Day 26 - Letting It All Hang Out - We're Shattered!

PURPLE CRUMPET FAIRY CHALLENGE – The 31 Days of Christmas

Day 26 – Letting It All Hang Out

Hi Goddesses

Day 26 is about having an easy mani, a no effort, lounging around on the sofa and feeling like a beached whale mani, and this couldn’t be simpler.

I’d had this idea for a while, but kept it for Christmas.

I want to show you this in 2 stages, because I really do feel the initial stage is worthy of its own praise. 

This is 4 fingers of OPI Vodka and Caviar, the perfect red, and an accent nail of CG Cheers To You silver.  I just love the simplicity of this, love it. I also love (and I can’t believe I am about to say this) the clash of the matte silver with the glossy red – somehow the matteness makes it even better!  How is that possible!

So this for me was a real winner, but it wasn’t the look I was after.  I wanted to shatter them, so used my OPI Red Shatter on the silver nail (I had forgotten how jellyish the OPI was) and my CG Platinum Pieces on the red nails (I had forgotten how sheer this was).

Love!

I haven’t used my silver shatter that much, and lay the blame at OPI’s door for linking it so closely to the Pirates pastels.  Personally, I think  OPI got it wrong, and silver shatter should only be used over strong, bold colours that can take it, but still fight for their own beauty.

Put silver shatter on a pastel and in my eyes it looks naff, put it on a dark or a bright colour and, for me, you get WOW.

Because I am a dumbass, I had a little bit of trouble, especially when I used the red, so remember preciouses, if you haven’t used your shatter for ages, give it a BLOODY good shake.  The red sort of separated with a very thin liquid on the top, so I had to do it twice.

Ho hum, Crumpet continually lives and learns – have a fab chillaxing day xxx

Enjoy xx 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.

NAILS I LOVE - OPI - Not Like The Movies

Nails I Love

Nails I Love is written to celebrate some of the most beautiful nail varnishes on earth and to help you choose which colours and styles will suit you. 

Each posting will feature details about the colour as well as photos.  I guarantee every photo will show the varnish as it looks on your fingers, otherwise, what’s the point ? 

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 – Not Like The Movies

I personally don’t feel OPI have had many “wow” moments in the last year.  I think they have launched some pretty colours, but are at risk of becoming a bit samey.  The truly iconic polishes are few and far between, and they are being out-sighed by the more adventurous brands.

Not Like The Movies however, remains a classic.  It’s a Stop The World nail polish, one you HAVE to own, and one that you find yourself just staring at all day, often with drool.

Released in the Katy Perry Collection, Movies is an amazing identity mess of a colour.  A grey green lilac fawn duochrome with shimmer, this looks like petrol in the bottle, and continually takes your breath away.  It genuinely bends with the light and manages to be both subtle and dramatic at the same time.

I love it, can’t get enough of it, will keep it in my collection forever.  I love that this is amazing without any effort whatsoever.  If you can’t be bothered to do something special with your nails, just pulling this beauty on will do all the work for you.

Just for fun, I then thought I’d crackle every shade out of it and something REALLY interesting happened.  The red crackle?  In certain lights ?  It turns pink!!

PS what the hell do you call this tip wear Sally Hansen - 2 hrs after applying your top coat !!  harrumph

Happy nailing J  Let me know your comments – I’m always interested to know what you think!