OPI Holland Collection Spring 2012 - Swatches and Review

I was so much looking forward to this collection! I know I am a bit late with it. But there is still plenty of time because it still is spring and this is a spring collection. This time OPI takes us to Holland with some funny names, beautiful cremes and some unusual shimmers. Here are my swatches:

A ROLL IN THE HAGUE

DID YOU´EAR ABOUT VAN GOGH

DUTCH´YA JUST LOVE OPI

GOUDA GOUDA TWO SHOES

I DON´T GIVE A ROTTERDAM!

I HAVE HERRING PROBLEM

KISS ME ON MY TULIPS

PEDAL FASTER SUZI!

RED LIGHTS AHEAD...WHERE?

THANKS A WINDMILLION

VAMPSTERDAM

WOODEN SHOE LIKE TO KNOW?

Overall a very pretty collection and I like the choice of colours and finishes that we get here. They were all easy to work with and covered all in two coats except for Pedal Faster Suzi! which was three coats. One thing that made me especially happy are the two beautiful purples. I love them both. Thank you OPI...my purple collection is growing :) In fact I like a lot of them...right now I am wearing Red Lights Ahead...Where? and I also can´t wait to try the other two bright cremes. They are such a pleasure to apply!

So even though you have seen this collection a billion times I am curious about your thoughts. Let me know what are your favourites!

* the product(s) in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer or their PR company 

OPI DS Temptation

Well what to say...this is something truly special for a purple lover like me. I love it...it is not a holo like the previous OPI DS used to be but it is still pretty. This is two coats, it has great coverage.

I also wanted to write you one more thing. As you might have noticed I don´t post that often lately. I am having some problems with my back but I also feel like all the fun from blogging disappeared and it became only something I HAVE to do. It also costs me a lot of money. I do get all the collections for free, yes. But I have to pay the shipping to Europe for some brands since they don´t ship to my country. And it is starting to be quite expensive. I don´t want to quit, I just feel I need to change a bit. I have to think through this :) just don´t give up on me. LOVE YOU!

Finger Paints Fun-Fetti v Color Club Wish Upon a Rock-Star v OPI Rainbow Connection v Nicole By OPI Rainbow In The S-Kylie

Lately we have seen so many polishes like these. I just don´t get the point why each nail polish brand  has to have its own. I don´t have all the possible varieties but I have four so I thought it might be helpful if I make a comparison...I know you love them. So I have here Finger Paints Fun-Fetti (F), Color Club Wish Upon A Rock-Star (WUAR), OPI Rainbow Connection (RC) and Nicole By OPI Rainbow In The S-Kylie (RITS).
These are not dupes but they are so close that it is hard to tell a difference. I used one coat over a dark purple creme.

OPI Muppets Collection Holiday 2011 - Swatches and Review

I think it is about time to show you this year´s holiday collection from OPI. I love holiday collections from OPI and I know that many of you like me eagerly wait for the collection to come out each year. This year we have a lot of glitter too. I am sure all of you have already seen the collection ten million times plus one but here are my pictures and my thoughts about it:

DESIGNER DE BETTER!
This polish is perfect when you want to feel festive but can´t wear glitter or red, green. If you need a worksafe polish the this should be your choice. The fun starts when you look at the close-up. Two coats.

WARM & FOZZIE
I think that when it comes to bronze polishes OPI makes one of the best ones. I like this one too. The combination of bronze, gold and a bit of pink is beautiful. Three coats here but two thick could be ok too.

ANIMAL-ISTIC
I can´t imagine a holiday collection without a red. This one is very bright. I didn´t have the nail line so visible in real life, it just shows like this on the pictures. Two coats.

MEEP-MEEP-MEEP
One of my favourites. I know, this colour is not extremely special but I still like it. Love the finish it has. Two coats.

WOCKA WOCKA!
Once the brush with Wocka Wocka! touches your nail you will fall in love with it. This is so much pigmented that you will need only one coat and the formula is perfect! One coat.

PEPES PURPLE PASSION
In the bottle I didn´t pay this one much attention but I really liked how it looks on the nails. This also very well pigmented. I did two coats but you could use just one.

Next are the six glitters. To tell the truth I don´t like to use these on their own, I think they are much much better as layering polishes. So this is my way of wearing them. I used a base OPI polish and the one coat of each glitter. 

RAINBOW CONNECTION
I know a bit unusal combination but I like it :) The base is OPI Planks A Lot. Lately there have been many similar polishes from different brands and I will show you a small comparison soon.

FRESH FROG OF BEL AIR
Base is OPI Don´t Mess With OPI. 

GONE GONZO!
Base is OPI Austintatious Turquoise. I think these two look great together, really like this combination.

DIVINE SWINE
My favourite of all the glitters in this collection over OPI Purple-Opolis.

GETTIN´MISS PIGGY WITH IT!
This is so festive. I used the great one coater from this collection Wocka Wocka! as a base.

EXCUSE MOI!
This glitter is a bit different than the rest in this collection and it is much more opaque. On the picture I have one coat over OPI My Address Is "Hollywood".

This will sound really weird but I don´t know the Muppets much, I never watched them...I grew on totally different things. So I can´t say how much the colours from this collection coordinate with the characters nor do I understand the names of the polishes. So I look at these as just 12 new polishes from OPI :)

I like the first part of the collection a lot. I will wear all of these colours, which does not happen very often. I do have a problem with the glitters though. I tried to use them on their own but I didn´t like the way it looked much. So instead I wear them layered on a coordinating base colour or over black. 

As I said, I know you have seen these so many times but I would still love to hear your thoughts on them :)

P.S Don´t forget about the foil method when removing your glitters. You can find my small tutorial here.

* the product(s) in this post were sent to me by the manufacturer or their PR company