Trend ALERT!!

BRIGHT blues, teals and turquoises are in this summer!! Aren't they in every summer though? I know I personally tend to wear more blues during the summer months...As stated by Glamour.com both Katy Perry and new comer, Ke$ha were spotted rocking blue nail polish last weekend...Will you be rocking this trend??

Katy Perry

KE$HA

I will, I LOVE LOVE LOVE anything BLUE!!

Color Club POPTASTIC Series: Chelsea Girl

Next up is the blue of the collection, Chelsea Girl. It is a pretty shade of bright blue. The formula was slightly watery, but nothing that three coats couldn't perfect!

Chelsea Girl

Sally Hansen Gray by Gray

'Gray by Gray' is a beautiful blue-gray creme from the Sally Hansen Salon Manicure line, released earlier this year. This is actually one of my favs from this line. The brush is a little tricky and may take some getting used to so beware of that...I really like these polishes though, because most are 'one-coaters'. The creamy thickness of them allows you to do a quick coat, throw on a quick top coat of Seche Vite and you're out the door....

Gray by Gray

A great rainy day color, reminds me a bit of RBL's stormy with just a hint more blue...

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This was the collection that started it all...

Last summer I was flipping through my latest issue of InStyle when I came across the ad for the Summer 2009 Mermaid in the Shade Collection by Sephora by OPI. I was immediately mesmerized and needless to say, it was THIS collection that started my obsession for nail polish...I LOVE blues and greens!! Below are the three colors that I almost immediately ran out to get from the collection...by the end of the summer I had the entire collection but I these are definitely my three favs! They have become my 'go-to' colors for the summer months!

Ocean Love Potion

Such a beautiful sea-foam green! Just lovely! It's actually about a shade darker than this is normal light...I wore this on my toes a lot last summer and I even got my manicurist to paint little yellow flowers on my big toes several times. It was really cute, wish I was blogging back then so I could've taken some pics. I'll have to get it done again...the formula on all of these is great. They are all opaque in two coats and go on very smooth.

Blue Grotto

These pics do this color no justice. It is the prettiest shade of deep dark blue, with just a hint of purple. It truly does remind me of the deep, dark, depths of the ocean. I used to get little white flowers on this color on my big toes, it was so sailor-chic with the dark blue and white. I think I'm going to take this color to my next salon pedicure! Who says you can't wear dark shades in the summer!?

Mermaid to Order

A stunning Blue-Green shimmer...the perfect color for a beach trip or tropical getaway! I didn't wear this color at all last summer...shame on me! I'm going to wear it tomorrow, I forgot how pretty it was! LOL!

Bright, Bold and....

BLUE! Another fun color for summer, a really pretty, pigmented blue creme...

Blue Streak

I've been trying to put my finger on what this color reminds me of but I can't seem to. It's just blue...maybe crayola blue?? LOL, I don't know. I know I like it! I've been trying to add some fun colors to my collection, so this definitely fits in that category! Great formula, opaque in two coats...So, what are some fun, pigmented cremes you guys have in your collections?

Ulta Salon Formula Jaded

Another one of Ulta's Salon Formula Polishes I picked up during my last trip there was 'Jaded', a very pretty duochrome blue-green...

Of course my camera could not capture the duochrome, but it has a lovely blue shimmer/undertone to it. I just noticed as I was writing this post that it also has a lovely golden shimmer to it as well. It applies pretty nicely and is opaque at two coats but I applied three.

China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le...Shhhhhhhhhh

So I've been getting into blues lately...I think I have the winter blues, wishing it were summer already! Or it could be that they're in the same family as purples so naturally I would lean towards them...whatever the case, I'm falling for them and falling hard!! On my most recent Sally's run, I picked up a few China Glaze polishes and this blue baby was one of them...

 

  

Hellloooo Peri-wink-le!!!!! Oh right, it's a Secret! Ssssshhhhh! LOL, I know I'm corny, but I thought the name was really cute...anyway, as you can see it dries slightly darker than it is in the bottle, but nevertheless still a gorgeous shade of blue. Almost the shade of the sky, but slightly darker. This was opaque in two coats and applied like butter, a wonderful China Glaze creme...all these lovely, warm shades are making me long for summer!!

OPI Hong KONG...Suzi Says Feng Shui

I'm beginning to fall in love with blues and this is why...

Suzi Says Feng Shui 

 

  

Ahhh! The most gorgeous shade of blue!! Opaque in two coats, typical OPI creme formula....I really can't wait til summer, I'm so sick of the cold weather. Plus I can't wait to rock this color on my toes this summer!!