Enchanted Polish Starbright Sparkles and NOPI One Less Lonely Glitter

Tonight I've got two different layering combinations shown over Zoya Bela, a pale pinky-peach jelly, to share with you. The first layering combo features Enchanted Polish's Starbright Sparkles. Starbright Sparkles features a sheer silvery holographic base containing a multitude of different coloured hexagonal glitters. This polish is definitely best layered because of the sheer base, and I think the holographic nature of this would be best displayed over a darker colour- I'll definitely be trying that next time. 

The second combination I have to show you is Nicole by OPI's One Less Lonely Glitter. This one is a delicate and pretty mixture of fine metallic pale purple glitter. What you see below is one coat over Zoya Bela.

If you recall, "One Less Lonely Glitter" is from the NOPI Justin Bieber collection which came out a couple years ago. Yes, a truly gag-worthy inspiration for a nail polish collection. Almost as bad as the Kardashian collections...

...but the truth is, while this lacquer is pretty enough, the reason I picked it up was so I had a reason to post this video. I hope you get a laugh out of it! 

Nicole by OPI Nothing Kim-pares To Blue and CND Crimson Sparkle

Tonight I've got a couple swatches to show you that have been sitting in my unposted folder for far too long (I wore this manicure sometime during the summer, I think!). This is Nicole by OPI "Nothing Kim-pares to Blue"; a light periwinkle blue with silver shimmer. The formula was a little sheer. 

Ugh, these Kardashian polish names are killing me...

I then layered CND Crimson Sparkle overtop to amp up the shimmer. Love how it turned out, even if it's a little hard to see in the pictures.

I really love the combination of blue + red shimmer. What do you think of this manicure? Have you made peace with the Nicole by OPI Kardashian collections, yet? I'm still struggling... every time I walk by a display, my aversion to bad reality TV does war with my addiction to nail lacquer. As you can see,  occasionally the love of lacquer wins out. 

Nicole by OPI - All Is Glam, All Is Bright

Today I have one of the new Nicole by OPI Holiday shades to share with you; I think it might be from the Kardashian-themed holiday collection, but I can't remember if it had the little tag it usually has on it to identify it as a "Kardashian Kolour", and I honestly don't care. I always wince a bit when I realize I'm looking at a Kardashian-inspired lacquer and prefer to block that aspect out all together and focus on the pretty colours. ANYWAYS. All Is Glam, All Is Bright is a very lovely ultra-fine glitter polish featuring a lot of white gold/silver glitter, red glitter, and what looks like a smattering of steel blue/grey glitter. Very interesting combination, and I really like it. It would be opaque on it's own in several coats, but here you can see two coats over my Sally Hansen Taupe Pearl Chrome manicure from the other day. 

Before I leave you today, can we talk about the name?

Blech. A nice polish like this deserves a less vapid name. I think this might be one for Stupid Nail Polish Names. 

Caviar Nails!

Lately I've been captivated by the "caviar" manicure, and couldn't resist picking up a few coloured microbeads at a craft store to try it out myself.

I decided to use Nicole by OPI It's All About The Glam, a pretty and soft white that has lovely shimmer in it to keep it from looking too stark. Then I added translucent soap-bubble-esque microbeads to my ring finger to make a caviar accent nail. This was the result:

I'm really happy with how my first caviar manicure experience turned out; I think having the beads on all my fingers might have been overkill, at least for my taste, but I'm really happy with this as an accent nail. It also felt surprisingly comfortable to wear! I used a top coat over it, and that helped to keep everything in place.

A friend of mine also came over to experiment with the microbeads, and this was her manicure: Chanel Black Pearl with silver microbeads as an accent.

What do you think of our caviar manicures? Have you tried this look before?

In keeping with the caviar/fishegg manicure theme, we went to see the documentary "Jiro: Dreams of Sushi" that evening. I highly recommend it, especially if you like sushi! I'll leave you with the trailer for the movie:

Essie Fiji with Nicole by OPI Dream Maker

Essie Fiji is a stark pink pastel; the formula isn't excellent, and requires about three coats to be totally even, but the end result is nice. I wanted to soften it somehow, so I layered one coat of Nicole by OPI Dream Maker over top. I really like the effect, and it reminds me of a gold version of Essie's Pure Pearlfection. It's very subtle, just a soft golden glimmer when the light hits it. I you look closely you can see a bit of what looks like green and red micro-shimmer, but it's not evident just from glancing at it.

This is three coats of Essie Fiji, with one of NOPI Dream Maker. Base and top coat are also Essie. I think it makes a subtle pre-Valentine's day manicure, and I definitely like the shimmer Dream Maker adds to it.

...oh, who am I kidding? Looking back on this post, I'm yawning. This is a boring manicure, and it's begging for some glitter. In the meantime, here's a hilarious video of Darth Vader being a troll. Enjoy!

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