Coral Comparison featuring OPI, Essence, P2 & Catrice

Hi guys! After swatching Catrice's I Scream Peach! the other day, I really felt like doing a comparison! I picked out four colors to compare: Essence - What do U think?, Catrice - I Scream Peach!, P2 - Flamboyant and OPI - Shootout at the O.K. Coral. As you can see, these are somewhat similar in the bottle.

On the nail, they are quite different, well two of them are. What do U think and I Scream Peach! are almost identical, I think the latter is a teeny tiny bit darker. Like I mentioned, these are really close dupes of Chanel's Orange Fizz!
The formula of these are really similar too, they're both cremes and they both need 3 coats. The one by Essence is more smooth when it comes to application.

P2 Flamboyant is darker and more vibrant, a bolder color. The finish of this one is kinda where a creme and a jelly meet. It took me 4 coats to get rid of the evil VNL, but other than that, application was perfectly fine.

OPI's Shootout at the O.K. is really different from the others, it is slightly duochrome, alternating between orange and pink. The formula of this one is really good, still needing 3 coats, but applies like a dream.

I think coral is a difficult color though, I love how summer-y it looks, but I do think colors like these tend to look better on someone with a tan, and obviously I don't have one haha. Will you be wearing coral this summer?

Thanks for reading and see you next time!
- Michèle

It Was Elementary, Dear Watson

Today's manicure was inspired by two things, one being a handwritten note on a co-worker's wall from her kid, and the other being the 3 years I spent as a software artist at a children's educational publisher, and all the manuscript writing pages I had to work on. :-D Oh, the memories.... David, Joe, Jordan, Jennifer Neumann *giggle*, Ginger, Dave, and Boz, I miss you guys!!!! :-D Hope all is well at the 'Zone, my friends. :-)



I used American Apparel Cotton as a base, Orly Snowcone for the blue lines, ORLY Pink Chocolate for the pink line, and American Apparel Hassid for the black letters. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Fun fact about me: I won the Penmanship award in Mrs. Wolthuis' 5th grade class (I think it was 5th, maybe 3rd? I had her twice) :-D Now I have a signature that would make a doctor weep. :-D

Two more things for the ole' SZ buddies...

To David... Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute.

To any other artist.... Did you try making it purple? Drop shadow?

Plum Play With Me!

Nog een Catrice uit de nieuwe collectie waarvan je er een aantal kunt winnen bij mijn giveaway. Deze moest ook weer behoorlijk verdunt worden maar verdorie wat ben ik gek op die platte, korte Catrice kwastjes! Ze maken het zo makkelijk om de lak onder controle te houden.

Another Catrice polish from the new collection that you can win some polishes from in my giveaway. This one needed to be thinned considerably too but dang I looooove that flat, short Catrice brush! It makes it so easy to control where the polish goes. 

Plum Play With Me is qua kleur niet echt speciaal maar ik houd wel van een goede paars en ik heb geen exacte dupes in mijn collectie dus ik ben er erg blij mee! In het echt is deze een beetje roder maar helaas pakt deze camera paars niet echt goed op.

Plum Play With Me is not really all that special colour-wise but I love a good purple and I have no exact dupes in my collection so I'm glad I got it! It is a little more red irl but unfortunately this camera won't pick up purples that well.

Holo + Painting

Here are my holo + painting nails.I can not say that it turned out great, but i still decided to post it .Holos are so tricky they are really gorgeous on the sun, but inside i just get super bored of it. This particular holo polish is China Glazee.