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: Sephora By O.P.I - On Stage

Hey everyone!

Here is what I have on my nails today. I left my nails alone for a few days so they breathe a little bit (and as you can see I trimmed them because one chipped and then broke so I filed all of them down) and yesterday as I was going through my nail polish box I realized I neglected this color for a while so I thought why not use it! This is my first nail polish that I bought from Sephora by O.P.I. I have used Sephora nail polishes in the past and was very unhappy with them both because the brush was very cheap quality and the polish went bad super fast. I was skeptical buying On Stage but seeing O.P.I on it made me feel better because O.P.I really makes some of the best nail polishes, if not the best. I love love love this color, I want to call it mauve taupe? Does look like some shade of purple/plum, Sephora calls it grey plum. Applying it is fairly easy, mostly because the formula is good. Brush could definitely improve and be thicker needless to say it's lacking bristles big time. Look at the comparison of it to an O.P.I brush. It is $9 and I think for that price, they could have made a better brush. Even O.P.I nail polishes are cheaper than that at $8.50 :) I'm also wondering O.P.I's contribution to these nail polishes since they chip pretty easy, I only had this color on for 24 hours WITH a top coat and I am already beginning to see the tips of my nails. I don't have this problem with a regular O.P.I nail polish, at all, even without a top coat. Could it be a marketing trick, since I am sure Sephora knows people will be more likely to buy the nail polish if they see an O.P.I on it? Who knows...As with most nail polishes, I recommend two coats of this. Is there a nail polish that looks good with only 1 coat? I doubt it, let me know though! I confess, sometimes if I am in a hurry and don't want to leave my nails bare I will thrown on a coat even though I know it looks so unglamorous...I am wearing my nail hardener as a base coat, 2 coats of On Stage and a top coat.