OPI is one of those nail polish brands that I always felt
apprehensive about purchasing
. Don't get me wrong, the quality is always
great and the colour range is amazingly extensive (if you're into reds
and pinks, they've definitely got you covered). But at full price -
$19.95 - it's just far beyond my price range as a low, poorly, poor
student working two shifts a week bagging groceries.
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So
I do what any addict does. I search and search till I find my
(reasonably priced) fix! My local chemist started selling a limited
range for $9.95 each, My Beauty Spot by My Chemist usually has a 2 for
$15 deal (also a limited range) and best of all, Gloss Cosmetics is
currently selling 3 OPI's for $20. And so somehow, I ended up with a
bunch of OPI's... none of which I've purchased at full price. They're
even cheaper if you buy online
via eBay but I've read some articles
about fakes and I prefer to see the color and formula in person anyway.
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Moving
on to the point of this point. One thing that OPI does really well is
nudes and neutrals. These are some of my favourites. Click through the
jump for a more detailed
read :)
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From left to right:
1. You Don't Know Jacques! Deep chocolatey brown with a slight mauve tone. Quite a thin formula, opaque in about three thin coats.
2. Over the Taupe: Warm brown, really damn close to my skin tone. Pinkish tones. Opaque in two coats, also a sheer formula.
3. French Quarter For Your Thoughts: My go-to elephant grey shade. Great formula, opaque in two coats, applies like a grey scale dream.
4. Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh: Grey toned beige nude. Also a great formula, two coats is usually fine but sometimes I apply a thin third coat to cover up any bare areas.
5. Pretzel My Buttons: My all time favourite neutral! Pink tinged nude, complements so many skin tones. On me, it's a nice neutral colour when I'm feeling a bit bored and need something plain (but lovely) and on those with lighter skin tones, it's a perfect 'mannequin-hands' colour. Usually two coats, first is a bit thin and the second to build up the colour evenly.
Bonus bottle shot because, well, um, who knows why I do anything on this blog.
I find it so easy to accidentally accumulate so much nail polish. I mean, a normal person might own just one or two neutrals/browns and be perfectly satisfied, but I have a massive problem with justifying my purchases of a dozen similar colours with phrases like 'but this one is pink toned not yellow toned,' or 'this one has a slight shimmer though.' It became blatantly obvious that a cull was needed when I ran out of space for my nail polish after filling two racks with five shelves each and two boxes, and when I literally had six different branded nail polishes that were literally the exact same shade of teal (my weakness). I know that by some standards, my collection is by no means extensive and excessive! But my goodness, it felt good throwing out those two dozen nail polishes.
Putting myself on a nail polish spending ban ASAP... (but damn I could always use another bottle of Pretzel My Buttons).
Help.
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