Laura from emeraldgreen88.blogspot.com asked in her comment to my Illamasqua Pastel Nails swatches and review post how close Illamasqua’s Wink is to OPI’s Done Out In Deco.

Here we go Laura, this is for you and for everyone who loves lavender cremes.

Very long time no NOTD.
I wasn’t feeling well in the last week so I had a little break from nail polish.

It started when I applied a nail polish I was really excited about: OPI’s Jade Is The New Black. Such a stunning color.
A beauty to look at and the application was great. But then.. just after less than a day just right in time before I could take pictures.. it chipped. Because I wasn’t feeling well anyhow I couldn’t be bothered to even remove it and so I just applied Nail Envy over the chipped spots to at least protect my nails. I was wearing this “look” for a few days and then I removed it and just applied Nail Envy.

But of course the craving for a new manicure came back so I picked a classic to celebrate my love for nail polish: OPI’s OPI Ink.

Let’s take a closer look at this stunning classic purple beauty:

Today I’d like to show you one of my favorite layerings.

OPI’s Calendar Girl is such a beauty in the bottle. A bright raspberry pink base with pink shimmer but you can already see in the bottle that this nail polish is quite sheer. I only have made a manicure with it once and still had a visible nail line after four coats so I forgot about this nail polish.

I sometimes thought about using Calendar Girl for layering but I haven’t had the perfect base color for it.. but then I got China Glaze’s High Hopes.

I did it. I got weak and ordered Chanel’s Particulière. *puts head down in shame*

After it was sold out online I felt this lemming and that my nail polish loving friend Birgit told me that its sold out in Switzerland didn’t help much either. So I went to my local perfumery and it was sold out too. I was the 14th or more customer that asked for it in the last days.

I was ready to forget about it and move on but then.. on a morning while browsing through a german online store I saw it. It was back in stock.
I had no other choice but to put it in my basket and I saw that only six were left. Pressing the submit order button never felt better.

I don’t have much taupes in my collection yet but lets take a look at how Particulière looks compared to OPI’s You Don’t Know Jacques, Essie’s Mink Muffs and the limited edition Chocolate Shake by Essence.