OPI Mariah Carey Liquid Sand polishes – this time glossy!

I swatched and reviewed some of the OPI Liquid Sand polishes earlier here, and a few people requested glossy swatches. So here are Can’t Let Go, Got Your Number and The Impossible again, this time with a thick layer of Essence Gel Look Top Coat, followed by Seche Vite. Can’t Let Go when glossy has so much added depth. It’s …

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OPI Mariah Carey Liquid Sand Swatches and Review

I’ve been looking forward to the release of OPI’s textured Liquid Sand finish, and today I have swatches of three of the Liquid Sand polishes from the Mariah Carey collection: Got Your Number, Can’t Let Go and The Impossible. The Liquid Sand finish is very difficult to capture on camera. Like the name suggests, it’s a finish that feels like …

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Artsy Wednesday: Maidenhair fern nails (inspired by nature)

I had so much fun sticking stuff to my nails last week, I decided to continue this week: The theme is “inspired by nature”, so I snipped a frond of my mum’s maidenhair fern (don’t tell her!) and stuck them onto a base of creamy OPI Skull & Glossbones. Mini-tutorial: 1. Paint nails with base, let dry 2. Cut a …

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Artsy Wednesday: Inspired by a celebrity manicure

Hi! Sorry this is a bit late, I got carried away doing a sugar scrub… my legs went from scaly hellbeasts to soft, plump happy things, so it was all for a good cause! Anyway, here it is: I trawled the internet for a few weeks to find a design for this when’s challenge, but ended up back at my …

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NOTD: Black lace on nude

The refined yet sexy black-lace-on-nude look that Kate Moss etc. popularised a couple of years ago inspired these nails. The base is OPI Malaysian Mist, which I hate when sheer but love with 3+ coats, and might be my long sought after HG nude! It’s one of the polishes that got me into nails in the first place. The stamp …

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