OPI Congeniality is My Middle Name, Swatch and Review,

 A friend of mine gifted me a whole bunch of random OPI's years ago and I'm still getting around to swatching them.

This beauty is Congeniality is My Middle Name from the Miss Universe 2011 Collection.

Anne xo

OPI Congeniality Is My Middle Name

Happy Valentines Day Dolls!

 

I hope you are enjoying your day with someone you love!

 

I'm wearing OPI Congeniality Is My Middle Name, which is a stunning berry jelly with lovely pink glass flakes and shimmer. 

 

I just couldn't capture the awesomeness that is this polish!  I'm so glad I picked it up, I don't normally lean to colors like this, but it was love at first swipe!

 



Twinsie Tuesday, Vintage Mani

Hello hello!

 

I love the theme for this weeks Twinsie Tuesday post: A Vintage Mani.  I love vintage ANYTHING!  

 

I Googled 'vintage nail polish' and came across this super cute design:
 

 

 

Who knew that a half moon mani was vintage?  Not this girl anyway.

Here is my take on this cute nail style.  I think my squared tips makes it look more modern, but I wasn't willing to taper them!!

 

 

I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls for the base coat.  I taped off the half moon using a circle sticker and taped off the tips with some washi tape (washi tape is so perfect to work with because it's not as sticky as scotch tape)  I painted the middle with a coat of Berry by Barry M.  I love this pretty lilac-pink.

Be sure to take a peek at my Twinsie's vintage mani's too!
 

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jamie at Polish, Please!

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

Barry M, Berry

Thanks again to the lovely Nory for sending me my first Barry M polish!  Eeeeee, so excited.  I wore this for a week straight, I couldn't bare to take it off.  I feel like this purple toned pink was the perfect match for my skin tone. 

It's a cream that glides on so smooth like butter!  2 easy coats, and it was shiny enough without a top coat. 

And a few days into this mani I added Finger Paints Motley on top.  This flakey is absolute heaven to look at!





Zoya Dita

I got the coolest nail package in the mail from Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails!  She is such a sweetheart and I'm so glad I met her through the nail blog community!  Friends being made people!!  She sent me my first Zoya polish ever.  Dita.  A lovely rich berry color, that my camera would just not capture.  But here are some pics anyway.

My camera picked the color up much more red than it actually is.



Under my lamp

Oh man, this polish applied sooooo perfectly!  Opaque in one flawless coat!