Spark-tacular

Who goes to Sephora to buy a particular product and walks out with that product plus something totally unplanned? Me! I had absolutely no intentions of buying nail polish while at Sephora. The main reason I went to Sephora was because I ran out of my favorite Lavanila deodorant and needed to buy a new one. Sephora needs to stop placing all those gorgeous nail polishes right next to the checkout area. Standing in the line, I my eyes met the glorious nail polish rack. So I walked out with the first nail polish that caught my eye...Spark-tacular.

Sephora by O.P.I Spark-tacular AKA Party in a bottle!

I've been on a glittery nail polish kick lately. It all started with...I don't even remember! But they have a special place in my heart. I was previously contemplating getting Deborah Lippman's Happy Birthday but $18 a pop discouraged the heck out of me, I mean it is glitter after all. While the two aren't dupes, as Happy Birthday has much chunkier glitters, Spark-tacular will suffice. Spark-tacular has some bigger glitter pieces but majority of it is small glitter pieces. I think it has every color one can think of.

I really wanted a white base for this top coat, so I made a pit stop at Sally Beauty Supply and grabbed China Glaze White on White. Without a doubt, they complete each other.

On the left photo, I have only one coat of Spark-tacular and on the right I have two (with the exception of index finger). I love them both! I was in the mood for very glittery nails so that's why I went for the second coat.

P.S. Kudos to Sephora for having nail polish testers. That makes the life of a nail polish addict much easier!

Do you like glittery nails? What are your favorite glitter polishes?

NOTD: China Glaze FLY

Hello lovies!

Well, after obsessing over China Glaze Peachy Keen for almost a week, I decided it was time for a change. Nail polish change that is! I was going through my collection of nail polishes and came across this color that I honestly don't remember ever using before. I know, it IS crazy to buy nail polish and never use it as most nail polishes don't have long shelf life. I don't know what I was thinking. I'm happy I got "reconnected" with this gorgeous color.

Fly was part of a China Glaze collection called Kicks which came out in 2009. I would call this color a cross between raspberry and purple, raspberry-ish purple or purplish raspberry, something like that! It has pink flecks with micro shimmer. I totally forgot to take pictures of how nails look with one coat, but anyway it's nearly impossible to wear any nail polish with only one coat. As with most China Glaze nail polishes, application is a bliss. Formula has great consistency, applies evenly and smoothly. No streaking at all! I also love the staying power, I've been wearing this color for two days now and no chipping yay! I do apply a top coat every other day just to keep the shine though. On my nails I have a base coat, two coats of FLY and top coat. Voila!

NOTD: China Glaze - For Audrey

Audrey Hepburn? Possibly! This is a total Tiffany's blue nail polish and I am sure China Glaze was dying to call this "Tiffany Blue" but unfortunately Tiffany & Co holds the trademark for this color. Regardless it's a beautiful turquoise color which is one of my favorite colors EVER. Turquoise gives me sense of peace and reminds me of the Mediterranean Sea and summer...ahh bliss!

China Glaze makes good nail polishes and I love the colors they come up with but I'm not really crazy about their brushes. They need learn to master the art of brush making from OPI! I think CG brushes are too long and thin. Long brushes make applying the polish evenly so difficult. If they make shorter brushes with more bristles like OPI does, then really all you need to do is dip the brush in nail polish and in one "swipe" you can coat your nails, or at least this is how it is in my case. I'm not even putting up a picture of how this polish looked with only 1 coat, you really can't get away with 1 coat with this baby! I suggest 2, but if you can do 3 even better!

For Audrey is definitely not your everyday color (I guess it depends on what you do/work) it's in the fun polish for weekend category. I think it would be a fun idea to use this color on toes for your "Something Blue" in your wedding if you wanna spice things up a bit or if you're having a Breakfast at Tiffany's themed party etc.

Here I have my nail hardener as my base coat, 2 coats of polish and top coat.