Barry M: Grey

I am on the fence with this polish. I don't like it much on its own, but I think I would love it underneath a crackle polish. I'll have to see if I can get my hand on some of the colorful China Glaze ones - my Sally's is constantly sold out. 

China Glaze: Cyberspace

I know a lot of people were disappointed with the China Glaze Tronica collection, but I like it. The subtle holo makes it workplace appropriate indoors, and still blingtastic outside. I especially think that Cyberspace is one of the most conservative/workplace appropriate of the bunch. It seems pretty similar to Butter London's All Hail McQueen. Though I don't think the color works great with my particular skin tone, but I do think it will be really fabulous on others. 

OPI: Not Like The Movies

OPI's Not Like the Movies is from the Katy Perry collection - which was surprisingly awesome. Not Like The Movies is a fantastic silver shimmer polish with strong purple and green flashes. I tried to take a lot of pictures to show off how great it is. 

OPI: Cozu-melted In The Sun

Today I wanted to show you the polish I've been wearing most of this week for my numerous interviews. OPI Cozu-melted in the Sun is a fantabulous peachy golden shimmer polish. Perfect for interviews - conservative yet blingtastic in the sun. 

And in the shade... still very reflective.

St. Patrick's Day Mani with OPI Jade is the New Black

I was inspired by all of the other great ombre manicures out there and decided to try one for my St. Patrick's Day mani. This was soooo sooo simple to do! All I did was pick one green polish (OPI Jade is the New Black), a white polish (China Glaze White on White) and a black polish (China Glaze Liquid Leather). I painted JITNB on my middle finger by itself, then I added equal parts green and white for my ring finger - then more white to it for my pinky. And I did the same with black for my index and thumb. Super simple. And super adorable. And it takes the guesswork out of trying to find polishes that work together and have the same base colors and stuff. 

Then.. because I can't leave well enough alone, I added Nfu-Oh 56. And I'm so glad I did! It makes the mani much more vibrant and much more green. I didn't realize how blue toned JITNB is until I mixed it with white.

Nubar: Gem

I had taken a lot more pictures but the sun bleached out the polish color, so unfortunately I only have a few to show you of Nubar Gem. Gem is from Nubar's best collection - Prisms. 

Also - these do't properly capture Gem's awesomeness. In real life it has a reddish flash to it, making it even more complex and amazing. Although the formula/finish was not so great, it is definitely worth putting up for with an awesome scattered taupe holo. This is really different from say the new China Glaze Tronica collection - that holo is really subtle and blends in with the polish color if you are inside. With this Nubar collection there is no mistaking the holo. It's gorgeous. 

OPI: It's Totally Fort Worth It

I love OPI It's Totally Fort Worth It. A little sheer, but worth it (haha) in my opinion. I love the complexity of the shimmer.. mostly silvery and grey, but with hints of maroon. I'm not sure if it was properly captured on these photos, but I think that this is without a doubt better than Austin-tatious Turquoise.

Amazing Giveaway

Seriously! One of the best I've ever seen! Jen over at The PolishAholic is hosting a giveaway for her one year blogiversary. It's amazing how well she is doing. I would be happy if my blog had 1/10th the amount of followers she has at the one year mark. 

Anyhoo - check out the giveaway and make sure to enter. Seriously... the opportunity to win an entire OPI collection? How often does that happen??

Though I'm probably more interested in the fourth prize: 

Lemming central!

China Glaze: Frosty with OPI: Ink Tips

I really like this mani. I used China Glaze Frosty as a base - which is a color that is really gorgeous! I know it just seems like a sheer shiny white, but theres very pretty light blue and silver glitter that shines in the right light. Very very wintery. I love it. And I used cut up scotch tape to give myself a nice zig-zag tip in OPI Ink. I love how Ink makes frosty seem like a very light lilac color. J'adore!