Barry M Spring Green in Winter

BARRY M – Spring Green

Hi Goddesses

A short and sweet post from me and my “lover” (ahem Elizabeth) Barry M J

Spring Green is pure Irish emerald goodness.  There is nothing subtle about this colour at all – it’s GREEN.

Lol.  This has no hidden agenda, it just wants to be GREEN.  There’s not much in nature that passes for this colour, but this is the exact shade of Irish green you need for tricolours and shamrocks.

This did bend darker in some lights than others, but you can’t deny it, this is GREEN!

And now to the glittering ….

·         Thumb – CG Snow Globe

·         Index – CG White Cap

·         Middle – OPI Rainbow Connection

·         Ring – Tangled In My Web

·         Pinkie – Northern Lights Out The Door holographic top coat.

Unlike the other colours I have put these glitters on, I am really not sure I have a favourite here – which one works for you ??

Enjoy J  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.

Round-up : Muppets Collection, rounded up!

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THE MUPPETS ROUND UP

Hi Goddesses

A couple of weekends ago, I was lucky enough oreceive my set of The Muppet Collection by OPI, otherwise known as “OPI tries to ctach up with everybody else” lol.

In the UK, these polishes are £10 EACH, but I got the whole set of eBay USA for $64 …. Do the maths, polish prices are crazy in the UK.  It sent my blog a little crazy, and I got a lot of new followers purely because of these posts – so thank you, each and every one of you who has chosen to have a Crumpet everyday J

What I didn’t do originally, is 1 overall post including them all, so here they are now, IN POPULARITY ORDER.  Popularity based on number of post views.  Also, I didn’t swatch Goin Gonzo, Fresh Frog of Bel Air or Warm & Fozzie (just not my bag …. Sorry!)

In first place, with almost 2.5 times the views of its brothers and sisters, we have RainbowConnection, the crazy glitter bomb.

In 2^nd place, the favourite of the discerning polish-aholic, Designer de Better, a metallic suede.

3^rd place goes to one of my personal favourites, Meep Meep Meep, a cranberry crush with amazing glass flecks.

4^th place goes to the 2^nd best glitter in the collection (imo), Excuse Moi! (head toss).  Beautifully named.   As if OPI put Teenage Dream through the blender.

5^th is Divine Swine, a violet and silver glitterama.  I swatched it over lilac, but this will probably look best over black, especially if you are lemming Deborah Lippmann’s Bad Romance.

6^th place is a tie!  Ooooooh!  In the red corner, Wocka Wocka, my disappointment from the Collection, a reddy shimmer that OPI do All The Time ….

…and Gettin MissPiggy With It, the hilariously named red cousin of Divine Swine.

And the 2 that finished last, I do not get it!!  7^th place was one of my unexpected favourites from the bunch, Animal-istic, an orangey flecked masterpiece …

..and bringing up the rear, Pepe’s Purple Passion, a browrple with fabulous flecking.  How the hell is this last lol ???

So there you have it.  I don’t know whether Rainbow Connection is really the favourite, I suspect it was the one people were most interested to see swatches of.  Whatever, I’m just glad OPI finally got their asses back in the game (albeit a lot late).

Thank you for reading – I’m glad you enjoyed these posts, and if you haven’t already, don’t forget to enter the GIVEAWAY !!!!

Enjoy xxx 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.

Sally Hansen PLUM LUCK & OPI Rainbow Connection

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Sally Hansen PLUM LUCK goes Bliiiiing!

Hi Goddesses

A super short post, but some super amazing nails.

This is Sally Hansen PLUM LUCK topped with OPI Rainbow Connection.

Don’t they look STUNNING together ? The rich plum of the polish really allows the RC to dazzle …

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.

OPI Muppets - RAINBOW CONNECTION

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OPI Muppets – RAINBOW CONNECTION

Hi Goddesses

There is a lot of wow in this Muppets Collection.  This is one of the ones that immediately caught my eye when the first promo bottles came out waaay back when.  But that was before DLHB – before I got Deborah Lippmann’s Happy Birthday for my birthday J

Rainbow Connection is a polish addict’s crack in a bottle.  It’s got glitter of all shapes and sizes and all colours and the bottle is absolutely RAMMED.  There are silver pieces, orange, pink, blue, yellow, green – it really is a rainbow of glittertasticness J

I’m intrigued to swatch this next to Happy Birthday to see how close or different they are.  This one feels like it has more “sweetie shop” colours in it, but that could be my imagination.

I personally wouldn’t want to wear this alone, although I have to say, I was surprised just how much coverage 2 coats generated.  I love how it looks over the skittles, and how it looks different over each one, as if different pieces of the glitter stand out and clash with the different base colours.  Surprisingly, the teal one is a major winner for me.

You might be able to see on the thumb a mahoooosive drag mark.  This is another polish that is best dabbed rather than spread.   I found that blobbing also really allowed me to get good even coverage of the glitter, rather than just the teeny tiny pieces at the bottom and the big ones at the tip!

So this is a total love for me, and I actually love it much more than I thought I would.  I was really worried I would feel it was superfluous next to HB, but I am loving owning both.

I’ll do some comparison swatches soon.  In the meantime, 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.