NEW!! OPI Germany Collection - Fall 2012

I am very VERY exctied to share with you (if you don't already know) that OPI will be releasing a new line this Fall (Spring back here in Oz).  And I'm loving these colours not to mention the names too ;)

This is to follow up to a recently collection they released, the Holland Collection... am i sensing a trend here??



OPI Germany Collection - Fall 2012 (Spring for us peeps in the Southern Hemisphere)

Top row L-R:

My Very First Knockwurst

Don't Pretzel My Buttons

Berlin There Done That

Don't Talk Bach To Me

Nein! Nein! Nein! Ok Fine!

Schnapps Out Of It

Bottom row L-R:

Suzi & The 7 Düsseldorfs

Every Month Is Oktoberfest

Unfor-Greta-bly Blue

Deutsch You Want Me Baby

Danke-shiny Red

German-icure by OPI

Yes there are your critics that say there a lot of dupes in this new line... but hey you don't need to get the entire collection right!  and when is too much polish too much?? 

I personally can't wait to get my hands on these.  So keep an eye out at your local beauty store around August 8th.

What are your thoughts? Will you be getting any colours?

xx Karen

OPI NYC Ballet Soft Shades Collection

Look what just arrived in the post!!

I know these have been out for a little while now, but OPI have released their NYC Ballet Soft Shades Collection for Spring 2012 (Autumn in Australia)

Currently at work so can't play with them right now, but looking forward to doing some swatches later when I get home. I'll post them up here when I've got some done.

L-R: Barre My Sole, Care to Danse?, Don't Touch My Tutu!,
You Callin' Me A Lyre?, Pirouette My Whistle, My Pointe Exactly.

My initial thoughts: 
They're a lot more colourful than I had anticipated.

What I mean by this is that i was expecting the colours to be more muted, a slight variation of nude white.  I'm very happy to see that they're not like that at all! Hopefully after I've done some swatches I can take some photos that will show their true colours.

Stay tuned.

Orange Dutch Day inspired Ruffian Manicure

Happy Koninginnedag!

(Orange Dutch Day)

In honor of Orange Dutch Day (Koninginnedag) I've been inspired to use the colours from OPI Dutch Collection to do a Ruffian Manicure.

















I used OPI's Kiss Me On The Tulips (Pink) and A Roll In The Hague (Orange).

Kiss Me On The Tulips (Pink), A Roll In The Hague (Orange)



I'm in the process of trying to put up my first tutorial on YouTube, but it's proving more difficult then I had thought. Need some better equipment and video editing tools, any suggestions what programs are easiest to use and and easy to obtain.



Mmmm... stroopwaffles. YUM!