Pretty!!!

I cant believe I haven't posted this yet!

Sally Hansen's Strobe Light, OPI's Rumple's Wiggin'

Having a little too much fun editing on Flickr. :)

OPI: Nicki Minaj Collection

Purple Shatter "Super Bass" ,"Metallic 4 Life", "Save Me", "Fly", "Did It On 'Em", "Pink Friday".

These are the soon to be released colours from Nicki Minaj collection by OPI, due to hit store January 2012.  The silvers, "Metallic 4 Life", and "Save Me", looks amazing. I am also loving "Pink Friday". I am tempted to purchase the Purple shatter, even though I have China's Glaze's  "Fault Line". I was really disappointed by CG because their crackle dried up in about 2 uses. I had purchased my OPI black shatter way before Fault Line and it's still working fine till this day. So I have high hopes for "Super Bass" and it's a deeper richer looking purple too. Can't wait for the New Year.

Breast Cancer Awearness Nail

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. This is a month that not only encourages awareness, but educates and empowers people.

Last year my Aunt; alhumdulillah fought and won the battle with breast cancer. This nail look was inspired by her and the many other women and MEN, who are fighting every day with this disease.

SinfulColors: Cream Pink, Essie: French Affair, Opi: Pink Shatter

Some useful links: Susan G. Koman, National Breast Cancer Awareness

Haul (Random)

I wanted to use my $3.50 off coupon at Ulta so I picked up these two: Nicole by O.P.I "Texture Coat" in Gold Texture. I must say I really love the gold way better than the silver. The think I don't understand is how come this Nicole Texture didn't come with the signature Nicole brush. The brushed in there are standard.

I also picked up the EOS Lip Balm in Honeysuckle Honeydew. I love Honeydew melons so it was a no brain-er to choose this flavour.

I was looking for The pink shatter by OPI but it wasn't available, and I ended up getting it at Walmart, in the salon. So look out for that at Walmart, they have all the shatter colours available except for silver.

Here's a look at the shatter and texture in action.

I heard OPI is coming out with a Gold Shatter as well. But I don't think I want to wait around for that.

Oh Canada

Canada Day (July 1st) is around the corner, what better way to show my patriotic side and celebrate a little early by doing a nail design.

The maple leaf was easier to draw than it look. Colours used: OPI-Red Shatter, China Glaze- China Rogue, Sally Hansen-White On. What I love about OPI's Red shatter is the intensity of the colour changes depending on the base colour used. Pretty rad!

Hodgepodge Nails

I was bored and here's what I came up with. I wanted to keep the same colour scheme going on.

These are the colours I used (clockwise):
China Glaze- For Audrey, OPI- Black Shatter, Sally Hansen-White On, Sally Hansen-The Real Teal, China Glaze- Liquid Leather, and Finger Paints-Private Collection.

OPI Serena Williams: Glam Slam

The other day I found this gem in Ulta, I was in there to buy some lipsticks and low and behold theses were sitting right on the cash counter. I was like dang I need to grab this. It was a little pricey, but cheap considering one bottle of OPI costs 8.50 at Ulta. This duo sold for14.50.

The two colours in this duo are called Rally Pretty Pink and Red Shatter. Can I just say Rally Pretty Pink is one of the most beautiful colours I own. It's not quite pink and leans a little towards purple. The golden shimmer really makes this colour true to it's name.
There was another duo that launched the same time as this one. A light silver gold colour called Spark de Triomphe along with a White shatter.

When I got home I opened the bottle of "Rally Pretty Pink" and was shocked to see this disaster. I immediately called the store, and the lady was so gracious and held another pack for 3 days. I didnt think it would happen but I am so happy that she actually held it. When I went back to the store to pick up the new pack. All of the duos were gone.




I prefer RPP as a stand alone colour. Paired with the red shatter it makes a very beautiful combo, but RPP is too pretty to need a partner.

Let's Compare

I just wanted to see how this would turn out. I used OPI's Black Shatter and OPI's Silver Shatter.

I've noticed that back shatter goes well with busy nail designs underneath. It really adds a very cool affect. So I decised to see if silver shatter would do the same. Going in I originally thought no, because the silver had a alot going on with the sparkle and the shattering. So a busy back drop would not work so well. I think I was right. I used the same design on both fingers, (mulit-coloured polka dots with a white base).

without shatter

With shatter: Black & Silver

I decided to retry the same design with a black base instead and that was an epic fail.


I put too much product on, and the parts that did shatter looked bad because the polish itself is on the sheer side so it was not successful at all.

I feel silver Shatter goes well with cream polishes. Solid colours. In a way Silver Shatter is more classy where as Black shatter is more daring.

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NOTD: Leopard Print with a twist.

Leopard print is my absolute favorite nail design to do. It looks so complicated, but really is quite easy to do. I decided to do only 2 nails and have the rest a solid colour. Accent nails, you have to love.

Here are my results.




I used the colours in this mini set I got on sale.

Haul and Swatches

Yes, this is another nail polish related post!

I was in the Ulta area so I decided to pop in to see if they had OPI "Silver Shatter" yet. I was lucky because I got there early and they were just unpacking it. So I grabbed on bottle. Because I am cheapo I decided to get one more item in order to use the $3.50 off coupon. I grabbed NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in 'Milk'. Every time I go looking for the eye pencil in Milk it's always sold out. So another happy purchase.
I also popped into Sallys too look at their little clearance table. Any time I can get a China Glaze polish for $1.99. I'm all for it. They only had one CG polish and it was Hologram from the "Tronica" collection.

Silver Shatter is pretty. I love it way better than Black Shatter. Silver Shatter's formula is not as goopy as Black Shatter and it's way easier to apply. Silver Shatter doesn't dry slow at all. Compared to regular polishes it's very quick but it doesnt dry as fast as Black shatter which dries almost instantly.

Here are some different colours with Silver Shatter Top coat. I personally like pink and silver!
and below is Hologram in direct sunlight...look at the rainbow flecks..Superb!

Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow

Yes, I couldn't resist. That song, well only that part of the song has been stuck in my head for weeks now. So I decided to do a shatter effect on my nail to match the song.

Here it is. China Glaze Lemon Fizz avec Opi's Black Shatter

I also did a "Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow" look with China Glaze Lemon Fizz and China Glaze Liquid Leather. The half moon mani on my pinky. I totally free handed the look, next time I'm gonna make sure to get some sort of tape. I'll figure it out.

OPI's Black Shatter

After about 4 weeks calling and going in store, I finally got my hands on OPI's Black shatter. I knew Ulta restocks on Fridays, so luckily my son had a doctor's appointment which was near Ulta. Right after his appointment, I went straight over, got there 5 mins before the doors opened. They were maybe 3 or 4 people outside along with me, all waiting for the same thing. BLACK SHATTER. I was so happy when I got my hands on it. I was a little dissapointed that they ddint have the Katy Perry Mini pack but oh well..next time.

Here is what it looks like with nail polish. I originally wanted to get Serena Williams' Glam Slam Duo, but unfortunately they didn't have it. I was a little obsessed with "Simply Smashing" it's kind of like a bright tennis ball green/yellow, with shimmer. But since I cant find it locally, or online, I don't even shop online much anyway, so that is not really an option for me. I decided to go with a copy. I went to sally's and found Finger Paints 'Guggen I'm Lime'. I think it goes perfectly with the black shatter.

China Glaze: Ahoy!

Finger Paints: Guggen I'm Lime
Opi: Black Shatter

Same thing with clear top coat finish..divine!!!

You know what's weird Black shatter doesn't work on bare nails..strange.

I know they've been 3 nail posts in a row, Insha'Allah next post will be a fashion related. Perhaps shoes?

OPI - Black Shatter

I really want to try this OPI Black Shatter polish. Its so interesting.. It give a scaly lizardy effect..or lol a shatter effect hence the name..but I WANT!!! to bad I'll have to wait till January.