Nice Stems! OPI Preview

Summer Pinks in Bloom!

Nice Stems! by OPI Revamps Nails with 

Vibrant Pink Hues for Summer 2011

Stop and see the flowers with summer’s Nice Stems! by OPI, a limited edition collection featuring four new nail lacquers in stunning shades of pink. With whimsical names based on their floral inspirations, these vibrant, flirty colors range from pale, frosty pink to rich fuchsia. Nice Stems! offers fingers and toes a perfectly pink shade for all of summer’s looks.

“These vibrant, feminine hues complement 60’s ladylike fashions, 70’s glam looks, and bold color-blocking, which are the season’s staples,” says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “The Nice Stems! collection also offers an interesting contrast and feminine accent to the punk and biker looks on the runways.”

Nice Stems! by OPI shades include:

Play the Peonies

We’d put our money on this lovely soft-pink.

Come to Poppy

Surrender to shine with this shimmering coral-pink.

Be a Dahlia Won’t You?

Give the gift of fabulous fuchsia—to yourself!

I Lily Love You

Fall head over heels with this light pink sparkle.

“Using different micas and glitters can give lacquer a 3-dimensional look,” adds Weiss-Fischmann. “I Lily Love You is a glitter coat that can be layered over any of the other three shades to add a bright sparkle; or, it can be worn on its own for a subtle tint of pink with strands of glitter.”

The Nice Stems! Nail Lacquers by OPI contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

This limited edition Nice Stems! collection will be available beginning June 2011 at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer.

For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan!

The Most Adorable Image Plates! Ever!

While browsing around I just found a brand of image plates I haven't heard of before. It's quite possible this is old news to all of you because I haven't really been keeping up with reading blogs but I wanted to show them to you anyway.

Apparently, Shirley, from Dashica Beauty has created her own image plates for stamping and she did so brilliantly! One thing that always bugged me with Konad is that they don't have mirror images so you can make your left and right hand the same. Shirley's plates do!

I'm borrowing these images from her site but it's free advertising so I hope she is OK with it. I'll contacted her about it and if she doesn't want me to I'll remove these.

Love the full-nail design and the fairies!

I think I need this Hello Kitty. Too cute!

Calimero! I don't know if this means anything to my international readers but there isn't one kid in the Netherlands (over 25 lol) who didn't grow up with Calimero on TV.

I really like the full-nail designs on this plate but the star is most definitely Piglet! Or maybe the little doggy with the star ball.

More Piglet!

And where would Piglet be without his good friend Pooh Bear?

More full-nail designs. I love the one on the right!

Well, I could go on and on but you get the idea. ;)

Apparently these plates are larger than the Konad or Bundle Monster plates so the full-nail designs should actually really fit your thumbs without double stamping. I haven't tried these yet but I do plan on getting some (and some Bundle Monster plates) when my tax return comes in. If any of you know these plates and have more info please let us know!



To purchase these plates, check out this blog and the accompanying webshop. The plates cost €3,75 ($5,32). I don't know if she ships internationally but considering she also blogs in English I'm guessing it should be possible.

Edit: I checked with Shirley and she does ship internationally! For shipping rates you can contact her at her blog or through her shop.

This trumps your Double Rainbow

Good morning guys!! Haha I'm back, lol. I really do have the best hubby and I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to respond to all your guys comments yesterday, but him and I both declared yesterday, movie day no computers allowed, and it was a blast. He actually got the post ready the night before, while we were all celebrating, because I knew there was no way I was waking up to do it, and I couldn't fully compose a descent sentence. I asked him to and with no hesitation he did it, and I just watched and giggled. Here is a pic of him and our very sweet friend, Sandy, helping him out :) Since I took the pic, it's a tad blurry, because keeping still, was just not happening.

We both sat and read all of your sweet words on his post, and loved every single one of them. It was a very proud moment for him :)  I'm thrilled you guys were okay with it, because I actually tried to get him to post something else, because I didn't want you guys to think different of me, for being a tad to intoxicated, eeek.

Let's get to the mani. I started with a base of China Glaze Liquid Leather. I just got this and wanted to try it out. It is a great polish, but I still prefer my Sinful Black on Black.

Then using a pair of the craft scissors, did a more uniformed version of the Shredded Mani, and used Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal. I have quit a few pics, so I could try and show you guys all the colors she is capable of showing.

Hope you guys all had a great weekend!!

Congratulations!

Thanks to all of you who have actively participated in I-Nail-It's first auction!
Congratulations to Kaikai Pang for winning the auction at $48. She stands to win the following: (Worth $80!!)

1. OPI Unripened (Promotional item! Not available for sale outside and can't be found anywhere!! )

2. OPI Extra-va-vanza from Burlesque's Collection (Discontinued!!)
3. A complimentary express manicure & flower series nail art with I-Nail-It

Those who didn't get the bid, don't fret. I-Nail-It will be organising more auctions soon so stay tuned to grab great deals! (:

Zoya Intimates

HI this is Jack, Erikas husband, she has had too much to drink. We are celebrating Saint Patrick's Day late and she has asked me to write her morning post.  Here are the swatches for Zoya's Intimate collection. 

Caitlin, this is two coats.

This is Dannii two coats.

Dove

Gemma

Jules

Marley

I hope you guys approve of my post for Erika. She is very concerned about whether or not I am capable of writing for her.

For being a virgin, what do you think of my first attempt?

Unicorn Pee is finally mine :P

So I know most of you have seen this many times before, but how could I not post pics? First let me tell you what my a$$ hole husband did to me. So I got home from work, and ran right into the kitchen to open my package, because I knew it was my Clarins 230. So I rip open the envelope, then the little box it was in, and then start to unwrap the bubble wrap. My heart stopped, when I unwrapped a blue glitter pumpkin polish?!!? I have never been so mad, that I said a very non feminine word, and stormed into the living room, so I could email the seller and start my bitching. I mean I did not pay $60 for a $1.99 pumkin polish, that I already own damn it. So as I grab my computer, my husband hands me a bottle of.......CLARINS 230! That ass, excuse my language, but he was, had somehow opened the package, box and then bubble wrap, removed the 230 and put in my pumpkin polish, and put it all back together! I couldn't even tell he had done it!! Him and my daughter thought it was the funniest thing in the world....well, it wasn't!

Okay onto the rainbow in a bottle. Oh and the heading says Unicorn Pee, because that is what it is called over on makeupalley.com :P

I first did a coat of Illamasqua Baptiste

Then I did a coat of 230. Hope you don't mind all the pics, I couldn't just choose a few, and there are so many colors in this polish!

This polish is pure awesome and worth every penny *sigh*

Bow & Polka Dot Duo

Mummy got bored with her black shatter-ed toes and wanted me to re-do them. This time, she didn't request for any particular design, but gave me the discretion to do anything I wanted. She didn't look at it either, till the entire pedi was done.

She has had her fair share of floral designs, and I decided to try something different. I've always wanted to try drawing a bow, and this time I finally had the chance to! Chose a darker tone of pink as the base (I didn't use OPI this time round. It was a colour from TheFaceShop) and used white acrylic paint for the bow with black acrylic paint for enhancements and details. Added polka dots as well as "accompaniment" for the lonely bow. (: To end it perfectly, I topped it up with a big rhinestone in the middle of the bow.

I really really loved the end result. In fact, it turned out better than how I expected it to be. Looks really cute and retro. Reminds me of the 80's retro era with polka dot dresses and big bow hairbands. (: What do you think? Share with me your thoughts. (:

HERE COMES SPRING

Leopard Love & helping others :P

I just wanted to show you guys, in case you don't follow me on Twitter, the new polish on Forever 21's site. I instantly fell in love and grabbed these 4. I really cannot resist anything leopard :P They had a total of 10 colors. Here are the 4 I grabbed, plus 100% of every dollar spent on their site today will go toward the earthquake & tsunami relief efforts in Japan, so what a great way to help out!

AUCTION BEGINS!

I-Nail-It's auction has begun on our facebook fan page! Ends this Sunday 11pm. Start bidding now!

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