A Few Shades from OPI Germany Collection

I've been gently buying a few of these here and there when I can get them with a good deal. I've bought 6 colors from the collection so far and haven't paid much more than $3.50 a piece for them. Overall, I really liked the collection. The ones I will show you today are Don't Talk Bach To Me,  Deutsch You Want Me Baby, and Nein! Nein! OK Fine! The other three I bought were  My Very First Knockwurst, Schnapps Out of It!, and Danke-shiny Red. I'm hoping I'll pick up Every Month Is Oktoberfest and German-icure eventually! Maybe Berlin There, Done That... Then I'm done. (That's what we all say and then we buy them all).

My husband is German so I find some of the names hilarious. The first one I will show you is Don't Talk Bach To Me. Pretty much spotted in the collection as the ugly color. Yes it's ugly in the bottle but on the nail not to bad. It's a sort of yellowish-green with a silver micro-shimmer. I used two coats.

The color kind of reminds me of the fruit die Quitte which I think is Quince in English. It has the same sort of color to it. We use the jam to make our Christmas Bratapfeln (baked apples).

Quince Fruit

The next color I'll show you is called Deutsch You Want Me Baby. It's a rusty fall orange that is packed full of metallic shimmer. It looked like it was glowing when I had it on. This was definitely a surprise favorite for me! I used two coats.

 

The last one is Nein! Nein! OK Fine! Which is a dark slate gray, which leans a little green. I used two coats. My photos on this were less than spectacular but I still wanted to share.

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Catrice - Don't Feed The Birds with China Glaze - Lightning Bolt

I bought this back in the spring when Catrice was switching out the stock. So this color is now discontinued. Don't Feed The Birds is a sheer yellow shimmer which needed four coats. It did dry nicely for the amount of coats. It's a very pretty yellow so I'm glad I got it before it was gone.

The next day I slapped a coat of China Glaze Crackle Glaze in Lightning Bolt. I liked the color combination a lot. Application of the Crackle Glaze was pretty good. I tried to put it on thick for nicer crack.

Glossy shot...

Close up shot...

China Glaze - Starboard and Lighthouse

Starboard and Lighthouse are polishes recently released in the  China Glaze spring collection called Anchor's Away.

Starboard is a medium green creme. I used three coats when applying this. Didn't have any problems with the application. It's a nice green, but it really didn't wow me.

Lighthouse is a very sunny yellow that contains bits of flecked golden yellow glitter. One of my favorites of the collection. It's very sheer and at three coats you can see my nail line especially in the sun. I'm okay with the sheerness and it allows it to also be a great layering polish.

As I said before, I wasn't that wowed by Starboard when I had it on. So very soon after I added a coat of Lighthouse. I showed this look before when I put a post up for my Superbowl nails.

Woohoo! Packers Won The Super Bowl!!

I typically don't watch American Football as I only understand about half the rules. I did grow up in Wisconsin and therefore I'm a Green Bay Packers fan. Basically I'm always excited when they win but for the most part I don't watch the games. Since I've been visiting my family in Wisconsin this last month I've also been able to watch the Super Bowl and the two games before that with them. I must say I really got into the games and thus I made sure to create some green and gold nails for the game on Sunday.

Saturday night I painted my nails with China Glaze Starboard and then Sunday afternoon I added one coat of  China Glaze Lighthouse. I think it's a really pretty combination.

Have you ever painted your nails to reflect your favorite sports team?

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OPI Shrek Part II

Recently I wore the last two polishes I had left from the OPI Shrek Collection. They are both green based colors and are called Who the Shrek Are You? and Fiercely Fiona

First, I will show you Who the Shrek Are You? It's a very vibrant lime green creme. I personally needed three coats because like some of the other recent OPI I've bought the brush was very streaky and I was having a very hard time not missing spots on the sides.

Lastly I have Fiercely Fiona. It's a yellow-green creme that I needed three coats like above and along with the same brush problems. It's a pretty unique color but I personally hated the look on my nails and was ready to take it off by midday.


I do not know why I had so many problems with OPI's prowide brush with four of the six polishes in this collection. They kinda seemed more scraggly at the ends compared to my other OPI polishes maybe that was why I was having such poor application?