ALT - OPI Brights 2009

[This is a half finished post from my last site]

OPI's Brights Collection for 2009 was absolutely fitting for the summer. Although summer does not offcially end until September 23, I think part of it has already died when school starts tomorrow.


I really like the blue (No Room For the Blues), pink (Shorts Story), and orange (In My Back Pocket) in this collection.

When I was at Walmart, Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear nail polishes reminded me of these colours so much that I thought they'd make good alternatives to the original OPIs.



Power Pink: shimmer mid-pink with flash.
Can be worn up to 6 days with only minor tip wear (no base or topcoat).
Two coats.

(shade)


(sun)


Blue Me Away: sky blue creme.
My favorite. I've been into a lot of blues this summer.
Two coats.

(shade)


(sun)


Sunkissed: pumpkin orange creme.
Darker than I expected. Three coats for total opacity.

(shade)


(sun)

What impresses me most about these Xtreme Wear polishes are the range of colours available and the different finishes. It used to be so hard finding a good creme polish.

ANNOUNCEMENT - Spotted: Rimmel, Sally Hansen, Revlon

Rimmel products are 25% off at London Drugs so use the opportunity to pick up some new shades from Rimmel's 60 seconds line:
Grey Matter (London exclusive shade)

Portobello Pink (which reminded me of a lighter version of Pink Punk from their Lycra Wear 10 Line, now discontinued)
Silver Bullet (London exclusive shade)
-a lilac colour with flash that I forgot the name to -.-

They all have a new brush design: the "Xpress Brush". I do not know what's with the dense brush designs these days (like Sally Hansen Insta-Dri)... Not really a fan. I bought Grey Matter just because I study brains and thought it would be fitting, hah!



[actual swatches of 60 Seconds coming in the near future!]

Sally Hansen Limited Edition Xtreme Wear Polishes
I just read about these on Noveaucheap's site today. Usually the release dates of polishes are so screwy between Canada and the States so I was surprised to see these in store.
First impression? Blehhhh really. The hologlitter in these just looked out of place.

Revlon
They have their Christmasy display out already. I'm not joking.
On the flipside, I just got my hands on Jaded and I can't wait to test it out :)