Ruffian Manicure with TC & Time for a break

I added a coat of TC on my Ruffian manicure, which I loooooooove. :L It started chipping next day that's why I put a TC to keep it on my nails for few days more. :) And of course We'll Always Have Paris Suede became alive with a coat of TC. :i

Sun

Cloudy day, daylight

Love, love, love. :L
And this is my last manicure for now, I'm taking a break from blogging. :$

More after a click... :)

Ruffian Manicure with 2030 & We'll Always Have Paris Suede

I'm a big fan of Ruffian manicure, it looks so elegant and classy.  :) I wanted a gold metallic polish for ages and thanks to Carolina I got it. :i Ruffian mani was officialy combined with black but since I had really bad experience with a Black Out from Black&White collection with plastic finish I decided to pick something different. :i

I don't have a shimmery matte black polish so I picked one of my favorite OPI - We'll Always Have Paris Suede and for base color China Glaze - 2030.

2030 is metallic gold polish, one coater with easy application and with a frosty finish like it's usual for metallic polish. After applying 1 coat of 2030 I added one layer of TC - if you mess up you can use a brush and nail polish remover and remove the mistakes without touching lowest layer of polish. 

Then I added 2 coats of We'll Always Have Paris Suede. It's not difficult to create Ruffian but with this polish you must work extra fast because it's drying so quick. 

I'll probably add 1 coat of TC later but for now I'm enjoying suede finish and beautiful color combination.

I even managed to capture some picture on sun, because we've such a bad weather these days. :(

Sun

Daylight

I must say I'm in love! :L 

What do you think about my attempt of Ruffian manicure? Like it or not?

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

OPI - We'll Always Have Paris Suede

I prepared something else for today but since I fell in love with this polish today (again :$ ) I decided to show you this manicure first.

We'll Always Have Paris Suede was my first OPI which I bought for myself. My first bottle is thick, I still didn't add thinner like I was planning. :$ I'll probably use it for stamping, because I got a new bottle from Carolina in our latest swap. I was so happy! :h

I didn't know what to pick next for my manicure but when I saw Zoya Harlow at Joise's Nails I decided to pick a matte too, but since I don't own Harlow yet, I picked this Suede beauty. :L It's a shimmery rose color with really amazing shimmer.

You probably know that Suedes start chipping quite fast even if you don't do anything with your hands. It helps a lot  if you make a "sandwich" with BC (I'm using Essie - Fill the Gap at the moment). So, I did 1 coat of BC, WAHPS, BC and again one coat of WAHPS. And it works! I added just 2 coats on my thumb and it already chipped, all my other nails are still perfect. :e
I made so many pictures, because it was a perfect sunny day. :) I wish I added a TC too but I just enjoy wearing suede finish. And it feels so soft when you touch it. :$

Sun

Close up, blurry

Daylight

This is definetely my favorite OPI I have! :L Application is maybe a little tricky like with all mattes/suede. It dries extremely fast so you have to work fast too but nothing that we can't handle. :D

I would also like to thank you to all my 458 followers. :party Do you remember how I wanted just one more to get 400 and now I have almost 460. :o THANK YOU! When I saw #441 I wanted to reach #444 and I did too! :D Hope you won't stop following me when my tiny miny giveaway ends. :D If you haven't entered yet and you would love to, there is just one day left - enter here.

Today is also an International woman's day and here is one little flower for all of you! :k :h :k

Nighty night,
Ivana :k

OPI - We'll Always Have Paris Suede

We'll Always Have Paris Suede... But not on nails! I'm so dissapointed with this polish. Why? Because it became so thick and I can't apply it perfectly or at least decently!

I'm without inspiraton these days, my nails are naked, but now I decided to try out my first OPI I bought. I still have bill in my wallet, so I can tell you exact date when I bought it - it was on 12nd November 2009 at 5:24 PM. I don't know why I'm still keeping the bill?! So, a year ago... I still remember how badly I wanted it but it wasn't available, but when I found out where they started selling it, I decided to buy it although its high prize, because OPIs are very expensive here if you're aksing me. My boyfriend took me to store and I paid for it 12,90€ (17,60$). Too much! I had it like 4 times on my nails and that's it. It's still more than half left, but I can't use it (or I'm just so dorky?).

I just tried to apply it, but application is just horrible and uneven, I'm sure with TC would look just great, but I want Suede finish, that's why I bought it. I know that mattes and suedes application is horrible, I had problems with Savita but I managed to apply it decently, but this one I really can't.

Can I use thinner? I don't know how thinner works with mattes, so I decided to ask you first.

Do you have any Suedes from OPI? What do you think about them?

Xoxo,
Ivana