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I can't believe I waited so long to purchase this polish. Its Nicole by OPI, and part of the Kardashian collection. This shade is called 'Khloe had a lam-lam' and I just love the name! There are quite a few nice colours in the collection, but this is the one that really stood out for me. It's a dark racing green that leans teal in the bottle but for me it ended up more green when on the nails. It's a gorgeous colour, I had to build up 2-3 coats to make sure it was even, but it was totally worth it. Coated with Seche Vite Topcoat, it looked so glossy and shiny. Unfortunately my pictures don't show how nice it looks on nails. My boyfriend even kept staring at them, and he never gives me the time of day with my make-up or nails haha! I think it's probably a boy colour, and reminds him of a car colour maybe that's why ;) 

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OPI Original Nail Envy on BuyaPowa

Only 100 available! And they're going to go fast!! I've already purchased mine :) Can't believe how cheap it is! Thought I'd share the good news.

Also, until 8am tomorrow, Illamasqua are offering 20% off everything on their site to celebrate reaching 50k followers on facebook. Just use code 50KFANS. There's also FREE delivery! Don't you love it when this happens?! 

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Nails Inc Porchester Square and OPI Rainbow Connection.

The base colour looks a bit more green toned in the picture, but it is grey, which leans beige/brown. I had it on my nails for a day, then added Rainbow Connection to it, and topped it with Seche Vite. There are endless combinations with this popular glitter polish. Still want to try Models Own Utopia, a dusty pale pink, and black with it. You can see that my nails all have a different amount of Rainbow Connection on. It can be built up for a huge glitter explosion or just lightly for a hint of detail. Either way it's so colourful and eye catching, and I understand why it's so popular and a total sell-out. 

If you can't get your hands on Rainbow Connection, try Nicole by OPI's Rainbow in the S-Kylie, part of the Kardashian collection, which is an exact dupe. You can get it on ASOS or Lena White, a UK official OPI stockist.

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Nicki Minaj for OPI

Probably the most sought after nail polishes at the moment. For ages I couldn't decide if I liked them enough to purchase. I knew I wanted the turquoise one and the pink one (not like I need another!) Anyway, as I kept putting it off, I finally saw it pop up on Buyapowa for £8 and thought it was too good to pass up! 

Moving on.. Nicki Minaj's collection consists of 6 polishes, 2 of which aren't in the Minis pack. A glitter polish called 'Save Me' which has bar glitter in (so 90s!) and 'Super Bass Shatter' which is a shimmery dark purple, which does look really good over the colours, but I never wear shatter polishes as it is. 

The colours that come in the pack are very vibrant and catapult us straight into that summer feeling. I've already sported 2 of the 4 polishes on my nails and love them.

The colours from L-R are; 'Did it on 'em', 'Fly', 'Pink friday' and 'Metallic 4 Life'.

I have to say, 'Did it on 'em' isn't really to my liking, it reminds me of OPIs 'Who the Shrek are you?' which came out with the Shrek collection. Don't get me wrong it is a nice colour, but on my oh so pale skin it just makes my hands look so washed out and awful. On medium to dark skin tones this will look so good! But for me, it's a no no.

'Fly' is a beautiful turquoise/teal which leans more blue. I find that after 2 coats I still have visible nail line, but it's not really obvious. It is a gorgeous colour though, and I think it's a favourite amongst most.

'Pink friday' is obviously appealing to all girly girls across the globe! I'm a sucker for anything pink, it could literally be a pink toilet brush and I will want it! Sad I know... It's a thick creme polish and applies well, opaque after one coat, but perfect after two! I've already worn this and I love it. It's more of a warm pink than cool, and will suit most skin tones.

Finally is 'Metallic 4 life', another one I have already worn, and it looks great on nails. It's a sort of jelly finish, and on the nails translates as a grey/charcoal colour. You build up the colour to how you want it. Obviously I wanted it to be more black, so 2-3 coats is what you need, depending on how thick you paint it. Has different sized silver glitter in. Another polish that will look great on all skin tones.

All the swatches are 2 coats each. And you can see how they all finish off. Look for the VNL on 'Fly' and a bit streaky on 'Did it on 'em'!

What do you think of this collection? Have you got it? Or do you want to purchase it? Buyapowa keep listing these on their site, but be quick - they keep selling out!

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