Hello lovelies,

It's very exciting day for me because right now I'm travelling to London for the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards! I'll be joined by Alice (One Nail To Rule Them All) and Sammy (The Nailasaurus). I can't wait to see the girls again, I'm sure we'll have a blast! Have fingers crossed for us, it would be so awesome if a nail blog would win the Best Established Beauty Blog category.

Back to the nails though...

I've been asked to do some Halloween themed nails with SpaRitual polishes and fingers crossed, they might get featured in their brochure :) So what have I done?

I have created the same base for all nails using SpaRitual Solaris and then I've painted a yellow circle with Positive Vibe. Then I've painted a different Halloween designs in black on each nail. You could do this with polish or with acrylic paint. I've used Nsi Prism Paints in Deep Secrets.

Here's also a picture tutorial for one of the designs ;)

I really love how the nails came out and that each looks so different! They are probably the best Halloween nails I've done to date...what do you think?

SpaRitual polishes are available at Sparitual UK and Sparitual US and at Feelunique.com

So wish me and the girls luck, I'm logging off and I can't wait to be in London and at the party with some drink in my hand! Lucie x

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Hello lovelies,

I haven't shown you any swatches of the OPI Coca-Colla collection so here they finally are! Unfortunately couple of bottles broke in transit so I've decided to do 'my picks' post instead and I'll show you six of my favourites from this collection.

You’re So Vain-illa - light vanilla-beige creme. This was an easy pick because You’re So Vain-illa is perfect base for any vintage-style nail art. I've applied two thicker coats for full coverage. It applied easily and dried fast. I've already used You’re So Vain-illa in nail art, you can see it here.

Sorry I’m Fizzy Today - muted coral creme. I like this shade because the classic pink coral colour don't suit me very much. But this one is not as bright. The formula is a bit sheerer, I needed three coats for full opacity. Otherwise it applied well and dried fast.

Coca-Cola Red - bright tomato red creme. Oh what a stunning shade of red! It's timeless and super glossy and very well pigmented. I've applied two thin coats for good coverage. It dried fast and smooth.

Get Cherried Away -  medium purple creme. It's a gorgeous purple but it's much warmer than my pictures show. It applied nicely and two coats were fully opaque.

My Signature Is “DC” - metallic silver. I couldn't leave out this beauty, could I? I was a bit afraid it will be streaky or patchy but I was very pleasantly surprised. It applied very easily and without any streaks. Two regular coats were fully opaque and it dried fast. Perfect!

Today I Accomplished Zero - black jelly base with red glitter. This one is that classic goth-y shade great for Halloween. It's a bit on the sheer side, I needed two thick coats for full coverage. It dried fast but gritty so I needed a thicker topcoat.

So those are my top picks from the OPI Coca Cola collection. I hope you enjoyed my swatches :)

OPI polishes are available at your usual outlets, at Amazon.com (US) and for UK at The Nail & Beauty Link (UK, just register to shop), opiuk.com (UK), Feelunique (UK).

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

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