Nail Polish Fun :)

My friends are always joking with me about my obsession with nail polish. I can't help it! It's so much fun :) Since I'm constantly in the hospital I can't really go too bold on my clothing choices but I like to have fun with my nail polish!

I became obsessed with nail polish a little over a year ago. Sephora's OPI nail polish line rolled out the Mermaid collection and I had to have Mermaid to Order. This started the craze...I have most of OPI for Sephora colors, I've passed on some colors since they look weird on my skin tone, but I'm branching out more. I've finally gotten a chance to get some sun and I have a decent tan for the first time since I was about 16 and things look a lot better when I'm tan! Anyway, I loved the OPI for Sephora brand. I'd finally found a nail polish that didn't chip off immediately. It was amazing! I didn't wear nail polish much before then because if it chipped at all I'll peel it all off. So I'd stopped bothering to paint my nails. Turns out, it was just because I wasn't using the best quality nail polish.

About 2 months ago I was doing a Google search for the new OPI Sephora shades to see which ones I wanted to buy and I came across several nail polish blogs. I was amazed...this opened up a whole new world to me. Turns out I could wear other brands too. And Konad?? I was so amazed, I had to have it.

Now I've started my little collection and even bought a Chanel the other day. (Yup Nouvelle Vague, had to have it! Now just waiting for it to show up!) I figured I could post some pictures on here. Please excuse the crappy paint jobs on some of these. I just recently got better at painting my nails, though I've still got some issues!

Here's my Sephora OPI reds. From thumb to pinky: Shopping Frenzy, Le Beau, Madame President, Personal Shopper, and I'm with Brad. All of these are 3 coats, though I think all of them would have been good in 2.

Pinks Sephora OPI Thumb to Pinky: Arm Candy, Set the Mood, Miss Can't Be Wrong, Screen Test, and Curve-aceous. Again, all 3 coats. Screen Test is one of my absolute favorite colors. I layer Too Good for Him over it all the time and adore it. Sparkly is better for me and I can't get enough of that combination. I can't believe I don't have a picture of that to post...I'll have to do that combination again soon :)

More pinks! From pinky to thumb: Dear Diary, A True Romantic, Wardrobe Change, Handpicked for Me and Techno Girl. Another one of my favorite color combos is Dear Diary and Techno Girl. I do it like a french manicure with Dear Diary as the base and Techno Girl as the tip color. Super cute!

Some of the more interesting colors! Pinky to thumb: Charge It, Worth my Weight, Let's do Lunch, Cover me in Petals, and Go With the Flow-er. This picture really doesn't show how sparkly Go With the Flow-er is. Oh and all are 3 coats. Worth My Weight is one of the best polishes Sephora and OPI have come up with. It's a chunky holo glitter that I absolutely love!! I'm so upset that it was a limited edition. Hopefully they'll have some amazing colors this holiday season too!

Purples from pinky to thumb: Don't Go There, It's Bouquet with Me (over a coat of A-ha! Moment), Iris I was Thinner, What a Broad, Too Good for Him (again, over a coat of A-ha! Moment).

Silvers and whites from pinky to thumb: Untarnished Image, How Many Carats?, A-ha! Moment, Run With It, and Queen of Everything. All 3 coats. Another of my favorite combinations is 2 coats of Queen of Everything with 2 coats of Untarnished Image over it.

Blues (love blue nail polish!) Thumb to pinky: Lagoon-a Beach, Skinny Jeans, Underwater Fantasy, Blue Grotto, Opening Night.

And some greens (another one of my favorites!) Index to pinky: Ocean Love Potion, Mermaid to Order, Leaf Him at the Altar, and Absinthe Makes the Heart. Ocean Love Potion is a great one and I've already mentioned how much I love Mearmaid to Order. All 3 coats!

And finally the silvers and blacks, from thumb to pinky: Fancy Schmancy, Just a Fairy-Tail, Social Climber, 212-Sephora, and Never Enough Shoes. All three coats. I have a tendency to do 3 coats even if it doesn't beed it, just to be sure I have even coverage.

So that's the Sephora OPIs that I have swatched. I have most of the Havana Nights collection but I haven't swatched them yet. I'll get around to it this week once I get some other colors in (The Illamasqua pastels are finally at Sephora and they're on the way plus the new Sephora OPI sparkle blue!! Super excited for that one!)

That's it for this post- I'm about to post some China Glaze pictures and some Konad manis I've done!