Aly Loves Lacquer

It's Wednesday again, and time for another beautiful pink. This week I have Butter London Twee, a bright pink jelly with lots of silvery shimmer. The bottle is larger than most Butter London polishes and has special labeling on the front that indicates it is a jelly. Twee is my first ever Butter London lacquer, and I like it a lot. Since it is a jelly, it took a good 4 coats to be opaque. I absolutely LOVE jellies though, so I was fine with doing that. The finish is squishy just like every good jelly should be.

These pictures show 4 coats Butter London Twee, and 1 coat Seche Vite.



This color made me feel very girly. I love a nice jelly finish, and the shimmer really kicked it up a notch. I definitely will be investing in more Butter London polishes after trying out the lovely Twee.

- Aly

It's Wednesday again, and today we have Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Pink Rose Diamond. The Nail Prisms line is long discontinued, but also loved my many of us in the blogosphere. I bought mine from an ebay seller, cassiecosmetics, and highly recommend them. The customer service was great. Pink Rose Diamond is a beautiful pink holographic polish, and the holo shows both indoors and out.

I had no application trouble at all, and with 2 coats Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Pink Rose Diamond looked beautiful. I do have Seche Vite on top in these pictures.

It's Wednesday again, and this week I have one of my favorite polishes for you: OPI DS Reserve. I purchased this one from transdesign on a whim, and I am really happy I picked it up. DS Reserve is a soft pink polish with a weak scattered holographic effect. Though this polish isn't a linear holo, I love the way the holo particles look. It looks like there are mini diamonds in the polish.

Application was great, typical of OPI DS formulas. It also wore really well. I know some may consider this color to be a little boring or grandmotherly, but I think the sparkles really add to the color itself. It is work appropriate, but with a nice twist.

These pictures are 2 coats OPI DS Reserve.

What do you think? I like how the sparkles really add a lot to an otherwise very dupable color. OPI DS Reserve is definitely one of my favorite DS polishes. Which one is your favorite?

- Aly

It is Wednesday, so it's time for another nice pink from Forever 21. This is another one of the Rose polishes they currently have out, and I picked it up with Forever 21 Lavender Rose, which I showed you all last Wednesday. This one is called Magenta Rose, and it's a magenta jelly filled with really pretty holo glitters. Since the jelly base is rather sheer, it took 3 coats for opacity. I love a jelly finish though, and with all the glitters -- It was definitely worth it.

This is 3 coats Forever 21 Magenta Rose with one coat Seche Vite.

Happy pink Wednesday! This week I'll be showing you Essie Van D'Go. It was released with the Essie Art of Spring Collection 2010. Van D'Go is a nice crème peachy pink. It has a definite touch of orange in the formula, but comes off mostly pink. The application wasn't the greatest, with the first coat being incredibly streaky. However, it built up beautifully in 3 coats.

This is 3 coats Essie Van D'Go and 1 coat Seche Vite.

Here is a pretty pink polish I got in a swap on MUA. This is Zoya Jolene, which was released in the Flash Collection for Summer 2010. Zoya Jolene is a super glossy pink crème, perfect for On Wednesdays We Wear Pink. I am pretty sure the Plastics would wear a color like this :) It is very girly.

This is 2 coats Zoya Jolene and 1 coat Seche Vite.


Happy Wednesday!

- Aly

Essie Splash of Grenadine is a gorgeous crème polish from Essie's Resort Collection. It has a jelly-like shine to it, so I guess it's technically a jelly crème. Splash of Grenadine is a dusty pinkish magenta, with some purple in it. The application was great! It took 2 coats, and leveled itself out really nicely. This color looks great on the nail, and it looks good with my skintone as well.

This is 2 coats Essie Splash of Grenadine and 1 coat Seche Vite.

It's Pink Wednesday again! I love doing these Wednesday manis. Pink is so girly and fresh for me, because I rarely wear it. Today we have OPI Argenteeny Pinkini, a ladylike pink polish. Argenteeny Pinkini starts out sheer, but builds to opacity in 3 coats. The polish itself is a very light baby pink, with a hidden pinky shimmer. This color is refined and girly.

My swatches of OPI Argenteeny Pinkini are 3 coats with 1 coat of Seche Vite.



This color isn't really my favorite for me, but I can see it looking great on a woman who's a little older than me and out of college. It's super work appropriate and very pretty, but I just like a little more pizzazz in my polishes. OPI Argenteeny Pinkini is a nice polish, but it's not for me.

What do you think of it? What's your favorite work polish?

- Aly

This is my second Mean Girls-inspired post for On Wednesdays We Wear Pink. I chose to show you guys one of my new OPIs. This is OPI Don't Know...Beets Me! It's kind of a silly name, like lots of OPI polishes, but it is a very nice color. Though not unique, it's a pretty bright pink crème. The application was flawless. It took two average coats and looks so nice. I know it isn't anything groundbreaking as far as color goes, but it is really gorgeous. Everyone needs a nice pink!

This is 2 coats OPI Don't Know...Beets Me! and 1 coat Seche Vite.


And, because I have lots of trouble leaving a mani plain, I decided to do a funky French with it. I used OPI Flit a Bit, which is another summer crème. It's a bright orange. I used Scotch tape for the tips. I loved this look. It is simple but interesting.


I really like this. It's very cute and super summery.

- Aly

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