China Glaze - Pelican Gray

Pelican Gray is part of the Anchors Away collection from China Glaze.
It's a relatively neutral light grey with hidden shimmer. From normal viewing distance though, it appears as cream. The shimmer is barely visible. If you're looking at your own finger nails, you can see it. But I doubt anyone looking at your nails from a normal distance can see it.

Formula wise, it's easy to work with, and is opaque in 3 coats. You could probably get by with 2 thick coats, but in the picture above I did 3 thinner coats.

OPI DS - Opulance

This was one of my first OPI purchase and one of my fav. Opulance is from the OPI Designer Series line and it's a pink holo that is opaque in 2 coats. The formula is lovely and easy to apply.

The holo effect looks more like regular shimmer in low light environment (still pretty though).

And another picture with a different angle to show off the holo

OPI - Don't Touch My Tutu

This polish is part of the OPI New York City Ballet collection which consist mostly of soft and sheer colors.
Don't touch my tutu is a sheer slightly off white color. And by sheer I mean really sheer. The formula is very watery, but it applied smoothly.

The picture above is 4 coats, and no top coat. As you can see it's still sheer even after 4 coats.
At one coat, it's nearly invisible on my nail.

I typically hates sheer polish. It seems pointless to me. But this one? somehow I like it.
The white is not stark, it's soft white. That combined with the translucency of it creates an image of clean delicate nails.

Another way to wear this polish is with french or funky french manicure. I found that when I do funky french, a layer of sheer color on top makes the color blends better.

ORLY - Prelude to a Kiss

Orly Prelude to a kiss is a peachy pink polish that is opaque in 2 coats. The formula self level pretty well and I found the application to be easy.
It's a pretty, feminine and soft color that I think would look lovely on pale skin.

On my NC20-ish yellow toned skin, it can look a tiny bit stark in low light situation. But in daylight, it's lovely.

NOTD - OPI Suzi Takes The Wheel

This is OPI - Suzi Takes the Wheel from OPI Touring America collection.
I'd say that this is a green tinged gray. The swatch above is 2 to 3 coats (2 coats on some fingers, 3 on others) so, 2 thicker coats will probably suffice.

The formula and wear time is good, I've had this on for a week and only getting very minor tip wear.

OPI - Rally Pretty Pink

This color is gorgeous! I kept staring at my finger when wearing this.
I'd say that the gold shimmer is what stands out the most once on the nails. But the pinky base complements it nicely. Such a lovely combination.

The above swatch is 3 thin coats with OPI natural nail base coat and Seche Vite top coat.
The wear time is approximately a week on me.

NOTW - Purple Sparkle + Fantasea

Another layering experiment. This one is Nubar Purple Sparkle + Orly Fantasea.
The actual result on the nail is more neon and less bumpy than this pic.

NOTW - Tokaido Express + Ruby Pump

This is 1 layer of NARS Tokaido express with 1 layer of China Glaze Ruby Pump layered on top of it. (click on the pic to enlarge it)
Isn't it just lovely? I really really like this combination!
(and sorry for the crappy nails, as usuall this is taken a few days after the initial application)

NOTW - Zoya Shivon

Zoya Shivon, described by Zoya as A dark rose gold with hints of purple and bronze and strong gold duochrome shimmer. To me it looks like deep rose pink with bronze shimmer.
This swatch is 2 coats with Seche Vite top coat.
Photo is taken outside in bright sunlight.

NOTW - Dorothy Who?

one of my fav polish ever.
I put it on friday night, and this pic is taken on sunday afternoon.
This is 3 coats with OPI natural nail base coat and Seche Vite top coat.