opi tapestry (designer series 29)

i am showing one of the older opi designer series polishes, tapestry.

i had a soft spot for opi's designer series, since back in the days there was not that many holos.

tapestry is a soft shade with a colour that is hard to explain (well, for me, reds are problematic). it's mostly a red shade, with a lot of pink and even orangey undertones. formula is really nice.

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picture polish unicorn (collaboration shade by brit nails)

one of my favorite picture polish purchases is a collaboration shade, unicorn.

this shade is made in collaboration with the blog brit nails. it is a really interesting polish, the base colour is a soft, blue leaning turquoise, enriched with pink and silver glitter.

there is a slight bumpiness because of the chunky glitter, but it is not overwhelming and it is actually interesting. the first layer is a bit sheer, but it builds up nicely with the second.

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dior metropolis (cosmopolite)

 my only pick from dior's 2016 fall collection, cosmopolite, is metropolis.

my first instinct was to ignore the entire collection, but metropolis was really screaming my name. pictures are slightly darker than what it looks like in real life, but it is definitely darker than the promo image. i never knew that there will ever be a polish that's at the same time green and grey, but, to my joy, dior made it!

the formula is flawless and the polish just so gorgeous.  it might look like a simple shade, but it is so deep and pretty.  it definitely has my recommendation.

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a england cathy (to emily bronte)

it's been a while since i wrote about a england polishes, so i'm going for cathy from to emily bronte collection. i've already shown let me in and wuthering heights.

i am seriously in love with cathy. the shade is so pretty, so unique. it is a pale, unusual grey with a hint of lillac, combined with subtle holo effect with some iridescent blue shimmer that makes it stand out even more.

formula is slightly thicker than you would expect, but nice and creamy nevertheless.

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china glaze bizzare blurple (wicked)

bizarre blurple is a china glaze gem from their wicked collection for halloween 2012. i already showed cast a spell, one of my favourite polishes.

i love both purple and blue polishes, but i just might love blurples the most. this one is leaning more towards blue than purple. from the bottle, it would seem that it is a duochrome or a metallic polish, but in fact it is just highly saturated shimmer, but pretty nevertheless.

it is well pigmented with no particular formula difficulties.

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opi warm me up (mariah carey holiday)

after baby, please come home, i am showing another polish from opi's mariah carey holiday collection from back in 2013, and that is warm me up.

warm me up is described as a " deep brown/ black with a gold shimmer throughout." i am not really a brown person, but i love this one. the shade is this amazing chocolate hue with a perfect amount of fine silver glimmer that gives it a frost-like finish. this microshimmer can come alive as green and bronze in the sun.

formula is also perfect, a typical two-coater.

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ysl rouge pop art (1)

it seems that lately i'm publishing only dark polishes, and i felt like i need something more lively. what better choice than ysl rouge pop art, the first one in their core collection.

i am not a red nail polish hoarder, but from time to time i get the urge to wear red on my nails. and rouge pop art always manages to cheer me up. i believe that it is a red with a perfect balance of orange and blue undertones.

it is a borderline crelly. although the coverage is good, if you have longer and more pigmented nails, the tips will be visible. i don't mind it  though, for some reason it feels even more cute and fresh. it s well formulated, as usual.

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chanel graphite (illusions d'ombres)

after showing quartz and peridot from chanel's illusions d'ombres collection for autumn 2011, it is about time to show the third one, graphite.

graphite is a dark silver, but this is quite an oversimplification of its colour. it is a metallic, foily polish that looks a bit textured, while being perfectly smooth.

this unusual finish gives it more depth, so in shade it becomes more pewter-y, even greenish. formula is amazing, so much that even the chanel brush is not annoying me.

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picture polish gala (opulence)

picture polish gala was released in spring 2016 and added to the opulence collection that already had glitch and subsequently added chameleon.

gala is a gorgeous, prerfect purple shade. it is decribed as a dusky violet scatter holo, but to be honest, i don't see the dusk part. i love the holo flecks, it is one of my favourite finishes.

it has a solid formula and two coats are enough for perfect opacity.

new in and empties: 2021

 well, well, well... it took me a while to do this post because i had to triple check, but here we are: i bought a total of 0 polishes this year. 0. this was not planned, just pandemic doing its thing and time just passed. i was by no means on a no buy, but it happend. 

on the other hand, i finished up 8 bottles: