Rainbow Connection: The Obsession

As the title of this post states, yes, I adore Rainbow Connection by OPI.  I adore it so much that a while back I did two manicures in a row using it as a glitter top coat.  How very creative of me.

First I used it on top of Essence Color & Go choose me!, and then I layered it over OPI's Planks A Lot from the Pirates of the Carribean collection.

I also tried out the Sally Hansen Diamond Flash fast dry top coat.  I like it, but not for dense glitters.  For those I prefer Sally Hansen's Insta Dri or Seche Vite.

OPI Germany Collection

Last week I picked up four of the new OPI Germany polishes.

• Deutsche You Want Me Baby?
• German-icure by OPI
• Suzi and the 7 Dusseldorfs
• Unfor-Greta-bly Blue

I was going to post swatches earlier in the week, but I decided that I'd wait until I swatched all four (and wore them each for a day to show off their prettyness!).

Without further adieu, on with the polish.

Deutsche You Want Me Baby?

Unfor-Greta-bly Blue

German-icure by OPI

And finally, Suzi and the 7 Dusseldorfs

I really liked the application of these polishes.  They were smooth and easy to apply, not to mention shiny and gorgeous.  I used top coat to boost the shine even more.  They glistened! I would definitely recommend these colors, and I'm thinking I shall try to snag a few more from this collection.  I want some of the cremes.

It's A Lovely Secret

I couldn't really choose how I wanted to do my nails, so I ended up starting with two coats of "a lovely secret" by Essence.  It looked really pretty, and part of me wanted to leave it alone, but then I decided to spice it up with some "LIME UP!" (also by Essence) dots.  Ever since I bought those dotting tools last weekend, I can't get enough. :D Plus, I need the dotting practice.

Before dots:

After dots:

Grape Going! + DS Temptation

First off, here's a few swatch photos of Grape Going! by Sally Hansen.  This polish was nice to apply and had a pretty good formula.  I love the color.  Purple/blue duochrome and really bright! :D  I took these pics with the flash on because it captured the color a little better.

Here's the finished look.  Temptation went PERFECTLY on top of Grape Going! :D  It was a match made in polish heaven.

Glamorous Life.

Earlier this week I went to Shoppers Drug Mart and picked up a few more Essence polishes.  I didn't plan on buying six, but since they're so cheap and I couldn't choose, alas, I did.  I love these little gems.  They're so pretty and colorful! :D

Here's the ones I bought:

Here's the mani I did with them.  I used three coats of "glamorous life", and for the accent nail I used two coats of "break through" and added a couple of coats of "space queen", also by Essence but not pictured above.  I think it looked pretty funky.  Someone even commented on it at work (a dude), haha.  :)