Lacquered Literati

Hey everyone! Thanks for being patient with me this week.  I haven't been too motivated, but I did get some swatches done for you guys. I'm needy and don't want you to abandon me :P

Well ladies and gents, I now have 50 wonderful followers on my little blog!  I am so excited to have each and every one of you following me, so I decided to have a giveaway to show my appreciation! Many thanks to all of you!!
This giveaway is open to followers and subscribers and will run until 11:59 PST on May 3rd, 2010. 


To enter:

1) You must be a follower of some kind. Any and all new followers are welcome! Leave me a comment letting me know your email address in case that you win.  1 entry


2) Blog about this contest for another entry! Leave a comment with a link to the post. 1 entry


3) Tweet about the contest! Either @ me on twitter or leave a link to your twitter in the comments! 1 entry


4) Add Lacquered Literati to your blogroll. Send me a link and I'll make sure to add you back.  If anyone has a blog that you would like on my blogroll, please email me! 1 entry

5) This one is a freebie! Tell me what colors you like to wear during summer or anything you want about the summer season! It's up to you :) 1 entry

To save yourself some sanity feel free to put all your entries into one comment. No matter what, please include your email so I'll be able to contact you.  You have until May 3rd, 2010. Have fun!

I really jumped aboard the matte train this last fall and I was really happy to see different companies embracing the trend.  I will say that in the case of OPI the Suede collection is FAR superior to their matte collection. Their mattes were just so chalky looking, blegh.  Here is one of my faves from the Suedes.

I keep realizing how many holo polishes I have.  Hopefully, you aren't all sick of these kind of posts, cause I could stare at holo photos all day!

OPI DS Extravagance fits it's title so very well.  It is the most eye catching deep magenta shade that I've ever seen in a polish.  It is so smooth and gorgeous.  Every polish lover should own this!  It's a perfect pedicure color as well and I'm really glad I forked out money for this polish! It'll be one that you can't stop staring at!

I have been lemming this polish for I don't know how long.  I finally gave into EvilBay this last month and picked this bottle o' shine up. 

Once again I'm attempting to go sans shimmer, glitter and OMGLOOKITHOWSHINY.  I will say polishes like the following are making the process far less painful. Today, I bring you a member from the OPI Hong Kong Collection (Say that ten times fast).

Jade is the New Black is a really interesting grayed jade creme, with a slightly dusty quality to it.  I haven't seen any other greens out there quite like this one.  It applied very well and in my case the second coat smoothed out any trouble spots like magic.  It is a little thick, so don't go too crazy with that brush.
So if OPI releases cremes that look like this, I'm sure I'll be fully onboard in no time :)

  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

All mimsy were the borogoves,

  And the mome raths outgrabe."

I'm sure everyone is tired of seeing polishes that have been done 50 times over, so here is the last of the '08 collection!  Here is OPI Don't Toy With Me! This is one of the few red family colors I own, because I really only wear them on my toes.  This picture shows the color as far more red than it actually is.  It's much more magenta in real life! Such a pretty color.

Also, Betsy over at Short 'n Chic is having a contest for a lovely piece of nail polish jewelry.  Click the link to go check it out!

Happy Monday, everyone.  Hopefully, your week will start out well. Mine is going okay so far.  I broke off two nails on my right hand yesterday at my brother's bowling party!  I didn't even score well enough to make the breaks worth it! I have to file down my nails now grr...
Many thanks to Brooke over at GetchNailsDid for including me in her New Blogs on the Block! I greatly appreciate the nail polish community and Brooke is great for welcoming us newbies in!

Well, I'm off to repair my bowling nail fiasco and I'll probably be rocking shorties for awhile.

Since it's freezing out here, I thought it'd be a good idea to post another of the OPI's from last year. Following suit, is Baby It's Coal Outside! Dear lord is it ever cold outside.  This is actually my favorite "black" polish.  I'm literally like a raccoon when it comes to polish. I gotta have some glimmer or shimmer on my paws.  This isn't quite black, it's almost like a super dark grey, but I think that is the effect the fine silver shimmer gives to the polish.  So, when I can't just reach for black, I reach for this one instead.
Also, I didn't roll my hands in Crisco like my picture might suggest.  I was a bit haphazard with my cuticle oil today, so pardon the Pollock-like application :)

The weather today was absolutely bipolar. I woke up to lightning, thunder, rain and the sound of my fence being blown over. Much to my dismay, the power was out as well.  A few hours later the sun came out long enough for me to snap a few photos.  I got a few before the weather gods decided to make me one of those lightning strike statistics.

Oh boy. This is my first step into the blogging world, so I just thought I would say hello! My name is Allegra and I'm a recent graduate with a B.A. in English. Naturally, I've always loved books and wanted to write about them. Within the last year or so I have become an eeeeeennnssssyyy bit obsessed with nail polish and if you check my blog roll I've got all kinds of fuel for that obsession. I decided I would create my own blog to document my nail polish adventures and literary ones as well. So, welcome to my corner of the internet!
Onward!!

OPI DS Glamour is definitely in my top 10 of nail polishes.  It is probably one of the first holos I ever purchased and I can't help going back to it time and again.  Look at all that shine! I get grouchy with OPI polishes from time to time, but this one was a home run for me.