Color Club: Magic Attraction

This is probably my favorite bling-tastic holo polish. It is phenomenal. I prefer my holo to be bold, as opposed to China Glaze OMG-type holo. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. 

I love all the different sized glitters! 

And a few shots with OPI Black Shatter on top. Totally awesome. Though I do prefer Magic Attraction to be able to shine brightly and unadulterated. 

Valentines Day Mani

Here is what I was planning on wearing today, and what I actually wore. I originally tried out the China Glaze Ruby Pumps underneath OPI Black Shatter.

Which I did like.. not as much as I thought I would - but I liked it nonetheless. But I figured I would be able to improve upon it today. So instead of a sparkly red base, I went with a hot pink creme base (Ulta Capri Coral). I liked this better - I think because I've adored the combination of black and pink since I was in 3rd grade. I also like how Black Shatter looked in this instance. Instead of painting my nails regularly, I zig-zagged the brush on the nail, leaving these super cool designs. 

OPI: Last Friday Night

Here is the other super sheer glitter polish from the Katy Perry OPI collection. Last Friday Night is the blue counterpart to Teenage Dream. But Teenage Dream has better coverage and opacity, because it had more tiny colored glitter in the base than this polish does. I don't mind this polish with just one coat. Because you can't even tell it is a blue base. 

 But I'm not a fan of it at 3. I just dislike sheer glitters that are in an unnatural color. It makes me feel like I have some sort of disease. 

But underneath Black Shatter it is a whole different story. I love it! I didn't think I would - just like with Teenage Dream. You can't really tell from these pictures but it is very obvious that there is a blue tinted base. And the glitter is phenomenal when poking through the cracks in Black Shatter. 

OPI: Teenage Dream

I really really really like this polish. I usually am not a fan of sheers, but this one totally works. Plus sheer pink is always easier to pull off than say... sheer green. 

OPI Teenage Dream is jam packed with tiny pink glitter, and has a good amount of large hologram glitter. Very pretty. I actually prefer it here with only one coat. 

When using only one coat I think this is a great polish that toes the line between conservative/work acceptable and awesome/funktastic glitteriness.

Using three coats that whole conservative thing goes out the window - because it just turns into a party on your hands. But who doesn't love that? 

And here it is with Black Shatter over the top of it. I have to admit I wasn't really a fan of Black Shatter layered over the two sheer glittery polishes in this Katy Perry collection when I saw pictures online. However after trying it out for myself I am in LOVE. I absolutely adore the sparkle that comes through the cracks in the shatter polish. I can't wait to wear this again and again. Unfortunately I only got the mini-collection and now after 2 manis and a pedi I am getting a little low on Teenage Dream. I'm going to have to go ahead and order a whole bottle next time I make a haul. 

OPI: Black Shatter

I'm sure you've all read about this ad nauseum. So I'll keep it short. Yes, it takes some time to get the hang of the application - but by the second hand of my first mani, I had it down. Yes, it is awesome. Yeah - I would be grabbing backups like crazy if it weren't for the fact that China Glaze is coming out with a whole line of shatter polishes, which will be much cheaper than this 8 dollar OPI polish. 

I added Black Shatter on top of my China Glaze Life Preserver mani, and kind of wish I had waited for a different base color to try it. Because now it kind of just looks like a Halloween mani that I'm posting super late. But I still love it.