OPI Emotions Swatch

The Digital Dozen week is coming up starting on Monday and we have a Black and White theme in store for you.  So, I spent the last week playing with all of my black and white polishes.  What I learned is that OPI Emotions from the Mariah Carey Holiday Collection is my new favorite black.  I ended up using it only in one manicure and in a very subtle manner for the upcoming week but I decided to wear it alone this week because I loved it so much.  I am really into these textured polishes.  This is two quick coats, it has a gorgeous reflective shine from the black glitter and it wore like iron for four days.  No problem with removal.

The Digital Dozen Says Goodbye Leslie

As many of you know, we decided several months ago to create a social media platform using the Digital Dozen group.  Leslie from Work Play Polish has been a part of the Digital Dozen since the beginning.  She decided she needs to leave because, if you are following her you know, she has some amazing collaborations in the works and working full time and spending time with her family are also life priorities.  Simply put, there isn't enough Leslie to go around.  So, as a goodbye, we decided to recreate one of her manicures.  Ummmm, seriously?  Why don't we just try and recreate the works of Picasso.  That might be a tad easier.  So here is my weak attempt at trying to recreate this (which I have been totally in love with since I laid eyes on it).  I used some random striper polishes I have had because I thought that would be easier and create a different look from the original.  It still took me 1 1/2 hours and I only did four fingers. I was happy with it but it pales in comparison to Leslie's.

 

 

Good luck Leslie in all your future endeavors and I will happily be cheering you on from Facebook, Instagram and Bloglovin.  here is a look at the rest of the recreations......



Digital Dozen Does Skittles With Textured Stripes

I decided to stick with my texture theme and use the Zoya Pixie Dust polishes from the first collection.  I found a base color that was similar using a variety of different brands and taped off a section to add the Pixies.

Digital Dozen Does Skittles With A Little Texture

Just something really simple for today.  I used OPI Magazine Cover Mouse and Emotions for the two textured nails and Zoya Maura, Avery and Raven for the others.  Simple and pretty overall.

Digital Dozen Skittles Manglaze Matte and Not

The thing I love most about ManGlaze polish is that it has so much hidden shimmer that you can see once it is top coated.  This was a great way to showcase it in a variety of ways. This is Royal Matterimoaning.

Digital Dozen Skittles With Liquid Sand and Pixie Dust

There are so many great textured polishes out now and I still enjoy wearing them.  I am hoping the trend sticks around for a while.  I love Zoya's Godiva so much because it is such a great neutral with a little bit of sparkle for interest.  I used it as the base here for some circles in OPI Liquid Sands.  I used Tiffany Case, My Current Crush, Can't Let Go and Magazine Cover Mouse.

Digital Dozen Skittles With OPI Is That Silva

This month the Digital Dozen is doing skittles as a theme.  I am not great at skittles so this week was difficult for me.  I always struggle with how to put things together so that they blend well.  I was recently at Cosmoprof and picked up OPI Is That Silva which is a magnetic polish.  I wore it on its own and was really impressed.  Not only did it have that great design created by the magnet but it has some hidden holographic sparkles that are really impressive. I wondered what else I could do with the polish to get more use out of it but in a creative way.  This is what I came up with over a base of OPI Pamplona Purple.