lincoln park after dark suede

i was chomping at the bit to get the suede polishes that opi came out with back in winter of '09. i was over the moon for them! literally head over heels. uhh...what's another cliche i can throw in there...haha. seriously though, i needed them baaaad. i have them all now except suzi skis in the pyrenees. and i la la love them! you're probably getting sick of me saying that, but i don't like posting pictures of polishes that i don't like haha. makes sense huh? although it can be helpful so i do it on occasion.

anywhooo, this lovely gem is lincoln park after dark suede by opi. again i don't understand why they just renamed their suede collection polishes after their core line polishes. but whatev, what's in a name? LPADS is a gorgeous deep purple matte with that "trademarked" suede look. the new mac studded polish has the same look, and a few of the china glaze glass fleck polishes take on the effect if you mattify them IMHO. i love the suede collection as far as mattes go because they are super easy to apply, easier than most mattes because they don't dry immediately. but you do have to be more careful than with regular polish as brush strokes can and will happen if you aren't. this is two coats :)

lamp light

with a coat of shiny seche vite

shiny, under lamp light

 have a great monday! i have a sore throat *rasp, choke* i need a lozenge, yuck!

hard candy lava

this polish is one of the awesome reds that i adore. i don't usually get into reds all that much, they make me feel kinda silly and flashy--which doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering i'll wear a bright orange or glitzy bright blue without batting an eye. but oh well, ho hum, that's just me. hard candy polishes, the new ones anyway, are actually not my favorite. i find they stink something awful and the formula is usually hard to work with. but this baby, lava be her name, is a shining star amongst the pack.

three coats and you get warm red shining with glitzy gold glitter. it has the ember-like glow that i adore and the glitter looks almost melted into the color, hence the name lava. the formula on this polish was really good too, looking a bit sheer on the first coat but fully opaque in three. la la love it!

 

made it matte using china glaze's matte magic (the cutest little bottle!) and gave it an even more intense "glow". gawd i love making polishes matte! how did i live w/o matte topcoats??

and a big ol' macro shot

hope everyone's weekend was fun! i went to an awesome pro soccer game and saw "how to train your dragon". that movie was so good, definitely recommend it. now i should probably go to bed, back to the weekday grind in the morning :P

nubar purple beach

i just wanted to preface this post with a HUGE thanks and a major hug to everyone for all the well wishes on my last post and all the emails and good karma :) i am feeling much better and the troubles are beginning to be a distant memory. i'm a huge believer in positive energy and my religion is love. so thank you for all the flow you helped me restore in my life my wonderful friends!

this nubar polish is called purple beach and it reminds me of the ocean sky, right before the sun dips below the horizon, on a slightly cloudy day at the beach. this is such a crazy duochrome, metallic lavender-purple, brownish flash and mossy green. craaazy. flash shows straight purple, lamp light and natural light shows all the colors. it's a fun addition to any collector's drawer, although i could do without it as i wasn't totally in love with it(i borrowed it from a friend). i imagine it would look the best on uber long nails, to show off that fab duochrome effect.