NOTD: OPI, French Quarter For Your Thoughts

Hey everyone!

Some of you may have noticed I have been a bit MIA this month. This is partly because I have had so many exams and deadlines and also because I have been away for the past week or so and I just got back today. I will be back on the blog from today so you can expect a lot more posts from me from now on!

Anyway, I have just painted my nails French Quarter For Your Thoughts by OPI. This polish is a pale grey and is part of the touring America collection, which is still available in John Lewis.



French Quarter For Your Thoughts - OPI

Before this, I spent 20 minutes taking off Razzle Dazzle by Deborah Lippmann, which is such a pretty polish, but a nightmare to take off! Then I applied an OPI base coat, two coats of the polish and then a coat of the OPI top coat.

French Quarter For Your Thoughts

I really like the colour of this polish; anything neutral is great for this time of year! I've never worn this polish before, so I'm not sure about how long it will last before it chips, but if it's anything like the other OPI polishes I have, I don't think I'll be disappointed.

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Let me know what you think of the polish in the comments below? Hope you all had a fab Christmas!
Celeste xoxo

OPI - Haul & My Thoughts!

I only bought three polushes from OPI this time, as I knew I'd be forking out for the MAC Glitter and Ice collection (I have a haul and review coming up soon). One of the polishes is a repurchase - my all time favourite top coat - which I think is a staple. I would much rather invest in a good quality top coat that stops my nail polish from chipping and makes it last longer than buy a cheap and cheerful one which means I have to repaint my nails everyday!

OPI Top Coat

The second thing I bought, I haven't tried before. I decided to get the base coat because I don't always like those pale pink base coats as it doen't always look good under coloured polish. This base coat has a rosy hue to it but is almost clear, which is what  I wanted.

OPI Base Coat

The last thing I bought was Warm & Fozzie from the Muppets collection. I did want Rainbow Connection as well, but they were sold out! This is a golden-broze colour with a metallic finish which has a little bit of glitter in it. This is by far my favourite colour from the Muppets collection and I will be wearing it all winter!

OPI Warm & Fozzie - Muppets Collection

 I am so happy with what I bought, and I'll definitely be getting a lot of wear out of these over the coming months - swatches and NOTD with Warm & Fozzie will be coming up soon! Thanks for reading everyone, leave comments below - I'd love to see all your blogs :) xx

Nail Of The Day: OPI - You Don't Know Jaques

This is my first NOTD and I am starting with one of my favourite autumn nail colours: You Don't Know Jaques by OPI.

This is a satin finish nail polish and is a taupe brownish colour with a bit of purple as an undertone. It only needs 2 coats of polish to get a good colour and then finish it with a top coat to give an even glossier finish. MY personal favourite top coat is the OPI top coat.



Nails after 3 days of wear.

I have found that with a good layer of top coat, this polish has great staying power. I've kept this colour on for 3 days and I still haven't had any chipping, which is good; I really can't be bothered to repaint my nails and let them dry every single day! If you paint thin coats, they will be dry to do another coat by the time you've done your other hand, so drying time is quite good too. I find it's best to leave the second coat for 10 minutes for it to get really hard before painting the top coat as that will ensure it doesn't dent or get marks on it and ruin the perfect finish.

I love dark browns and greens for autumn - leafy colours are my favourite, whereas in the summer, it's all about the pale pinks!

This nail polish retails at £10.50 and you can get it here, at John Lewis or at the new OPI store in Westfield, West London, which is called ColourCopia.

What's your favourite autumn nail colour? Let me know in the comments below? :)