OPI Hawaii 2015 - Is Mai Tai Crooked? & This Color's Making Waves

The Hawaii collection by OPI* will be available from today. They're launching 12 very springlike colors and I had the opportunity to try two of them. Although these two aren't my favorites from the collection (from what I can tell), I swatched them for you. First there is Is Mai Tai Crooked? for which I needed three coats and it still wasn't completely opaque. Apart from the formula I also don't really like this color too much. I didn't use any top coat but the Drip Dry Drops* from OPI which I'm testing at the moment. I do like these so far! The second color is This Color's Making Waves and I like this one much better. That's mainly for the golden/copper glitter inside, which gives the blue a really nice shimmer. I used two coats and although it seems a tiny bit streaky, I like the result. At the moment I'm thinking about getting That's Hula-rious!, the mint color of this collection. Which one is your favorite?

Ab heute gibt es die Hawaii Kollektion von OPI* und ich durfte zwei der zwölf Farben testen. Das ist zum einen Is Mai Tai Crooked? den ich leider nicht so toll finde, weil er nach drei Schichten immer noch nicht komplett deckt. Die Farbe steht mir auch nicht sonderlich gut. Die Bilder sind ohne Top Coat, dafür habe ich die Drip Dry Drops* von OPI benutzt, die ich momentan teste und gerne mag. Zum anderen habe ich This Color's Making Waves zugeschickt bekommen, den ich schon viel besser finde. Ein tolles Blau mit goldenem/kupferfarbenem Glitter und deckend mit zwei Schichten. Leider ein klein wenig streifig im Auftrag, aber ich bin doch recht zufrieden. Ich überlege mir den mintfarbenen That's Hula-rious! zu kaufen. Welcher gefällt euch am besten?

*PR Sample

OPI - Is Mai Tai Crooked?

Get it straight – this fruity orange crème is fabulous!

OPI - This Color's Making Waves

This shimmery, lagoon blue has got heads turning.

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Essie - Chubby Cheeks

It doesn't happen too often that I wear a simple color without any nail art at all, even if I really enjoy plain nails. I have been growing my nails the last few weeks and I might try a bit of a different shape as well. The almond shape is quite difficult to create so I'm not sure I will wear them like this for a long time, but we'll see! I thought a plain pretty color would be the perfect start since I'm not completely used to wearing long nails yet. I chose Essie - Chubby Cheeks, a beautiful red which Essie describes as a creamy bright red-orange sunset. I used two coats and one coat of Essence - BTGN High Gloss on top. 

Essie - Naughty Nautical Collection (Summer 2013)

Today I will show you another one of the 2013 collections from Essie. Essie Switzerland sent me five of  six shades of the Naughty Nautical Collection for this summer and since I think this one is not in stores yet, I decided to swatch these next. The shade missing is a dark turquoise called Naughty Nautical and I'm pretty sure it would have been my favorite! First off, I wouldn't have picked up any of these shades in stores, because they do look quite boring. Seeing them on my nails I changed my mind about some of them. They all have some silver shimmer in it, which is visible on the nails, except for The More The Merrier which is a light green cream color. I used two coats with every color and Essence - BTGN Top Sealer as my top coat. Make sure to click on the images to see the shimmer! The formula was alright for every shade, but they were a bit thin sometimes, so you need to be careful with application or use three coats. The Girls Are Out has a normal formula though. My favorite color is Sunday Funday, a coral-pink with a hint of neon which was quite difficult to photograph. 

Essie - The Girls Are Out

Essie - Full Steam Ahead

Essie - Rock The Boat

Essie - Sunday Funday

Essie - The More The Merrier

H&M - Check Me Out / H&M - Peach Me Soon

I picked up two new colors at H&M last week and I really like them both. My favorite is Check Me Out. I bought Peach Me Soon because I need an alternative for Catrice - Apropos Apricot which has an awful formula. Problem solved!

H&M - Peach Me Soon

3 coats and still not completely opaque if you look closely. This is not something anyone else would notice though. And drying time is a little longer than an H&M average but still a lot better than Apropos Apricot. One coat of BTGN Top Sealer on top.

H&M - Check Me Out

A lovely coral-neon pink which is new to my collection. I adjusted this picture with GIMP since the color really didn't show right. It's still a little darker in reality. 3 coats as well and it dried a little bit faster than Peach Me Soon. One coat of BTGN Top Sealer on top.

This is how my cam showed the color, quite far away from reality.