OPI Teenage Dream

Current nails: OPI Teenage Dream. One of the lovely Katy Perry glitters!
Two coats here, and one of Seche Vite. The surface is pretty rough but it doesn't bother me. What did bother me is the thickness...this needs to be thinned sooo bad. I've used it a lot which has made it really thick and gloopy. Ugh. Despite that, it really wasn't too hard to work with. It's better than being runny and too sheer, I guess.
Such a pretty glitter, and good coverage after 2 coats. It's tiny light pink and silver glitter with bigger holo glitter thrown in. Seriously, gorgeous. The holo glitter reminds me of little sprinkles all over my nails...totally fitting, for Katy Perry.
I'm thinking I'll need a new bottle of this soon...I use it a lot. Plus, one of my friends borrowed it for prom last year and kept for a couple months and used it like 5 times...ha. Speaking of prom, I think me and my friends are getting fake nails done soon...prom is 3 weeks from tomorrow! I'm pumped! :)
And, unfortunately the square tips are gone for now...had to cut my nails down. Boo. I'm gonna try to grow em out REALLY good over the summer though ;)

Sincerely, Cat

Franken -- DBK

Wearing today: one of my frankens from last spring, DBK. (Name is a random thing with one of my friends, ha.)
2 coats, with one of Seche Vite. It's a coral-y orange jelly filled with gold shimmer. Still some VNL after 2 coats, but I think it looks better that way. It's actually really pretty, and the gold shimmer is what sets it apart from other coral/orange polishes that I have. Really, I can't tell if this is coral or orange--it changes in different lighting, so I just consider it a coral-tinged orange, haha.
This is probably one of my better frankens, lol. It's actually pretty unique, with the base color and the shimmer in it. Unfortunately, it chipped within hours, but I get that problem a lot with frankens, ha. It could also be because of my nail shape...polish chips sooo much faster on square nails than rounded! I still love the squares though, so I can put up with the chipping, lol.

Sincerely, Cat

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape

Nails today: OPI Gargantuan Green Grape! I forgot how much I love this...haven't worn it in a while!
I used 3 coats and one coat of Seche Vite. I was gonna just do 2 coats, but 3 really evened it out and made it look a lot better. No VNL after 3 coats.
My only issue with this polish is that my bottle is over halfway gone...I use this color a lot for frankens. I had some troubles getting enough polish on the brush, haha. I really need another bottle of this. This is such a great green...not too bright or too light, and not really mint...it's more of a spring green. Which I love because the weather has been great lately. It feels like summer here and it's only mid-March. Awesome.
And you know what I'm loving even more than this polish? My nail shape. I am really liking the squares. The more they grow out, the better they're looking. Seriously adore. Too bad I have to cut my nails completely down again this week :(

Sincerely, Cat

Deborah Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers

A gorgeous Lippmann glitter and new nail shape for today!

Ruby Red Slippers, 2 coats with one of Seche Vite. First coat rather thin and second rather thick. That strategy works well for this shade, I've found. Such a pretty polish. Chips like crazy though...I had chips after a day. Ah well, I just touched up my tips and it was good as new. And like always, removal sucked. Lol.

And yeah...I'm trying out the square nails! It took some adjusting, for sure, but it's been like a week and it feels pretty natural now. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I always keep my nails rounded, but I kinda like this. At least it looks a lot better than last time I tried square, lol. That was sooo bad. But yeah, I had the crazy idea to go square and grow my nails out so they look like fakes for prom next month...who knows what'll happen to my nails by then, haha. Might as well try it.

Also, I'm trying a new base coat, OPI Natural Nail Base Coat. I've only used it 2 or 3 times, but I really like it. Although maybe that's just because it's tinted pink...ha.

Sincerely, Cat

OPI I Don't Give a Rotterdam!

Another Holland stunner! This is I Don't Give a Rotterdam!
2 coats with one of Seche Vite. The first coat was pretty sheer and I thought I might have to do 3, but the second coat added a lot. There was maybe a little hint of VNL. Good application though, the brush was really nice on this one for some reason.
Such a pretty shade of icy blue, but the shimmer is what really makes it unique. It's this really nice, gold, kind of flake-looking shimmer. This shade totally reminds me of icicles.
So, when I bought this shade I thought it was really unique, but it reminded me of a polish that I already had, I just couldn't remember what it was. So I went home and looked through my collection...ha. Look at this.

So, this is one of the frankens I made early fall this year...maybe around August? It's funny because when I made this franken, I was like, "wow, I don't have anything like this! This is so unique! Especially this flaky-type shimmer in it..." Ha. What a cruel joke. Like, seriously almost dupes. Right down to the shimmer. Just my luck, lol. Ah well.

Sincerely, Cat

OPI Dutch 'Ya Just Love OPI?

First polish I tried from OPI Holland collec...love love love.

2 perfectly even coats with one of Seche Vite. Great application. This is SUCH a pretty shade of purple...if it was a creme, it'd be fine, but what makes it gorgeous is that copper-y gold shimmer in it. Sooo pretty in the sunlight.

Like I said, this was the first I used from the new collec and I'm super impressed so far...I'll definitely be buying more.

Sincerely, Cat

Urban Decay/OPI Holland Haul!

My recent haul from Urban Decay, and a couple polishes from the new OPI spring collec!

24/7 Double Ended Liners set. Includes Uzi/Empire, Zero/Corrupt, and a Grind House sharpener. It's only my fifth Zero pencil, haha. Each color is half the size of a full pencil, so each double ender is the size of a full pencil...0.04 oz or whatever it is. I was really really excited for this because the greatest brown ever (Corrupt) and the greatest silver ever (Uzi) are in it, which were only in the 15th Anni set before. I was kinda stressing about using up my full pencils of those, but now I have these! Lol. And Empire is a new color, I think exclusive to this set for now. It seems nice. I've only really tested it out before, I haven't actually used it in a look, so I probably will soon.

24/7 Liner Duo. Includes full size Whiskey and Flipside, and a Grind House. And now here's my fourth Grind House, lol. This was on sale and it was pretty much like the greatest deal ever...it was only $14 I think! It's a no-brainer...one liner costs $19 normally, and the sharpener is $10...so it's a serious bargain, haha. Plus, I only had minis of Whiskey before (from my original Naked palette that came with the double ended liner, not the brush; and from the 24/7 Jackpot that I got a year or two ago around Christmas time), and I didn't have any Flipside liners, so it's a win-win. Pretty liners, great price. Can't beat it.

24/7 Concealer in CIA. Which is the lightest shade, lol. I bought one of these back in the summer, in the old packaging, and it's just now getting down to a stub, so it's perfect timing that they brought these back. I have to say, this new packaging is soo much more attractive. The formula seems pretty much the same though, maybe a little less cake-y if anything. It's great under my eyes, where it's always really dark. Also good on dark spots. It's nice and light.

Sample of Afterglow Cheek Tint in Quickie. I don't wear anything on my cheeks but maybe I'll get around to using this someday, lol. I was really hoping my free sample would be lip gloss again, but ya win some ya lose some, as they say...

Swatches of liners...Whiskey, Flipside, Zero, Corrupt, Uzi, Empire.

I also went into Trade Secret recently to check out the new OPI Holland collec...these were the 3 that really stood out to me. From left, I Don't Give a Rotterdam!, Dutch 'Ya Just Love OPI?, and Vampsterdam. I like the names in this collec. I've already worn Rotterdam and Dutch (posts coming soon), and I just have to say they're phenomenal. Now I really want the rest of the collec, because I can tell OPI hit it out of the park.

Ugh...why won't that last pic line up correctly?!? What da hecckkk. Lol

Sincerely, Cat