Swatches

Samoan Sand

OPI

I got this after work one day while I was searching for a beige that would go with my skin tone. I love OPI for that reason, they don't have the brightest and flashiest colors, but they do have a crazy range of tones in beige, browns, and reds. 

After testing it out, I finally found my tone. This one!! I will continue to buy beige's, as I love them and its always nice to find one that goes well with someone else's skin tone. 

 This first picture of the swatch (Above) is only two coats of polish and with inside lighting.

 This top picture was taken with outside lighting, the bottom one again with inside lighting. Both these swatches have three coats of polish, which gave me full opacity.

The quality of the nail polish is okay, a little too runny at times, although it did go on smoothly with very minor problems.  It does dry with a slight shine and very smooth to the touch. My only problem with OPI's collections are their prices. I know there are many other polishes out there that are much more expansive, however I still find that 10$ for a polish is a little too much for me. When there are tons out there with good consistencies under 5$.  Although I guess I can't complain since the world's most expansive nail polish, found here, is worth the cost of a house.. No thank you! Although I will dream of it at night like all the other polish addicts out there.

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Swatches

TUXEDO

Aco

Aco is a brand I bought one day in Ardene's after trying them out, I loved the formula of their brand, plus their bottles have 17 ml of nail polish in them!! Woot!!! The price of these aren't bad, if I am not mistaken, I think its 2 for 6$.

To be perfectly honest, I am not sure why I bought this one, I already own a black and it works perfectly well, oh well, I guess a nail polish addict still needs another one..

I am glad I got this one, it is extremely glossy and very reflective, as you can see an image of my pink camera on them. And yes, that is the color without a top coat.

All of my pictures were taken with 2 coats of Tuxedo, I love a polish that doesnt require 10 coats. :) The formula is very nice and liquid. The only downfall to this color/brand is the smell, it has a very strong nail polish smell.

This last picture I posted because I wanted to show off the new ring I got off eBay! It's such a cute red fox, I will definitely have to do a nail design with it in mind.

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Swatches

RIVETING

China Glaze

This polish is a sparkling orange called Riveting. It is part of the Hunger Games Collection and one of my favourites within it. As a stand alone polish it is one of the prettiest and fun colors out there. I would probably call this a good fall colour to be worn on its own. 

Iv'e used this color to make flames on some designs, and it is wonderful, the sparkles definitely catch the light without it being too thick to make the flames out of place. 

The formula for this polish is great, it applies smoothly and becomes opaque in 2 coats.

I definitely recommend this polish to everyone who enjoys nail art.

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Swatches

PINK VOLTAGE (NEON)

China Glaze

 This is a matte nail polish found within the Wow Factor Collection. It takes about 2 coats for full opacity. It is very bright and at times I would almost believe it glows at night, unfortunately it doesn't. How I wish it did!!! It is definitely perfect for the summer!

The formula was a little disappointing. I found it to be quite chunky at times, requiring some touch ups. I have found this in a few other matte china glazes out there. Anyone else have that problem?

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