NOTD: Enchanted Polish March 2014

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a wonderful and relaxing weekend :)
Just a quick post here to share this mani I did yesterday. I'm still wearing it today, so it counts as a NOTD post, right?

March 2014 is a light green linear holo with a strong gold holo effect that makes it look more chartreuse under the sun. I used 3 thin coats here with HK Girl top coat. 
The neon green glitter you see on my tips was made by a good friend of mine who also makes handmade, custom blended hand and body products, Les Creations Maja. You can check out her products here. She creates polishes as a hobby, and I'm lucky enough to get to try them.

Enchanted Polish March 2014 

I think these polishes look so good together! If you're following me on Instagram, I posted a pic I took with my phone yesterday when I was out in the sun. The holo looks amazing, and the glitter really pop! Love them! <3

Enchanted Polish March 2014

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Novi

Girly Bits Remember Aja

Hi everyone! Today I have a beautiful charity polish, created by Pam of Girly Bits. For every bottle sold, $3 will be donated to www.rememberaja.org. This polish was created in loving memory of Aja Chandler, inspired by her favorite colour. You can read more details about it here, and here to educate yourself about the danger of 'The Choking Game'.

Girly Bits Remember Aja

Remember Aja is a purple holographic with pink shimmer. The holo effect is not a straight up linear, but more like what is now known as bijou holo. I really like this type of holo. I used 3 coats for my photos, it was opaque in 2 coats but the third coat gives an extra depth when it's exposed under bright light. I just loved how the pink shimmer twinkling with the holo. 

Girly Bits Remember Aja

Girly Bits Remember Aja

Girly Bits Remember Aja

If you are a purple lover, you need to add this one to your collection. Remember, it's for a good cause :)

Girly Bits: Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Pinterest-Blogger-Bloglovin-Google+

Where to buy - Distributors

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Novi

**product is sent for my honest review

Sorbet Gradient with OPI Neons

Hi guys! After swatching the OPI Neons, naturally I felt the need to do some nail art with these bright colors. So today I did an easy one. Gradient. I'm always tempted to do gradient when I see colors like these. 

I did the gradient over 2 coats of Put A Coat On!, and used 5 of the Neons. The one I didn't use was Down To The Core-al. Then I added stripes as an accent using You Are So Outta Lime, I thought it looked interesting. But it's more because I want my favorite shade to stand out :p
I finished everything with one coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat.

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Novi

Swatches & Review: Neons by OPI 2014 Collection

The collections that I was so excited for is finally here! My local Chatters finally got them, and totally spoiled by the bf who went and got me the entire collection. So now I have swatches to share with you guys. 

You might have heard that neons are notoriously hard to photograph. These are no exceptions. I'm gonna mention all the similarities in these polishes here, they all dry to a semi rubbery finish and 1 coat of top coat is needed. They all also look a little brighter in person than the pictures here, the light box soften up some of the shades. 

Put A Coat On, a white base released with the collection to boost up the colors. I used 2 thin coats for all the swatches, it is fairly easy to apply compared to regular white polish and not thick. 

You Are So Outta Lime!, my favorite of the collection! While I wouldn't call this neon, this is still a really nice bright lime shade. I used 3 thin coats over the white base. 

OPI You Are So Outta Lime!

OPI You Are So Outta Lime!

Down To The Core-al, a bright neon coral shade. It leans more orange on my skin tone and the most difficult to capture. There's a really subtle sheen in it, more visible in person. A bit streaky on the first coat, but leveled up itself and top coat smooth out the streak. Also used 3 thin coats.

OPI Down To The Core-al

OPI Down To The Core-al

Push & Pur-Pull, a bright purple, but not quite a neon. This one gave me the most problem, had to use 4 thin coats. I find this one is not as streaky when not applied over the white base. 

OPI Push & Pur-Pull

OPI Push & Pur-Pull

Hotter Than You Pink, a neon barbie pink. The pics are not showing the brightness accurately. This is much brighter in person! I also used 3 thin coats here. Like Down To The Core-al, this one also has a subtle shimmer in it.

OPI Hotter Than You Pink

OPI Hotter Than You Pink

Life Gave Me Lemons, a bright- almost neon yellow shade with green undertone. I said almost neon because while this is really bright, I've seen a brighter yellow neon. I used 2 coats over the white base.

OPI Life Gave Me Lemons

OPI Life Gave Me Lemons

Juice Bar Hopping, an orange neon, the brightest and most neon in the collection! If you think the pics look bright, it's even brighter in person. Blinding. You'd want this. I used 3 thin coats.

OPI Juice Bar Hopping

OPI Juice Bar Hopping

I'm also showing you how these look without Put a Coat On. Below, all the shades are shown over regular base coat, and 3 coats of the shades. You probably won't notice much difference, but in person it's really noticeable. Without the white base, they are not bright at all, except for Juice Bar Hopping.

Overall, it's a half neon, half brights collection. There are some that I really like, like You Are So Outta Lime, Juice Bar Hopping, and Life Gave Me Lemons. Which one is your favorite?
Neons by OPI and Put A Coat On! can be purchased from your local professional salons, or online from Nail Polish Canada.

XO
Novi

Pink Checker with Too Fancy Lacquer Lovelock Duo

Sometimes, there's a day when you just want to paint your nails.. after you just painted them. That day for me was yesterday. I had a lovely shade on my nails, but seeing that today is going to be sunny, I felt the need to wear something bright. I remember I've had these gorgeous duo for a while now and have not had the chance to put them up here. 

The Lovelock Duo consist of This Love is Smokin' Hot, a bright neon pink with subtle holographic effect, and Love Diamond, a strong linear holographic silvery lilac with hints of pink. My bottle of This Love is Smokin' Hot was pretty thick and almost goopy, but a few drop of thinner fixed the problem. I love this pink! I found no issue with Love Diamond, great formula and opaque in 2-3 coats. 

Too Fancy Lacquer Lovelock Duo

I started this mani with painting all my nails with the bright pink. it dries pretty quick I didn't even need to top coat it before using scotch tape to do the checker. I did put the tape on my hand first to make it less sticky.
Using the tape, I covered the half bottom of my nail and using the polish brush I painted half of the exposed area and pulled off the tape. I did this step to all nails before moving on to do the bottom part. 
Next, I used 2 pieces of striping tape placed vertically and horizontally from the corner of the top square, then painted it with Love Diamond and peel off the tape immediately. Viola! My checker nails are done! 
For my pinkie and thumb I just covered half the nail with scotch tape, paint it over and peel off. Finished everything off with Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat.

Too Fancy Lacquer This Love Is Smokin' Hot (bottle)

Too Fancy Lacquer Love Diamond (bottle)

I purchased this set from one of their distributors, Dazzled. Shipping rate is reasonable to Canada, and the process time is quick. Too Fancy Lacquer is also available to purchase from Color4Nails, or directly from their bigcartel shop.

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Novi