OPI: Every Month is Oktoberfest

I'm back on the OPI Germany collection track today with the second last of my selections.

When I bought Every Month Is Oktoberfest and sat it next to the red-brown German-icure by OPI I felt a mild sense of panic because these babies looked virtually identical in their bottles - If you check out my bottle spam post here you'll see what I mean.  I was very dubious about these polishes looking significantly different from each other on the nail but wow was I wrong! And I'm so glad I was wrong!  Oktoberfest has now been elevated to favourite vampy shade status in my eyes.  This is one mysteriously beautiful polish, with its inky indigo base sparkling with a subtle blood plum shimmer.  OPI describes it as "deep aubergine".  Application was a dream with a velvety smooth result in two coats.   This deserves extra large pictures so you can fully take in the shimmer...

Sun

 

Shade

Natural daylight indoors

Which do you prefer?

 Every Month is Oktoberfest or German-icure by OPI (swatched here)?

 

Until next time.

 

Vita :)

BYS: Reign Supreme

The cold weather's starting to bite here in Melbourne and there's still three weeks until we officially hit winter!

My manicure choices have really been in line with the cold, grey weather and I've been sticking to dark purples and steel greys over the past week.  My first wintery mani is courtesy of budget Australian cosmetic brand BYS.   Reign Supreme is a perfectly named regal blurple polish.  This deep vampy creme is a rich indigo - something I don't have enough of in my collection because it's a pretty amazing, assertive shade.  It leans heavily to blue in my pictures but is more indigo/purple IRL.  Coverage was perfect in two coats.

All pictures were taken in cloudy conditions - again!

Australian readers can buy BYS nail polish from Kmart stores, The Reject Shop and selected discount stores nationally or online at Fashion Addict. 

Until next time.

Vita :)