WAH x Models Own Nail Art Pens

Hi everyone!

Today I just wanted to do a quick post on the WAH Nails and Models Own collaboration nail art pens. These aren't new on the scene, but I'm going to do a post on them anyway because they are some of my favourite tools to use when doing my nails. The colours they are currently available in as follows: Black, White, Blue, Pink, Yellow, with recent additions of Silver & Gold (festive season, yay!).

I absolutely love these pens! I have them in all the colours. They're great because the have one end that acts as a dotter for precise detail and then the other end is a striper brush to create smooth, straight lines. They are really easy to use, even if you don't have the steadiest of hands. I was really surprised even when I did my other hand, yes the result is never quite as perfect as my left hand, due to me being right-handed, but it still looked great - much better than trying to do free-hand patterns.

If you haven't got any already, they retail at £6 each and can be bought at Boots (in stores nationwide and online), the Models Own website and the Models Own Bottleshop located in Westfield at White City, London. Boots quite often run promotions such as 3 for 2 or a free nail art pen when you buy two other MO products so it's definitely worth keeping an eye out for any special offers.

Here is some striped nail art I created with the help of my all time favourite WAH x Models Own Nail Art Pen in White.

OPI Planks a Lot is the purple base colour.

In terms of the colours themselves, the shades are actually really lovely. The pink, blue and yellow are all very bright but I didn't have a problem with that because I like my statement nails, haha. The gold pen that I bought most recently appeared to be not as gold toned as I would have liked, more of a bronze to me, especially when applied on the nail (see previous post on Rita Ora Nails). However, I don't know if I just got a bit of an "off" bottle, so they might not necessarily be all like this. All in all, I would definitely recommend this product to anyone, regardless of your skill with nails.

Which colour is your personal favourite? I don't think I can call it!

OPI Nicki Minaj Collection - Pink Friday, Fly, Save Me & Super Bass Shatter!

Hey guys!

Hope you're all well. I'm reaalllyyy sorry about the lack of posts of the last few weeks, I've just been busy settling back into studying at sixth form! I've moved into year 13 now, which is kinda scary - it doesn't seem like two minutes ago since I started secondary school way back in year 7 and the last year has gone incredibly fast! Anyway, onto the post:

So today I have for you a Nicki Minaj themed manicure I did using some of the colours from the OPI collection released earlier this year. I thought it was very appropriate for today since she's just announced her UK arena tour - exciting stuff!!

Nicki Minaj Mix Up!

Here you can see Pink Friday (obviously the baby pink!) with the Super Bass Shatter over the top. And then on my other two fingers I layered Save Me over Fly.

The shatter is definitely my favourite of it's kind from OPI - when you look closely and in different lighting, it has a real shimmer/sparkle and it looks fab against lighter colours - especially the ones it's paired with in the collection! My photo is rubbish, so it's hard to tell here, but it's the only one I have. I would describe the actual colour itself as being plum.

Pink Friday is a gorgeous baby pink creme, not much else to say other than that it's super pretty and a girl can never have enough pink nail polish! In my opinion, it's a perfect pink and a must have if you're a fan of pink in general. It's like the ultimate girly colour. The formula could have be better, but it's workable. It took three coats for this photo because I had to get rid of brush strokes etc.

Save Me is a clear base containing regular silver microglitter particles along with bar shaped holographic glitter. I really like this because there isn't many other polishes like this around, even if it is an absolute pain to remove. I bet it looks fab on it's own, but as it's quite a sheer polish I chose to layer this because I'm stingy when it comes to wasting polish unnecessarily! HAHA. But I would say 4 coats alone might possibly be opaque? I used 2 layering.

As for Fly, I do like the colour - it's a mix between a blue and teal, sort of turquoise? I don't really know, it's kinda hard to describe. But I don't really feel like it's that special or unique compared to other colours in the collection. Still very nice though! Again, as with Pink Friday this was another 3-coater.

All in all, this has got to be one of my favourite OPI collections to date. Which is your favourite from the above?