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NOTD: OPI's Hot & Spicy!

So Memorial Day has come and gone, so that means that summer is here, unofficially!!!!

Y’all know that summer is my absolutely favourite time of year.  Hot, humid, bright….that’s all me!!!!  I love wearing bright colours, soft fabrics like linen, the beach weather, I’m a true Caribbean girl!!!

Enough about me!

So this Memorial weekend had the best weather that I could remember in a while!!! NYC was just sunny and warm.  I hung out with a great friend of mine, Jackie.  She is the founder and author of CooklikeJackie.com.  She’s a foodie and enjoys the art of cooking, dining and everything involved with making food amazing!!!! You like cooking gadgets? Find some great reviews here.

So Jackie asked me to help her pick some colours to wear to break out of her no-colour phase.  I suggested OPI‘s Hot & Spicy from Hong Kong Collection.  She’s about NC 35 or so (I’m purely guessing!) and I think that that colour would look great on anyone with bronzey skin!!! Especially paired with summer whites!

Jackie in OPI' Hot & Spicy

It just says SUMMER! Be sure to check out this colour!!!

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NOTD: OPI Parlez-Vous OPI?

OPI's Parlez-Vous OPI?

I’ve been wearing this recently.  I think this is one of OPI’s best colours!  It came out with their France collection maybe a year or so ago.  A greyed out lavender, that has enough colour that it works for spring time or warm climates.  Great for those who want to wear colour at work, without going bright or doing the classic pale pink/creme/ white colour.  This has no shimmer.  Looks amazing on Black, East Indian, Latina or Arabic skin!!!!!!

Close up, no shimmer

Laters!

FTC Disclosure: This product was bought by me, Noire Tropical Beauty.  For more information on my disclosure policy, please see my disclosure page.

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Get bright for spring and summer: OPI Hong Kong Collection review

OPI Hong Kong Collection, image courtesy of OPI

So OPI brings out a bumper collection of 12 shades for Spring/Summer.  Inspired by the cosmopolitian city of Hong Kong, they give us a lot of bold, bright cremes and sparkly, blinged-out shimmers.

I really liked this collection, there is a colour for everyone, cool toned, warmed toned and neutrals.

I only got two of the colours, so far, from Transdesign.com.  I could have definately gone for a lot more.  But….baby steps!! And transdesign had a great turnaround and great prices!! Note to my Trinis:  Transdesign ships internationally, so check out their low prices!

Jade is the New Black, OPI

Jade is the New Black is the colour of the summer.  Everyone has been talking about this one (as a matter fact, OPI has done a good job in hyping their recent collections).  This colour is a continuation of last year’s hot green colour, but instead of the minty, pastely greens, this one is a bold, deep but bright, leafy green.  I love green and this one definately does not disappoint.  I think its more wearable than its paler cousins and would look good on all types of skin colours.  In my opinion, this one is more sophisticated, would look great as a pop of colour with summer whites and beiges.

Hot & Spicy, OPI

The other colour is Hot & Spicy.  This is a beautiful pedicure colour!  Coral-orange creme, midtone colour.  Like a cantaloupe.  Very fresh, very beachy!!! This would look amazing with a tan, bronzey or dark skin.  Another hit for OPI.  This is photographing more orange than it really is.  It’s definitely a dark cantaloupe colour.

I think I’ll next get Bling Dynasty, Meet Me On the Star Ferry and maybe Dim Sum Plum.

Check out this collection at OPI.  Temptalia has some great swatches!

What are you going to get????

FTC Disclosure:  These products were purchased by Noire Tropical Beauty.  For more information, see my disclosure page.

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Alice in Wonderland OPI swatch & NOTD

Mad As A Hatter - Alice In Wonderland

Here is one of the most coveted nail colours of the year:  A sparkly blackened grey polish as the base with medium-sized, multi coloured glitter.  What I really love about this polish is that the glitter is not chunky so it’s festive and adult at the same time.  Works well alone with 2-3 coats for full coverage but also looks amazing over black, grey and even white polish.   It probably contains every colour of glitter – red, orange, teal, purple, silver – so you have lots of layering options.

This polish is sold out in most places, but you could still probably find it on eBay and a few other beauty sites.

FTC Disclosure:  These products were purchased by Noire Tropical Beauty.  For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy.

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Quick nail update: Zoya celebrates Earth Day with a fantastic deal!!!

So I have spoken about Zoya polishes here before.  I love that brand!  They have a wide variety of colours and they are DBP, toluene, formaldehyde, camphor free and vegan!  Great for pregnant ladies and those who want to ‘greenify’ their collection.  And they make one of the best nail polish removers on the market that is acetone free!!

Enough of the advert……

So Zoya is having their 2010 Nail Polish Exchange.

Image courtesy zoya.com

This is how I got introduced to the brand last year.  I was able to get 8 of their polishes at half price!  All you have to do is send in at least 6 bottles of any non-Zoya polish and get polishes of your choice for $3.50 apiece.  You’ll probably can’t send these via USPS as they are considered flammable, but your sparkling new Zoya ones aren’t!!!.

I am laying out my old polishes that I want to get rid of and I will be taking advantage of this offer! 🙂  Act fast!! This ends on June 30, 2010.

For more information, check out the Zoya exchange page.

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