Sunday, March 17, 2013

St. Patrick's Day! Pahlish: Stroke of Luck + gold flakes


Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I haven't posted in a bit -- this past week was my Spring Break and I went to Los Angeles for a few days and I just lazed around after returning (other than taking the GMAT yesterday, yikes). I've been doing NOTDs (which I've been posting on Instagram) but I'll catch up posting here, too :)

Now, I've been lemming gold flake polishes forever (starting with the Rococo original) but couldn't justify the price. Mainstream brands such as Zoya, OPI and Sephora by OPI were nice enough to release their versions of the gold flake polish. I got one from each brand, and they're all pretty different (in size of gold flakes) so I feel it's semi justified. That and I didn't pay full price for any of them (usually 50% off).

I was wondering what to use for a St. Patrick's mani when I thought, green of course! and the bottle of OPI: Man with the Golden Gun that was sitting on my desk caught my eye and the idea was born. Of course, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one with this mani idea and I've seen a few NOTDs already with the same theme but great minds think alike, yes?

I layered all three polishes over Pahlish: Stroke of Luck (which I felt was appropriate also).








In the shade picture, you can see the square glitters in the Pahlish. It also has tiny gold glitter, which is hidden by my use of gold flake topcoats.

The smallest flakes are from Sephora by OPI, and the larger/medium sized ones are from Zoya and OPI.

I don't like shard shaped glitter but I like how the gold looks. Hope everyone has an excellent day!

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4 comments:

Lydia said...

This is such a brilliant combination, perfect for today! xx

Unknown said...

Quite pretty! I did my nails for st P's day, but haven't posted the results on my blog yet (better get to it eh?)

Monica
www.pear-shaped-gal.com

The Beauty and The Business said...

Love this combo! I only did a plain green OPI's Jade is the new Black. I love that green perfect color in my opinion!

Jenn, Paperbacks and Polish said...

Amazing! This is my favourite St. Patrick's day mani I've seen yet :)

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