OPI Grape Set Match

   I finally got to wear OPI Grape Set Match from the Serena Williams Collection. I know I said I'd wear last week's Pink Wednesday mani for a week, but I got bored with it. Plus I was getting really stressed out with work and I know I'm stressed out when I get this urge to paint my nails. Seriously. Last semester, during hell week for teachers (aka the one, two weeks before finals week) I was daydreaming of painting my nails while teaching in class.

   So anyway, here it is finally. And I'm glad I chose to change into this color. Looking at it makes me happy.

   The first picture was taken at a weird angle, I know, but it's just so hard to capture its shine and color because of all the micro glitter. 

  The photos were taken right after I applied the polish. Look at it; hardly any mess to clean after. I thank OPI's idiot-proof brush. (Except that little smudge on my palm. Ok, maybe not so idiot-proof)

   This color is just so happy and lively it makes me want to bust a move every time I look at my nails. I don't know if it's because dark purples go so well with my skin tone or if Grape Set Match is simply fabulous in itself.

Late Post - First Day of School (Work)

   There's a reason I haven't posted in a loooong time: I started work two weeks ago and as I mentioned in my previous post, I now work full time in Ateneo.Today is Saturday but I woke up at 7:30 am, panicked for a whole minute that I was already running late (my first class starts at 8:30), then realized I didn't have work today. Sheesh.

   Anyway, here's what I wore on the first day of school.

two coats

   NYX Purple Ink. Formula is great, application is easy, and it lasted the whole week. At first I thought it would be similar to OPI Grape Set Match but I think this is darker. I haven't tried the latter yet so I'm not sure.

   My cuticles look horrible, I know! I misplaced my beloved Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream and I don't want to buy a new one yet in case I find it. But, yeah, my cuticles are suffering so maybe I should buy already. :|

Blah

   As the title suggests, I'm not feeling very glittery today. I don't know if it's just the quarter life crisis, the knowledge that I'm going back to work in a few days (and starting next semester, which is next week, I work full time, meaning 6 classes in Ateneo alone. That's a lot.), the crazy Manila weather, or the fact that I'm down with cramps.

   I actually wanted to cheer myself up by wearing some glitter or flakes polish, but the last time I wore glitter (last week's Pink Wednesday mani, which I failed to blog about) I regretted it the moment I had to use two cotton balls soaked in polish remover just for one nail.

   So I decided to wear this instead.

With flash. I regret not cleaning it up before taking a photo. Forgive me.

   I don't know how to describe the color. It's a cream periwinkle? bluish-purple (blurple)?

No flash. Still looks bluish, right?

   Application is okay (two coats) and the color is pretty despite it being unidentifiable, but right after I finished painting my nails I noticed some bubbles forming. And no, I wasn't painting my nails in front of the fan.



   It's one of the Kelly polishes I bought in Bangkok. In the pictures it looks more blue than purple but when I bought it it looked purple to me. Or maybe I really should have my eyes checked.

  It's raining now. I'll end this and go mope in a corner.

Quickie Post - My First OPI

   (Ok, I know, everyone else just says quick post instead of quickie, but, admit it, it caught your attention. Ha! And it sounds cuter. Repeat after me: quickie, quickie, quickie)

   Anyway, so this is just a quickie post to tell you about my FIRST OPI EVER! Make that first two.

It's like giving birth to fraternal twins

    OPI Grape Set Match was on sale over at Digital Traincase. It went from 800php to 600php. Yeah, I know, right? Being a tennis fan it would be unforgivable if I didn't get my hands on at least one of Serena Williams' Glam Slam line, especially with that fantastic discount.

   Last night I passed by HBC and as always, I ignored everything else on their shelves and zeroed in on the nail polish.

   I finally kept my promise to buy pink polish. I bought these two:

L-R: Red Gleam, Tea Rose

   That's right. 37php. THIRTY-SEVEN freakin PESOS.

   I've never tried this brand before, but it looks promising. I just have a little issue with the name. Red Gleam looks pink to me, not red at all.

   I know it's minor, but it bothers me. First, the eggplant nails (see previous post. Btw, I asked my friends, guy friends included, what color I was wearing and the results were: Brown -2; Red-2; Eggplant-2. The name is Sexy Plum though, so maybe it is supposed to be eggplantish.), now Red Gleam that's not red. Looks like somebody slept through Art class in Kindergarten.

pictured: definitely not me. This girl looks too... awake.

   But anyway, yay for this week's haul!