My First OPI- Do you lilac it? B29 NOT!

** UPDATE ** 13th Jan 2011

I have been duped!!! This colour isn't B29 at all, but another call Done out in deco.

It's funny because the label indeed says 'Do you lilac it', but when I compared it at robinsons, the colour was wayy off. Like I mentioned, this colour way wayyyyy more grey-ish than I had expected it to be, and my hunch was right!!! What do you think happened?

While this is still a nice colour- a very elegant shade of light purple, I'm quite disappointed with my first experience buying from a spree.

Sure won't be ordering from this spree organiser again! humph!

Have you ever had a disappointing nail colour experience when it wasn't what you thought it would be when you finally got it? Do share, what what colour it was!

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Oh yes I lilac very much!!

I can only sing praises about it... after years of tolerating cheapy the face shop products! I got this OPI from a spree- but trust me I think we're better off just buying from ebay. (hint of advice!)

Of course, as expected from OPI, this applied like a dream! GREAT opacity with just the second coat, something I have long struggled with other brands, and nice, thick, thick brush!!! Its a light colour, but woooo, its SOLID!

The only initial disappointment was that I was surprised at how much greyish undertones this colour had. Its supposed to be from the brights collection, but I really think this colour is sort of muted and well, more grey-ish, if you get what I mean, lol. I suppose lucky lucky lavender would have been brighter but so far it looks rather pinkish to me which I didnt want yet... shall go down to the store to check tmrw!

Having said that, it IS a lovely colour, though and I'm used to it already. Its luuvvvv

Products used: Sally Hansen Miracle Nail Thickener (see previous post), I'm trying it out as a base coat this time, see how it fares. Application of OPI was smooth and not bad at all! of course I had to go and ruin things by using a TFS top coat, but its the only topcoat I have, and while, in all honesty the OPI didnt look like it needed a top coat, I just can't bear the thought of bare colour exposed to all the harsh conditions!!

I promise better photo taking skills soon >.<

Yay!

Here are some lousy pics but with better colour matches- it isn't really as bright as it looks in the above picts!

Sally Hansen: Miracle Nail Thickener

Update!

This was a bugger to remove!! (to be fair I had on like 4 coats of it at the end of four days) but it took ALOT of remover to get it off, it was really sticky and sticking to the nail!It starts to bubble BADLY by the third coat, though So currently my second round of treatment I relaxed with the regime.

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This is another nail review *stating the obvious*

Anyway, after observing how ugly my nails are compared to the rest of the world's, I decided that this was because I have thin nails that have very bad contouring. Thus I've been looking at Nail treatment products and this item caught my eye.

Its kinda pricey, at 17.50. but I got it for 20% off at the Robinsons sale. So yay to that. So far I'm having an unstable relationship with Sally Hansen. The online nail community says to stay off her at any cost, but with products like a Nail thickener, and a top coat promising a 'diamond' shine, how can one resist? Has anyone actually tried this product? DO tell, and if it worked! Cuz in the back of my mind SH seems to be a huge nail sham, churning out products which don't actually work but fooling consumers like me into buying it and trying it out. :(

okay so, on to application: I honestly can say that it doesnt smell that bad to me. In fact it's sorta has no smell, and definitely does not stink as much as the face shop colours do. So thats a plus point. The formula isn't thick, but its sticky, but I tell myself that it'll be good training for applying Seche in the future, except SH provides a HORRIBLE brush (much like their other nail treatment products, I've heard, sigh.)

Texture and finish: Not that this is the main point of the product, but it dries pretty quick however it doesnt dry rock hard, i dont know how to explain it, like u can dent/ scratch it with your fingernails, and it leaves a mark, but that goes away after awhile. Oh and the formula bubbles on second application. I have no idea why :(. The finish however (when it isn't bubbling) is quite nice, it looks like freshly applied base coat still wet, and it remains that way. I've heard people saying that the product washes off but I haven't experienced that myself, as I've been applying a new coat daily so far (this is my 3rd coat).

Does it work: I honestly dont know, yet. I'm gonna try using the whole bottle, first so see how it goes. I'll probably spend the New Year's weekend testing it as a basecoat, though I'm apprehensive about results cuz this fella does feel a little bit waxy to touch >.<> hopefully, I see thicker nails soon!

Nail Crazy

All things Nails Wishlist

Here's a list of Nail-ly stuff I'm super duper eyeing and intend to get in the near future, despite my plunging brokeness >.<

After days of scourging through the online nail community, here are the nail care products that I really want to try out:

1. Nail Tek Foundation II (I have this now and I love this, it is everything it says it is)

2. Nail Tech Xtra

3. Seche Vite fast drying top coat (I have this now- love it!)

Colours:

4. Pink Spice, Accessorize I've got it, yay!! will year it for this CNY! ^_^

5. Space Cadet, ORLY I've got this, have yet to post pictures!

6. Snowcone, ORLY

7. Lemondrop, ORLY

8. Lollipop, ORLY

9. Ruby Pumps, China Glaze (I've got this one too, check out my review)

I'm back! Pink110

OKay, after looking at 1001 blogs I feel inspired to blog again, and inspiration comes from...my nails! LOL. I was kinda getting used to my cleaned up, healthily buffed, nicely shaped nails, when my fingers got itchy again and reached for the bottle!!!! I recently feel drawn to pastel colours, and was hoping to do a sort of milkshake-pink, Miwako Sakurada type. Sort of like Lime Crime's Great Pink Planet in a bottle.

Today, I finally decided to try a colour Sharon, Collin n Channy got for my birthday, Pink110 from The Face Shop. No-one reviews face shop colours, so I shall aim to review my collection LOL. Here are the products that I use. So. TFS base, Pink110, and TFS topcoat. Not much to boast of, though!

Onto the application. As Sharon and I have concluded, TFS isn't really good for their light colours, but I make do!

1. Pigment doesn't stick to the brush easily

2. Was QUITE streaky, but the top coat managed to even it out A LITTLE.

3. It did however, dry pretty past! Faster than I used to remember, but today is kinda cold and dry. I didn't ruin my nails at all cuz it dried so fast.

Three coats, without flash. Here you can see that with three coats, it's still translucent. But it was already building up with streaks so I didnt do a fourth. I might, tomorrow.

With flash. I love the was the colour looks here. Sadly, this picture isn't really a good colour match at all. I think it ended up looking more Barbie than Miwako. It looks milkshakey in the bottle (like the above picture) but its slightly brighter IRL. Below are not very good quality shots, but I feel represent the actual colour on my nails better.

So, anyone can recommend a nice shade of light, strawberry milkshake?