OPI Warm Me Up

 Hey guys! A quick post today, I am tying to work through my new polish and get pictures posted. This is OPI Warm Me Up from the new Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 collection. Warm Me Up is a brown-grey with what looks like silver shimmer but when it hits light it has multiple colors. Picture is two coats with top coat.

Rainbow Honey The Yokai Collection

 Hey guys! Today I have a new collection from Rainbow Honey called The Yokai collection. If you haven't heard of Rainbow Honey before, they make some amazing polishes and I am blow away by their packaging as well, you can check them out at RainbowHoney.com or on Facebook.
 The Yokia is a limited edition collection that is set to release on October 13th. It includes Kitsune, Oni and Kawako. First up is bottle shots and the packaging.

 Now for the polishes in the Yokai collection.
 Kawako, the mischievous river child, a deep blue base with small silver and blue flakes and what seems like iridescent larger flakes, you might be able to spot one on my ring finger. It does make application of this polish a little more difficult because some of the larger flakes tend to hang over the edge of the nail but it is manageable. Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Kitsune, the magical white fox, is a light nude base packed with brown glitter, orange and gold holographic glitter along with a fine gold shimmer. Picture is two coats with top coat. This one was a bit thick but nothing a few drops of thinner shouldn't be able to take care of.

 I saved my surprise favorite for last, Oni, the malevolent wild demon, a dark brown base with gold and purple flakes. I think it is absolutely stunning! Picture is two coats with top coat.

 Do you have a favorite from this collection, will you be picking any up?

*Products in this post were provided for my honest opinion.*

Fall No Water Marble

 Hey guys, I hope you had a great weekend! We added a new member to our family, a female Alaskan Malamute, and have been getting her adjusted to her new home the past few days. Surprisingly, she is doing really well even though I think she has separation anxiety.
 Today I have a no water marble design, were you drop polish on a wet base and swirl them on the nail before it dries. This is the first time I have gotten the no water method to work for me. I wanted it to resemble fall colors, sort of like fallen leaves. Barre My Soul is the base and Suzi Loves Cowboys, San Tan-tonio, Warm & Fozzie and German-icure By OPI were used for the marble on the tips.

 Have you tried any marble designs, do you prefer the water or no water method? 

Orly Buried Alive And Icing After Party

 Hey, I hope you are having a great weekend! Ours has been pretty relaxing. While I was scouting out Ulta yesterday I spotted the Halloween OPI polishes and the Sally Hansen strips along with a few other brands of polish strips, hopefully the other Halloween collections will be out soon. I can't wait to start doing Halloween designs!
 Buried Alive, from the Dark Shadows collection, is a brown with red, gold and maybe even a little green shimmer, It's hard to tell. I picked this up several weeks back on sale at Sally's but haven't had a chance to try it, I like it though. Picture is two coats with top coat and the formula was great.

 Another polish I have been waiting to try is Icing After Party, a multi-colored shredded glitter. Picture is one coat with top coat over Buried Alive. It was a little on the thick side and the glitter has a tendency to not lay flat. It is pretty and very interesting but it's a pain to try and get the glitter flat.

OPI German-icure

 Hi everyone! I think I have finally sorted out where my polish and things will go, it will be amazing to have a space set aside to do nail art again. We also finished getting our fish tank set up yesterday but it took a bit of thinking outside the box to get our hanging overhead light to work with the vaulted ceilings where it is setup. I am just happy not to have a ton boxes all over though.

 Moving along, today I have German-icure, another polish from the OPI Germany collection. German-icure is a dark red with a brown base and red, somewhat gold, shimmer. It's hard to describe, low light makes it less red but get it in sunlight and it is fabulous! I almost didn't get this one since I'm not much of a red fan but am I sure glad I did. Pictures are two coats. Again, like Every Month Is Oktoberfest, very nice formula, very smooth, no problems.

 Have you picked up anything from the Germany collection? I think I like German-icure better than Every Month is Oktoberfest now that I have tried it on!

Revlon Naughty

 I admit it, I eyed Chanel Paradoxal for a while but couldn't justify spending that much on it and when I heard about Relon having a dupe for it called Perplex, I waited for us to get it in here but it never came. I guess the polish gods finally heard my pleas smiled upon me because the other day they had the new display of Revlon in. Most of the colors were gone but the new release for Perplex under the name Naughty was still there.

 Revlon Naughty is supposed to be a dupe for Chanel Paradoxal, since I don't own Paradoxal I can't compare them but from the pictures I have seen Naughty seems a bit more purple. The base looks like a dark brown taupe with a touch of purple and has some gorgeous purple shimmer, maybe even a little red, when light his it. 

 What is the most you have even paid for a polish? What is the most you think you would ever pay?

Back With Woodgrain

 Hi guys, I hope all of you are all doing well! I can't believe it has been a week since I last posted. I am feeling better and trying to get back into the mood of posting. 

 This is what I wore over the weekend. I saw woodgrain nail art in one of the Japanese magazines a while back and had been wanting to give it a try. It didn't turn out like I had hoped but it was ok, I think the pinky looked the best. I used OPI's Suzi Loves Cowboys as the base and the light brown is acrylic paint. 

 I have several thing to post and get caught up on so my plan is to post everyday til Christmas, mostly swatches but I am trying to think of a few holiday tutorials as well. We will see how it goes.
 What did you do this week, anyone in the states do any Black Friday shopping? I would love to hear what you scored on. 

OPI Shim-Merry Chic

  I passed on this one last year and I am glad I did. The first time I saw Shim-Merry Chic it didn't seem special, that was before I started blogging and realized I kind of like brown polishes now, really any color polish now. One perk of passing on it the first time was when I found it in Guam it was on sale so that was a plus and I think I appreciate it for what it is now more than I would have a year or two ago. 

 Shim-Merry Chic, from the 2009 Holiday Wishes collection, is a golden bronze of a brown shade but what makes is so special is the flakies and just the touch of green and blue/purple glitter it has. It isn't too sheer, I used two coats for the pictures below but it could have used a third.

 What do you think of polishes with flakies? Do you have any polishes that you appreciate more now than you did when you first saw them?

Sally Hansen Pumpkin Spice

 Pumpkin Spice a sheer brown jelly with orange glitter. Most you have probably seen this but my Mom picked it up for me and I finally got it a few days ago and was excited to try it out. I didn't wear it for long but I really like it. I think it would look gorgeous layered over a black, brown or even orange since it is a bit sheer. 

 I used two coats in the photos below. With three or four coats it would cover and look great alone I think. I will be experimenting with this one next week. 

 I have another Halloween tutorial which should be up tomorrow and then I will be packing for our trip to Guam. We leave Thursday and I wont be posting until after the 26Th when we return but I will have one or two more Halloween tutorials before the end of October.
 Is there any design you would like to see before Halloween is over? 

A-Taupe The Space Needle

 This brown also leans green on me in different lighting. When I first saw it in the bottle it didn't look very appealing but now that I have worn it I love it. It's a very weird color, one I like. Sometimes it is a brown sometimes it turns a greenish shade. Very hard for me to capture on camera but it is there. 

 The swatches I have seen around of this one looked to be lighter but for me the photo below is the most accurate color it appears to me. It was a bit watery but opaque in two coats. Maybe I got a weird bottle? Either way, I still like it! 

 What do you think of the green and brown earth tones? Is brown a color polish you would wear?

KleanColor Chunky Holo Black

 Before taking Fashionista off I had to see what Chunky Holo Black would like over it. I don't know why it's called holo but it is pretty none the less. It shifts from a gold-orange to green and even seems to go blue in some light. 

 I really like this one, even if the base is a kind of disgusting water brown color. Picture is of two coats and it dries super quick. 

 I tried to get a picture of the blue but it is very hard to capture on camera. 

 What do you guys think?
 Pictures of Gosh Holographic soon!