you don't know jacques suede

i la la love opi's suede collection! it is seriously genius. although i agree with pretty much everyone on the planet when i say that i think that they got lazy on naming them after polishes they already had, especially since they barely resemble their namesakes. oh well!

this guy is you don't know jacques suede. i left him matte cuz i like it like that! although they are breathtaking when covered with shiny topcoat. this is two coats. i found these much easier to work with than the previous matte collection, they dried less quickly but they were still not as easy to apply as regular polish. you really have to plan where you're going place your brush strokes or else you end up with a mess IMHO. i need to get all of the suedes, i'm just procrastinating. idk why haha.

the bottom picture is slightly more greyed, which i think is more color accurate than the top pic. i couldn't fix it :P

and the winner is...

i have been super crazy busy with school and i got really sick over the holiday weekend so i've been on crazy mode for a while but i was able to enter all of the comments/names into "The Hat" program to find out who will win the great polish giveaway I posted a while ago.

the screen shots of the program with all the names entered

and the winner is...

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CucumPear!! Congratulations!

I will be emailing you soon :)

thanks so so much to everyone who entered and who has supported my blog. i love each one of you so much and it means so much to me that you all take the time to read my blog and look at my pictures. i promise there are more giveaways to come down the road. happy holidays everyone! and as soon as my hellish week of school nightmare slows down i'll be posting regularly again :D

essie risky business

i really enjoy essie polishes. i love cremes so that's probably why haha. they rarely step out of their little creme box. but when they do, i feel like they really knock something loose and cool. like...ever heard of starry starry night? well I HAVE! haha for instance, this jelly electric orangey/red called risky business, is far from your typical essie varnish. it's super shimmery! it's a JELLY! it's awesomely pigmented. and it's totally fun. and it's not pink. are you suuuuure it's an essie? yup pretty sure! haha, i love the little essie bottle, so sophisticated and clean. so i'm a sucker for them. and i am a sucker for risky business. this is 3 coats & no topcoat. i love it!