Layering OPIs Pepes Purple Passion

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OPI - PEPE’S PURPLE PASSION Plus 1

Hi Goddesses

It breaks my little heart that out of all the Muppets polishes I swatched, poor little Pepe was the loser.  She is the least viewed of all the posts, and no one seems to be singing her praises, which is a shame, because she’s not only a gorgeous colour, she’s a lifer – I can see myself wearing this for years to come.

So, this week I wore her again, and loved her even more, especially when I started layering her.  Let’s start with a reminder – Pepe’s Purple Passion is more of a burgundy than a purple.  There are deep brown tones to this, making it very autumnal.  Like it’s sisters, Animal-istic and Meep-Meep-Meep, this is flecked.  The difference with PPP is that the flecks are a lot lighter, rather than being just a variation of the tone of the polish.  So here you get a very browny purple with hushed fuschia flecks.

So far, so good, yes?  My biggest issue with Pepe was that she was very hard to spread around the nail, and was a very thick polish.  Well, some pixies must have been in the nail room when I wasn’t looking, because this time I had no application problems at all.  Weird.  Maybe she just needed more shaking, or time to settle in her new home, but this time she went on as you would expect.

What I had most wanted to do with Pepe was layer her to see how close she was to Merry Midnight when you put a flakie on top.  Well, nowhere near is the answer, mainly because the base colour was more dissimilar than I remembered.

The left hand is layered with Nubar 2010, one of my fave top coats.  She looked like an autumnal delight with this on, flashing yellow, gold, orange, bronze and green.  Absolutely gorgeous, and a look I’ll be wearing a lot.

Now, can you even guess what I layered the right hand with ?  This looked TOTALLY different – minute flakie pieces flashing all rainbow-like.  Look at how much cold blue and violet there is (unexpected win).  This was layered with OPI I Lily Love You and I cannot believe how it turned out – I had no idea Lily had so much blue in her.

2 things to note about layering Pepe – you instantly lose all her flecked charm, it totally disappears under the layer.  And secondly – can you *believe* that these are the same polish?  You might not be able to pick it up through the photos, but it looks like I am wearing different base polishes on each hand.  I actually love this, it’s like a super magical bonus J

Finally, a plea from our sponsor, The Crumpet – please like Pepe.  She is beautiful, deep, rich and gorgeous and does not deserve to be the least liked Muppet.  Ultimately, she’s a classic OPI colour, with a twist, and I love that now she can add versatility to her list of features.

Enjoy J

J

Top Tip – if you’re ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give you plenty of contrasts and compares.

ZOYA Moxie

Nails I Love

ZOYA Moxie Meets Some Friends

Hi Goddesses

I have been itchin and itchin to try my Tangled In My Web since it arrived last week, and beyond dabbing a little on my spider mani, I have not used it for 6 days !!

My only requirement last night when choosing a colour was, “what will look fierce with TIMW?” lol.  Beth chose the Moxie, and she did a good job, and I love how it looks in combo.

Zoya MOXIE is one of those colours Zoya do so well.  It sits in their red-pink-purple range and it’s a cranberry shade full of darkened summer delight.  This is summer after the lights have gone out.

As I’ve looked at her today, I’ve realised Moxie is quite a hard colour to describe.  She’s as pink as pink can go before it turns red; it’s a cranberry-raspberry slushie; she’s the colour beetroot stains leave on your hands.  And she’s pretty.  She reminds me of over-ripe decaying fruit, but in a good way.  In a too rich way, a too intense way, a deeeeep way J

Tangled In My Web is total love for me, but it is a PITA to put on.  It does not like to spread (except near the tips), so dabbing is your best option.  In England we have what we call thunderflies – little annoying fly things that hardly have any cells in them, but are so small they can get behind your LCD screen.  Well, that’s what TIMW reminds me of.

Finally, just for fun, I wondered what would happen with a little flakey magic, so I smeared some OPI Lily I Love You on top.  This really made it sing J

Happy nails – ta-dah!  J

Enjoy xx

J

Top Tip – if you’re ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give you plenty of contrasts and compares.

NAILS I LOVE - Zoya - MIRA

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ZOYA – Mira

Ok, this has been the hardest nail varnish EVER to photograph and I’m still not convinced I’ve managed to take a photo that even resembles it, so you really do need to be Googling if you’re thinking about buying this one.

MIRA is another lush Zoya purple.  It’s a medium dark bright purple, very Royal, almost a Cadbury’s purple!  It’s a pure crème polish, no shimmer, no glitter, but very beautiful – just pig-difficult to photograph.

Like all Zoyas, this dried darker on the nail than it looks in the bottle.  In the bottle, it’s got quite a cold vibe going on, but on the nail it’s deeper and richer and a lot less blue.

This is the photo I am happiest with and which seems to capture the colour quite closely -

Another good photo, the thumb did look like this is real life and this also captures how the nail colour looks less blue than the bottle.

Last photo - shows the Crackle contrast really well, but you can see how blue the varnish photographed.  The little finger has an overcoat of OPI's I Lily Love You (although it's in a pink suspension, on Mira it provided a mainly blue kaleidoscopic glitter.)