OPI - Miami Beet & Finger Paints - Twisted

This nail of the day is what I would call a mixture of old and new. Sometimes I think it's fantastic to show off something that is most likely long forgotten now.

Miami Beet from OPI came out way back when in the spring of 2009! Back when I was just leaving for my first trip and long term summer visit to Switzerland.

Here I am wearing it on a weekend getaway to Varazze, Itay in August of 2009...

I used two coats of this lovely magenta color.
 

I really do love this color. Shame I haven't used it since 2009! But I wanted a little something special to top it off. I have the whole set of Finger Paints Flakes, but I've really haven't used them yet. So for my bling I added two coats of Twisted. It has pretty multi-colored iridescent flakes. Mostly blue, yellow, orange, and green.

I think it just looks stunning!

So have you ever rediscovered a nail polish color you used to love but have now mostly forgotten? I challenge you to put that forgotten color back on your nails.

Barry M - Raspberry

Barry M Raspberry is a shiny magenta pink. Pretty color, but I had a terrible time applying it. The brush bristles are really long and not firm. Making it really difficult to round the brush around my cuticles. I was swearing to myself while applying this polish. Even though I cleaned up before taking pictures this manicure still looks really messy. So I apologize. Along with being hard to apply my camera was having a terrible time trying to capture the color. When I was editing a lot of the look red instead of magenta.

Models Own - Turkish Delights & Magenta Divine

Well, I have been MIA for awhile. Obviously, I had some things to keep myself busy. Monday I changed my polish finally. I went with something fall like. I chose Models Own Turkish Delights. I really loved this color and it was an unexpected choice in my Models Own order. It's a very pretty vibrant dark magenta creme. I started with two coats but yesterday after I noticed a patch or two I added another coat.

 

 I didn't want to change my manicure today, so I added one coat of Models Own Magenta Divine. Magenta Divine is a magenta glitter in a clear base.

 

Hailey from lilmissgiggles tagged me in a Random Things About Me. So....

1. I grew up in a village with 2,000 people and graduated from High School with 30 classmates.

2. I went to Australia in 2007. I loved it there.

3. I paused college to move to Zurich. I had three yours finished and still need two more before I can teach elementary school.

4. I'm a picky eating. I don't allow my food to touch either.

5. I have over 300 bottles of nail polish now.

6. We bought tickets to The Cat Empire concert today. They are my favorite band and I learned about them on my trip to Australia.

7. I really miss Diet Coke. They only have Coca Cola Light here and it's really gross.

8. My dream vacation is to go to Moscow and St. Petersberg.

9.  I'm very quiet and shy. It holds me back.

10. Despite that I have a lot of guts. I go out of my way to be gutsy.

International Polish

This is the second post that I have done and I have a feeling since I'm a recent resident of Switzerland for the time being there maybe a few more posts that are similar to this. Today I have two polishes that I have worn and then I have two pictures to tease you with for next time.

First up is a beautiful Magenta with gold shimmer. It's from a company called Manhattan and is based in Germany. I forgot how much I payed for this, but it was around $6-7. I'll have to check next time I'm at a display. It took almost two coats, but I still had bald patches so I added one more. The brush is pretty normal and the cap is unique and surprisingly easy to hold. It doesn't have a name, just a number 64L.
The next color I have is actually from Maybelline but is exclusive to Europe. I can best describe the color as a pewter, dark gray shimmer. I picked it out because it looked unique. I do not plan on buying anymore of the polishes from this collection as it bubbles, the brush stinks, and I hate round caps. The color is nice though. I looked on both the French and German Maybelline websites and I couldn't find this one there anywhere. All I know is that it's numbered 669. It took three coats to be opaque.


It does look really nice with a matte top coat....



Now for the two bottle pictures I have. I plan to wear these the next two days, so check back to see them switched.

This one is from Catrice it is called Pebble Beach. It's a light gray with a blue hint and as you can see from the sticker on the bottle it has a matte finish.


I am going to wear this one during the weekend. It is a lime shimmer that flashes red-orange. I can't wait to try it! It's called Green Green Baby and it is form alessandro.

Zoya Polishes

I have a few Zoya polishes and I like them a lot because they have a wide variety of colors. The bottles are very sleek and classic. While I love the polish when it is on my nails... I hate the formula when I am applying it. Maybe it is just me but I find it to be very thick which makes it hard to do thin coats. The good thing is that once it is on I love it!

Well I have three polishes that I have worn recently.The first one is called Roxy and it is from the Masquerade Collection. It is packed full of glitter and the color is a Magenta Purple.


Next up is Harley a very light gray with a little shimmer to it. It's very pretty and very nice for occasions where you cannot wear outrageous colors. It's from Zoya's Spring 2009 collection called Twist.

The last polish is from the newest collection called Sparkle. I bought all six polishes but this is the only one I have worn so far. It's called Mimi and it royal purple with flecked glitter.