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The Lacquer Ring – Geometric

The Lacquer Ring – Geometric

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Aww man, I feel like such a loser. After postponing this post last week, I still managed to post this late. I sort of have an excuse because I had a really stressful day, and I just didn’t have it in me to write up this post. I’m sorry for being a total flake for my fellow ladies in The Lacquer Ring. I promise I won’t be a flake this month. Can you believe it’s August already? WTF? Where did time go? Where have all the cowboys gone? Anyway, the theme we were working with is geometric. I have to admit I suck big time at freehanding anything especially when it has to be precise so I knew I had to do some stamping. Let me show you what I did.

OPI My Dogsled Is A Hybrid & OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth 1OPI My Dogsled Is A Hybrid & OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth 2I started with my two favorite polishes from the OPI Nordic Collection: OPI My Dogsled Is A Hybrid (press sample) and OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth (press sample). These are such gorgeous colors and the apply like butta.

China Glaze Fairy Dust 1China Glaze Fairy Dust 2Since I’m newly obsessed with China Glaze Fairy Dust (press sample), I applied one coat to really get this to sparkle.

MoYou London Pro Collection 18I picked out a design I’ve used before from my MoYou London Pro Collection 18 plate(press sample.)

MoYou London Pro Collection 18 1MoYou London Pro Collection 18 2So what do you think about this end design? I’m happy with it because it is geometric and I love the colors.

I’m cutting this short because I am soooo running late right now to meet up with one of my besties. We have a lot to catch up on! Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow for Stamping Saturdays. I have tons of ideas right now and I just hope that I can execute them.

Talk to you later!

OPI Nordic Collection

OPI Nordic Collection

Posted on by Cynthia

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When the press release for the OPI Nordic Collection first came out, was I the only one wondering what was up with all the tan poopy shades? I never made it to he Nordic countries while I was living in Europe which is one thing that I always kick myself for, but hopefully I will make it to that part of the world again in the near future. I have to admit that I’m a bit confused about this collection. Maybe it’s that I don’t have too much knowledge about the countries that are being represented in this collection, but how do these colors fit? I don’t know! I decided to just sit down and swatch this collection instead of dwelling to much on it and let the polishes do the talking!

OPI How Great Is Your Dane 1OPI How Great Is Your Dane 2OPI How Great Is Your Dane?

OPI Ice-bergers & Fries 1OPI Ice-bergers & Fries 2OPI Ice-bergers & Fries

OPI Going My Way Or Norway 1OPI Going My Way Or Norway 2OPI Going My Way Or Norway?

OPI OPI With A Nice Finn-ish 1OPI OPI With A Nice Finn-ish 2OPI With A Nice Finn-ish

OPI Can't Afjord Not To 1OPI Can't Afjord Not To 2OPI Can’t Afjord Not To

OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth 1OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth 2OPI Suzi Has A Swede Tooth

OPI My Dogsled Is A Hybrid 1OPI My Dogsled Is A Hybrid 2OPI My Dogsled Is A Hybrid

OPI Do You Have This Color In Stock-holm 1OPI Do You Have This Color In Stock-holm 2OPI Do You Have This Color In Stock-holm?

OPI Thank Glogg It's Friday 1OPI Thank Glogg It's Friday 2OPI Thank Glogg It’s Friday

OPI Viking In A Vinter Vonderland 1OPI Viking In A Vinter Vonderland 2OPI Viking In A Vinter Vonderland

OPI Skating On Thin Ice-land 1OPI Skating On Thin Ice-land 2OPI Skating On Thin Ice-land

OPI My Voice Is A Little Norse 1OPI My Voice Is A Little Norse 2OPI My Voice Is A Little Norse

The formula on all of these was pretty identical across the board: creamy, easy to control and opaque at two coats. One thing I do want to stress is that I felt the polishes took a bit longer to dry so make sure that you leave plenty of time between coats. Now I’m realizing that maybe it’s the crappy weather that slowed down the drying time on the polishes. So what do I think about this collection? I am always delighted with consistency, and all of these polishes are consistently good because they applied flawlessly. I am still not entirely convinced about the actual colors and how they work together because the color palette seems a little random to me. I’d be interested in hearing from ladies from the Nordic countries these polishes are supposed to be inspired by since I’m still wondering if there really is a connection besides the pun-y names.

I really like Going My Way Or Norway? because it works as a great neutral for my skin tone. As you may have guessed, my least favorite is OPI With A Nice Finn-ish because it’s yellow gold and yellow gold is just ICK in my book. This one was a lot better than the gold from the Ford Mustang collection so at least the formula sort of saved it a bit. I was also really looking forward to playing with My Voice Is A Little Norse, and I was definitely not disappointed because it creates a really beautiful effect. As for the rest of the colors, they are very nice but nothing revolutionary. Still, there are some really amazeballs cremes here so if you don’t have similar colors, they are definitely worth picking up. What are your thoughts? Will you be purchasing any of these? The OPI Nordic Collection will be widely available in August so get your list ready! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

This collection has an official release date of August 6, 2014 so go get it now! You can purchase the OPI Nordic Collection at the usual places that carry OPI and each polish retails for $9.50 ($11.50 CAN). For my Canadian readers, you will also be able to purchase this collection at Nail Polish Canada. Fun times! Happy shopping.