OPI Teenage Dream & Too Pink To Hold 'Em

Hey everyone! Before I get to today's post, I just wanted to let you all know that yesterday I changed my commenting platform for the blog and I'm now using Disqus. So far it seems to be working well and it makes it so much easier for me to reply to specific comments. I'm slowly working my way through all the unanswered comments, and I should be done replying soon.... I hope it makes commenting easier for you as well :D

I also quickly wanted to say how stoked I am with the response to my BB Couture Giveaway! Since posting it last night I've had over 120 individual entries already! And some of you guys have honestly made me bust a gut laughing at the things you have written in the comments!!  Keep them coming!

Now on to today's post! A few weeks ago, I saw a Twitter post by @the_asian_girl
  where she linked to a mani she had done using OPI's Teenage Dream and Too Pink To Hold 'Em! I fell in love with the combo so I had to try it myself!  

To achieve this look, you need to use a jelly or "sorbet" polish like the ones released with the OPI Texas collection and a glitter polish, like the ones released with the Katy Perry collection. Paint one coat of the jelly, then one or two coats of the glitter polish, and then add another thick coat of the jelly over the top. 

The final product is squishy, glittery, jelly goodness! 

I personally think @the_asian_girl did a far better job than I did, but I still love the way my mani turned out! You should definitely check out her other swatches on her tumblr page!

OPI Katy Perry

Hey everyone! Hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have some swatches of the recent OPI Katy Perry collection. I know you have probably seen them a million times before so I'm doing a condensed post with all the colours in one photo! 

From left to right: Teenage Dream, Last Friday Night, The One That Got Away, Not Like The Movies

Teenage Dream and Last Friday Night are a little on the sheer side as you can see. I used three coats for these photos and you could still see VNL. The One That Got Away and Not Like The Movies were more opaque and only needed two coats but I did three for consistency. 

I then added a coat of Black Shatter to all of them. I ended up liking Teenage Dream and Black Shatter the best so I wore that as my mani. As to be expected with glitter, it was a complete PITA to take off (I ended up using the foil technique even though I hate soaking my nails for that long) but I was surprised that the two polishes actually wore really well. I think I got about 4 days without any chipping or flaking! 

Which ones do you like best? And don't forget that you can win a mini set of the Katy Perry collection in my 500 Follower Giveaway!