Alley Attitude by Maybelline

This polish is from the Street Artist Topcoat collection from Maybelline.  The polish is a mixture of black matte glitter pieces with blue bar and hexagonal matte glitters.  The polish creates a splatter effect on the nails which is quite cool. Not sure it works on a woman in her 30's though, I did feel a little like I was trying to be "down with the kids".

I applied two coats of the polish over a white, although one coat probably would have been enough.  Two was maybe a little too much.  It had a good even coverage though to get all the different pieces of glitter.

Next up is Alpine Snow by OPI.
Until then,
Lealea x

You're Such a Budapest by OPI

I have been wanting this polish since I first saw the Euro Centrale collection from OPI released in 2013.  A pale purple/blue is just the type of colour I love.  I finally bought it after Christmas with some Christmas money.  It is a lovely colour with a slight hint of shimmer in the bottle, although this does not translate on the nails.the colour is beautiful for spring, a nice pale pastel.

The polish applies really well and is opaque in two coats.  I would suggest picking up this polish for spring.

This once again concludes my A to Z polishes but once again as I bought more/ was given polishes for Christmas I have to start at the beginning from the A's.

So next up is Alley Attitude by Maybelline.
Until then,
Lealea x

Woven Sky by Maybelline

This polish is part of the Brocades collection from Maybelline.  It is a dark silver and black micro glitter with larger gold pieces.  It is an ok polish on the nails but the gold gets lost in the dark glitter so doesn't show up too well.  It's ok but there are better polishes from the Brocades collection I think.

I layered this polish over one layer of black and it took coats to become opaque. It was easy to remove using the tin foil trick. I thought it was ok but nothing to rave about.

Next up is You're Such a Budapest by OPI.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Wonderous Star by OPI

This polish is also from the Mariah Carey collection bought from TK Maxx around Christmastime.  I bought the whole collection mostly for two polishes - All Sparkly and Gold and Wonderous Star. Wonderous Star is a gold micro glitter polish with specks of black square glitter.  Very unusual. I found this fascinating when on, the gold glitter caught the light and then the black dots looked like I had some weird nail disease. But in a good way.  Very strange!

The glitter was opaque in three coats by itself without a coloured base coat and was easy to remove using the tin foil technique.  I would suggest tracking this down if you can, it is such an interesting unique polish.

Next up is Woven Sky by Maybelline.
Until then,
Lealea x

Warm Me Up by OPI

This polish is also part of the Mariah Carey collection mini set. The polish is a brown/bronze colour. It is a nice colour, nothing special though and on the nails it just looked a little flat. Not my favourite colour.

Again I prefer OPI full size bottles rather than minis as they have a far superior brush. Minis are good where you want to try different colours for cheaper.  This set from TK Maxx was £9.99 for 4 minis where one full size bottle can run to £10.50 each.

Next up is Wonderous Star by OPI.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Visions of Love by OPI

I got this polish in a mini set of the Mariah Carey collection around Christmastime from TK Maxx.  Visions of Love is a deep dark red colour, it really makes me think of chutney when I look at it.  It's ok, but really nothing special to me.

I do like the mini sets because you get lots of different polishes to try for a cheaper price. I do find them hard to use though, the brushes are small and fiddly and hard to apply the polish with.  If you find a colour of OPI polish you like, I would always recommend buying a full size over a mini.

Next up is Warm Me Up by OPI.
Until then,
Lealea x

Vampsterdam by OPI

This is another bargain polish from Fragrance Direct.  This polish is from the 2012 Holland collection and is a deep purple/red colour with a beautiful silver vein running through it.  Lovely in the bottle.  On the nails though the silver or purple do not show through and it's just a very dark dark red, quite bland really.  I was disappointed to see it on.

As with all OPI polishes these apply really well, very easy to work with.  Not my favourite colour though.

Next up is Visions of Love by OPI,
Until next time,
Lealea x