Pay attention people! This post today is gonna be life changing. OK maybe not, it is just nail polish after all right? All I can say is this may be a near dupe for Clarins 230!
For today's post, I thought about all sorts of witty titles. But decided I like Shift Happens. Very close to sh*t happens right? It also happens to be the name of the polish I am spotlighting today. There's a first for everything right? I don't usually give you the polish name in the title.
No I am NOT going soft!!
First up, the silly bottle shot.
This is OPI A Taupe the Space Needle, Pam's Girly Bits Shift Happens and Orly Bus Stop Crimson.
I decided I needed a brown day. It is my favorite color and I wanted to do a me mani. I have done these before. It's a mani that really only I can see the design. But the magic of Shift Happens can be seen by all.
I started with the OPI. This is a lovely taupe creme. Simply stunning. Here are your shots.
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-uS2ugyddzPk/Tyk1WGHiKiI/AAAAAAAACTE/Zj-LlK15o8Q/s640/shift1.jpg) |
Sun |
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Shade |
Isn't this pretty? Oh how I swoon for browns. Got a comment the other day from a reader wanting to know some of my favorite browns. Think I gave her like a list of ten or so! Probably more than she asked for. But how can I pick just one brown?
Anywho, I then added two layers of Pam's Shift Happens. Now this has been touted as a pretty close dupe to Clarins 230. Someone did a swatch comparison and it seems Shift Happens is a little more orange than the Clarins 230 but Pam says she's gonna tweak it to be closer. Nevertheless, this stuff is amazing! Here are your shots.
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Sun |
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCuzxwIHeJQ/Tyk2N_L7k5I/AAAAAAAACTg/-t3jB83S0cU/s640/shift7.jpg) |
Shade |
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-w6IsP0Y8Avg/Tyk2VV4IgUI/AAAAAAAACTo/uvcb56Pt_Bo/s640/shift4.jpg) |
Sun |
It is so much more spectacular in real life. Shimmers and flashes and red and gold. Simply divine. I didn't want to cover up all this awesomeness with a huge design. So I used my XXL plate 4 and my konad special polish in red wine. I then did a few dots on the design and topped it off with Orly Bus Stop Crimson funky french. Here are the shots. There are a ton!
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Direct Sun |
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-m4D3R-R-AdY/Tyk2_lIQEOI/AAAAAAAACT4/CeUGQ-8v66M/s640/shift13.jpg) |
Shade |
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/-jSll0Lxsob8/Tyk3Bh7oRDI/AAAAAAAACUA/fgS2UQ4bRqg/s640/shift14.jpg) |
Indoors |
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Late afternoon sun |
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/-o-ZlYTnPMYU/Tyk3I5Gr8HI/AAAAAAAACUQ/ROWl19DLR2U/s640/shift8.jpg) |
Direct sun |
![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-fMg7v_ib6uM/Tyk3MJgaJKI/AAAAAAAACUY/8rK5SLeBWXs/s640/shift20.jpg) |
Late afternoon sun |
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-kWpefSrTPHg/Tyk3N5Uy8cI/AAAAAAAACUg/T3hsw9rBqGs/s640/shift19.jpg) |
Close Up |
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Macro |
This is some amazing stuff right? I could not stop staring at my nails. I kept trying to get all different angles in the sun. Took about a billion pictures. Was really hard to narrow them down to these.
I have to say that this makes three posts in a row where I feature Pam's
Girly Bits polish. I think this means I really love her polish! I have more to show you but I just got in my massive haul swap from Italy. So I must take a break from Pam's polish and show you some amazing Italian goodies!
Until next time people. Any thoughts out there?