Almost Summer Sparkles

OPI (left to right) in "Pink Me I'm Good" & "Heart Throb", MAC "Dazzleglass" in "Baby Sparks" (top) & "Plushglass" in "Fashion Fanatic" (bottom gloss; from the 2011 "Quite Cute" collection).

First I put on a few coats of "Heart Throb" (left) for a light pale spring pink look. However, even though its not officially summer yet it is officially summer vacation so I decided to make things a little more interesting. "Heart Throb" looked nice alone but I wanted something a little more exciting to celebrate the start of vacation (and the fact my birthday & MDW is in less than 20 days! OMG!). So after I let the first color dry I got out "Pink Me I'm Good" to apply as an extra sparkly top coat.  

 


OBSESSED! The darker pink coloring in "Pink Me I'm Good" combined with "Heart Throb" created the perfect 'summer-is-almost-here' color. The gold reflects in the glitter also add a nice touch, it reminds me of MAC's "Pinkarat" lustreglass and how badly I need to get a new tube! 

This combination of pink colors OPI already has released is getting me even more excited for their summer collection "Nice Stems!" (below) which I'm also alread OBSESSED! with. The line includes these four colors in the picture below; (left to right) "Play the Peonies", "Come to Poppy", "I Lily Love You" & "Be a Dahlia Won't You?". I literally was stalking the beauty store where I buy my OPI polishes back home, to find out when they would be getting the line. 

 

Even though I don't have that "Pinkarat" gloss right now, another two colors came to mind. Just like layering the two nail polish colors, I did the same with these two MAC glosses. First I applied a few coats of "Fashion Fanatic" from the "Quite Cute" line (on the right) for a light pink tinted lip. To add a little extra sparkle I put a light top coat of the "Dazzleglass" in "Baby Sparks" (left). 

I just got "Fashion Fanatic" last weekend when Jess and I went on a mini-adventure to Short Hills Mall and am so happy I decided to buy it.

I really loved the "Quite Cute" collection and am pretty bummed out it sold out almost everywhere so fast that I didn't have a chance to buy the products I was hoping to add to my collection.