opi simmer and shimmer (burlesque collection)

simmer and shimmer je deo opijeve holiday kolekcije za 2010, burlesque.

simmer and shimmer was a part of opi's holiday collection burlesque in 2010. opi's tagline: "a glitter bit of blue".

izvor-source

kao što svi već znamo, volim šljokičave bombe, i ovaj lak nije izuzetak. sastoji se od providne baze pune raznobojnih šestougaonih šljokica. plava je najdominantnija, pa zatim srebtna, zlatna, ciklama i poneka zelena i narandžasta šljokica, dajući pretežno zimsko-plavi izgled.

pokrivenost je bila dovoljna sa dva srednje debela sloja. nije mi bio plan da imam ovoliki razmak do zanoktica, to je posledica dva efekta, skupljanja zbog sušenja peel off baze (trebalo je da pustim koji minut duže da se suši) i dva sloja nadlaka..

prirodna svetlost:

as we all know, i am a fan of glitter bombs, and this one is no exception. it consists of a clear base full with multicolored hexagonal glitter, with the blue being the most dominant, followed by silver, gold, fucsia and occasional green and orange, giving an overall wintery blue look.


it was opaque with two medium thick layers. i didn't intend to have such a large gap from the cuticles, it was an effect of shrinking due to the peel of base coat (i probably should've let it dry a bit longer) and two layers of top coat.

natural light:

layering: essence copper'ize me over china glaze heart of africa

već neko vreme obigravam oko essence šljokičavog nadlaka copper'ize me, pa sam morala da ga uzmem kad sam saznala da ga povlače.

izgledalo mi je kao da će se dobro slagati sa china glaze heart of africa, pa sam ga prvo probala u toj kombinaciji. na žalost, oblačno vreme me sprečava da pikažem slike laka bez topera, jer hoću da nekom drugom prilikom pokažem koliko je ovaj lak divan.

i've been circling around essence's topper copper'ize me for a while, but when i found out that it's being discontinued, i had to have it!

it looked to me that it would look nice layered over china glaze heart of africa, so i tried that combo. unfortunately, cloudy weather prevents me from showing the swatch of the polish itself, because it is shame not to present it as a beauty that it is.

 copper'ize me je providna baza puna sitnih bakarnih mikrošljokica, i krupnijih raznobojnih (plavih, zelenih, roze, srebrnih...). sviđa mi se kako je ispao sa HOA kao bazom, ali bih da ga probam i preko crnih.

na ovim slikama imam peel off base coat, dva sloja china glaze heart of africa + jedan sloj copper'ize me + nadlak (essence better than gel nails top sealer BTGNTS)

prirodna svetlost:

copper'ize me is a clear base filled with dense copper microglitter and larger multicolored (blue, green, silver, pink etc) glitter. i like how it looks over HOA, and i will try it over blacks also.


in these pictures, i have peel off base coat, two layers of china glaze heart of africa + one layer of copper'ize me + top coat (essence better than gel nails top sealer BTGNTS)
natural light:

review: essence peel off base coat

priznajem, obožavam šljokice! takođe, priznajem da sam imala sreću da se moja opsesija lakovima započela tek pre dve godine, kada je tehnika "aluminijumske folije" postala standard za skidanje šljokičavih lakova, pa nikad nisam ni pokušala da ih skidam standardno, ili bilo kako drugačije, samim tim nikad nisam doživela ovu agoniju (hvala bebichici za sliku):

i admit, i love my glitters! i have also been very lucky, since my nail polish obsession is only two years old, so when i came to the scene, the whole "aluminum foil technique" was already a standard for glitter polishes, so i never tried to remove it the regular, or any other way, so, i never experienced this agony (tnx bebichica for the pic!):

essence "peel off" baza se prvi put pojavila u njihovoj le "ready for boarding". pošto se kod mene ove kolekcije rasprodaju u roku od par sati, nisam uspela da je uhvatim. na svu sreću, essence je rešio da je ubaci u svoju standardnu ponudu, a ja sam prosto morala da uzmem proizvod koji obećava da će da skine lak u jednom potezu.
na ambalaži su napisane instrukcije: namazati bazu u debelom sloju, sačekati deset minuta pa namazati svoj lak. preporuka je i ne stavljati ruke u vruću vodu tri sata.

the essence peel off base coat appeared in their limited edition "ready for boarding". since these le disappear in my city in the matter of hours, i missed it. luckily, essence made it a part of the permanent collection, and i was willing to try anything that promises to remove the glitter easily.
the instructions are written on the package: apply a thick layer of base coat, wait 10 minutes to dry, apply your polish, with the advice not to put your hands in hot water for 3 hours.