[Review] OPI Vintage Minnie Minis

Hello! This time I will impart my wisdom regarding a nail polish: OPI!

I bought this not too long ago, and I must admit, the main reason I bought it because it's very cute (LOL) and it's Disney!

So, as you can figure out, these nail polish came in a mini size (only 3.75 ml or 1/8 fl oz). It's inspired by Minnie Mouse, so the main color is red and pink! It came in 4 mini bottles in 1 pack.

Here's what it looks like:

So cute, right? There are 4 colors as I said, from left to right:

- The Color of Minnie

   You had this little mouse at "red".

- If You Moust You Moust

   You gotta pink what you gotta pink

- I'm All Ears

   Tell me how much you love this magenta shimmer

- RapiDry Top Coat

  Non-Yellowing. Ends smears, smudges, and streaks!

Here's a closer look:

 Let's discuss them one by one!

The Color of Minnie
Well, it's red. It's a quite bright red, but not yet orange. I wear this red for my Santa nail art. See HERE. I know on the pictures they look a bit orange, but in real life it's a very nice and flattering red. I really like this one!

If You Moust You Moust
This one is pink. The pink is really pink! At first I thought I'd be getting a nude-ish pink. I saw it in some blogs and somehow I got the impression it would be nude pink. That's why I was so shocked when I tried it. Either way, the pink is really pretty. Here they are on my feet. Again, pardon the hair!

 Oh, and I think it emits some sort of purple color under direct sunlight. I'm happy with this, because it will not bore me as much. So, it's pure pink while indoor, and pink-purple outdoor!

I'm All Ears
This is a really nice magenta color. It's the only one that has some shimmer / glitter in it.

The pic's pretty dark, but it's reaaally pretty in real life! Again, with this color I think there's a difference when you look at them outdoor. 

RapiDry Top Coat
It is what it is. A top coat that dries fairly fast. I think it does dries up fast, because when I was doing nail arts, I tried comparing this and the normal top coat (I used the one by The Face Shop). This top coat dried faster. But, maybe because of it, there's some gunk on the brush left so I have to clean them before putting the brush back into the bottle. And I think the texture is somewhat more viscous than normal top coat. Honestly, if I'm not in such a hurry I will prefer to use normal top coat over this. But sometimes when doing nail art I just can't wait to put the top coat on so that no dust or wind or anything can smudge my masterpiece. :D

Personally, I think buying nail polish in mini size is more beneficial. Since I'm using it only for myself, and maybe my sister, this is more economic. Kekeke.

However, the brush on these minis are also mini a.k.a. small, so sometimes it's harder to use and I have to brush and dipped it more times to cover the entire nail.

Overall, I really liked this version of OPI and I think red is a must have if you like nail polish. And also, the colors here are pretty rare but acceptable for your everyday look.

Repurchase? Umm, I would say yes only if I manage to empty these bottles. Because let's face it, we'll never run out of nail polish. And I would like to try other colors, too!

(I bought this for 150k)

Christmas in March!

Hey there.. So, after a long *not really* time, I decided to do some nail art. Yaayyy!

So I bought some of the tools online, and they're actually quite cheap, about IDR 85k for everything that you need. I also bought some acrylic paint for IDR 90k, which includes 12 colors, because nail polish is so expensive..

Lemme tell you what happened the first time I tried to do nail art with acrylic paint. Disaster. That's what happened. Just so you know, I did my research before I bought the tools and the paint, and that didn't prepare me for what was going to happen. I'm no artist, but I think I have a pretty good hand control if I know the design I'm gonna make. But I was wrong. So wrong.

I used a base coat as the first layer. I then confidently dip my brush into a white acrylic paint. And lather them onto my coated nails, trying to get the shape I wanted. And guess what? Acrylic paint crumpled. Crumpled. That's a word, right? Yeah, I mean they just won't separate and just being a blob. They're blobby. LOL. They just are not smooth. They also took forever to dry.

I spent about an hour to try to fix the acrylic paint, and this is just for the first color. I watch and re-watch some tutorials on youtube, and hopelessly watching how those professionals just dip their brush into the acrylic paint and lather them onto the nails and just like that, get the result they want. Like, how in the world the gap between professional and an amateur can be THAT big? Oh, maybe I'm not an amateur, just an idiot. I gave up.

However, being someone that's not that easy to defeat by despair (eww, the language!), I tried them again this morning. I did something different with the paint first, I dilute them in water. And, drumrolls, just like that, I got the result I wanted. Granted, it's a lot messier than what it's supposed to be, but, yayyy! I did it!

Seriously, though, there's like no mention of diluting the paint with water. I seriously watched those tutorials, and those pros just dip their brush into those paints straight away! Or maybe they and most people on the face of the earth knew that paints are supposed to be diluted in water. Maybe it's just me who wasn't using her brain again. Drat. Oh, well. I did it at last anyway. So, for you guys who thinks acrylic paint is useless for nail art, here's a tip: dilute them in water first. I actually found a girl on youtube who had the same problem. Maybe I should e-mail her to read my blog for solutions? LOL.

Anyway, for the second attempt, I decided to go with a santa design, since it's so cute! And it's March, and somehow March makes me imagine the color red, so it's a match! So here's my nail, and I did them with acrylic paint and lots of perseverance and concentration:

On the other four nails:

It's pretty good, right? Considering.. Hehehe.

A few mistakes that I made was that I applied the top coat too quickly so that some of the red kind of transfer its color to the white beard.. You can't really see that in these pics tho.. Lucky!

Another difficulties I'm facing is that I can't paint with my left hand.. So my right hand is now still bare.. LOL. Whatever. This is progress!

Anyway, I think I should do a different one for Easter. Still searching for the cutest and easiest design, though..

Well, my hands are getting busy helping me eat my Chef Tony popcorn, so.. Happy Christmas in March!