Tuesday, February 1, 2011

OPI’s NEW TEXAS LONE STAR

Some information for my Aussie readers on where to get the upcoming Texas collection!



A new sheriff is riding into town with the release of OPI’s new Texas Collection.

The Texas Collection by OPI offers a fresh new approach of effortlessly chic involving bright bold tones and classic neutrals. Inspired by the fashion trends on the runway; where white is the new black and brightly coloured botanical prints, relaxed trousers and jackets, fuller and longer skirts have become the new fashion genre. Next seasons fashion will feature neutral tones of white, ivory, cream and taupe with the focus being all about the texture, from glossy crèmes to sparkly flecks.

Rural girls and city slickers will all be making fashion statement in these new whip cracking shades of rich green, teal, peach, berry, honey, tangerine to soft calming hues of lavender grey, violet and pale sky blue violet.

It’s Totally Fort-Worth It, when you wear that shimmery lavender grey, a delicate shade that offers a hint of silver that is beyond worthy. Whilst green lovers will eat this up this soft buttery, lean, mean, kick-grass forest green, Don’t Mess With OPI.

Every cowgirl will love this bodacious blue-green teal, Austin-Tatious Turquoise, an interesting blend. Dream your worries away in this delicate pale blue-grey shade designed for stylish wear, I Vant To Be A-Lone Star.

You will feel like an American beauty queen in this racy shade of berry, Do You Think I’m Tex-y? This galactic red-violet is ready to blast off, Houston We Have A Purple

Pour yourself into a ten gallon barrel of honey toffee with San Tan-tonio, a light shade of fawn almost nude. Whilst getting into the spirit of Texas in Big Hair…Big Nails, a rosy pageant peach.

Everyone loves a cowboys and it seem Suzi Loves Cowboys too, a desirable campfire chocolate like creamy molten chocolate. Become hypnotized in this engaging coastal coral, Guy Meets Gal-veston.

A smoking red-hot pink-red guaranteed to give you a winning hand every time, Too Hot Pink To Hold ‘Em. Last but not least, the vibrant tangerine / orange crème is eye-catching and screaming for attention from the Beverly Hillbillies, Y’all Come Back Ya Hear?

The Texas Collection by OPI contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and each bottle includes OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

The Texas Collection by OPI will be available February 1st 2011, at leading beauty salons, spas, and David Jones nationally, $19.95 RRP incl. GST. For your nearest OPI stockists contact 1800 358 999 or visit http://www.opi.net.au/.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Rescue Beauty Lounge - Stormy

Before I get stuck into today's post I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who sent me well wishes in my last post. I actually inspected my finger again today and the majority of the damage is on the underside of the finger. So I'm hoping I'll be able to get back to swatching sooner than I thought!

In the mean time, today I have photos of Rescue Beauty Lounge's Stormy which I took about a week or so back. A couple of my followers suggested I do an RBL month since I have a few (*cough cough*) RBL polishes and I had started compiling the shots of my collection. So until I get back on track, I think I will show you all the photos of what I have so far!

Stormy is exactly as the name suggests - a stormy grey creme. I absolutely love the colour, but found application was a little streaky - you can see the patches on my ring finger. It has been ridiculously hot here in Sydney the past couple of weeks (think 100°F to 104°F!) so I have a feeling this polish was doing all sorts of crazy things because of the weather!

Apart from that tiny little issue, Stormy dried really quickly and looked fabulous!

Natural Light

Natural Light

Indoor Lighting



Thursday, January 27, 2011

OUCH!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts the past couple of days. I was super busy at the beginning of the week and then unfortunately yesterday I cut a finger on my left hand (my swatching hand!!!) really badly, so I don't think I will be able to take some photos for at least a week or so.....  This is really upsetting because I am expecting OPI Texas collection, Katie Perry collection and China Glaze Anchor's Away collection any day now *cries*

This is what my hand looks like at the moment....


No need to watermark that photo! Don't think anyone is going to want to steal that one! Ha!

Luckily, I have some swatches of some other random polishes which I'll post over the coming days, but unfortunately the new collections are going to have to wait until my hand is better! x

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Nubar Charmeuse

Hey everyone! I hate to do this, but this is going to be another quick post. 

Today I'm wearing Charmeuse from Nubar's recent Finest Silks collection.  Charmeuse is a pink creme that leans brown. I used two coats here. This colour is a bit old fashioned I guess, but I love it! I don't own a lot of Nubar polishes, but all of the ones I have tried have applied like a dream and Charmeuse is no exception.

Natural Light

Natural Light

Indoors with flash

Do you love it or loathe it?

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Rimmel Sky High

No chit chat for this post. It was a beautiful sunny day here in Sydney today so I spent the whole day out by the pool and I think I cooked my brain!

Rimmel Sky High is a blue leaning turquoise cream. I applied this really quickly, so apologies for the messiness! Sky High was a little thick for my liking, but it dried very quickly (living up to its name!).  It is the perfect summer colour to compliment the gorgeous weather we are having this weekend. This was two coats.



On a side note, my NARS Giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered! I'll have the winner up some time this week. x