Summer in a bottle: OPI Be A Dahlia, Won't You

Hello!

Here's OPI's Be A Dahlia, Won't You:

 OPI Be A Dahlia, Won't You (In full sunlight)

I think this polish is super pretty, and I don't have anything else similar in my stash. This polish is from OPI's Nice Stems collection from this year, and if you want it or any of the other colours, (I Lily Love You, Come To Poppy or Play The Peonies) and you live in the UK, check out OPI's Internet stockist, Lena White.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I spoke to Selfridges, London a few days ago, and they will NOT be getting the Nice Stems OR Miss Universe collections, (sob!) so probably Lena White is your best bet unless you can (like me!) find a bottle in your local salon.

I got my bottle of BADWY for £6.50, and I don't think it had even been used once, so compared to buying online, which will cost you £10.50 plus delivery, this was a complete bargain!

Check your local OPI supplying salons, for sure. I must say, I'm aware that I'm really lucky because I live in a small place in London's zone 3, yet there are two OPI supplying salons here. Sometimes they're good for getting older shades for a really good knockdown price, if they have been used a bit.

I discovered Absolutely Alice in one of the salons just the other day, and that's pretty tricky to get hold of in the UK now, unless you resort to Ebay.... Hmm.

So yeah: Check your salons, girls! :)

Anyways, enough of my rambling, and back to BADWY.

OPI Be A Dahlia, Won't You (in shade)

I really do like this polish. It does apply fairly sheer, so I used three coats for my nails, which I've still got on now.

This polish is REALLY close to being a foil finish, the pictures soooo don't do it justice, it really glows. BADWY is super micro shimmery. It's a cool toned pink, definitely a bluish fuchsia shade.

I love this one!

:)

OPI The Show Must Go On & OPI Teenage Dream

Happy August, everyone!

Today in London we're really feeling the heat- Summer is here for a couple of days... And then it'll be back to rain! :)

So, I've got a combo for you now of OPI The Show Must Go On and OPI Teenage Dream.

I love both of these polishes separately, but together, I reckon this combo is an epic FAIL!

Check the fugliness out!

  OPI TSMGO and Teenage Dream

What do you think?

Not good, right!?

Waste of polish! (Noooo!)

Don't Forget! :)

Don't forget to add your details on this post

http://london-lacquer.blogspot.com/2011/07/win-it-win-it.html

On my blog for your chance to WIN OPI DS Original!

Good luck everyone!!

:)

OPI The Show Must Go On & Silver Shatter

Hi guys!

I have OPI The Show Must Go On and Silver Shatter here for you today! It's a pretty cool combo! (Click on the photo to enlarge!)

I did this mani with vertical and horizontal shatter. I way prefer the hotizontal, personally. (As seen on the middle and pinkie fingers)

What do you think? :)

Ruby Pumps: What a classic!

So today I have China Glaze's Ruby Pumps for you.

I'd say this was in my Top 5 favourite nail polishes EVER. It's trans-seasonal, something I always fall back on. It's great for layering with darker colours such as burgundy or black as a base as well. Those are especially good combos for Winter, when you want a Vampier shade.

I just think that RP is so, so beautiful. When wearing this, a few of my friends have asked me to pick a bottle up for them... It's seriously THAT good. Liquid crushed Rubies.

Isn't it SO beautiful!? :)

...Unfortunately, NO photo of this polish will ever do it justice, so if you don't have it, I suggest you run and go get it!

:)

OPI The Show Must Go On

Hiya!

Last night I did OPI The Show Must Go On as mani. I only bought this shade really recently from one of my local nail shops. It was part of the Burlesque minis set.

I must say, when that collection came out late last year, I only ended up picking up two of the glitters- Show It And Glow It, and Bring On The Bling. I think it was their glittery fabulousness that caught my eye, and so much so that I hardly even gave a second glance to their foily counterparts in the Burlesque Collection. I was blinded by Cupid's arrow! :)

Well. Let's just put it this way- I'm so glad that I picked up this Mini set so I could FINALLY try the other shades.

My favourite from the Mini collection, although I'm a HUGE fan of glittery reds, is not Ali's Big Break, but this: The Show Must Go On. Probably the only reason why Ali's Big Break is not my favourite, even though it looks utterly gorgeous, is because my favourite ever glittery red is China Glaze's Ruby Pumps, which I completely ADORE. If you don't have that one in your stash, RUN, don't walk, to pick it up, I'm serious!

Anyway, back to TSMGO.

This is TSMGO in direct sunlight (honestly, I'm not lying, it is SUNNY in London today!) :)

...I love it! How beautiful is this Cerise pink foil finish!?

...But... TSMGO has a secret!

...Errrmmm.... How beautiful is this golden orange/copper colour!? (a different angle in sunlight)

...Yes people, TSMGO is strangely duochromey, flashing hues of fuschia, cerise, copper, orange and even a bit of red, as seen here:

Reddish hue coming out on TSMGO, image taken with direct flash

...It all combines to make a very interesting polish. It's pretty cool when your nails look cerise on the outsides and golden orange towards the centre. Hmm, good stuff.

The application was alright, the first went on a bit streaky and thin. The glitter really shows up in coat one. By the second, it was getting a lot better, and by coat three, my final coat, I couldn't stop twirling my nails in the light! It absolutely GLOWS!

The duochrome is very interesting. It's not as duochromey as Orly's Space Cadet or anything like that... I'd say it was, at least for me and from what I can remember, on a par with OPI Ink- that one is great too, ranging from violet purple to navy.

What do you guys think?

:)

New Flip Flops: Pedicure colours, please! :)

So I needed a new pair of flip flops, a lovely leopard print pair I got in America at J Crew broke (Noooo!) the other day, so I decided to fall back on my favourite brand and get some Havaianas...

I wanted a nice summery looking pair because the sun has recently reappeared in London (finally!) so I went to my local Office (shoe store) in Bromley, and ended up getting these beauties...

...Observe:

 I love them, they're so pretty!

At the moment I'm wearing OPI On Collins Ave as my pedicure.

I've actually had that since Washington DC in June, although I have put a couple more layers on since then. Pretty lazy, eh!? So to spare my blushes, I took a pic of JUST the flip flops, if you get my drift... :)

Which colours do you reckon would go with these beauties, then?

:)

WIN IT, WIN IT!!!

Ok guys.

As a sort of 'Golden Hello' to my blog, I'm doing a competition to win an OPI Nail Lacquer...

...Not just any old OPI, though... A DS Series Lacquer....
...Not just any old OPI DS Lacquer, though...

Folks, I am giving away.......

(Drumroll, please!)

ONE boxed bottle of OPI DS ORIGINAL to one lucky follower of my blog!

This polish is super super gorgeous, as you guys know, and also of course a now very hard to find lilac coloured linear holographic lacquer.

I'm in London, but this is an International competition.

To be in with a chance of winning, just FOLLOW MY BLOG and PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND NAME IN THE COMMENTS BOX ON THIS POST so that if you win, I'll be able to contact you.

I need to get a minimum of 200 followers to do this giveaway, so as of 30/7/11, that's 195 more! I set myself high standards, eh!? :)
All people who follow my blog already will be entered into the draw. If more than 200 people leave their info, then no problem, you'll still ALL be entered into my competition.

I'll announce the winner on September 1st, and you're welcome to enter, wherever you're from.

Good luck everyone! :)

Hannah

The one that started it all!

Ok, people.

Here's my first EVER bottle of OPI!

It's We'll Always Have Paris!

I love this colour. I bought it around Christmas time 2009, and I can't believe it's been that long already!

It's a beautiful Maroon creme finish polish, no shimmer or anything in here, and it's perfect in two coats.

I think it's the perfect Vampy Winter shade, I am a big big fan of Vampies, reds in particular, and this one is an incredibly elegant shade. I may be alone in thinking this, but I reckon this shade is fairly unique- it's so creamy and the pigmentation is very dense in this one, unlike other Vampies such as All A-Bordeaux The Sled (also in my stash) which seems to be a bit jellier and less dense, as well as being a much browner red.

WAHP is from OPI's French collection, which I think, colour wise, is a very sophisticated and unusual collection in general, and includes stunning and pretty unique shades such as Parlez-Vous OPI?, Crepes Suzi-ette, and the best-seller, You Don't Know Jacques.

Which was your first OPI polish and why? :)

Very sad day for the UK.... :(

Good morning, everyone!

So, I put in a call to Selfridges, London this morning, as I want to get my paws on some new OPI shades!

I spoke to the Sales Rep for OPI, and, woe betide...

....Selfridges will NOT be getting the Nice Stems OR Miss Universe Collections!

Nooo!

Next for them are Touring America, and The Muppets, apparently.... :(

If you wanna pick up Nice Stems right now, head to Lena White, and I hope Miss Universe will be showing up there in due course too!