All You Need Is LOVE

Hi guys!

More V-day mani? Why not! ;) As I was doing my nails, suddenly a song stuck in my head, from the movie "Love, Actually' and it's the one that was sung on Juliet & what's his name wedding. So I used the line that stuck in my head as this post title. 

I'm in the mood of playing with my background (base) instead of just painting them with plain color. The background was created using a flat nail art brush and several shades of pinks, red,and purple (all OPI), over a white base. I simply just drag the brush forming a rectangle shape, horizontal & vertically. I used just a little amount of polish on the brush, as I didn't want to make an opaque brush stroke. Anyway, this is very easy, minimal or no clean up required, and you can do no wrong with it.
After I'm done, I added one coat of INM Norther Lights and top coat, and wait until they are completely dry. The stamping plate I used here is from Bundle Monster 2013 Holiday collection, plate H16. I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales The Walls & hina Glaze Liquid Leather to stamp the "Love" on my middle and ring, and Konad purple stamping polish to stamp the flowers. I sealed everything with HK Girl top coat.

For Canadians, you can get Bundle Monster plates from Nail Polish Canada, and if you don't want to get the whole set, no worries! they are also selling the plate individually :)
So, what will be your V-day mani? 

XO
Novi

My Picks: OPI Gwen Stefani Collection

Hi guys,

As promised, here's the swatches of my 5 OPI Gwen Stefani. What I don't have here is I Sing in Color and the red exclusive Over & Over A Gwen. This collection has so much variety, from a glossy creme, sparkly glitter, fancy satin, and lets not forget the chrome!

Push and Shove, there's not much description I can give for this one, it's simply a silver chrome. Not a super shiny one, but definitely the most shiny and chrome-y looking polish I've seen from all the other polishes advertised as chrome. The secret is from the mini base coat 'Lay Down That Base' that comes with the polish. Cons: 1) the wear time. As stated in the packaging, this is only intend to last over night. 2) It's not kind to those with ridges, as it will show all your nail imperfection. As for cons #1, I personally don't mind, I get bored easy and change my mani almost daily anyway ;)
I followed the instruction to the tee, thin coat of the base coat, 2 thin coats of polish, no top coat. I was so excited while applying and watching it dry and turn into its shiny chrome finish. I wore it for a little over 24 hours, left hand survived without a chip, and chipped 2 nails on my right hand. 

Push and Shove

Add caption

Love.Angel.Music.Baby (L.A.M.B), a gold satin. If you love This Gown Needs A Crown from Miss Universe collection, you will love this one too. It's the same finish, but in gold. It's looks classy, and not flashy (hey, I rhyme!) despite of being a gold. I used 2 coats, the formula is a breeze to work with.

Love.Angel.Music.Baby

Love.Angel.Music.Baby

4 in the Morning, a black satin. Kinda looks like matte to me, but I guess I need to compare a regular black with matte topcoat with this. This is a surprise love for me, I thought it would be just an 'ok' one. It has teeny tiny flecks in it which I think what makes it different from a regular black matte. Same great formula, 2 coats used here. 

4 in the Morning

4 in the Morning

In True Stefani Fashion, a clear base glitter topper filled with holographic silver glitter and some small holographic squares. Another gorgeous one from the collection. The glitter payoff was good in just 1 coat, which is what I used in these layering combo.

In True Stefani Fashion
(over Hey Baby)

In True Stefani Fashion
(over 4 in the Morning)

Hey Baby, a flirty bright pink with a glossy creme finish. I can see myself using this a lot, as the formula is great, not too thin, not too thick. It has good opacity too, perfecctly opaque in 2 easy coats. I used top coat for the swatches here. Also, the color is more vibrant than my pics are showing here, I think my light box/camera setting made the pink looks a little washed out.

Hey Baby

Hey Baby

I hope they will come out with a full size bottle of Lay Down That Base (which I heard from little birdie that they will), and MORE colors to wear it with! Pretty please OPI? :)
Which one are you going to try first? or your favorite? 

XO
Novi

Love Swan

Hi guys!

Now that it's February, I'll be posting more 'official' V-day mani. This will be the first one, and it is also my entry for Valentine's Day Nail Art Challenge hosted by Nail Polish Canada. So, please vote for me! *shamelessly asking* 

As my title says, the theme is 'love swan'. I really like how these turned out! Not so much at first, but with a little touch up here and there, and after top coat, I totally changed my mind and happy with what I did. 

For the background, I used a different technique (if you could call it that :p) I sponged the colors like when I do gradient, but only dab 1-2 times. Then I used a small brush and just make a random horizontal short lines using the same colors I sponged. You can get the same effect using a fan brush. But I don't like how the bristles are like after using it on 1-2 nails.  
Here's the list of colors I used: 
For the background - OPI Miss You-Niverse, OPI Can't Find My Czechbook, Picture Polish Sky, Lime Crime Milky Ways
Swans - OPI My Boyfriend Scales The Walls, Julep Meryl, OPI Call Me Gwen-ever, OPI 4 in the Morning.
Hearts: OPI Pink Friday, OPI Hey Baby, OPI Red My Fortune Cookie

What do you think? :)
If you like it, you can vote for me by going to this link, fill your name and email and choose my blog from the drop down button, or write 'ColorsFrenzy' in other if mine is not listed there. Thank you so much!! 

XO
Novi

NOTD: OPI Gwen Stefani Glittery Chevon

Happy Sunday!

I had fun swatching my OPI Gwen Stefani yesterday, I decided to not get the 2 I missed. So I'll be posting swatches soon. But first, I want to show you a chevron mani I made with 3 of them using the chevron stickers I just got from Nail Vinyls. You should check it out btw, she's also on Instagram under the name @teismom. They are really easy to use, she recommends using tweezer for applying and removing the guide, I didn't use tweezer and still find no issues with it. 

The polishes I used here are 4 in the Morning and In True Stefani Fashion, and then I used 3 mini chevron guide on each nail and paint over them with a generous coat of Hey Baby. I waited until they are completely dry before applying top coat, I used HK Girl from Glisten & Glow. For Canadian, you can get it from Nail Polish Canada, free shipping!

Hope you enjoyed the post! 

xo
Novi

NOTD: Dotted Hearts With a Side of Glitter

Hi guys!

Just a quick NOTD post, I pimped up my mani from yesterday's swatch fest into a non-pink valentine's day mani idea. Colorful and sweet!

My base is Picture Polish Sky, and the dotted hearts are also using 7 different Picture Polish shades, can you guess what they are? ;) The neon glitter is Rainbow Honey Magic Cake. I finished the mani with my favorite top coat, HK Girl from Glisten & Glow.

What do you think? I really like this mani! :)

XO

Novi