Put on my green suede shoes... - OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow Suede

Hello my lovelies!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Mine was quite nice, lots of sunshine and BBQ, how good can it get? Downside of it all, the weather here changed to grey and scattered showers, so boo hoo no sunshine for swatching, but I'll manage ;-)
Today I picked a new little treasure I just got for you. OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow Suede. I really like the Suede formula, I like it a whole lot better than the Matte formula OPI did. The polish is nice and smooth, quick to apply and dries in a snap, as matte polishes usually do. The finish is not completely matte, it's like matte with a tiny bit of shine to it. Add some topcoat to this and you'll get a real stunner, so basically the Suede polishes can be used as a 2 in 1 polish kinda thing. The color is a nice deep, rich green and reminds a lot of Zoya's Veruschka, so if you have that I guess you don't really need HTAG Suede. But decide for yourself because here comes the picture parade...


OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow Suede
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now to double the fun, some topcoat added:
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Hope you liked this, see you again soon!

Fun Tag - My 10 Favorite Polishes

Hello and welcome back my lovelies!

Today I am doing a fun Tag I recieved from Tini http://magi-mania.blogspot.com/2010/07/tnc-folge-44-tag-meine-10-liebsten.html (sorry girls, this one is german only). I am not a big fun of tags, since most of them are boring and time consuming in my eyes, but this one was fun and quite a challenge, trust me. I spent about 2 hours in front of my helmer trying to figure out my top 10. To be honest, if I would have to rewrite this post in 3 days I would probably end up with a different top 10 list. I mean, there are just sooooo many truly unique polishes out in the polish world, how could I possibly just pick 10??? Well, I managed, so I hope you guys like the result =)

By the way, I did get a request from shortnails concerning the Sinful Colors polish "Forget Now". She would like to see this layered over black. So consider it done! I hope I will be ready with this next week. So if any of you have requests for special swatches, layering or whatever feel free to post in the comments box or just drop me a line at charisnails @ googlemail.com

So let's start the countdown...


#10 OPI "Princess' Rule!"
I picked this one because this little sparkling pink number basically was the godmother of everything that was to come. Yup, this is the bottle that started it all!




#9 China Glaze Atlantis
So this basically stands for all the glitter polishes from China Glaze. I just love the effects you can create with this blue and teal beauty, try layering this over all sorts of colors and behold the sparkly goodness you recieve...




#8 Zoya Ki
Yes, it is the mother of all duochromes! This polish was my first duochrome and I still love everything about it :-)




#7 China Glaze Ruby Pumps
Another classic, that should be part of every Helmer out there. One perfect little red jelly glitter number. There were a lot of attemps to dupe this, but only very few managed to do so.




#6 Sephora by OPI Metro Chic
The next well known name for sure. I am in love with the Sephora by OPI polishes, since they are top notch when it comes to quality and application. metro Chic is a polish that will just always do, no matter what's the occasion.




#5 Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order
I am already through my second bottle of this, that's how much I love it! This color just spells summer on my nails, no matter what time of the year it is!




#4 OPI Done Out In Deco
I also consider this one a must have. I have labeled this my favourite polish for work. I do always get a lot of comments from people when I wear this.




now start with the drum roll, we are entering the top three!


#3 OPI DS Extravagance
This is pure perfection on my nails! The color, the glitter, the sparkles...even though I have worn this a million times by now, I still start drooling when I see this on my nails




#2 China Glaze OMG
I picked this as a substitute for all those gorgeous holo polishes out there, I mean, I could just go ahead and pick all the polishes from the OMG Collection, the Kaleidoscopes, Nfu.Oh's...




finally,here comes number 1:

#1 MAC Rocker
I so looooove this polish! I wear this whenever I want to feel sexy and all woman :-)
The quality is amazing, i wore this with no chipping for a week...I just wish all polishes were this durable. The shade is a picture perfect berry pink red. how could I resist?







So that's it for today, hope you enjoyed this!
I am off to San Francisco untill tuesday, so see you next week!
Oh, and of course, before I forget:

I am tagging http://runningwithpolish.blogspot.com/ and http://bluetapeandnails.blogspot.com/

Spreadin' the Love - Sinful Colors "I love you" and "Forget Now"

Hello my dears, it's me again!

Today I have two precious little gems from my Sinful Colors Collection for you. Let's be serious, 1.99$ for these beauties is perfect value for your hard earned bucks. I do like sinfuls formula, it does tend to be a tad bit runny sometimes and with some colors I had some issues with streaking, but hey, 1.99$? I am a happy camper =)
In case you aren't one of the blessed ones who have a walgreens near them, www.cherryculture.com does carry the brand and yes they do ship internationally, sweet news, huh?
So back to my color picks...
First up we have "Forget Now" a beautiful, bright sparkly pink with purple glass flecks/glitter. It is pretty sheer, but if you build up about three coats you do get nice coverage.
Next we have "I love you", and yes, I do love this cute little purple glitter jelly number. Plus, here we have some serious purple, no blue-purple or black-purple mix thingie...

But enough talk, it is time for the pictures!

Oh, before I forget, I will definitely do a pretty "Thank you 100 followers" giveaway, so all we need here are six new subscribers and the giveaway can kick off =)



Sinful Colors "Forget Now"


















Sinful Colors "I love you"













Hope you enjoyed this, see you soon again!

Some more hot summer nights - Sephora by OPI Havana Nights Collection

Hi there my dear fiends!

Today I am back with a HUGE PIC HEAVY post concerning Sephora by OPI's current collection called Havana Nights. I did not get all polishes, since I wasn't too intrigued by the colors, so instead I got the Mini Collection Sephora offers and one full size bottle. The quality of these is awesome, I would even go as far and say I do like the Sephora by OPI polishes better than the classic OPI ones. But that's just my humble opinion =)
Some of the polishes were on the sheer side, but nothing an extra coat wouldn't cure. What really surprised me was that the colors I was looking forward to tunred out to be "nice" but the ones I didn't really want to get but were included in the set just turned out awesome, funny huh? Did you guys ever have that experience with a collection?

Anyway, lets move on to the good stuff. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy the ride through Havana *winkwink*

P.S. Oh before I forget:
I am moving pretty darn close towards the 100 follower mark. So thank you guys for your support for the past months *thumbsup*
I guess I should think about having some nice giveaway to celebrate, what do you guys think?


Sephora by OPI Havana Nights Mini Kit
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Havana Nights Collection - Caribbean Cocktail
Love that one, isn't that one heavenly, silvery kinda blue? Can#t have enough blue shimmers, let me tell you. this one was three coats, since it is a bit on the sheer side, but application is sooooooo smooth, it really isn't a big deal to add on more layers. Now looking at the pics again, this one really reminds me of China Glaze's Blue Island Iced Tea, I think I need to do a comparison swatch some time soon...

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Havana Nights Collection - Caliente Coral
Beautiful creme polish that applies very smooth. But hey, what's up with that name? Can't find anything coral about this, even if my life depended on it. This is one hot, bright, vivid orange creme in my book, so I better go check if there is something wrong with my glasses...

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Havana Nights Collection - Rumba Romance
now this one was one stunning surprise out of the collection. At first I was like, ugh another brassy brown wanna-be-tan shade, but after applying this gem I was completely wowed! This is a clear base 8yup, clear) packed with about a gazillion gold,brass and caramel colored microglitters. Three coats give you one perfect metallic coverage. This looks so awesome I can't stop swooning about it. But alas, why oh why is my skin not compatible with this??? Bummer for poor me =(

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Havana Nights Collection - Read My palm
Woohoo, another surprise! This is a loooovely light jade green creme. Nothing too minty ( I was thinking, boy, an Essie Mint Candy Apple Clone) but just clear crisp light green. Gorgeous, a winner in my book!

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Havana Nights Collection - Teal We Meet Again
Hmmmm this one was not what I hoped for it to be. I mean, where is the teal, the slight duochrome shimmer I saw in the promo pics? Nevertheless, it is pretty, more of a fall than summer color I think. A dark blue shimmer with some teal in it, but the blue is definitly dominant. Like it, but I am to bummed out to love it. Personal opinion though ;-)


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phew, now I am pretty exhausted *huffpuff*
Hope you guys enjoed this post =)