OPI Iceland Fall/Winter 2017 ~ Enamored With Pink

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We are almost at the end of the week! Who's excited?! I'm not lol. Friday is the new Monday in this house. So, for today, let's enjoy some pink vibes. I will have 3 pinks, top coat, and base coat in this post. How are you liking the OPI Iceland Fall/Winter 2017 collection so far? I am LOVING it! They all stamp well and who doesn't love a good crème polish? I was just telling my husband the other day that I needed some new brown cremes and earth type tones for nail art. This collection has exactly what I wanted and need in my collection! My next post will cover the earth tones so watch for that. For now let's get to it!

 "They have the signature OPI formula. Luxurious, opaque, and it practically paints itself. It is such a dream to work with. It stays where you put it, doesn't drip all over the place, and it dries super fast. I actually had to use remover to take off some of these swatches lol! I think the Infinite Shine line of polishes dry much faster than their regular line. Every swatch is using the full 3 step system: 1) Primer 2) 2 coats of color 3) Gloss." All that in quotes was taken from my last post. It all applies here and it's my weekend so I'm a tad lazy... my bad!

I want to start with I'll Have A Gin & Techtonic. Mostly because it reminds me of my M-I-L <3 She likes gin (in martinis) and this is just her type of color. She also has a passion for OPI and swears it's the best. She bought me my first OPI's (Yodel Me On My Cell, Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous), and I just love her in general! Such a versatile shade of pink.For the art I used Aurora Berry-alis and Bundle Monster stamping plate BM-S208.

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Holy crow is this polish awesome. Aurora Berry-alis could easily be a 1 coater. It is so vibrant and girly. I did some double stamping for this one using I'll Have A Gin & Techtonic and That's What Friends Are Thor with a CICI & SISI stapming plate CIC&SISI04.

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Reykjavik Has All The Hot Spots is a velvety metallic that is magnificent. No issues with brush stokes in the polish whatsoever. This one will dry to a satin finish without top coat. For the art I used some clear nail vinyls in "chevron variety" from Polished Vino and the shade Suzi & The Arctic Fox.

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I did not take actual bottle shots of the top coat and base coat because they are just clear. I do, however, have some thoughts on them. I feel a ridge filling base coat would really help. This base coat seems really thin, almost watery. Super quick drying though! The top coat is great, I think. It's really hard to tell through the brush strokes. I think this fault lies in the brush. It's pretty stiff for a top coat brush. I also have yet to get a top coat from the Infinite Shine line that hasn't had a wonky brush. There are always at least two bristles poking in the most random directions. If it weren't for the brush it would be good. Quick drying and shiny! Let me know below what your experiences have been like with this top coat! Also keep an eye out for the upcoming swatch video on YouTube that will correspond with these beauties. *I would like to thank OPI & Preen.Me for sending me this set for free in return for my review. As always, all thoughts are entirely my own! Have a wonderful day all you beautiful people!! xoxo

OPI Iceland Fall/Winter 2017 ~ A Gorgeous Case Of The Monday Blues

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Hey guys! How was your weekend? As usual mine was way more uneventful than I would like to admit. The highlight? My Cowboys won!! Any who, today we will be looking at the blue and purple shades of the new OPI Iceland Collection.

Ok... so I forgot one in the first pic. Now you get 2 scenic pics! My father has a gorgeous yard so I went and did a nature photo shoot. I am going to do a quick summary of my experience with these then I will show the pics. I want to keep this short for you since there are quite a few pics.

 Four of these are cremes. They have the signature OPI formula. Luxurious, opaque, and it practically paints itself. It is such a dream to work with. It stays where you put it, doesn't drip all over the place, and it dries super fast. I actually had to use remover to take off some of these swatches lol! I think the Infinite Shine line of polishes dry much faster than their regular line. The fifth polish is a crelly leaning jelly formula. All of the same characteristics just not as opaque. The coverage is splendid and will build up nicely. I will say that I would prefer better base and top coat. The brush marks from the top coat brush are not too nice. We will get into that in the next batch of polishes from this collection. Until then let get to these beauties. Every swatch is using the full 3 step system: 1) Primer 2) 2 coats of color 3) Gloss.

Starting with the purples we have One Heckla Of A Color. This one is a medium lavender color. Simple and stunning. I am always attracted to purple and blue polishes. For the nail art I used Suzi & The Arctic Fox to do a diagonal dry brush manicure.

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Suzi & The Arctic Fox is super deceiving. I thought it was a deep, deep blue until I put it on my nails. I could live in this type of color. Seriously eye catching with the ways it can look blue or even brown sometimes. For the nail art I used Reykjavik Has All The Hot Spots and Polished Vino's original clear nail vinyls in the "chevron variety". 

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Check Out The Old Geysirs is the first blue. No big deal. Just a sky blue with electric blue shimmer. Swoon. For the nail art I used Less Is Norse and CICI & SISI stamping plate #04.

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I think this one is my favorite of the whole collection. Less Is Norse is a dark, dusty blue which doesn't sound amazing but trust me when I say you need this! Nail art for this one is a watermarble using This Isn't Greenland. As far as art goes, they stamp super well. Watermarble not so much. They dry too fast! I could barely get these done. Not worth the hassle.

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Turn On The Northern Lights is the last polish for today. This one is a little bit more sheer than the rest but the shimmer makes it worth it. It's close to the UP (unicorn pee) pigment everyone is freaking out about at the moment. The shimmer shifts from red to green to gold. Its just breathtaking. For the nail art I used Icelanded A Bottle Of OPI and Winstonia plate #W405.

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I love this collection. It perfectly captures the upcoming seasons. I will be posting the rest of the collection in 2 more parts since it's a large set. *I would like to thank OPI & Preen.Me for sending me this set for free in return for my review. As always, all thoughts are entirely my own!  So which of these is your favorite? Make sure you comment below and stay tuned for more to come!! Have a great week :) 

LevelUP Lacquer

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          Hello! How are we all doing? I have had a rough few weeks. I deal with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and had quite the funk lately. If you dont know about actual clinical OCD I suggest you look it up. It's exhausting!! But this is no time to whine. I have some awesome colors to show you today. These are not anything from collections. Just a few polishes that Ash made randomly. She looooooves to play with polish lol!! So lets get right to it.


          Let's start with Ebony Armor. This polish is practically a 1 coater. I used 2 coats because its just what I do. Its a dark gun metal metallic, almost black, with this amazing purple flash. It is very prominent in person but not as much in pics. Super smooth formula with minimal brush strokes. Ebony Armor in 2 coats with top coat. Just a quick reminder: The topcoat I use for all swatches and art is Glisten & Glow HKGirl  top coat. I will leave the link below for this as well!

Ebony Armor

Ebony Armor macro

          Girl Power is next. Oh how I love pink... Ashley felt she didnt have enough pinks available so she made Girl Power. This is a bright pink leaning magenta with a gorgeous glass fleck flash. The formula on this one is perfect. I used 3 thin coats with top coat.

Girl Power

Girl Power macro

          Fairy Blood. When Ash said she had made her favorite red ever, I took it with a grain of salt because she has some amazing reds. I was wrong, she was right. This red is magical.. The first coat is actually a raspberry color. It builds to red in 2 thicker coats or 3 thinner coats. Guess what I did? Yup, 3 thin coats with top coat. Holo micro glitters, holo shreds, its just amazing!!

Fairy Blood

Fairy Blood macro

          Last we have Dream Weaver. This is a bright blue to a royal purple thermal polish. It has a subtle holo sparkle and it is filled with real silver flakies. The jelly base is soooo squishy! I used 3 thin coats with topcoat.

Dream Weaver in its warm state

Dream Weaver in its cold state

Dream Weaver warm state macro

Dream Weaver transition macro

Dream Weaver cold state macro

          Did you love them? Now, that I am out of my funk maybe you will see more of them on my IG! As usual all links will be below. Let me know in the comments which is your favorite!! Have a good day :)





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LevelUP Lacquer ~ September Multiplayer Box

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          Hey peeps! I am so sorry I am running late with this post. Better late than never! This time I bring you the September Multiplayer Box. As always this box comes with 2 LevelUP Lacquer polishes and 1 Zoya polish. It also will have random nail goodies. Things from a stamping plate to nail charms. This box is $20 dollars with free shipping in the US. Each box is only available for the length of each coordinating month. Now that we got the details down lets get to the polish.

          First up is Zoya Troy. Troy is a pewter metallic polish with a super smooth finish. It was weird because the polish pigment looks chunky. Not "lumpy" chunky, but large particle chunky. It is a gorgeous polish but it is definitely not holographic at all. The golden shimmer it has is lovely. This could be a 1 coater but I used 2 thin coats with top coat for my swatch.

Zoya Troy

Zoya Troy macro

 

 

          Next polish is Midnight Blooms. A purple metallic base with pink and purple glitters. I love this! It was such a smooth wonderful formula for a polish with so much glitter. I used 3 coats with top coat.

 

Midnight Blooms

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Lastly is Sapphire Scales. If you are a September baby you need this one!! It is a fine blue glitter polish with transparent blue hexes. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! I used 3 perfect coats with topcoat.

 

Sapphire Scales

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This might be my favorite Multiplayer Box so far. I may be biased because my birthday is in September but seriously. Who doesn't need another holo glitter polish?!?! Make sure you check out Ashley's shop and other social media for swatches and deets. This box is only available until September 30th. Swatch video for these babies coming asap! Links below!! :)

 

 

 

 

 

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