OPI White Gold Top Coat

Purchase

Hello and happy Tuesday! Did any of you L.A. readers feel the earthquake yesterday? It was a pretty substantial one. I was actually in the shower when it happened and my shower door was rattling pretty badly. It was fine though and pretty short, though it did make for an interesting morning on Facebook and Twitter.

So I know today is St. Patrick's Day but I do not have a green manicure for you. Nope, I am busting out something that has been in my drafts for a little while now. It's OPI White Gold Top Coat. This came out last winter as part of the Mariah Carey Holiday collection (I think). I wasn't initially interested in this but I found it after Christmas on clearance at Ulta so I said why not.

OPI White Gold Top Coat is a...white gold top coat. Haha. It has white gold flakes and is basically the silver version of last year's Man with the Golden Gun, also from OPI.  I wore it here over MAC Grey Friday, a gunmetal grey. I found the flake payoff to be pretty good though I did have to do a little bit of dabbing to get the gold where I wanted it to go. It wasn't too fiddly though and I used about 1.5 coats here.

This is a fun polish to have in my collection though I am really glad that I bought it on sale. What do you guys think of the gold flake trend? Love or leave it? Let me know in the comments below. Have a lovely week!

Essie On A Silver Platter

Happy hump day! I am so glad that it's already halfway through the week. Going back to work after a long vacation is always hard and it always takes me some time to adjust. Today I have a polish from the Essie Encrusted Treasures collection. On A Silver Platter is a gold shimmer with blue hex glitter. This was a gift from the lovely Pamper with Poilish.  The Encrusted Treasures collection was a mixed bag for me but On A Silver Platter was one that I was really excited about.  Two coats shown below.

I really liked this one. I wish the gold wasn't quite so opaque so that the blue glitter showed through more but I still really liked it. This is supposed to be a textured polish I think but it wasn't that textured and seemed like a regular glitter to me. Not sure if I didn't do thick enough layers or if the texture is just really subtle.  

On A Silver Platter really comes alive in the sun. You can see above the gold shimmer is crazy shiny and reflective.  This is a very fun polish that I think is great for the holidays.

Thanks, Mila, for this polish. <3 Have a good week, everyone!

OPI My Current Crush

Hi, everyone. This week seems to be going by quickly which I am digging. I spent a good chunk of time today looking through the internet for Halloween Costume ideas. I love, love Halloween but I am the laziest person when it comes to costumes. I have some ideas but we'll see if I can get it together in order to have something ready in time.

But today I have a fun polish from OPI that I think is part of their holiday collection. This is My Current Crush and I found this one a couple of weeks ago at my local beauty supply store. It was available in a two pack with top coat but they also just had individual bottles, which is what I picked up.

My Current Crush is a liquid sand polish and is meant to be worn without top coat. It's a really nice red toned plum shade that is full of fine silver glitter. This is a little different than some of the other textured polishes that I have because the glitter is so even and fine. As you can see, the texture is very even.

Pigmentation was good on this one and I only needed 2 coats to get opaque coverage. I usually like my textured polishes to be pretty bling-y but I liked this one. It was a subtle look. And I am always a sucker for these kinds of purples.

What do you guys think? Are you over the textured polish trend?