Go Polished: opi new orleans

Saturday, July 23, 2016

My #7 Favorite Polish for Summer 2016...

Rich Girls & Po Boys!

This polish is described as a China blue creme, and it's a perfect description. It's so beautiful on the nails! It is new from the OPI New Orleans collection released this spring/summer. The formula is perfect, as all of the polishes are in that entire collection. You need this one too! The swatch below is two coats, no top coat.

I don't have a ton of blues in my collection, but here it is next to Can't Find My Czechbook which is lighter and more warm toned. I thought this would be very close to Pacific Blue, but as you can see PB has some purple tones to it and RG&PB doesn't.d

Everytime I use black and white for my accent nail I just fall in love. I love the contrast! This tropical flower is just so summery and easier than you might think!

Here are the products I used to create this look (with links):

CND Stickey Base Coat

OPI Rich Girls & Po Boys

OPI Alpine Snow

Americana Acrylic Paint (Black)

Winstonia Berry Wine Brush

HK Girl Top Coat

Click on the link below for the full length tutorial. You can go polished too!

Nail Tutorial: Black and White Floral

-Go Polished

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

My #6 Favorite Polish for Summer 2016...

Suzi Nails New Orleans!

This polish is new from the OPI New Orleans collection that was released this spring and summer. It's a creamy Barbie pink polish. There are several pink polishes like this out there, but this one is a favorite out of the few Barbie pinks I have in my collection. The formula is quite great and it's opaque in two easy coats! Swatch below is two coats and a top coat. A perfect summer color for sure!

Here it is compared to Kiss Me I'm Brazillian, which is slightly more warm toned (kind of hard to tell that in this picture though), and has a slightly darker tone. Look At My Bow is even more cool toned and maybe has a pinch of purple. I love the balance of warm and cool tones that SNNO has.

I have been obsessed with pineapples lately! I have a pineapple shirt that has these cute black and white pineapples on it and I knew I had to make a mani to match. I love how this design looks with pink, but this pattern would be cute with any accent color!