OPI Peace & Love & OPI Swatches + Review

 Peace & Love & OPI, two coats, sunlight

 Peace & Love & OPI two coats, indoor light

 a better shot of the duochrome! 

OPI's Peace & Love & OPI is described as holographic sage and eggplant by OPI. It is available in the mini set for the San Francisco collection. 

I would say it's more of a steel grey with an aubergine to dark sea foam green shift. In bright sunlight, it usually appears to be a steely grey foil. Sometimes the purple is more obvious in sunlight, but usually the green doesn't come to the party in bright lights. 

Indoor lighting is best to see the pretty color shift in this one! It looks the same on the nail as it does in the bottle, with or without top coat, which is awesome. 

The polish applies smooth and opaque in one coat, but I used two coats for these photos. I found no flaws in this one. It's pretty much my dream polish! It dries in a decent amount of time, and it does not chip easily. I work in retail, so I am always working with my hands, and I did get one small chip in a nail from work, but for the most part they still look freshly polished (after three days). 

I would absolutely recommend this polish! 

*pardon the hideous band-aid on my finger. The cut underneath is far more hideous! 

OPI "Mermaid's Tears"

This is from the new OPI Pirates of The Caribbean collection. I only bought this one color, but I must say I am pretty interested in the other polishes from this collection! They all have this murky quality to them which adds uniqueness to what would otherwise be rather boring colors. "Mermaid's Tears" is like the dark, murky version of Essie "Turquoise and Caicos", which is a lovely color. This is a bright turquoise with a hint of sea-foam, but it has this grey, murky, dulled quality to it, which is a unique quality in all the polishes from this collection. I suppose the easiest color description is MURKY TURQUOISE. like brackish seas? mayhap.
The formula on this is fabulous. Opaque in three coats. Decent dry time (thought I use Seche Vite, which speeds up my dry time quite a bit). Lovely polish to work with, no frustrations, difficulties. No complaints at all about this. It's really that fabulous. If you like this type of color, GO BUY THIS ONE. NOW. <3

OPI "Yoga-Ta Get This Blue" with Sally Hansen "Hidden Treasure"

I believe this is my favorite combination with HT so far. It looks gorgeous of "Here Today . . . Aragon Tomorrow" as well as "Pamplona Purple", but this just ---I love it.

August 2010 Favorites (because I can't make a video --stupid iMovie)

- sulfur soap
- Burt's Bees Herbal Blemish Stick
- Earth Therapeutics Complexion Brush
- L'Oreal Go 360 Clean Deep Cream Cleanser
- OPI "What's with The Cattitude?"
- OPI "Pamplona Purple" with Sally Hansen "Hidden Treasure" over it
- Wet'n'Wild MegaLast "Club Havana"
- Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup SPF 20
- Wet'n'Wild ColorIcon palette "Vanity"
- Prestige Waterproof Eyeliner pencil "Granite"
- Bath and Body Works "Orange Sapphire" lotion and body spray
- MAC lipstick "Sandy B"
- Revlon Super Lustrous lip gloss "Firecracker"
- Soft Lips Pure 100% Natural Lip Polish

Perhaps I'll upload photos later? I'm pretty annoyed that my iMovie isn't working at the moment. So enjoy this fabulous list of fabulous products that I loved this month.

OPI "What's with The Cattitude?"

I love this color, but the formula for this polish is absolutely horrible, certainly not up to par for OPI. It is thick and goopy, yet it is impossible to get an even layer. I had to use three coats just to even out the layers. It is opaque enough in two coats, but there is still a tiny bit of show-through, and as mentioned, it goes on really chunky. The dry time is acceptable, not particularly noteworthy. I would prefer this with some glitter (BBCouture makes the perfect polish like this with glitter, and I am willing to bet the formula is less annoying). As you can see, however, in three coats everything looks nice and even. It was just a pain to get to that point. I will continue to search for the perfect this-color as this one falls a little flat. I was so excited about it, too!

Some nail polish swatches:

L-R: Orly "It's Not Rocket Science", OPI "What's with The Cattitude?", OPI "A Grape Fit", and China Glaze "Spontaneous."

I started this because I wanted to see how close "A Grape Fit" and "Spontaneous" look on the nail, to see if I should keep both.
I purchased the other two recently, so I decided to test those as well. I applied two coats of each.

Early Hanukah/Christmas gifts AND OPI "A Grape Fit!"

The new nail polish is OPI "Strawberry Margarita".

OPI "Got A Date To Knight"

three coats
two coats

OPI "Espresso Your Style!"

one coat

OPI "Yoga-ta Get This Blue" with Essie "Matte About You" finisher

OPI "Gargantuan Green Grape" with essie Matte About You Finisher

OPI "Done Out in Deco"

under CFL, two coats, Seche Vite top coat

OPI Teal The Cows Come Home

two coats

I am the "who" when you call "who's there?"

OPI Pamplona Purple:

The color is very opaque, but I wanted two coats just to be sure of even coverage. Gorgeous color, obviously. Applies very well. I just did my nails, and I've already got tip wear. That's my fault, of course. This OPI España collection has a really nice formula. It seems better than most of the others somehow. Maybe it IS.

My Nail Polish Collection

 The Full Collection
 Things I use for peducures.

 Random polishes.
 I forgot to put this with the other Sally Hansen polishes.
 Pure Ice, cheap, from Wal-Mart.
 Sally Hanson
 Mac
 China Glaze
 Orly
 OPI

OPI Green-wich Village

Photo quality sucks:

 It goes on really streaky. 

It's not raining! why?!

I've been going to sleep at a relatively early time every night, and that's nice and all, but it ultimately doesn't matter because I will inevitably wake up at six in the morning, take my medicine, and be back asleep by ten. From there, I will sleep until four or five, unless I have something I need to do, like I did on Tuesday. For the record, though, when I did all the things I needed to do on Tuesday, I went to sleep. This gives me a total of ten to twelve hours a day being awake. People wonder why I'm unproductive. It isn't my fault though. I literally get to a point in the middle of the day that I just cannot stay awake any longer. I get dead tired, as if I have not slept in days. I am blaming it on the medications, but I suppose it could be anything. It causes a lot of problems with school, since I usually plan my schedule to be an eight to twelve hour day, just to keep myself occupied. Last semester I had to give myself a four hour break in the day because I got totally screwed with registration, AND I needed to have that four hours to take a nap. 

In other news, the MAC Colour Craft collection was released online yesterday and is released in stores today, and I am not as thrilled with all the colors as I thought I would be, but there are two items that I really want and one that I really, really want. I am trying to tell myself that I really don't need any of it, but that's an impossible idea. It's nonsense. 

I have decided that my main problem is simply that I am severely over-stimulated. It's distracting. 

I really like my new nail polish. 

Now I am feeling very tired, and I shall take my daily nap.

Michael Jackson made Barack Obama president.

I watched Michael Jackson's memorial today despite thinking it was sick to televise and comment on such an event, and in so doing I was told by Al Sharpton in a rather convoluted way that YES Michael Jackson is the reason Barack Obama is the president now. That is just not even OK. You can pay respects without heaping undue credit, Al. I'm just saying. I found Charles Gibson and whoever else's commentary of the event pretty offensive, like it was a fucking golf tournament. And watching his daughter come on stage and say what she did and cry---sad. That did not need to be on TV. Inappropriate! 

I went shopping today, and I forgot to get mascara. I always need mascara. I did, however, find two nail polishes that I have been unable to find for a long time: Green-wich Village (Kermit green) and Banana Bandana (creamy banana milkshake). I also got a free OPI Top Coat. I also bought two NYX eyeshadows (falling in love!), a NYX pencil sharpener, and one NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Horse Raddish (that's how it's spelled on the pencil. The eye shadows are White (matte white) and Golden Dune (bronze). I got white because the other white shadow I have is Geisha, and it's really glittery, and I wanted a matte white for a highlight and such. The foundation primer I want was nowhere to be found. I also got a purple eye pencil. Ulta automatic eyeliner or something--I forgot the color name, but it's purple. The jumbo pencil I got is the same color as MAC's Warm Chill which means it will be a good base for it. Yay. 

I also got my ARC Adult/Child AED/CPR, Infant CPR, and First Aid certification cards today. For some reason the infant CPR card expires five months before the adult/child one does. So yeah. Now I can prove that I'm certified to save your life! 

Some creep sent me a message asking me to make a video of myself crying for him. No. 

Children are hypersensitive, even the teenaged ones. 

I wish I owned a copy of The Lorax. 

I need to do my laundry. Again.

Picture Posting Mood.

Prestige Liquid Liner in Pop Star
OPI Yoga-Ta Get This Blue!
China Glaze in Liquid Leather
A Grape Fit!

Done Out In Deco 
NYX Single Eye Shadow in Purple

Physician's Formula Baked Collection Wet/Dry Eyeshadow: Baked Oatmeal
L'oreal Telescopic Clean Definition mascara
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean
Jane Be Pure Mineral Blush in Rose Satin
Revlon Colorstay Under Eye Concealer SPF 15 in Light/Medium
 Wet n Wild MegaSlicks Lip Gloss in Cherry something
 NYX Doll Eye Mascara: Long Lash

 MAC Slimshine Lipstick in Voile

 Jane maxlash² précise Lash Defining Mascara
Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder in Brighten 

The photos don't do most of these justice, but I'm being lazy and not busing out the camera. Done. 

I shopped again.

 My lighting gives things a reddish glow, but I did my nails today with my new nail polish: A Grape Fit! by OPI. 

I also bought Done out in Deco, Yoga-Ta Get This Blue!, and a Revlon nail polish in Gold Get 'Em. The last was on clearance, and it's a really shimmery, pastel yellow. The OPI polishes are colors after which I have been lusting for quite some time. They're buy 2 get 1 free at Ulta, so I grabbed some. In the nail department I also bought OPI's AvoPlex exfoliating cuticle treatment. I'm pretty sure that I don't need it since I use my Burt's Bees cuticle creme everyday, but we'll see. I like the way it smells! 

I bought one more hair product for the week: got2b Smooth Operator Smoothing Lustre Lotion. It is a heat and UV protectant while also smoothing the hair, of course. I used it, and the smell bothers me (too sweet), but it did what it's supposed to do. I also used the mousse today. I like the mousse. It didn't make my hair feel gross or anything, but it has the same smell as the lotion, obviously. 

While at Ulta I got a NYX lipstick in Pandora. It's a purple color, the same color as the African Queen lip gloss. I like it in small doses. 

I also got the Physician's Formula Baked Collection Wet/Dry Eyeshadow in Baked Oatmeal. I swatched them, and they are all really pretty. The only problem is that the packaging is difficult to fit into my storage. I'm running out of space! And despite being a bit bulky, I like the little compact. It's a very thin line. 

I used the L'Oreal Telescopic mascara today, and I am not impressed. I don't know why anyone would be. As I said, the wand is flimsy, and when applied, the mascara is too wet. It clumped, too. While applying, the flimsy wand feels like it's going to break against my lashes. It lengthens well enough, no volumizing. It's just a normal mascara to me, not the worst, not the best. 

I also got a Twilight poster and stuck it on my door, but we don't need to talk about that (but it's so fucking hilarious). 

I finally figured out the proper way to use the Seche Vite topcoat, and it's a BITCH to use. One must let it bead up on the brush and then drop that onto the nail, then spread it around while the polish is still wet. It doesn't disturb the polish, but it can get a little messy. I got it all over my hands. Also, it is high maintenance! It requires a thinner to keep it workable. Otherwise it will get too hard and goopy to use. What the hell is that? I want a topcoat that I don't have to buy extra products to use! Anyway--I said my nails chipped before. Perhaps that was because I was applying the product incorrectly. We shall see. Perhaps it is worth buying the fucking Seche Restore that the Vite requires to keep. Ridiculous. 

I think my cousin's boyfriend should go on So You Think You Can Dance. He dances.