I love reading nail blogs. My very favorite are from small bloggers who just love nail polish like I do. Their reviews are honest and the polish is usually easier to find than the bigger bloggers' polishes.
I decided to start my own nail blog. Then I can keep track of my swatches and thoughts about my collection and maybe help someone else who's thinking about purchasing too. I'm going to start just with sharing what I wore each week, and we'll see what happens from there.
On Sunday, I wore Cosmo With A Twist from the new OPI Starlight collection. The day before, I stopped by Sally's to see if they had Starlight in yet. (It's supposed to be in ULTA, my my ULTA never sticks to the correct schedule-they only put out the summer Zoya collection 3 weeks ago!) Sally's only had 12 of the 18 colors, which was a bit of a let-down because I really wanted to see Ce-less-tial Is More and Let Your Love Shine, but they didn't have either. Overall, the collection as a whole isn't really my thing. It has 3 red creams (since OPI can't have a collection without ANOTHER red cream) and a bunch of those really weird, lumpy chrome glitters that they've had in their last 3 collections-Ick! They have a gorgeous blue holo which looks like a dupe for Zoya's Dream, so I passed on it. But I couldn't pass up Cosmo With a Twist-a stunning dark blue-purple glass fleck.
Indoors, Cosmo With a Twist looks like a murky dark purple with duochrome flakies (You can see the shift in the bottle), but in the sun, it reflects blue and looks like a navy (as you can see below). The polish only required 2 coats, but I did have a little staining.
On Monday, I had a meeting to attend, so I opted for a neutral manicure. I've been eager to try Zoya's Rue, and she doesn't disappoint!
Rue is a light, blush/mauve-toned nude. It's not a mannequin hands color-it's obvious you are wearing polish, but it is subtle and classy. A perfect office shade, and only 2 coats. Rue's a good reminder why Zoya is my favorite brand by far.
It was a crazy week, and I wore Rue Monday-Thursday. By Friday, I was dying for some color so I chose Butter London's Kerfluffle. Not really a seasonally appropriate color, but I love peachy-pink any time of the year.
(Sorry for the blurry photo, I took about 5, but just couldn't seem to get a good shot of this.) Kerfluffle suffers from the pastel polish syndrome-it's chalky and streaky and requires 3 coats. At the same time, I love this color, and have tried several brands. Butter London's Kerfluffle is better in formula than the others that I've tried. It's near Essie's Van d'go, but not quite as pink. But the formula is much more superior than the globby mess that Van d'go is.
I'm thinking I might try some nail art for Halloween. I'm horrible at nail art though, so maybe I'll just rock lots of orange and purple this coming week. What did you wear this week?
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