Tuesday, April 28, 2015

INFINITE SHINE OPI REVIEW

Hello everyone!

Today I will be sharing with you some swatches of OPIs Infinite Shine collection.  These were sent to me by Preen.me as part of their preenmeVIP program.

This new line by OPI is meant to have a gel-like effect without the actual hassle of applying gel polish such as, putting your nails under a UV light and curing it after early layer. In addition to their gel-like effect these polishes apply like any other regular polish and can be removed with any nail polish remover. These polishes retail for about $11.99 (12.50) a bottle (not including the base coat and top coat that they recommend you purchase). I have also seen that Color4Nails will be selling these for $6.50 a bottle +shipping. If you're willing to wait for them then I recommend you check them out. Especially on Instagram!

After using this line for a couple of weeks I have found some pros and cons about them. If you follow me on instagram you will see some swatches that have already been posted on my profile. My intention for this blog is to have a more in-depth review on the Infinite Shine collection.

Throughout the blog I will be addressing the pros and cons for each mani that I did. Hope this helps in helping you decided whether or not to spend $11.99 on a bottle of nail polish (if you decide to go to your local beauty store).

Lets begin,

For this first mani I used:


How to get the look:

1. Prime your nails using the a OPI Infinite Shine Primer Base Coat. 

2. Wait till dry then start off with your base color. For this nail art  I chose OPI Infinite Shine 'Staying Neutral'.

3. Apply a coat of OPI Infinite Shine Gloss Top Coat on your middle and ring finger. Wait for it to dry

4. While you wait, apply dots to your pointer and pinky. I used a dotting tool for this and the nail polish I used was OPI Infinite Shine 'Raisin’ the Bar'.

5. Wait for it to completely dry before applying top coat.

6. Go back to the middle and ring finger. Make sure your nails are completely dry before applying nail vinyls on them. I applied some triangle nail vinyls from Vinyl Boutique (direct link above).

7. Remove immediately after painting your nails. I used tweezers for this part. I find that it makes it easier. 

8. Wait for it to dry then apply top coat.

Pros & Cons:
  • Pros
    • The base coat dries super fast. By the time I finished applying the base coat my nails were already dry.
    • The nail polish dries fast. I found that the thinner the the coats are the fast the nail polish dries
    • Without the top coat, the nail polish is super glossy alone.
  • Cons
    • The topcoat is super tricky to use. You have to make sure the brush does not touch your nailart. Expect the nailart to smear if it does touch!


For this next mani I used:


This one was my favorite manis I did :D
For this mani I used: 
The left picture was taken right after I finished the mani, the right picture was taken 6 days later. My nails tend to chip within a couple of days. I was very impressed with how long they last. I took them off because I wanted to do a new mani haha. 



For this mani I did a watermarble accent nail.
For this mani I used:
I actually did not put top coat on 4 nails (top coat on the watermarbled nail) the drying time was so fast. I found that the thinner the layer the faster it dried. I think the drying time might have been about 5 minutes! Impressive!

For this mani I did a sponged-gradient (I think that's what it's called haha) I found that soaking the sponge in water before starting the gradient helps the nail polish not dry out as quickly. On this mani I only applied topcoat on the gradient nails. The other two nails did not have any topcoat. They are still super shiny even without topcoat!

For this mani I used:




I will update this blog with any new manis I do using this line

Overall, I am very pleased. Although I wasn't such a huge fan of the topcoat all the nail polishes dried quickly on their own without it and they were great for watermarble! Although they are a little pricey in stores I highly recommend you check out online store they might have them at a cheaper price :D Hope this blog helped you decided whether or not OPI Infinite Shine is for you.









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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Nails Redesigned Vinyls

I have quite a few nail art manis to you today. Sara from Nails Redesigned was kind enough to send me some of her nail vinyls to play around with. I will be showing a lot of pictures today and i'll try to have links for all the products i've used, including the nail polishes. I'm a nail vinyl lover! I think they are super easy to use and also super easy to do different designs with!

Hope you enjoy! :)

First off I have the base for my first mani.

For this mani I used:


The color in the pictures may very, that's just my lighting.


  • Nails Redesigned Swirls
      • These come in a set of 50. 25 swirls to the right and 25 swirls to the left. 
      • Prior to using them I applied Cirque Colors Liquid Laminate Top coat 
      • Make sure you let the top coat completely dry before placing the swirls on your base color
      • Once you place the swirls, apply your polish of choice (different color from your base) and remove the swirls immediately after applying the nail polish
      • Wait to dry and apply a fast drying top coat of your choice
      • I highly recommend Cirque Colors top coat!



Next I have another mani with the same swirl design but with different colors

For this mani I used: 


I added the same swirls listed above. You can't really see it but it was still fun to do :)

Next on the list are Nail Redesigned Quatrefoil Nail Vinyls. I looooveeee these! These are so fun to use and play with! I went with a more simple look but there is so much you can do with these.

For this mani I used:



I decided to add another mani using the same vinyls. 

For this mani I used:



Last but not least are the Wide Chevron Vinyls. Not gonna lie, i've never used large chevrons before so they were definitely something new for me but I ended up really like them! These come in a set of 100. 

For this mani I used:
I really liked this mani. I like the multiple colors and how the black makes it stand out!




 Lastly, this is a mani that didn't really like. It's fun but ehh it's not that great. I did post it because i really like the colors.

For this mani I used:



Make sure to check out Nails Redesigned and look through all of her other nail vinyls! They are great and as you can see...easy to use for nail art!! :D 

Until next time, bye bye :D 




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