Zoya Poppy vs OPI Melon of Troy

So I was trying out some of my untried zoya's (actually almost all of my zoya's are untried, I guess I don't really enjoy any of them as much as I thought I would when I went crazy buying them in America) and I got out Zoya Poppy and thought "ohhh that's a pretty colour - I'll try that"

Zoya Poppy - Sunshine

It is a cute orange peach coral colour from the Bouquet collection. This is three coats and went on perfectly fine. But while I was doing this manicure I kept thinking "I have used this colour not very long ago - it is so similar to Melon of Troy"

So here it is (I redid this on a sunny day so it looks better than the last post in which I posted this here)

OPI Melon of Troy - Sunshine

Melon of Troy is from the 2004 Greek isles collection but is now part of the regular collection so luckily it is easy to get. This is three coats aswell. I find OPI's easier to apply because of the prowide brush.

The light here is slightly different from the light Poppy's photo was taken in (weird because they were on the same day in the same place, but somehow Poppy is in more yellow light) so here is a comparison of each polish on the same hand

Can you tell the difference? It is pretty hard to. I think Poppy is very slightly more yellow than Melon of Troy and Poppy looks slightly more opaque.

I definitely don't think you need both of these (unless you are like me and forget/don't realize you have one before you buy the other). I wouldn't go as far to call them 'dupes' but they are pretty close.

Posts may become a little more infrequent over the next two weeks as I officially hand in my thesis on Thursday the 30th, and I have a lot of work to go before then :S

Lots of Love
Lisa

OPI Mod about you + Konad

I never thought I would say this but I am in love with a creme nail polish. This is OPI Mod about you from the Brights collection.

OPI Mod about you - natural light

This is a gorgeous bubblegum pink creme. Slightly streaky, but a thicker second coat fixes it. It is slightly darker in real life - but my camera didn't want to capture it very accurately.

Then I added some butterflies from Konad plate m36, using Konad black polish. I was in love with the final result.


Hope all your weekends went well.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Sunshine award

This Sunshine Award was given to be by Karen from Frazzle and Aniploish. Karen does lots of great posts with lots of colour accurate pictures and great colour comparisons. Her stash is huge! Shes helping out us lesser known bloggers by linking us to this award.


The rules for this award:
1. Post the image on your blog
2. Link the blogger who gave it to you
3. Pass it on to 12 other bloggers
4. Link those 12 bloggers
5. Let them know you've tagged them by commenting on their blog

I think most people have already had this award. So again I am going to pass this on to the lesser known blogs aswell:

Nail Bean
paillette polish journal
nails_r_us
newbie nails
Ditch the mittens
Polish infatuated

ok so its not 12 but its a start :)

Lots of Love
Lisa

Orly It's up to Blue + China Glaze Atlantis Tips

Just a quick post for today.

This is my manicure from a couple of days ago. I loved it.


Orly It's up to blue (see here for a post on this) with China Glaze Atlantis tips. I had to do a couple of layers of top coat to even and smooth it out a bit. Atlantis is one of my favourite polishes. Also anyone who has Atlantis knows that it sparkles a rainbow in real life - I just couldn't capture it on camera this time.

Lots of Love
Lisa

PS. Farmers has buy 2 get one free on Orly polishes at the moment :)

P.P.S. saw a blog with same back ground and colours as mine and got freaked out so had to change mine again - sorry if it catches you off guard :) Hopefully ill find a look I like that I can keep for awhile

Hello Zoya.....

OMG zoya you read my letter?
I knew I could count on you to pull through and finally name a polish after me :)
Thanks so much
Lots of Love
Lisa

Thanks to karlasugar for this awesome news and the picture :)
This is from the Fire & Ice collection due out in October.

Revlon Scents of Summer Collection

Woohooo I am so excited about this collection. Not only has Revlon produced some good bright coloured shimmer polishes for summer this years summer, but once they dry - they smell yummy on your fingers!

I saw these in a brand spanking new display yesterday at a pharmacy. They are selling for NZ$18. Orange pop looked like a gorgeous orange with yellow/gold shimmer. That is the first one on my list to get.

Has any one tried these yet? I am keen to know how long they stay scented for, and how nice they smell.

Lots of Love
Lisa