Sunshine in September

Deep V: American Apparel / Cardigan: Urban Planet / Bandage Skirt: Talula

Leggings: Forever 21 / Boots: Aldo / Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure (+ OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight)

One of my absolute nail polishes is OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight, which is the more purple version of the OPI cult fave, Lincoln Park After Dark. Unlike the almost-black tones of Lincoln Park After Dark, Lincoln Park at Midnight is a gorgeous dark eggplant which reaches opacity in only two coats. I usually only wear dark colours in the Fall, so I've been waiting for the cooler weather to retrieve this from my collection.

This manicure, I decided to "spice" things up a bit by layering on the much sought-after Hidden Treasure from the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure line. This polish was released with the Spring 2010 Tracy Reese collection and was quickly snapped up by nail polish fiends everywhere. I've had mine for months but this is actually the first chance I've had to use it since I find it looks better over darker colours.

Result = GORGEOUS. Hidden Treasure is what's known as a "flakey" polish (basically big flakes of duochromatic "glitter"). The "flakes" look different depending on the light and your base polish colour. I mean, seriously, what an easy way to make a basic colour much more interesting! I can't wait to try this over some other colours to see effects I can get.

Sephora by OPI A True Romantic

Keeping in line with my recent lemming for creamy neutrals, I decided to paint my nails with Sephora by OPI in A True Romantic. This line of nail polish is sold exclusively at Sephora (obviously) but features OPI's signature salon quality and a great range of shades.

A True Romantic is similar to OPI Bubble Bath (see my review here) but carries more pink tones. It's definitely a work-appropriate colour, but still adds a bit of panache.

Unfortunately, the formula does apply somewhat streaky for the first few coats, and I found myself needing to apply thicker coats in order to reach the opacity I like so much. If you like a more sheer look, I do think it might be a bit difficult to avoid the streaks.

The Sephora by OPI bottle is different from regular OPI bottles, but I do like the rounded-ness and bullet caps (much better than those Nicole by OPI bottles which I dislike!). It would also be nice if OPI would offer the pro-wide brush with their off-shoot lines, but the normal brush is okay too. Perhaps they have to keep to pro-wide unique to the original line!