OPI Live and Let Die

Today's polish comes to us from the new OPI Skyfall collection, which is based on James Bond. I picked up two so far, and Live and Let Die is the one I'm going to show you today!
Live and Let Die is a dark DARK green with gold specks of shimmer running throughout.

Uh...yeah - bottle shot makes it impossible to see what's going on in there.

Aha, we're getting there. Since today in London it is raining, I didn't get the best pictures. The most colour accurate one I got was taken with a flash, in the dark.

Yeah, that's pretty close! I was hoping the gold would be more prominent, but I like it just the same. Most people are on the fence with this polish as far as I've read. It's definitely unexpected. I think I'd like it more if it was a tad lighter, but it works for me as a vampy dark colour. I may do some nail art with it for my Marianas Trench concert on Monday :)
Anyone else own Live or Let Die? What's the verdict for you?

Erica's Challenge Day 10 - Recreate Your Favourite

Well, here we are! The last day of the challenge :( 
It's bittersweet, because now I can swatch polishes again. However it's nice to participate in a community where we have something in common. Like a decent clip of nail enthusiasts, this hobby has gotten me through some tough times, and because I'm a shy person, I haven't gotten involved like I could have. But this experience has created friends for me, and I'm truly blessed to have met the people involved.
Partly Cloud with a Chance of Lacquer did a braided mani for the favourite season day, and I've been itching to try it ever since. I used A-England St. George on my nails, then did the braided accent of St. George, Princess Sabra and Tristam. I think I actually nailed it!

I love love LOVE these colours together...A-England is so unique! I even think my photos are getting better too! Win-win! I know I've stepped up the game on my clean up - it's still not great but it's getting there.

Day Four - Nerd Lacquer Don't Panic

I love this colour. It's lime green with tiny copper flecks in it! This is the third polish I got from my (so far) only Nerd Lacquer haul!

It's really sheer, and if I can find a good base for it it will conserve it much more. You can already see how much I have used.

It's sparkles like crazy, even though it hasn't been sunny here in a long, long time.

I'm feeling some nail art for tomorrow! Stay tuned!

butter London Wallis

Polish? Finally? Yes - it's true. I finally have a swatch for you. I got 3 butter London's yesterday, and this is the infamous Wallis. It's golden army green wonderness.

I hadn't had many experiences with this brand except for No More Waity Katie, which I hated and swapped immediately. I'm a believer now though. This is three coats.

BAAM - right handed! Which is why it's messier than normal, which isn't much better I'll admit. 

I'm really enjoying this - I also got The Black Knight and Tart with a Heart, and I can't wait to photo them. After this, I put a whole bunch more on my wishlist. I can't justify paying $17 a polish very often.

Cult Nails Always Winning

Hello again! Today I chose to layer Always Winning over Zoya Irene - they actually have the exact same base colour so it worked perfectly!

For the first time I had shrinking issues with my top coat! Must be using too much Poshe I guess...oh well, here it is!



Sorry for the short post - I'm in midterm season!

Orly Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Hola people!

In honour of October being Depression Awareness Month, I'm going to swatch all my green polishes! I don't have that many (I think?) but I'm thinking it will be nice to go through them all.

I just bought this polish on the weekend and I'm loving it! It reminds me of a darker Zoya Ivanka actually. I'm kind of a Zoya fanatic and I'm sure I'll be showing you my lovelies as I go on.

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe is that perfect dark green I'd been looking for! My pictures aren't the greatest - I'm working super hard on them though.