OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection: Planks A Lot

OPI Planks A Lot (2 coats)

Aaaaannnnnnnddddd it's hump day. This week just seems to be flying by! I just want to give a quick shout out to my mom who is a birthday girl tomorrow (don't worry, I'll be posting this tomorrow as well..hope you guys don't mind!). One thing I like about OPI's Planks A Lot (well, besides the name) is the fact that it isn't too light. I find that other lavender creme polishes tend to wash me out a bit. I can honestly say that all of the polishes I've tried from this collection had wonderful application and formula. I hope you don't mind that this is short and sweet tonight.

OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection: Mermaid's Tears

OPI Mermaid's Tears (2 coats)

I've been cheating on my Poshe topcoat for Seche Vite again. I know, I know, I often talk crap about Seche for the shrinkage that it gives me, but I decided to give it another chance. Well, I find that if I wrap my tips really well, I've been having manicures that last for several days with no chipping or peeling at all. After about 3 days I start to get slight shrinkage, but nothing too bad. I've also been loving Gelous from Sally's Beauty Supply. Since it is so thick it really strengthens my nails. So overall, I use Essie Sensitivity base coat, followed by a layer of Gelous, 2-3 layers of polish, followed by Seche. Awesome manicures! 

When I made an order from Transdesign (which is apparently Nailsupplies.us now) and bought a couple more from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. Mermaid's Tears is a cool dusty pastel green creme that had such great application despite being a pastel color. It was quite pigmented and only needed 2 coats with no streaking or pulling of color. While I really like the color, I feel like it could be easily duped (and I would go for that since OPI polishes are quite expensive...even online). 

Yay, Deadliest Catch is on tonight!

Essie Steeling the Scene

Essie Steeling the Scene (2 coats)

Oh man, it's almost Monday again. The weekends always go so quickly, don't they? When Ulta had their buy 2 polishes, get 1 free deal last month, I picked up Steeling the Scene for the free one. It is a pewter metallic polish that has a hint of gold to it. I feel like this one had a chance of being pretty awesome, but it ended up being too streaky for my liking. Blah. Besides the extreme streakiness, the application and formula was pretty good. If you think you can get past the streaks in this one, you may want to pick this one up, but if you are like me, it's a pass.

Essie Spring 2011: Sand Tropez

Essie Sand Tropez (2 coats)

Wow, I've slept so much the last couple days. After getting home from work at 8 last night, I went to take a nap and ended up sleeping until 11 this morning. I know! When I woke up I watched some of my favorite shows Say Yes to the Dress and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. It's amazing how different my life is compared to the traveling gypsies! Anyone watching this show? 

Essie's Sand Tropez is one of those nice neutral (or nude) polishes. It is a beige/taupe creme that I found to work alright with my skintone. That's one of my issues with these types of polishes. The first coat on this one was pretty crappy and streaky, but the second ended up giving me full coverage. I dunno, I like this one enough, but I'm not completely blown away either.

Essie Spring 2011: Coat Azure

Essie Coat Azure (2 coats)

Blogspot can be pretty awesome sometimes. You can officially see the new mobile version of Right on the Nail from your smartphone! Instead of seeing a scrunched up version of the blog, you can now see a picture with a short excerpt from the post. So far I'm liking it! Have you seen it yet? What are your feelings?

While waiting for the Essie Braziliant collection to hit stores (it definitely feels like a summer collection!), I ended up picking up Coat Azure from the spring collection. It is a dazzling dusty blue polish with a shimmer finish. It's just one of those polishes that looks great on and even photographs well! I love this one! While I haven't been a huge fan of Essie in the past (can we say blah colors?), they have really been stepping up their game. Perhaps the acquisition from L'Oreal wasn't such a bad thing after all. The application and formula was spectacular as well, barely needing the 2 coats shown here.