more OPI love

I love it when our mail lady at work phones me up from a few levels below and says "there's a package down here for you. International" and quickly hangs up - as if it's something from out of space that may harm her from having any connection with...

I was delighted to get said call about half an hour ago - with - wait for it - more OPI goodnesssssss!!

And what bottles do I add to my collection this month:

Top row (l-r): big apple red; bubble bath; you don't know jaques; ski teal we drop

Bottom row (l-r): nail envy for thin nails; here today...aragon tomorrow; Mrs O'leary's BBQ; party in my cabana; start to finish top and bottom coat.

LOVE!

Very happy with this selection - although party in my cabana is not as dull of a pink as I had hoped for. It's very similar to strawberry margarita which I bought in my last haul. Loving Mrs O'Leary's BBQ - I had it for a mani the other week and fell in love big time!

Big apple red is seriously the bomb! I know it's some time away, but I always imagined that if I had an engagement party I would throw a backyard gathering in the fun colour scheme of turqoise or aqua and pops of RED! And this is EXACTLY the red I had in mind - it's like a POP of red, bold yet fun and young. It's beautiful - and I can already tell it will coat my fingers should such a backyard party ever occur!

If you're an Aussie and looking for a nail polish hit - I cannot recommend Transdesign highly enough. These

polishes retail in David Jones for upward of $19.95, on this site - they are all $5.75.

Happy nail polish shopping!

OD'ing on OPI!

I had always lusted over the overpriced (but beautiful) range of OPI nail polishes. When in London (gush - Selfridges!) I picked up my very first pot - a lovely neutral sandy colour. On my way back through duty free in Australia - I picked up a few more, "OPI on Collins Ave" and "Russian Navy"

Needless to say, I'm now hooked.

Thankfully, through the ever-trustworthy girls on the Vogue forums, I found a US website selling them for a tiny $5.75 a bottle! With the Aussie dollar at parity - who could resist! They retail at David Jones at around the $20 - 25 mark! BARGAIN!

I spent an entire evening working my way through the different colours and picking out a few (ok, 7!) to buy. I placed my order (and yes - got those tingling feelings of buyer-satisfaction that come with all good online purchases!) And then I waited. And waited. A month passed - no nail polishes. I was sad. Then I was angry. I emailed the company thinking I'd just parted with my money for a scam - only to have them responded quickly and promise to refund my card - which they did.

So. Can you imagine my surprise when a parcel full of pretty polishes showed up at my door today?!?

Yep - they're here!! Now to the question: is it bad Karma for me to keep them??? If it were a small Aussie retailer then yep, sure - I'd be the first to contact them and pay my dues. But this large, American company that had me waiting months and months, longing in anticipation for them to arrive?

Oh I already feel guilty. But aren't they preeeeeeeety??

Colours L-R: Do you lilac-it?; Chapel of love; Chocolate Moose; Strawberry Margarita; OPI Red; and Alpine Snow.

Maybe I'll just jump back online and buy some more to make up for it?!

And yes - I know a few of these look very similar - but they're quite a bit different in real life :)