Hi Goddesses
And welcome to part 2 of my final DD post of the week. Yesterday, I showed you a zillion photos of OPI La Boheme in its natural state, and today you get to see it stamped, and more in line with the theme.
The stamp is from one of my favourite MoYou plates - Back To The 70s 02.
I love the contrasting drama between the black stamping and the operatic reds of the polish - there is just so much life in this combination.
More than anything, it reminds me of lace over a red fabric - there's something quite "lingerie" about this for me, like a silk teddy or bodice :)
As I could stare at this all day, I'll leave you with a few more photos. I've really enjoyed this week and hope you have too xx
Hi Goddesses
Today's post is super special. It's a 2-parter, with part 2 following tomorrow, because both parts deserve SO many photos.
Truth be told, I was running out of time to do my DD manis when I remembered I had this in the vault. Although it only loosely fits the theme, there is no denying this is a genuine vintage polish, and one of the most sought after of all time.
La Boheme is just .... siiiiiiiigh .... so beautiful in so many ways. It's a genuine, hard-to-find OPI black label, and usually sells for at least $60 a bottle. I came across mine in an eBay package which also included some other classics and black labels. I got super lucky!
This polish ... I expected it to be beautiful, but it really is breath-taking. It's red - all shades of red, all at once. It's not a duochrome in the crazy way we now understand them, but it IS a duochrome in that it burns from amber to ruby to maroon and stops at every coloured port in between.
I most love the photos where in on one nail you can see ruby, orange and purple, all at once, all together. That, to me, is just about the perfect polish.
This shimmers, glows, smoulders and burns with goose-bumpy and operatic complexity. It's no surprise it's become a legend.
Tomorrow, there's an extra DD post from me, featuring La Boheme and some super sexy stamping.
