Friday, March 2, 2012

OPI Austin-tatious turquoise


I hadn't planned on wearing this color last weekend. However, my daughter had just bought it and we were going for pedicures. It was a perfect color for a beach day. The last four or five days have been rainy and now the color feels cold. I want to wear a warmer color. I just received some nail mail yesterday with Manglaze Santorum and Lesbi-honest. I couldn't resist buying Lesbi-honest just for the name and label. I may wear it on my toes with a topcoat.

I tried Santorum on my nails tonight. I guess I didn't bring my "A" game. The results were less than stellar. I don't fault the polish, I still have issues with getting the right amount on the brush. I don't have enough to make it from the base of the nail to the tip, and other times I end up flooding my nail. After it dried, I saw what a disaster it was, so I put a clear top coat on it. The color looks great with a top coat; it draws out the shimmer in the polish. It is a nice rich brown. I like it way better than the person it was named after. My daughter hated the color. I asked her what she didn't like and I got "it's brown". I was relieved that it was just that she isn't into brown. I told her I would switch to blue tomorrow. I have been wanting to wear Ski Teal We Drop again. It is my favorite dark teal color.

9 comments:

  1. This shade is so beautiful, I love the shimmer in it. Looks very nice on you.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Very pretty color. It matches your flipflops well :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Well I'm both loving and hating this pedicure! Love it because it's gorgeous and blue is my "problem" color as in I have a zillion of them. Hate it because we had almost 6 inches of snow dumped on us yesterday lol! We are a long, long, long, LONG way away from sandal weather here lol!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. My daughter would give anything to play in the snow again. She wants to plan a visit to the mainland in the dead of winter. It is nice to be able to wear flip flops year around. I don't own a real pair of shoes anymore. Sneakers and flip flops is all I have.

      Delete
  4. Wow I can't even imagine having warm weather all year :S (from Sweden). This summer I'll try to be as good at changing pedis as you seem to be :D

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I go for a pedi every other week. I actually would change polish more often if I could do it as nice as the nail tech. They do such a nice job, I feel guilty if I remove it before I see them again. I've been to Germany, France, Switzerland, and the UK. Unfortunately, I never made it to beautiful Sweden.

      Delete
  5. This color looks very nice on you.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Nolitoshy! I've decided I like Yodel Me On My Cell a little better. They are both wonderful beach colors. Yodel Me On My Cell is a little deeper Turquoise. I got bored with this pedi and added Yodel Me On My Cell to half of each nail and added a line of glitter to separate them.

      Delete
  6. Great color. I feel like a heathen living in Texas and not having this OPI collection. I like your posts, very witty. Can't wait to see more!

    ReplyDelete