[OPI] Scorpio Seduction

Scorpio Seduction is a captivating blue foil adorned with rich blue and subtle purple glitters, creating a mesmerizing shift between blue and a hint of purple in sunlight (although not quite duochrome). It’s truly stunning and stands out as my favorite among the OPI nail varnishes I recently purchased, and not just because Scorpio is my zodiac sign.

The profound blue hue of Scorpio Seduction brings back memories of a metallic blue shade from Nivea that I adored in the early 2000s, a time when nail colors beyond red and pink were still a bit unconventional. 😎 This makes Scorpio Seduction truly distinctive in my collection.

Close-up.

[OPI] Pisces the Future

Happy New Year! As always, we celebrated quietly in our Nienburg home. Hope you had a good time too, and wishing you a wonderful 2024!

I’m starting the new year with another OPI: Pisces the Future. The base colour is a light aqua with pink iridescent shimmer. It’s an amazing shade and the photos don’t do it justice, it reminds me of shimmering fish scales.

Application was three thin coats.

Close-up photo.

[OPI] I Cancer-Tainly Shine

About twelve hours left of this year, which I hope you enjoyed and grew in as much as I did. I’ll be ready for 2024 with I Cancer-Tainly Shine, a holographic glitter (literally tons of glitter in a sheer base, but builds up quickly).

Three coats applied. Photos taken in a lightbox I bought ages ago but never really used.

I also experimented with a different canvas. 😎

Close-up photo.

Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve!

[OPI] Envy the Adventure

My first emerald green with crème finish, Envy the Adventure. It’s from the Nutcracker and the Four Realms collection, and I also realised that it’s been ages since my last OPI nail colour.

Application was two coats.

I’m basically ‘back to business’, i.e. my flu has gone. Finally! Today I went swimming again, which I wasn’t able to do for almost two weeks. It’s still another ten days until I will be at the house again (my mother’s house, now mine), visiting my parents at the graveyard and so on …

[OPI] Siberian Nights

I caught a cold when I was on my mother’s balcony at the nursing home, trying to phone her health insurance. It’s not that bad – I had a sore throat yesterday and still feel poorly -, but I won’t be going swimming tomorrow and hope I’ll be able to towards the end of the week. Maybe I’ll find the time to go through my stash to see which colours I haven’t shown yet.

To start with, here is Siberian Nights, an eggplant beauty which had been released eleven years ago! Can’t believe that I haven’t posted it before.

So here it is, two coats shown below. The colour is a deep, dark eggplant (or muted purple).

Artificial light.

Vodka & Caviar

Here is this beautiful red again (initial post). I actually wore it twice during the past two weeks; Vodka & Caviar is one of my favourite OPI reds.

Two coats shown below.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Another reloaded shade. It’s almost been two weeks since Fantasy Filmfest, and looking back I remember On Her Majesty’s Secret Service which I had applied. (You’ll find the initial post here.) Shown below is two coats.

Closeup. Sparkly, sparkly. 🙂

Reloaded: The Spy Who Loved Me

Fantasy Filmfest starts next Thursday, hence I’m sorting out nail colours for my personal event of the year. I’m still loving the James Bond collection by OPI, which was released for Christmas 2012. Here are more recent photos of The Spy Who Loved Me (initial posting here).

The colour is tomato red with glassflecks.

Close-up.

Boris & Natasha (OPI) again

Here we have a beautiful OPI nail varnish I have posted before, Boris & Natasha. Plum with crème finish. I felt like applying this again recently.

Sprung (OPI) Again

I am currently wearing Sprung and since it’s been a while since my last OPI post (I haven’t bought nail colour of this brand recently) I thought I could share this with you – although there is a already a blog entry. Nevertheless, I think that with its copper foil finish Sprung is made for this season. Hard to believe that it was actually released for Spring, isn’t it? 🙂

This is two coats.

Close-up picture.

Altough I am definitely no fan of winter or cold wheather, I am beginning to adapt to it. I still cannot say that I like being outside during rain or snow – but I go swimming regularly (I always loved swimming) and swim long distances, and I guess it helps coping with any season. I don’t feel that uncomfortable during winter anymore. Normally wintertime was equal to permanently suffering from a cold. 😉 But regardless of the wheater, I make my way to the swimming bath and realised that it’s probably only a matter of the right clothes. We’ll see!