OPI Flit A Bit and breakfast at Artespresso, The York Canberra

This is the last of my OPI Summer Flutter posts and I'm wearing Flit A Bit, a very bright orange cream:

Cute colour, very bright! Two coats below in another gloomy Canberra morning:

I don't know what attracts me to orange but I always seem to go for it... eye shadow, nail polish but not lippy.  Bad colour for my lips. I have learnt, no orange lippy for Leanne! Not for my skin tone but hey I think you can get away with wearing anything on your nails.

Looks prettier in flash :-P I think I was expecting it to be brighter, if that's possible. More like Essie Bright Tights! Bit streaky but I was clumsily applying at midnight so it wasn't going to be perfect.

Well unfortunately I've gotten the cold that's been going around work at the moment. The problem with working in such a large building with so many people is that I almost get sick monthly :-| But it's the boyfriend's birthday tomorrow so we decided to try breakfast at Artespresso at the York Canberra.

Cute building but I've lost count of the number of these blocky brown buildings that have popped up over the last few years. I even live in one :-P

I had the wild mushroom omelette with herb salad. Whenever I'm out for breakfast I always give the omelette a go. I'm not a big egg fan so I can't get eggs on their own but in omelette form I can cope. Unless it tastes eggy. Well I don't have all my tastebuds with me at the moment but it still was nice from what I could tell, haha. The boyfriend got the chocolate crepe:

I tried a bit, it was nice. The chocolate was pretty powerful.

This is where we wanted to go for breakfast but it was shut :-( We've been there before and I didn't like the one omelette I had but I was going to try the other on the menu. I believe the first one was with some cheese I wasn't familiar with so that might explain my dislike. But they have some fantastic apple pancakes.

This is why I severely dislike Canberra from June to August. Gloomy, windy, rainy, cold and frosty. Back home in Queensland it never got below 14. I don't believe it even gets to 14 most days here :-| Homesick? Yes indeedy! Please spring come here soon I want to go to floriade and get my Vienna macadamia nuts!

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OPI Wing It! Summer Flutter Collection continued :-)

Loving this OPI summer flutter collection. Flower to Flower was a gorgeous pink with a subtle shimmer, Catch Me In Your Net was bold but oh so beautiful. Here I present Wing It! A sheer but very pretty pinky red with pink glitter that reflects purply blue = gorgeous.



First thoughts were wow it's so sheer! I did 3 coats which applied beautifully.



It reflects red or pink depending on what light you're in. I received a few compliments today though so it was definitely an eye catcher :-)



Overall I really like this polish. It's pink but still unique. Can't wait to try Flit A Bit next week! Stay tuned for more OPI goodness ;-)

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OPI Catch Me In Your Net

My next polish choice from the OPI Summer Flutter collection is Catch Me In Your Net:



It looks like a cross between OPI Absolutley Alice and Sephora by OPI Mermaid To Order or perhaps Teal We Meet Again.



This polish is LOVE. It has tiny light blue/teal flecks of microscopic glitters = gorgeousness. I was very distracted at work today because every now and then I'd be typing and look down and be all 'ooooh pretty @_@'



With flash and still pretty. I think the camera has picked up the tealness of it but I would say it's more green teal than blue. Depends on the light. Daylight shot:



Excuse the messy nails. This was two coats of polish with Seche Vite topcoat. I absolutely love this nail polish and although I haven't swatched the other two colours (yet!), this to me is the stand out of the collection. Unique and very very pretty. Matched my teal sweater today :-)

Oh and before I forget, my bf got me some pretty tulips for my birthday:



It's nice to bring a bit of colour into this horrible cold wet weather we're having this week. I was walking home today and I swear ice shards were hitting me in the face, not rain. That's how cold and windy it was.

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OPI Flower To Flower and happy birthday to me!

It was my birthday yesterday so I decided to do some pink party nails. I discovered the OPI Summer Flutter collection in the USA while I was on vacation and picked up all four (and how can you resist when they're under 10USD, I still can't believe we pay 20 dollars here in Australia). I decided to wear Flower to Flower:



Absolutely gorgeous colour and with two coats, looks beautiful:



After wearing various other nail polish brands then apply OPI, you remember why you pay so much money. The formula is so nice to apply and you don't have to fight with it. Here's the non flash version:



That was taken on the morning of my birthday when there was *some* light. And if you're curious, the background does show my lovely birthday present from the bf - a gorgeous Tiffany heart pendant key:



I had already bought something for myself but the boyfriend saw my face when I spied this key. I have the heart pendant necklace so this will be a beautiful addition to my (small!) collection.

I spent the day with the bf because my family live in Queensland. We went shopping, had coffee and finally saw Eclipse in the Premium Dendy cinema. I love having food brought in during the movie! Awesome. I was a bit naughty with my shopping however:



Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb. The lady was trying to convince me of their limited edition version (whether it really is or not I don't know) that was lighter, more summery but I didn't like it. Then I tried this one and I knew it was the one :-D So heavy though! I love the bottle and the perfume is actually pink. Gorgeous.



And these are just things that have been on my list for ages but haven't gotten around to purchasing. I do have Essie Mink Muffs and comparing the bottles they do look similar. I am eager to do comparative swatches with Chanel's Particuliere because they do look so similar bottle to bottle. But you never know until you get them on the nail ;-) And damn you tube for continuously raving about the Diorskin shimmer powder in Amber Diamond, do you know how expensive it is in Australia? I'm not even going to say. I should have picked it up when I saw it in Sephora for $44. No wait it was sold out. But I could have gotten it in Nordstrom ffs. Oh well :-P And when you buy Dior, YSL doesn't hurt as much. Oh what a justification.

Well I hope everyone is having a good winter. Mine is horribly cold I - am so looking forward to Spring, Floriade and quite frankly, the sun! Time to tuck into some York Pieces. Damn I can't *wait* for my next USA vacation :-D

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