Sephora by OPI: How cute is that? Swatch

Described online as a "opaque vintage coral" this little OPI mini really lives up to his name. What this description is missing is that "How cute is that?" has a subtle gold shimmer to it. The gold shimmer adds a depth to the coral that really entices you into painting your nails with it. I feel that it's definitely a more orange coral, even maybe leaning towards that "smoked salmon" hue.

Fortunately, and unfortunately, I only have a little mini of this. The color is absolutely beautiful and something I envision Barbie wearing if she ever got bored of her "hot Mattel pink."  However, I must say, I've always had terrible luck with corals...whether it's with blushes, nail polishes, or lipsticks...they always seem to pull out the naturally yellow tones in my skin and teeth. Although this color looked so promising in the bottle, and beautiful, when put on my skin it just makes me look super yellow.

The color was a bit streaky on the first coat, and required two more coats to get to full opacity, but applies with ease. I've had nothing but good luck with Sephora by OPI's nail polishes in terms of wear and I don't expect anything different with this one (updates coming soon!.)

You can buy "How cute is that?" here! A full sized bottle retails for $4.50! Sephora's having a sale right now!  And for all those looking to identify their mini by serial code the serial code at the bottom of my bottle is: SE125 11265. 

To combat the aging problem I think I'll just wear it on my toes! I hope the swatches were helpful! 

Edit: A week later, there's a little tip wear, but on the whole it wears well! 

Purchase link: here!

Pros:

-Beautiful Color

-Easy application

-Current price!!! 

-No chips! 

Cons:

-Brings out yellow tones

XOX Betsey Nail Polish Review and Swatch

XOX Betsey

This is somewhat new! Haha, I know I've done many a restaurant review for my blog, but never anything really regarding to beauty. However, much like food and fashion, I am also obsessed with makeup. I'm still pretty amateurish about it, but I think I can tell the difference between good and bad. =) Anyway, this XOX Betsey is a limited edition nailpolish, exclusively for Sephora, that was designed by Betsey Johnson.

The color, although described as an opaque sandy nude, is a nude that reads just a touch lavender and when applied it dries down to the color inside the bottle. No surprises there. ;) The bottle and the brush are the usual to OPI and it was very easy to apply the polish to the opacity that I had wanted. Although I needed two coats of nail polish to get to this level of opaque, I was genuinely surprised at how pigmented the color of one coat was. I've tried many, many nudes before and I've always needed four or five coats to reach a state of color that wasn't sheer and see through.

As usual I've been lurking on the internet and using my keyboard a lot and for the most part XOX Betsey hasn't chipped at all. The only "chip" that you can see on my pointer finger in the photo above is probably most likely from painting over my cuticle which is more my own fault than the polish's.

As for a more personal note, this polish is actually "my" perfect nude. The nudes that I've tried before this have always read "too warm" or too similar to my own skin tone so instead of a nicely manicured nails, it looked like I was a mutant whose skin grew over my cuticle bed. The lavender color within it just really sets it apart. Also....when applying this nail polish I didn't apply a base or a top coat. >< Not because I have anything against it, but because I couldn't justify purchasing more base and top coats when I have perfectly good bottles at home. I just forgot to bring them down to California. *sigh*

I recommend XOX Betsey for its opacity, wearability, and price. It retails for $9.50 at Sephora and although it's not the cheapest...it's pretty cute.

Purchase: XOX Betsey

Thanks for reading!
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