Christmas Nails: Holiday Lights!

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas / enjoying the last day of Hanukkah! Since the holidays crept upon me then came and went so quickly, I didn't even have time to think about a holiday mani. But on Christmas day I felt like a super loser and needed to do something, and so I did this mani about 45 minutes before I had to leave the house lol

Holiday lights! Cute right?

I started with two coats of OPI Alpine Snow then I took thread, yes actual black thread, and laid it over the polish. You have to work with it a little and shape it the way you like. Preferably, you'd want the polish to be a little tacky so the thread will stick. That didn't really work out for me as the polish magically dried really fast, so I had to pat it down a little in order for it to stay put. 

After the thread was in place I took a tooth pick to make the little lights. I used a bunch of colors: blue, green, yellow and red, kind of classic holiday lights. You can really use any colors you like and have on hand. 

Then I used Seche Vite to smooth it all out. You can still feel the thread after one coat of Seche, so I added another and for the most part, you can still feel the thread, but I decided to just stop after two coats. 

Did you guys do any holiday manis or makeup?

Until next time,

The Wicked

Zoya Gems and Jewels Holiday Collection and Color Club Foiled Collection

Zoya Gems and Jewels Collection Holiday 2011

Left to right:

Holly-  Gorgeous green glitzy, glitter glaze (with unique bar glitter).

Rina- Full coverage, rich green metallic shimmer.
Izzy- Vivid pink glitzy, glitter glaze (with unique bar glitter).
Kissy- Full coverage, party pink metallic shimmer.
Noel- Bold blue glitzy, glitter glaze! (with unique bar glitter).
Twila- Full coverage, icy blue metallic shimmer.

I'm not sure which are the jewels and which are the gems, but I do know that this bar glitter is awesome. There isn't much bar glitter out there and I think this is the first time Zoya is releasing some and they are really cool. They really take the regular metallic shimmer polishes to another level.

Here is a link to the swatches so you can see how awesome they really are.

This collection will be available Sept. 15th

Color Club Foiled Collection

There you go, names and all. 

From Facebook: "Introducing Color Club's new collection of molten metal lacquers, FOILED. These 6 luxurious liquid shades are strong as metal and have amazing chrome-like shine!"

From just the bottles, they don't really look like anything special, but Color Club has been known to 

sneak up on everyone with some really awesome colors and collections so we'll just have to see when they come out.

Until next time,

The Wicked

OPI Disney's "The Muppets" Holiday Collections!

Ahh, a much needed break from LA Girls. I just got this press release from OPI for their holiday collection that is inspired by Disney's upcoming movie The Muppets!

Top row, left to right:

Animal-istic
This wild bright red cannot be tamed!

Meep-Meep-Meep
Missing out on this fuchsia would make you weep, weep, weep!

Wocka Wocka!
The popular deep berry makes everything fun and merry!

Pepe’s Purple Passion
This deep, decadent shade is the best purple ever, okay!

(this one is funny because I have a friend whose last name is Pepe and she loves purple! How fitting lol)

Designer, de Better! 
And this light metallic bronze is ready for the runway.

Warm & Fozzie
A feel-good shade of metallic copper.

Bottom row, left to right:

Rainbow Connection

The rainbow glitter of your dreams.

Excuse Moi! 

Ahem! This pink glitter has something to say!

Gone Gonzo!

The aqua-blue glitter is taking over the world!

Fresh Frog of Bel Air

A glitter that prefers the greener things in life.

Divine Swine

The finest, most fabulous magenta glitter ever.

Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It!

Red glittery fun for everyone!

his holiday season, OPI pays homage to America’s favorite Muppet friends as they hit the big screen in Disney’s The Muppets.  With an all-star cast including Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Kermit, Miss Piggy and the entire Muppet crew, the family comedy opens in theaters nationwide on November 23, 2011. 

Inspired by the film’s namesake lively and colorful characters, OPI launches twelve limited-edition Nail Lacquers for Holiday 2011. “OPI is so excited to work with Disney to celebrate this long-awaited movie release,” said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “Not only do The Muppets characters inspire fun, bright and joyful colors, the fashionable Miss Piggy lends her name to three high-shine pink-based hues, ranging from bold red flecked with silver to a multi-dimensional strawberry shade.”

               Lacquer packed with micas and sparkle gives a 3-dimensional textured look that makes nails look like jewelry. With shades ranging from textured glitters in rainbow, red, green and blue to softer shimmers in copper and bronze metallic hues, these twelve colors provide the perfect accessory for the holiday season.
               This limited edition promotion will be available beginning November 2011 at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA, for  $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer.


I think this is a very fun collection, I love Disney and the Muppets and I think OPI captured the theme really well. The Muppets are fun and this collection is definitely fun. I'm pretty excited about the glitters, my passion for glitter just keeps growing every day. I wonder if they are going to be their awesome full coverage glitters like they did for Burlesque and Alice in Wonderland, or if they're going to be layering glitters. I'm not so sure about all the berry looking colors, but I guess we'll just have to wait for this collection to come out so we can see it in person!


Until next time,
The Wicked