OPI Holland Collection Spring 2012 - Swatches and Review

I was so much looking forward to this collection! I know I am a bit late with it. But there is still plenty of time because it still is spring and this is a spring collection. This time OPI takes us to Holland with some funny names, beautiful cremes and some unusual shimmers. Here are my swatches:

A ROLL IN THE HAGUE

DID YOU´EAR ABOUT VAN GOGH

DUTCH´YA JUST LOVE OPI

GOUDA GOUDA TWO SHOES

I DON´T GIVE A ROTTERDAM!

I HAVE HERRING PROBLEM

KISS ME ON MY TULIPS

PEDAL FASTER SUZI!

RED LIGHTS AHEAD...WHERE?

THANKS A WINDMILLION

VAMPSTERDAM

WOODEN SHOE LIKE TO KNOW?

Overall a very pretty collection and I like the choice of colours and finishes that we get here. They were all easy to work with and covered all in two coats except for Pedal Faster Suzi! which was three coats. One thing that made me especially happy are the two beautiful purples. I love them both. Thank you OPI...my purple collection is growing :) In fact I like a lot of them...right now I am wearing Red Lights Ahead...Where? and I also can´t wait to try the other two bright cremes. They are such a pleasure to apply!

So even though you have seen this collection a billion times I am curious about your thoughts. Let me know what are your favourites!

* the product(s) in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer or their PR company 

China Glaze Cross Iron 360

Now isn´t this amazing? I fell in love with this shade the moment I applied it. So shiny! I used two coats and the pictures are without any flash or sun. This is just natural indoor daylight. Hope you have a great Sunday.

Sparitual Howl

Going back to last year´s fall with this beautiful polish from Sparitual. Howl is from their Wilde collection which I really liked. Howl is a blackened brown with golden shimmer. The shimmer is more visible in the sun or with a flash, my pictures are taken in indoor natural light. You can still see the shimmer in the bottle. Beautiful polish not only for fall but I am sure it can be worn all year round. Two coats on the pictures.

Sparitual Wilde kolekce pro podzim 2011

Today´s post will be only in Czech but please feel free to ask me anything in the comments.

Dnes trochu opráším češtinu, abych vám představila nádhernou podzimní kolekci od Sparitual. Laky téhle značky jsem vám už v minulosti ukázala, ale přece jen jsem jí nevěnovala tolik prostoru, kolik si zaslouží. Přiznám se, že jsem vůbec nevěděla, že Sparitual už má i své české zastoupení. O tom jsem se dozvěděla až na letošní Interbeauty výstavě. A to dokonce zastoupení tak pokrokové, že fandí bloggerům, i když tahle praxe je u nás ještě v plenkách. Nejdřív teda malé představení Sparitual laků a troška teorie:

"Sparitual barevné laky jsou určeny pro přirozené nehty. Celá jejich stavba je veganská: neobsahují žádné komponenty, které by mohly negativně ovlivnit kondici či zdraví nehtu nebo přilehlých tkání. Deklarovaná absence plastifkátorů a syntetických pigmentů zcela změnila konstrukci laků tak, aby zůstaly zachovány požadavky na stálobarevnost, pevnost, trvanlivost a pružnost. Laky jsou bez di-butyl ftalátů, bez toluenu a formaldehydu, formaldehydové pryskyřice."

Dnes vám chci ukázat čtyři laky z nové podzimní kolekce Wilde. Mám z ní čtyři kousky, dvě miniaturky (5ml) a dvě klasická balení (15ml), takže mám aspoň možnost srovnání. Naštěstí jsou miniaturky použitelné, stejně jako mini laky od sesterské značky Orly (ale třeba takové OPI miniaturky jsou podle mě za trest a nemám je ráda). Další věc, co mají Sparitual laky společného s Orly je pogumovaný uzávěr, na který nedám dopustit. Je to sice maličkost, ale hned se s lakem líp pracuje. Tady teda jsou:

RHYTHM OF LIFE
Nádherná emeraldově zelená, trošku s nádechem do tyrkysova. Klidně bych si ho uměla představit i na Vánoce, jako takovou netradiční alternativu ke všem těm klasickým zeleným. Na obrázku jsou dvě vrstvy, možná by to chtělo ještě třetí. Lakoval se skvěle.

INSTINCT
Tak na tenhle jsem se tešila ze všeho nejvíc! Sice mám doma asi tak milion fialových, ale dobrou fialovou nikdy nepohrdnu. A tahle je opravdu krásná, moc se mi líbí ten fialový a růžový shimmer, co má. Je to dobře vidět, na tom velkém přiblížení. Jednu věc bych mu ale přece jen vytkla. Trošku hůř se s ním pracuje, na fotce jsou dvě vrstvy. Třetí by byla potřeba, aby zakryla trošku nerovnoměrné krytí.

HOWL
Howl je hodně tmavě hnědý, připomíná mi kafe. Co je na tomhle laku nejhezčí je ten bronzový shimmer, který pořádně vynikne teprve na sluníčku (na fotce je vidět hlavně v lahvičce). Dvě vrstvy. 

SPIRIT CHILD
Tohle je další favorit. V lahvičce mi ta barva připomíná psí víno na podzim...když zčervená a sluníčko mu dodá zlatavý nádech. Když se nalakuje, tak chytne trošku do růžova, ale jen nepatrně. Každopádně ze všech čtyř tenhle kryl nejlépe. Skoro by stačila jedna silnější vsrstva. Já jsem nalakovala dvě. Aplikoval se bez sebemenších problémů.

Jak vidíte, tohle není typická kolekce letošního podzimu...žádné krémovky, žádné tlumené barvy, jako jsme měly možnost vidět u ostatních značek. Je to docela příjemná změna, já mám shimmer laky moc ráda. Navíc ty barvy jsou nádherné a kolekce má i fialovou, takže co víc bych si mohla přát? Škoda jen, že vám teď nemůžu ještě ukázat Sacred Ground, který je taky velmi povedený. Slibuju ale, že se tady v nejbližších dnech objeví!
Sparitual si tedy můžete koupit už i u nás a to tady. Klasická velikost stojí 240kč, mini laky pak 125Kč.
Už se těším na vaše komentáře...jak se vám kolekce líbí a co říkáte na značku Sparitual? Nějaké oblíbené barvy?

* the product(s) in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer or their PR company

Nicole By OPI Target Exclusives for Fall 2011 - Swatches and Review

I have a cute little collection for you from Nicole By OPI. There are only four polishes but they all look great and are perfect for fall!

GREEN UP YOUR ACT
A muted medium green creme. I already showed you a comparison with this one here. Seems like these colours are very popular this fall. Two coats.

IT´S NOT ME, IT´S BLUE

To understand the full beauty of this polish you have to look at the close-up pictures. It is packed with shimmer and very small flecks of glitter. The base colour is a darker silvery grey, but you can also see some pink and purple inside! Very special. Two coats again.

I LOVE YOU CHERRY MUCH

So many beautiful reds came out this year that I will not know which to wear! This is one of them. It might remind you of OPI Love Is A Racket and indeed they do look very close in the bottle. Might do a comparison if you would like :) Two coats.

SOUNDS GRAPE TO ME

I saved the best for the end. This one is my favourite. It reminds me of OPI Tease-y Does It but it isn´t so dark. It is a perfect fall colour and I am so happy to have it. Two coats.

Overall a cute little collection where none of the polishes would be something I wouldn´t wear. As I said my favourite is Sounds Grape To Me. I have to say that all the polishes look a bit better than my pictures show them, I didn´t have a very good light and also the Nicole By OPI bottles are so hard to hold for the swatches, so please excuse that :)

As always I would love to hear your thoughts on this collection!

P.S. thanks to all who are voting in my small little poll, this is so important for me. Thank you!

* the product(s) in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer or their PR company

Color Club Back To Boho Fall 2011 Collection - Swatches and Review

I got these yesterday and I couldn´t wait to share them with you! Today is the first day that actually has fall weather, so it is just in time for this beautiful collection from Color Club. There are twelve polishes divided into two sets as usual. The first six swatches are the A and the rest is the B set. Here they are:

NOMADIC IN NUDE

A perfect beige that goes well with my skin tone. This is a great work-safe colour. Two coats.

EARTHY ANGEL

On the other hand, this colour does not go well with my skin tone. It looked nice in the bottle but not on my nails. Two coats.

NEW BOHEMIAN

I love these minty greens, never enough of them. This is nothing new though. I might do a comparison if you would like to. The formula was a bit thicker than on the rest and I had some streaks so don´t do very thick coats otherwise you might have some application problems. Nothing serious though. Two coats.

SHABBY DRAB

A dusty light periwinkle. Beautiful shade. Two coats.

RAD NOMAD

Love! This is one of my favourites! I don´t know why but I fell in love with these kinds of colours lately. They are absolutely perfect for fall. I also loved the formula on this one, it was just perfect. Two coats.

RED-ICAL GYPSY

A darker bloody red. Not that kind of bright reds that we see in winter collections. Great coverage. Two coats.

BOHO MOJO

For me the problem child of the collection. The colour is pretty but that is about everything. The brushstrokes are so visible, no matter how hard I tried to apply the polish carefully. Three coats.

NOUVEAU VINTAGE

Another beauty that makes up for the previous one :) I would describe it as a red toned bronze with green shimmer, but I think it is the best if you look at the close-up picture (talking about that I have a little poll in the top right corner, would love to know what you think). I don´t think I have anything like this in my nail polish collection. Very special polish and absolutely perfect for fall. Two coats.

VOODOO YOU DO

Another winner for me. Looks beautiful on nails. Two coats.

ARTSY CRAFTY

A dark green but not so much to look like black.Two coats.

BLUE-TOPIA

Beautiful dark blue jelly. It looks almost black most of the time. What is great about this one is its formula and coverage. It is perfect. However I have to warn you that it does stain, so remove carefully. Two coats.

REBEL SPIRIT

This looked black to me in the bottle but one you apply it on the nail you see the brown base. I think this is my darkest brown polish. Two coats again.

I don´t know why but I seem to underestimate a lot of collections lately. They don´t appeal to me from the promo pictures but once I have the chance to try them out I totally change my opinion. This collection is the same case. Of course even after swatching them I know that it is not super unique but I don´t mind at all. It is a typical fall collection with some amazing shades that I already fell in love with. I also want to point out the great formula which was on most of these. I had problems only with Boho Mojo and that is also the only three coater of the collection. My favourites are Noveau Vintage, Rad Nomad, Blue-Topia and New Bohemian. Which are yours and what are your thoughts about this collection? Would love to hear!

If you have any comparison requests, please feel free to write them in the comments.

* the product(s) in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer or their PR company