Thursday, April 26, 2012

The I Fell tower

I had an unfortunate nubbinization last week (you know, the kind that's prompted by a broken middle finger nail), and I don't really like many kinds of polish on my shorter nails, so what does a girl do? Grabs a vampy shade, of course. I thought, now is the time to go through aaall the vampies, but then, when searching my untrieds stash, I found exactly one (1) shade that I'd consider a somewhat classic vampy, and it was this one: Eiffel For This Color, from OPI's La Collection de France.




Three coats. Pretty standard dark vampy, red leaning aubergine, with hidden shimmer that is mostly visible if you look closely in sunlight. In low light it's pretty much a "close to black" color.

This is what it looks like from a more normal distance:


Please excuse the scratched surface and tip wear - I believe these photos were shot the day after application.

No matter how standard this shade is, I like it. You just can't go wrong with a nice vampy. And no shade flatters shorties as much.

Swedish word of the day:
gömt -adjective hidden
Some shimmer is.

16 comments:

  1. I did exactly the same thing this week. But I'm wearing OPI Black Cherry Chutney from India Collection. It looks very similar to Eiffel for this color. Actually, I can't really tell the difference. =)

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    1. I know what you mean, and I agree. I do think that BCC has a little more coarse shimmer particles, though! Both are gorgeous, anyhow. :)

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  2. Beautiful! I like your nails that length!

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  3. Jag personligen älskar kortare naglar:)
    Jag gillar också detta lack!

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  4. This is a stunning polish!! Your nails look fab! :D

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  5. gorgeous! your nails look good no matter what length or color you rock!

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  6. Your nails are beautiful!
    This color is stunning!

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  7. Så där fint var det inte när jag bar det.. Dafuq?

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    1. Hur många lager gjorde du på dina långa naglar? :D Det är jävligt patchy, så mina tre lager var generösa. Hade jag haft längre naglar hade jag behövt göra fler lager. Kortare naglar = bättre täckning. Många tänker inte alltid på det (och dissar en sedan för att man inte klarar sig med så få lager som de gör). :)

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  8. Det är aldrig fel med ett vampy-lack men jag håller med Sofia, det ser inte ut så på mig. Jag får aldrig färgen jämn utan den ser flammig och ojämn ut på mina naglar. Inte ens efter tre lager ser det okej ut.

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    1. Se mitt svar till Sofia! :D Det är en knepig formula på detta, helt klart... Men när mn väl blaskat på tillräckligt mycket är det jättefint!

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  9. Hello. Not much in topic with this post but since I haven't find a suitable post for asking this...
    Do you know a site where I can buy "Nicole by OPI" polishes in Europe, please? Thank you!
    V

    PS: I have this polish too and I simply love it ^^

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    1. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of such a spot. :/ I too have had problems tracking down NOPI polishes, and actually don't own a single one myself! I browse ebay for NOPIs, mostly, but most sellers ship within the US only. (They clearly aren't aware of the int'l market possibilities available to them!)

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    2. Oh, sigh, I'm so sad :-(
      Please, in case you'll find out, write a post about it :-D
      V

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  10. Oooh I have this shade but haven't tried it yet. I too lost my right middle finger nail - it tore of about 2-3 mm above the VNL. Bloody hurt. It's a week ago now so it's healed. It I'm still left with a nail on my swatching had that is half the leg th of my other nails. But there's no point taking them all back to nub yet because this one would still be too short. So I've been wearing a false nail on that finger. Can't wait til it's long enough to nubbinise down all of them as yours look fantastic. LOVE swedish word of the day too:) keep them coming! x

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