Mini Post - What I put over "I'm an Aqua-holic"!

This is just a mini-post to show you different OPI Shatters and glitter polishes over "I'm an Aqua-holic" (view the original blog post here).

Before:

 Thumb to pinky: OPI Silver Shatter, OPI White Shatter, OPI Servin' Up Sparkle, OPI Navy Shatter, OPI Sparkle Teal Sunrise
(No top coat was used)

My favorite combos are with Silver Shatter, Navy Shatter and Sparkle Teal Sunrise.

I'm sorry, but does ANYONE like the White Shatter? To me, it's just ICK! It looks like I painted my fingers with White-Out, or that I dipped my finger in sour cream and left it there. 

I DO, however, LOVE the Navy Shatter! I'm looking forward to experimenting with that a little more!

OPI's "Spark De Triomphe" and "Black Shatter"

Hi, everyone!


Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! And to all you mother's out there, I hope you enjoyed YOUR day! :-)


On my way home from our kickball games tonight, I got pulled over for speeding (apparently, I was doing 82 in a 60...oops!). Looks like that's $208 down the drain. And if I don't want points on my license, I have to take some driver safety class. Urgh!!!! So, needless to say, I was totally bummed and bawling my eyes out. I decided to get off on the exit that goes towards Ulta. Nothing like a little retail therapy, right?!


I ended up purchasing a few polishes from OPI's new "Pirates of the Caribbean Collection" ("Skull & Glossbones", "Mermaid's Tears" and "Steady as She Rose"). I also was fortunate enough to get one of the Serena Williams duo packs with "Spark De Triomphe" and "White Shatter". I'm not big on the white shatter polish, so that's going to be included in my upcoming GIVEAWAY (when I hit 100 followers! Details coming soon!).


Here's a picture of my haul!

So tonight, I decided to do a mani with "Spark De Triomphe" and "Black Shatter". I love the silver/black combo!


I found "Spark De Triomphe" to be extremely easy to work with. It wasn't quite jelly-like as we saw with "Teenage Dream" and "Last Friday Night". 


Application:
1 coat OPI Nail Envy, Maintenance Formula
2 coats OPI "Spark De Triomphe"
1 coat OPI "Black Shatter"
1 coat China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat


Before "Black Shatter" (2 coats "Spark De Triomphe"):

No, there are not black specks/glitter in this polish. That just shows up in the pictures. But I WISH there was a little black glitter in the polish! 

With "Black Shatter":

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:

Katy Perry has arrived in the STL!

While I was on my lunch hour yesterday, I decided to stop by my local JCPenny, just to see if they had gotten in the Katy Perry collection by OPI. To my surprise, they had the display right up front on the counter! I purchased the "Black Shatter" and "Teenage Dream".
I was so anxious to try out my new polishes, that when I got back to my office, I threw on a coat of "TD" and "BS" right there at my desk. The "TD" was much thicker and "goopier" than I was used to, but apparently that's normal, since it's a jelly polish. 
When I got home that night, before I went out later, I painted my whole hand with this same duo and boy did it look hot! (See pictures below).
I liked the "Teenage Dream" so much that I went back out today and bought the blue version of the polish, "Last Friday Night". I'm so anxious to try this one out too. When I do, I'll be sure to post pictures!


Here's a picture of my nails painted with 1 coat of "Teenage Dream"
Application:
OPI Chip Skip
2 coats of OPI Nail Envy, Original Formula
1 coat of OPI "Teenage Dream"

Now, here's a picture of my nails painted with 2 coats of "Teenage Dream"

My nails with 1 very thin coat of "Black Shatter" (over 2 coats of "TD")

These last 2 pictures show 2 coats of Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat added on top of the "Black Shatter". I definitely recommend using at least 1 top coat after "BS".


With "Black Shatter", the combinations are endless! I'm already excited to try it on top of some of the Burlesque glitters, "Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous", "Alpine Snow" and some of the holo polishes (like my newly acquired "Standing Room Only")!


Happy "Shattering"!