TAYLOR BLUE - OPI (with Fly comparison)

Today I have a wonderful polish for you from OPI called Taylor Blue. The polish was named in honor of 13-year-old Taylor Storch, who was killed in a skiing accident in 2010. After her death, Taylor's family decided to donate her organs, which went on to help five people in need of transplants. In her memory, her parents also started the foundation Taylor's Gift to help spread awareness of the importance of organ donation.

How Taylor Blue came packaged

I had one big reason to pick this polish up. Since I have been 16, I have been registered as an organ donor. I would have done it sooner, but in Pennsylvania you are able to register when you get your driver's license, so that's how I became involved. My dad has had his organ donation designation on his license since I was little and he always explained why it was important to become an organ donor. 

Bottom of Taylor Blue

I picked up this polish from the Taylor's Gift website here. It's a great website and it gives a lot of great facts, like only 40% of adults over 18 are enrolled in state organ donation registries. That means a lot of people are going with out life-saving organs. Right now there are currently over 100,000 people on waiting lists for organ donation.

Three coats of Taylor Blue

I ordered my polish on March 29. And it came on April 11. That's pretty awesome considering Taylor's Gift got hammered with a ton of orders. It came in a cute little cylindrical tube with turquoise and white confetti. It was $10 with $4.50 for shipping and handling. All proceeds go to the foundation.

I know some people have commented on how this polish can run the gamut of teal, blue, turquoise and green. I definitely seem to catch it as a turquoise blue. It's really pretty, and as you will see later a great formula!

A picture without the flash to show the greenish qualities some people are talking about

I can see that this polish will get a lot of wear. And, when people comment on my nails, I will tell them the story of Taylor and why it is important to be an organ donor. If you want to learn more, head over to the Taylor's Gift website at taylorsgift.org and check out the entire story and the facts on donating your organs.

Paint it Forward

I know a lot of people have been asking about comparisons to OPI's Fly from the Nicki Minaj Collection. While I would have purchased this polish for the message alone, I want to show some comparisons for those who have asked.

Fly on Left; Taylor Blue on Right

In the bottles they do look identical. I tried taking several shots in different light to capture what looked to me to be a small tinge of green in Fly. I will say I like the Taylor Blue formula more, because it doesn't seem to be as thin as Fly.

I think you can see the tinge of green in fly on this one, but maybe it's just me

I did a swatch of both polishes on one hand.

Left: Fly, Taylor Blue, Fly, Taylor Blue

They look very similar, but if you love OPI polish or love the message that Taylor Blue sends, then it doesn't really matter. I know I love this color, so having an extra bottle is awesome. I use it for my toes and fingers a lot in the summer. I have yet to take off Taylor Blue, so I don't know if it stains like Fly yet or not. But it is a small price to pay for such a pretty polish!

Taylor Blue - Paint it Forward!

Puppies and Pawlish gives Taylor Blue four paws up!

Thanks for stopping by! Next time, I will have pictures from Zeke's day in jail during the Beggin For Bail fundraiser through our local SPCA!

My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours! - OPI

Today I've got another polish from the OPI Euro Centrale collection called My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours! It's a red/orange with some shimmer in it. I saw a swatch of it somewhere and after originally not picking it up, decided to get it.

My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours!

Let me say, I'm not usually a fan of oranges. It just doesn't look good with my skin tone. I felt like this was leaning towards the red side of orange so I thought I'd try it.

MPIHTY!

This reminds me a lot of OPI's Tasmanian Devil Made Me Do It. Honestly, it's a pretty color, but it just looks weird on my skin tone.

Two coats of MPIHTY!

I used a basecoat of Gelous, two coats of MPIHTY! and a top coat of Seche Vite. The formula was awesome as are most OPIs. Try not to look at my sad thumb. I broke it off at work, but was defiant about cutting the rest.

All in all, it's a very pretty color. Just not for me. Maybe I'll try it on my toes in the summer, but it's safe to say it probably won't be used as a fingernail color again.

The funny thing is that I don't think Brinlee really liked it either. She kept photobombing me when I was standing out in the kitchen for a photo. This is the result.

MPIHTY! orange vs. Brinlee orange!

Brinlee seems to think HER orange is much better. What do you think?

Back in Blue! Can't Find My Czechbook

Long time no see! I'm back with what I hope to be many more punctual posts from Puppies and Pawlish. I kind of got bogged down working two jobs, but I'm back!!

Today I have a polish from OPI's new Euro Centrale line called Can't Find My Czechbook. It's an aqua blue color and it's perfect for spring.

Can't Find My Czechbook

This is different shade of blue from any other that I own from OPI, and believe me, I own a lot. I'm the blue queen. This, along with Eurso Euro and I Saw, You Saw, We Saw, Warsaw (wow long name) are the three blues of the collection.

Bottle shot of Can't Find My Czechbook

This caught my eye from all of the polishes I saw in the collection. I'm a big fan of No Room For the Blues, which is CFMC's dustier cousin. This is probably my favorite blue of all time from OPI.

Two coats of CFMC

My lovely nail tech Adrienne at Adrianna's Day Spa painted this on for me during my bi-weekly visit to get my cuticles pushed down. (I know, I know, but I hate doing it myself!) This is one coat of Gelous base coat, two coats of CFMC and one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

CFMC with Flash

Adrienne told me she thought this looked liked blue cotton candy, and I have to agree. It's such a pretty blue that you can really wear it on your nails without it screaming I'M WEARING BLUE!

I think that's it's a pretty distinct color and I may buy a backup bottle of this. I also bought Eurso Euro, which  is a rich cobalt blue. For those fans of Doctor Who, it's a dead-on ringer for Tardis Blue! I'll be trying that out next week.

CFMC in direct light

The formula in this wasn't too bad. I can see where it could become streaky, but the key is using thin coats without going back over the same spot over and over. This collection is out in stores now and can also be purchased online at Ulta for $9. I picked mine up at JC Penney where it usually retails for $6 a bottle.

Hope you enjoyed today's post. I wanted to share an awesome picture of Zeke I got this past weekend. I love this little face!

Baseball Nails!!

Today I wanted to show you the baseball nails I did for the Oakland A's game that I am going to tomorrow night!
Disclaimer: I am a huge Detroit Tigers fan, but my favorite player is now with the A's, so I'm headed to Baltimore to see them play!

For those who aren't fans of baseball, the A's colors are green and yellow. They have some pretty cool retro uniforms too. Since I'm going to be wearing my Oakland A's Brandon Inge #7 shirt, I wanted to have matching nails.....and here they are!

Oakland A's nails!

For the green I chose OPI's Greenwich Village. It's a jelly finish and not as dark as I would like, but I had to make do with what I had. I may switch to neon green or maybe even Cult Nails' Toxic Seaweed before Friday. The yellow is one of my favorite OPI colors of all time - Need Sunglasses? I love this color. It's one of my favorite and the reason I didn't use that for a bottle shot is because it's half empty! 

Thumb - Greenwich Green; Middle three fingers - Need Sunglasses?; Pinkie - Greenwich Green

I'm excited to head to Baltimore to visit Camden Yards for the first time. For those who do not know, I work as a sports editor for my local newspaper. People think it's funny when I take my vacation to go to baseball games, but if there is one thing I love as much as polish and puppies, it's sports!

Let's go A's!

I'm also excited to head out to the game, because I was supposed to go see the Tigers when they came to Pittsburgh, which is about two hours away from me, but I got sick and had to give up my tickets. So this will be the first MLB game I've been to all year! Thanks to my hubby, I'll be sitting in the second row right next to the A's dugout, so I'm hoping to get some great pics of Brandon!

There is one downside about going away....

Mommy's Little Man!

I'm going to miss my puppies while I'm gone!! But they are in good hands, because their Pop (my dad) is coming to our house to babysit them for two whole days. That means they'll be spoiled rotten when we get home!

Have you ever done team nails before? If you have, leave me a comment and let me know what team you did and what polishes you used!! 

- Jaclyn

OPI Fly and giveaway news!!

Hello Ladies!!
Today I wanted to share some pictures of Fly, one of the colors from the Nicki Minaj collection! I picked up five of the six shades. I didn't get the Super Bass Shatter because I have tons of shatter I don't use now.

From left: Did It On Em, Fly, Pink Friday, Save Me, Metallic 4 Life

I was most excited to use Fly, because I am a blue polish girl. If it's remotely related to blue, I'm buying it. Since I have a wonderful local salon owner - Shout out to Nails by Nicci in Philipsburg, PA! - she is able to get whatever polish from the new OPI collections I'm looking for. I usually give her a list on a scrap piece of paper and I get a box at my next nail appointment with all my polish!

Fly - a light blue with a kick!

Since I had a nail appointment today with my lovely manicurist Tammie, I decided to get Fly put on since I couldn't wait another few days. All you polish lovers understand what I mean! I love getting my nails done, even though I really don't need to go very often. I have natural nails and usually I go to get the great OPI scrub and lotion as well as some cuticle care. Tammie is awesome. She is a fantastic manicurist and my hands look awesome when I leave. Case in point, see my next picture......

Thanks to Tammie for the awesome mani!!

All in all, I love this color. Of course, I love most OPI colors. Their cremes are awesome and their colors are so fantastic. After I took pictures, I layered some Save Me over Fly. It looks totally awesome as well! 

Fly gets two thumbs up!

Now on to the news of my FIRST ever giveaway! I promised all of my polish friends that if I got to 30 followers by yesterday, I would have a giveaway. So, without further ado, here is a sneak peak of what will be in said giveaway!

From Left: Borghese Raspberry Sorbetto with bonus base and topcoat; WnW Spoiled glitters in Pirates Booty, Jewel Heist and Use Protection

I will have the giveaway up and running by tomorrow night using rafflecopter!! Before I go, I wanted to leave you with a puppy picture of Zeke. Since this is PUPPIES and pawlish, what's better than a little puppy in overalls?

Zeke in his overalls at 4 months!

Until tomorrow,

Jackie