they match the caps to the glitter.
You've also got gold and blue in there. Hex glitter, shredded glitter, and diamonds!
The diamond glitter tends to give me pains because they don't like to lie flat.

Like I said yesterday, you wanna wear lots of topcoat with these because the glitters are not smooth and some have a tendency to stick out and annoy the crap out of you. If you're me, anyway.

This combo was a really fun one! I really liked the glitter mix.

The only downside of this polish is that it gets Abba stuck in my head. Real bad.
You are the dancing queen... Young and sweet, only 17....

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Boogie Nights

Hey everyone! Happy holidays! Hope you're all having a great holiday season.

I've decided to close out 2012 with the Models Own Mirrorball Collection.

I was going to post them all at once but that would just be too many pictures, so I'm doing one at a time! I meant to have this post up way earlier today but I forgot to hit publish... Haha.

Models Own - Boogie Nights (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Plum)
A mostly-purple glitterbomb! Purple shreds and glitter and red glitter and blue glitter and who knows what else!

If I had to pick a favorite from the collection, this might be it. But it's hard to say because they are all so awesome!

This is two coats of glitter, and you do have to do some fishing to get enough glitter on every nail.
You definitely want to wear a topcoat or two with these because the shards do stick out.

Overall with this collection I had some problems with glitters sticking out and demanding I pick them off... So yeah. Definitely topcoat. And if you're like me... You may need to get out the cuticle nippers and actually nip off the pokey-outey glitters so that you won't pick them off and ruin your manicure...

Check back for posts on the other four fantastic glitters in the coming days!

China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy

Hey girls and boys!
First of all, I wanna explain my absence - as I've mentioned before I'm not feeling the best right now and I'm having a pretty serious flare up of my Crohn's disease.
I'm spending most of my time just trying to relax which doesn't leave me much time for the ol' blog. I promise I am not deserting you guys and I won't be another blogger who just randomly disappears - but I just need a bit of me-time for a while, I guess.

I'm still painting my nails (obviously) and I will make an effort to post when I am feeling up to it, but please be patient with me as I try to get my health back on track.

I found a bunch of old swatches I've been meaning to post and I might try and post some of these in the coming days! I'm gonna start with a super happy neon color to try to bring my blog back to life, haha!

China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy 
This is a super bright pink-coral neon that really gets attention. I don't think I have ever had so many random people ask me what color nail polish I was wearing as when I wore this one a few weeks ago.

The formula is nice and it covers in 3 coats, but it does chip pretty quickly.
(You may also notice that these photos have my old watermark. I was too lazy to redo it with the new one. Hahaha.)

I added an accent nail with Hello Kitty For Sephora - Gold Sparkle.

Do you have Flip Flop Fantasy? Do you get as many comments on it as I do?

Oh, one last thing before I go! A deal for my Canadian polish friends!
Shoppers Drugmart is having BOGO on all polish tonight from 6-9pm!
Click this link to print the coupon and get yourself some deals.