OPI Funky Dunkey

Todays NOTD is OPI Funky Dunkey from the 2010 Shrek forever after collection.

Outside in Sunshine

I'm not completely sure what Funky Dunkey is meant to mean (is it something to do with Donkey?)

I've taken the day off uni today and I'm gonna try and swatch a whole bunch today before our sun completely disappears for winter.

Lots of Love
Lisa

OPI What's with the Cattitude?

Well today was my final day at my part time job. I managed not to cry which was good. I worked with an AMAZING bunch of girls and I'm going to miss them so much. I love them all to pieces. But with only 4 months until my thesis is due - I have a lot of work to do and need to focus so much! grrrr! No more new polishes for a while tho because I am officially now a really really poor student (down graded from just poor to very very poor).

I'm sitting here watching the 2nd to last episode of Project Runway (not sure what season we are up to here) and I love it. I can't wait for the final next week at fashion week.

This is my first swatch from the 2010 Shrek forever after collection.

Outside in Sunlight

This is a creme blue called What's with the Cattitude? This was three coats. 2 left it still a bit patchy looking. I really like this sky blue colour. It is very summerery (Not good for us as its almost winter here) But I will be wearing this colour more for sure.

And as you know I don't really like plain creme polishes - so I added a coat of OPI Go On Green! from the Brights collection. Its a pretty perfect match.

Outside in sunlight

And up close

This is soooooooooooooooooooo pretty. I love it soooooo much!!!!!! *squeal*

Lots of Love
Lisa

BYS First Impressions

BYS is an Australian brand, which has been available in New Zealand for ages. I have heaps of their eyeshadows. They are quite cheap but last on your eyes very well and they have lots of pretty shimmer colours.

Jacie from You've Got Nail is located in Australia and swatches quite a few BYS Nail Polishes. I had always avoided them as they are only $6 here (compared to OPI at $25) so seemed quite 'cheap' to me and I wasn't sure of their quality. Jacie said I should give them a go.

I'm glad I did. I bought 3 Polishes.

Envy Me - Outside in sunlight

This is so pretty. I used three coats here. This was the one I picked to wear for a day. I didn't use any top coat or base coat and I think this was a problem. After 3 hours it was already chipped. And we aren't talking a little bit of tip wear here, I mean good sized hunks missing.

However I am sure that if a top coat and base coat were used this pretty colour would last a lot longer.

Emerald Sparkle - Outside in sunshine

This is from the BYS Metallic collection. Its a lot darker than Envy me but they both seem to have the same metallic like finish. Again this is a really pretty colour. (I would love to see a OPI or China Glaze make pretty green shimmer colours like this)

Peacock Metallic - Outside in Sunshine

Another Metallic polish. This one seemed to have a different finish to it - more glittery than metallic. I tried to capture this on camera


I thought all three of these colours were pretty unique. I bought these three for that reason, that I didn't really have anything else like them. They have quite a reasonable size range of colours. The shop I get them from has a huge display always fully stocked up. I will definitely be going back to get some more.

I'm thinking that when I get enough followers that some BYS Nail Polishes will be my first give aways - especially good for those not in New Zealand or Australia.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Fellow Bloggers Give Aways

While I don't have anywhere near enough followers for a give away. Other bloggers do.....

All Lacquered Up is giving away a bottle of Limited Edition OPI Damone Roberts 1968 to anyone who lives outside of the United States. Click here for a link to All Lacquered Ups give away.


Short 'n Chic Sweetest Little Giveaway

Short 'n Chic are giving away 4 Maybelline Sweet Things Polishes. Goody Plum Drop (lilac purple) Pie in the Sky (light blue) Sweetie Pie (light pink) and Minty (light minty green)
Click here to enter Short 'n Chics give away.


Today in the mail I was amazed to see a parcel waiting for me. I ordered this lot from Beverly Beaute on Wednesday last week and today (Tuesday) it arrived. This is good. It normally takes ages for things to arrive in New Zealand as we are so far away.

Included in my order was the entire Nubar Sparkles Collection!!!!
YAY so excited!!! I cant wait to start trying these out. I just have to hope for some sun when I do get around to it.


That's all for today.
Lots of Love
Lisa

OPI I Think in Pink

Hi all,

We just got back from the Wellington Wedding Show - AWESOME!!!
Although we aren't getting married until Feb 2012 I think I have just found a celebrant and photograhper. We have had our venue booked for a while now so that's all sorted. YAY!

Anyway... At the show they had a nail salon exhibit there, with the latest OPI Soft shade colours - which I was already wearing on my fingers.

I think in pink is from the new OPI Softshades for 2010

(Left to Right) Is Not that Precious?, Pink-a-Doodle, I Think in Pink and It’s a Girl.

Im not too keen on soft light creme pinks so I only ordered one of these. But I am glad that I did.

OPI I Think in Pink - Sun - No Flash - 3 coats

I didn't think I would like this but I've been wearing it for 2 days now and Ive actually come to like it a lot. Its actually slightly darker than the picture shows with three coats, but it about this colour with only 2 coats. The third coat makes it a more dense darker pink.

After the 2nd day I added a coat of Princesses Rule!

Princesses Rule! over I Think in Pink - Sun - No Flash

Princesses Rule! over I Think in Pink - Shade - No Flash

Its sooooo pretty!!! I love it!

Lots of Love
Lisa

China Glaze Blue Sparrow

China Glaze Blue Sparrow (Neon)
My first China Glaze disappointment...

I was so excited when this bottle arrived in the mail. It looks so amazing. Glitter! Blue sparkley shimmery glitter. Well that's how it looks inside the bottle........not on the nail though

Its MATTE!!!!!!
When it comes out of its pretty sparkly bottle its matte! I didn't want a matte polish. If I did I would have worn some of my mattes that are designed to be matte. This gave no indication on the bottle of being matte. It does say Neon in brackets next to the name and I know neons are mostly matte but I wanted to cry. Its so amazing in the bottle and disappointing on the nail.

This is it with a top coat.
Slightly better but nowhere near as awesome as it looks in the bottle.

That's all for today.
I tried swatching some of the new OPI Softshades but its raining here and the colours are not showing though well at all in the photos. So I'm hoping for sun tomorrow.

Lots of love for the weekend
Lisa