MUA Nail Constellation Gemini NOTD

Today i bought a nail product instead of food with my lunch money*

Don't worry i still ate, though it was just some super noodles from the back of the communal cupboard at work rather than a nice sandwich from M&S.

Anyway, i digress, i was in Superdrug and they actually had the Nail Constellations in stock. I didn't waste any time and immediately picked one up and headed to the till. I did this so quickly i didn't actually register what colour I'd picked up until i got back to work.

I got Gemini

I've paired it here with The World is Not Enough from the James Bond Skyfall OPI collection (I'm having a bit of an affair with this shade at the moment). The micro shimmers actually match the combination of colours of the Constellation nicer than what the pictures show. 

 

Those shades I'm on about are light pink/champagne/pink/green. The little balls are actually a heck of a lot smaller than i thought they would be. Even since the first time i saw pictures of the Ciate version i just thought they'd be....bigger. Do you know what i mean?

I really love the finished effect this gave, and while i don't have hugely high hopes for this making it through a day at my work it is an interesting enough look for me to go to the effort of applying it

This stuff requires a either a sturdy surface and a piece of folded paper (what i used) or I've since seen a video of someone using a small bowl to catch the excess, genius. Putting them back in is relatively simple, just pop off the top (carefully!) and put it in upside down (as above pic) and it acts as a funnel.

Funnel is a funny word....funnel.....hee hee :-)

Whats your favourite funny word?

*I am an adult, its a budgeting thing!

OPI Skyfall Mini Collection

So as you may have seen in my previous post i did a little airport shopping yesterday.

I picked up the new OPI Skyfall mini collection and 1 other..


I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie so this collection is right up my street.

And here is some hastily painted swatches:

So Left to Right:

GoldenEye: I think this one would probably look really good as a topcoat. I've done 3 coats here to show it opaque but it goes on quite sheer. Little yellow gold glimmers for your talons.

The Spy Who Loved Me: This has almost instantly become me favourite red. Its a jelly with tiny red glass flecks. To me it looks like the Red Candy apples i used to eat as a kid, Yum!!

The Word Is Not Enough: this is described by OPI as a rosy silver. I would agree with that, although there is also some very tiny green micro shimmers in the mix giving it a little more interest

Live and Let Die: This is an interesting one, to me the base is extremely similar to Nein, Nein, Nein, ok fine! from the Germany collection but with golden micro shimmer. Very pretty.

I really like this little set, its always nice to try out a selection before forking out for the bigger bottles, and i definitely see a big bottle of The spy who loved me appearing in my collection shortly.

Now as i mentioned i did buy another polish from this range which i shall be swatching shortly, to keep up to date remember to press the follow button in the side bar!

What's your favourite from this collection?