Showing posts with label OPI Femme De Cirque. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OPI Femme De Cirque. Show all posts

Monday, 13 June 2011

OPI Femme De Cirque Collection - Part 2 Individual Swatches

Now on to individual reviews for each shade from OPI Femme De Cirque, I'm starting from the Sheerest to the most opaque.

In The Spotlight Pink
indoors
In The Spotlight Pink is the sheerest shade from the collection, it's also the most pink polish from the collection and makes me think of strawberry milkshake. It has a lovely squishy texture and is a perfect base colour for a French Manicure. This was 3 coats.

sunshine
shade
So Many Clowns So Little Time

So Many Clowns So Little Time is less sheer than In The Spotlight Pink, it's a milk cream toned polish, great if you want a less pink base for a french mani. This was 3 coats.


 Step Right Up

Step Right Up is the most opaque polish from the collection, cream toned with a hint of pink. This was 3 coats.


Step Right Up with  I Juggle...Men

I Juggle...Men is a gorgeous micro shimmer top coat packed with duochrome sparkly flecks that flash pink purple and blue, this is my standout favourite from the collection, and the only one I bought full size. I'm really looking forward to trying this one out over other shades, as it really does give a gorgeous shimmery finish. The effect is very subtle over the softshade polishes, 


All in all a great collection for neutral shade lovers, alas my nails are far too stained to wear these kinds of shades on their own, although Step Right Up is definitely opaque enough on its own, and they all work very well as a base for french manis, in fact here's a mani I did recently using Step Right Up as a base, you can click the pic if you'd like more info about the mani:

OPI Femme De Cirque Collection - Part 1 Skittle Swatches

Femme De Cirque is a softshades collection released by OPI for Spring/Summer 2011. The collection comprises of 3 sheer nudes and 1 sheer sparkle top coat. First up some Skittle Swatches, so you can see how the colours look side by side:

sunlight
L-R In The Spotlight Pink, Step Right Up, So Many Clowns So Little Time, I Juggle...Men

indoors
L-R In The Spotlight Pink, Step Right Up, So Many Clowns So Little Time, I Juggle...Men

shade
L-R In The Spotlight Pink, Step Right Up, So Many Clowns So Little Time, I Juggle...Men

This is how the 3 sheer polishes look like with 2 coats of I Juggle...Men (sparkle top coat) on top.
indoors
L-R In The Spotlight Pink, Step Right Up, So Many Clowns So Little Time, I Juggle...Men

sunlight
L-R In The Spotlight Pink, Step Right Up, So Many Clowns So Little Time, I Juggle...Men

shade
L-R In The Spotlight Pink, Step Right Up, So Many Clowns So Little Time, I Juggle...Men

Next up, individual swatches and reviews of the polishes from Femme De Cirque.

Monday, 23 May 2011

Wedding Nails Contest Entry - First Toast Manicure

I did this manicure for a Dare to be: Wedding Nails Challenge on Make Up Talk's Nail Talk forum. I wanted this manicure to celebrate the "champagne toast" and as I'd received OPIs Spark de Triomphe today, I simply couldn't resist using this gorgeous glittery polish to achieve the champagne look I was going for with this manicure. So here it is:

First Toast Manicure

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy 1 coat
OPI Step Right Up (From Femme de Cirque Collection) 2 coats
OPI Spark de Triomphe (Serena Williams Collection) for Gradient tips
Konad Special Polish in White and Konad Plate M67
Top Coat: Seche Vite (5 mins after Konading)

Here is the manicure before I added the Konad design:



And now for a few more pics of the finished Manicure:



This is first Konad Manicure I've done for a while, I must say I really missed it, had a lot of fun with this one, hope you enjoy it :D