Ode to OPI

I just painted my nails with Linkin Park After Dark, the polish I was dishing about in the previous post. It’s honestly beautiful, the stark colour in the bottle doesn’t do it justice. On the nail, it’s a deep plum colour that is absolutely amazing! It’s just the colour I was searching for – an eggplant, almost-but-not-too-black! I’m really happy with this, but I have to remind myself NOT to be too OCD about small imperfections on the nail. I topped it off with my Essie Super Duper Topcoat, and I’ll let you know how it looks in a week!

Black Shatter

Upon scouring the Internet for new OPI shades, I came across the new Katy Perry collection along with a collaboration with Serena Williams. The Katy Perry collection is quite tiny, with four colourful, sparkly shades and the Serena Williams collab sports only one nail polish (no pun intended). However! Most interesting out of these is the new crackling nail polish Black Shatter, a top coat which cracks upon application. It’s quite interesting, and apparently sold out in many locations. I don’t know if i’m a fan though, it seems like the luck of the draw for it to turn out perfectly. What do you think?

Colour Me Pretty

I’m dishing on my latest beauty purchase – a gorgeous mahogany, plum-but-almost-black colour from OPI. I’ve heard that it’s quite a fan fave, so many of you nail polish diehards may have heard of the name: Linkin Park After Dark. I absolutely lovelovelove their nail polish names, so creative and catchy. Wow, the people who create them must be uber talented, how I wish I bore that kind of gift! Other colours I have from OPI are A Good Man-Darin is Hard to Find, a bright, popping orange colour from the Hong Kong collection, and Rumples-a-Wiggin’ from the Shrek collection, a pretty pastel Lavender.

It’s a beautiful vampy colour that isn’t too black, steering clear of that sometimes excessive punk look. So classy, a definite winter must have!