Happy Saturday! What’s everyone up to this weekend? I’m heading out to Santa Monica later to help celebrate my one of my bestie’s birthday. I’ll also be having a few extra drinks to celebrate the end of the graduate school application process! Yay! After 4 long months, the tests are done, the scores are in, and the applications have been submitted! Now I’m just twiddling my thumbs till March, when I’ll find out where I’ve been accepted!
Today I have for you the first swatches of the collection I’ve most been obsessing for this spring, the OPI Holland Collection. I have been drooling over the swatches on the blogosphere for the past few weeks, and now, they are mine! I’m so happy! The collection is made up of six shimmers and six cremes. The shimmers are what really had me excited, so I’m going to show you three today, and the three others tomorrow. Read on!
Up first is I Don’t Give A Rotterdam. Such a cute name! IDGAR is a light blue base with a gorgeous silver shimmer. The base reminds me a lot of a periwinkle blue. Seriously, OPI outdid itself with these shimmers! This is 3 super thin coats of IDGAR. I could have gotten away with 2 slightly thicker coats, but I’m in the habit of 3 coats to avoid peeling, so that’s what I did. Please excuse any bumpiness on my nails – they’re peeling – bleh! – but it's not bubbles in the polish. Take a look!
The next shimmer is I Have A Herring Problem. This polish is a slightly smoky teal base with a rose gold shimmer. Again, stunning! At first I constantly thought this was really close in color to I Don’t Give A Rotterdam, but now that I have them side-by-side, they are two distinct polishes for sure. Again, this is 3 thin coats of IHAHP:
The third polish I have for you today is Pedal Faster Suzi!, a soft, slightly muted pink with a silver shimmer. The shimmer is similar to the same silver glory in I Don’t Give A Rotterdam. At first I wasn’t very interested in Pedal Faster Suzi!, but since I was buying the other shimmers, I thought I’d pick this one up as well – my OCD strikes again! I’m glad it did, though, as I loved this polish! It is a soft pink, but the slightly grayed tone to the color keeps it from being too safe. This is definitely a fun polish for work!
And there you have it! The first 3 of 6 shimmers from the new OPI Holland collection! Are you loving these polishes as much as I am? Of the three here, I Have A Herring Problem is probably my favorite, but I seriously love all three of these and am happy to welcome them to my collection!
The OPI Holland collection will be available beginning this Thursday, February 8, at your regular OPI retailers, including Ulta, JC Penny’s and beauty retailers. Each polish retails for $8.50 for a 0.5 fl oz bottle.
What do you think of the collection so far? Sound off in the comments below!
Nice swatches and I ♥ the light blue (IDGAR) but sad to say I don't care for the name (eek!). Not sure if that'll keep me from buying it but with hundreds of bottles of lacquer, I could probably do without it.
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