OPI - "Standing Room Only (Silver)"

!!!WARNING: PICTURE-HEAVY!!!


Hey, kids! How's your Monday been so far? I decided to take the day off today to get some stuff done around the house. I had a fun time in Chicago this past weekend. Unfortunately, the Cardinals lost the game we were at on Saturday afternoon. However, they did win the game the next day (but still lost the series). 


Since I was home during the day, and there was a little bit of sunshine, I decided I needed to try one of the few holos I own. I don't own many holos - not because I can't find them or won't pay high prices for them, but because I'm not a big holo fan (GASP!!!!). I know, I know, I'm definitely in that small percentage of polish lovers who don't care for holos all that much. Maybe I'm just too "plain" and boring. I like dark holos (like MPJ and Revvvolution), it's the lighter ones (especially light pinks and light purples) that I don't care for.


That said, I'm bringing you all one of my silver holos, OPI's "Standing Room Only (Silver)". I found this polish when I was getting a pedicure at local nail salon. I definitely wasn't dusty hunting that day, but when I saw it on the display rack (with all the other used polishes), I asked if I could buy it. I actually bought two SRO's that day - one bottle was about 75% full, the other bottle (the bottle I kept for myself) was about 90% full. They sold each bottle to me for $8! Pretty good deal!


SRO is a black label OPI, and boy, is it stinky! It's also very thin and watery. For this mani, I used 4 coats. I think the next time I used this color, I'll layer it over a black polish like "Black Onyx". Other than being on the thin side, this polish was actually really easy to apply and control.


I heard somewhere that you shouldn't use a top coat when wearing holos, because the top coat can take away from the holo-ness. I don't know how true that is, so I decided to skip the top coat this time. 


Application:
Zoya Remove +
OPI Chip Skip (I wonder if I really need to be using both of these?)
1 coat of Zoya Anchor Base Coat
4 coats of OPI's "Standing Room Only (Silver)"
Zoya Hurry Up Speed Dry Drops

Outside with natural sunlight:

Inside, under artificial light:

Inside, with flash:

So, what are your feelings about holos? What brand, in your opinion, makes (or has made in the past) the best holo? What's your favorite holo polish (even if you don't own it)?

Thanks for taking the time to read my posts - I appreciate all of your support!

Have a wonderful week!

<3,

Katie

Milani One Coat Glitter - "Silver Dazzle"

You know, it's reviews like the one I'm about to write that make blogging so much fun! Tonight I'm going to share with you my review of one of Milani's new One Coat Glitter polishes called "Silver Dazzle". This polish was sent to me for a review recently along with a few other Milani polishes. "Silver Dazzle" was the one that stood out the most to me, mainly because I love, LOVE, silver/charcoal/gray/polishes (especially if they're glitters!). 


I'm a bit of a skeptic when it comes to "One Coat Polishes" or "Quick Dry Top Coats". But, this little puppy did NOT disappoint! This polish is amazing! It looked amazing with just one coat, and dried almost immediately! This really would be the perfect polish if you were looking for something quick and easy and had little time to devote to paint your nails. What I also liked about this polish was that it didn't give that typical glitter polish grittiness/roughness that I'm used to. The polish wasn't completely smooth, but it wasn't bumpy or chunky, either. It dried incredibly smooth and soft!


As you can see below in the first picture, you CAN get away with one coat of this polish! 

Just for fun, I wanted to see what it looked like with 2 coats:

Doesn't this almost resemble a Suede polish?!

Here's 2 coats, plus a top coat (Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat):

If you don't see a new post on "Paws to Polish" for a few days, it's because I haven't taken this beauty off my nails! This, friends, will now join the other 9 polishes on my list of Top 10 favorite polishes!!!! (Can you tell I'm a little excited about tonight's mani?)

I was also sent a blue version of this polish called "Blue Flash" that I'm really looking forward to trying. Since I was so impressed with this polish, I also checked out the Milani website and saw that they make purple, red and gold One Coat Glitter polishes, too! And because they're so reasonably priced (around $4 at Walgreens), I might have to pick them all up the next time I'm out!

For more information on Milani cosmetics, visit the Milani website, www.milanicosmetics.com

*The product in this post was sent to me by the company or their PR firm for my unbiased review. 

OPI's "Black Shatter" over Essie's "Platinum Perfect"

A few days ago, while I was shopping at TJ Maxx, I found a really cool bottle of Essie nail polish called "Platinum Perfect". I'm fairly new to collecting Essie's, but  I couldn't remember ever seeing this polish before. It's very similar to OPI's "Birthday Babe". It's a gorgeous silver metallic shade. For $3.99, I definitely had to have it!


Once I got home, I tried to do a Google search for the color, to see when it was released, and if it was still part of their collection. I have yet to find out anything about this polish, so if you've heard of it, or if you own it, please let me know!


Here's "Platinum Perfect" (3 coats):

I haven't used OPI's "Black Shatter" much, so I thought "PP" would be a great color to use under it. Here's 1 coat of "Black Shatter" on top of "Platinum Perfect". I also added a coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat: