A Butterfly Moment

Out of all the neutrals I've tried over the years, who'd have thought my absolute favourite would come from the Mariah Carey collection?  OPI's A Butterfly Moment is the perfect shade for my skin tone, with the perfect amount of shimmer to give it interest while still staying subtle.  A gorgeous, go-to polish.

This is one coat of OPI Matte Nail Envy, three coats of OPI A Butterfly Moment, and one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Anti-Chip Topcoat.

Spectrum

It's an old colour but, boy, is it eye catching!

One coat of OPI Matte Nail Envy and two coats of OPI Ridge Filler for a smooth base, topped with three coats of Sally Hansen HD Spectrum, and finished with one coat of Revlon Quick Dry Topcoat.

And now I'm going to continue staring at my awesome nails.

Khaleesi

I'll admit it.  I bought this polish because of the name.  Well, that, and how interesting it looked on the website.  It's a silvery white mesh with a gold shimmer, both in the bottle and on the suppliers website.

On the nail, however, it becomes a hideously streaky, bubbly mess with no visible gold shimmer but an extremely visible nail line.  It looks like one of those frosted nail polishes from the 80s.  I hated it.

This is one coat of OPI Matte Nail Envy, two coats of OPI Ridge Filler, two coats of Hello Darling Khaleesi, and one coat of Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat.

I wore it for 24 hours to see if it would grow on me because I really wanted to like it, but I just found it more objectionable every time I looked at my nails!  To hide the bubbling and add interest I threw on two coats of China Glaze Snow Globe and finished with a coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Anti-Chip Top Coat.  Tacky as hell, but at least the bubbles and streaks are hidden!

I Saw... U Saw... We Saw... Warsaw

I'm still using a double coat of OPI Matte Nail Envy as a base coat but, even so, I had to trim my nails down again this morning to get rid of some ragged, peeling tips.  I will never get Shellac again, I swear.

Anyway, this is two coats of OPI I Saw... U Saw... We Saw... Warsaw, a lovely vampy inky teal which ticks all my boxes.  The polish goes on smooth, coverage is excellent, it's opaque in two coats, and the colour is gorgeous.  Pity about the name but then you can't have everything.  These photos, unfortunately, obliterate the teal and make it seem as though the polish is more of a clear blue than it is in the flesh.

This was glossy enough on its own but I cannot abide waiting around for nail polish to dry so I topped it off with a quick dry top coat, Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Anti-Chip Topcoat.  This used to be my go to top coat back in the day and I still like the finish but it tends to get gluggy quickly in the bottle.

Wool Knot

I'm such a sucker for textured polish.  Glitter, liquid sand, matte, beads, flocking, whatever it is you can count me in!  Right up until I try it, that is. That's when I immediately start to hate it.

So this is two coats of Sally Hanson Fuzzy Coat in Wool Knot over two coats of OPI Matte Nail Envy and finished with a top coat of Seche Vite.

In the bottle this looks like wild caught Muppet pelt in polish form. Unfortunately, it's gluggy and hard to work with, doesn't cover evenly and leaves bald spots. And who wants a Muppet with bald spots?

Do You Wanna See My... Peacock?

Ooh, primping and strutting! This is one coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue It with two coats of Picture Polish  Do You Wanna See My... Peacock over the top - a fine bottle green glitter in a fairly sheer navy base.

I topped the whole thing off with a Revlon Quick Dry Topcoat, as usual, but the result wasn't as smooth and glossy as I like so I finished up with one coat of Sally Hansen No Chip Acrylic Top Coat.

Star Struck

One coat of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Tyin' the Knot! followed by two coats of Colour by TBN in Star Struck - a tawny/bronzy micro glitter. Is there such a thing as a neutral glitter? If so, this is it.