OPI San Francisco Collection Nail Art

Hi everyone! 

Today's post features 15 new polishes from OPI's new San Francisco Collection. Being a Bay Area native myself, I was thrilled to find out they were releasing an entire collection dedicated to this beautiful city! Again,  I'm sure you've all seen several swatches of each individual color, so I decided to create some nail art using a combination of all the new shades. Hope you like! :)

Colors Used:

Base - In the Cable Car-Pool Lane 

Middle - I Knead Sour-Dough 

Bottom- Muir Muir on the Wall 

Colors Used:

Base - Lost in Lombard

Middle - Embarca-Dare-Ya!

Bottom - First Date at the Golden Gate

Colors Used:

Base - Incognito in Sausalito 

Middle - Dining Al Frisco 

Bottom - Keeping Suzi at Bay

Colors Used:

Base - Haven't the Foggiest 

Middle - A-Piers to be Tan 

Bottom - Peace & Love & OPI

It's all San Andreas's Fault 

Wharf! Wharf! Wharf! 

My absolute favorite blue textured polish hands down! So clean and crisp looking! <3 Must have!

Alcatraz... Rocks

Another must-have beauty! 

San Francisco nail lacquer shades each feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application. Liquid Sand nail lacquers should always be worn without top coat. San Francisco by OPI will be available August 7, 2013, at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, jcp Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, ULTA and ulta.com for $9.00 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each nail lacquer. 

As always, hope this helps & happy shopping!

Do you own any nail polishes from this collection? Thoughts?! I'd love to know down below!

These were sent for review.

OPI: Mariah Carey Collection

Happy Friday, everyone!

I hope you all had a great Holiday and a very Happy New Year! To kick off 2013, I have the OPI Mariah Carey Collection. I know many of you, myself included, have been waiting for the release of the Liquid Sand shades! Did they live up to the hype? Keep reading! ;)

   

A Butter Fly Moment is a soft, peachy pink nude with a beautiful golden shimmer. I wasn't immediately drawn to this color at first glance of the bottle, but I was pleasantly surprised during application. Formula was easy to work with and opaque after two coats.

Pink Yet Lavender is a clear base loaded with holo glitter and small metallic pink hexes. Glitter distribution was perfect and applied nicely onto the nail. This was one generous coat. 

Anti-Bleak is a a rich, raspberry purple creme that dries to an ultra glossy finish. The formula on this was outstanding and glided nicely onto the nail. I'm a huge rich, purple lover and this was no exception. The image below was done in two coats.

Sprung is a blend of copper, orange, gold, and pink flecks. The formula was a little thin and required three coats for opacity. I'm definitely, "sprung" off this color! ;)

Get Your Number is a blue jelly base packed with various types/sizes of glitter. This was my favorite from the four and looks amazing with or without a top coat. This was two generous coats.

Can't Let Go is a deep, purple jelly base with purple hex glitters. This was my least favorite of the four as it seemed pretty blah compared to the other three from the Liquid Sand collection. It did, however; apply nicely in two coats. 

The Impossible is a vibrant, reddish pink jelly packed with hexes, stars, and micro glitters. Again, the formula on this was good and applied nicely in two coats.

Stay the Night is a black jelly base loaded with hot pink glitter. This was my second favorite from the LS part of the collection. STN applied nicely in two coats. 

Anti-Bleak, Sprung, Get Your Number, and Stay the Night

Liquid Sand dries to a very matte, textured finish and is meant to be worn without a top coat. 

They aren't as gritty as they appear to be on the nail

If you do plan to wear a TC, I recommend using a few coats of a nice, thick TC 

Removal was a pain, but it's nothing the good ol' Elmer's Glue can't fix!

I noticed that it took 5+ hours for the full effect of the Liquid Sand to show thru

As always, hope this helps & happy shopping!

Which colors have caught you attention? Are you a fan of Liquid Sand? Thoughts?! I'd love to know down below!

These were sent for review.