Ocktoberfest vs Shade 53 Comparison

Hi Everyone,

I have the OPI Every Month is Ocktoberfest comparison with 2True Shade 53 I mentioned last week. Are they dupes??...

This is two coats of both polishes and each applied lovely. So are they dupes? Well I think they are near exact! I can't tell the difference at all. Same inky purple base with redish purple glowing shimmer. Price difference? Major! 2true polishes are £1.99 while OPI polishes are £11.00. OPI bottles are much bigger though. So which will you be picking up, Ocktoberfest or Shade 53?

What are your thoughts?

Tee dee xx

OPI - Every Month Is Oktoberfest and Possible DUPE???

Afternoon dear readers,

Another post today and another OPI fall polish for you all to drool over. I so love Autumn collections. So looking forward to all those browns, greens and vampy shades hitting the shelves. This one is Every Month is Oktoberfest, one which has received quite some hype, however I think I have a possible dupe for it!!!.

This is 3 coats of Every Month Is Oktoberfest, a stunning inky purple based shimmer. Such an awesome shade. Formula good on this applied nicely. Application brush much better on this one too compared to German-icure. However I think its a near dupe for 2true's Shade 53, it has the same inky puple base. I will have to do a side by side comparison for you soon. Below are the Shade 53 swatches I done back in April.

2 TRUE - SHADE 53  

Look very similar huh? I can't say for sure but they are definitely close. 2true retail for £1.99 a polish at Superdrugs, so if your saving the pennies and looking for something on trend then Shade 53 could be your alternative. OPI polishes are around £11 a pop here.

What do you all think? Possible dupe?

Tee Dee xx

Opi - German-icure

Hello All,

I've finally got my grubby mitts on two of the new OPI Germany Collection. I only ordered two as I can't go too mad with the polish spending. Today I'm showing you German-icure.

This is 2 coats of German-icure. A black based vampy red shimmer. Has a slight orange shift to it. So glowy, looks gorgeous in the sun. The brush I thought was slightly wider than usual, but the formula was good.

I'm going to see if I have time to do a comparison post with this one, as I think its similar to a few others in my collection. I got mine off ebay for about £4.00 but I think I had to pay a stupid amount in postage from the States.

What you you think? Perfect Autumn colour?

Happy New Year!! + OPI Ink

Hello Everyone!!

Happy New Year to you all!! Hope you have a wonderful evening what ever you may be doing. I thought I would show you one of the wonderful polishes which I won in Melanie's giveaway @ The Color Palette, OPI - Ink.

Natural Light

With Flash

This is 3 coats of OPI - Ink, a gorgeous purple shimmer with duochrome flecks! Such a wonderful prize.

Once again, have a great evening. Speak to you all in the new year!

Tee Dee xx

OPI - Blue Moon Lagoon

Hello Everyone

Well its mighty miserable weather at the mo, with record storms hitting the UK, I thought I would show you a polish which conjures up imagery of sun, sea and holidays, OPI - Blue Moon Lagoon.

This is 4 coats of Blue Moon Lagoon. Had no problems with application, although it is quite sheer could of done with another coat. All pics taken indoors under flash. Blue Moon Lagoon is a light turquoise holo. Really like this shade, I think it has calming and tranquil properties (waffling again).  On a serious note, it is a very subtle shade and very pretty. Can't remember how much I paid for this one? Although I'm sure it was under £7.00 on ebay.

And now, Blue Lagoon in the Bahamas...I'm so over the winter and cold weather already :-) Can I celebrate Christmas here please??

(Source)

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Autumn Giveaway including RARE OPI!!!! - NOW CLOSED

Hello Everyone!!

Well finally I have my giveaway!! I didn't have the patience to wait until I reach 100 followers, the suspense was just killing me!  Also, I have a a bit of University work to complete in the next couple of months and I wanted to do this before my life became too hectic!

So ladies to show my appreciation of your support, I have an Autumn Giveaway!! Hope you like what's on offer!

INCLUDING THIS BAD BOY!

OPI - At Your Quebec and Call (From OPI Canadian Fall Collection 2004)


SOME OF THE OTHER PRIZES

Prizes:

1 x OPI - At your Quebec and Call

1 x Andrea Fulerton Nail Polish - Mischa

1 x Pixi Nail Polish No7

1 x Rimmel Nail Polish - Hard Edged

1 x Andrea Fulerton Nail Tattoos

4 x Fate Nail Polishes

4 x mini W7 Nail Polishes (Fab Four)

3 x Eyeko Lipglosses

1 x L'Occitane Lavender Hand Cream (15ml)
1 x Make Up Academy (MUA) Professional Trio Eyeshadow (Smoke Screen)
2 x Pop Beauty Eyeshadow Trio (No3 Park Lane and No8 Belsize Park)
1 x Red-Green Colour Changing Topcoat (Optional see disclosure below)

So how do you enter to win all these goodies?

Cute-tickle Nails Autumn giveaway will be open Internationally and will run until Sunday 20th November until 22:00 (London GMT)

I will notify the winner via email. The winner will then have 48 hours to respond to the email with their address to ship the prizes.

If not, I will choose another winner.

The winner will be picked by Random.org. All prizes are new and have been purchased by me. The colour shifting topcoat contains MUA Clear Nail polish and Red-Green Colour Pigment. Please see Medical safety sheet HERE and Disclosure at the end of this post.

How to enter:

Mandatory Entry (must do all 3):

1) Be a follower on Google Friend Connect ( New followers are of course welcome)

2) Leave your email so I can contact you if you win

3) Fill in the enter form below, please note that people trying to enter via the comments box will not be counted.

Additional entries

1) Blog about my giveaway with a dedicated post and using the titled picture + 3 points

2) Add this giveaway to a giveaway page or side bar + 2 additional points.

3) Add Cute-tickle Nails to your Blog roll + 2 additional points.

4) Follow Cuteticklenails on Twitter + 2 additional points

(Total of 10 entries!)

Before you find out how to enter please note!!! I'm including a bottle of the colour changing pigment topcoat containing CAR PAINT PIGMENT. I will only send it to the winner if they are totally 100% happy to use it, I can't guarantee that it's safe to use or provide a list of ingredients but I do have a link the the Medical Safety Sheet above . Using this polish is entirely at your own risk and you take full responsibility of any consequential damages. The writer of this blog and site owners take no liability.

Phew that's the serious bit over!!

Good Luck Everyone!

Tee Dee xx

Andrea Fulerton Trio Nail Polish - Rainfall

Hi Everyone!

Yes, It's Friday and I have that Friday flakie feeling! Seriously how wonderful has this weather been?! I'm loving the sunshine!

I have another flakie polish for you today Andrea Fulterton's Trio - Rainfall. Now I know my last review of the trio polishes wasn't so flattering, I had some serious gloopy applications problems going on, but I thought I would give this brand another chance at redeeming itself seeing as I loved the Andrea Fulterton's Mischa so much.

This is 2 coats of the flakie polish contained in the Trio. I only used this polish as I wasn't blown away by the colour of the second polish (the metallic blue), it looks nice enough but nothing special. The 'flakie' polish in this trio is a bright blue/purple/blurple sheer base containing blue/green flakies.

I used 2 coats of the flakies on 2 coats of OPI - Yoga-ta get this blue a gorgeous navy blue polish. I love this combo so much. I couldn't stop staring at my nails, truly mesmerising. My pics don;t do this any  justice. If I was to suggest getting any of these trio polishes, I would suggest getting this one. It's my favourite so far. Using the flakie polish over an OPI polish gave me no problems at all.

I'm going to try using the flakie polish with the other Trio blue metallic polish and see what results I get. I have also included a couple of Andrea Fulterton products in the giveaway I have planned, but that's not til I reach my follower milestone :-)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Tee Dee xx

OPI - Movin' Out

Hello there ladies

Woo I've had to time complete a post! I have a gorgeous old OPI polish today from the 2003 Holiday on Broadway Collection - Movin' Out. It's a sheer pink based duochrome/multichrome which looks gorgeous over a dark colour. I layered it over good old faithful Rimmel Black 60 Seconds. The is 2 coats of Movin' Out, although I used 1 coat on my pinky to show the different effect this wonderful polish can achieve. I'm sure you've seen it already, so no harm in showing it again :-)

How gorgeous is this polish! Every colour you get from this beauty. I actually think I prefer only 1 coat. I got this bad boy at my infamous nail shop. So glad that little place exists. This makes me want to hunt down some of the other OPI oldies and duochromes. I seriously want OPI's Glacier Bay Blues.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx