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OPI Couture de Minnie Collection Swatches and Review

Disclosure: Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer, their PR firm or retailer for my review.

Friday is here! Feels good, doesn’t it? I have fun collection to show you today, the OPI Couture de Minnie Collection. It includes four limited edition polishes and one new Liquid Sand shade. This collection is inspired by a more “fashion-forward” Minnie Mouse. All of the colors are reds and pinks – but there’s a wide range of textures and shades to give it variety.

I’ll start with my surprise favorite, Innie Minnie Mightie Bow. This polish is a crimson red with a fine gold shimmer. Think of it as the less flamboyant, baby sister of The Spy Who Loved Me. Innie Minnie Mightie Bow has a similar red shade with but with a much more subtle gold effect. I don’t know why I like this one so much…but I do. The formula was nice. This is two easy coats.

OPI Innie Minnie Mightie Bow

OPI Couture de Minnie Collection (Summer 2013)

[I swatched this collection!]

OPI Walks the Runway with New Couture de Minnie Nail Lacquers, Inspired by Minnie Mouse

OPI announces the launch of its Couture de Minnie collection, including four limited edition nail lacquers and one new Liquid Sand™ shade. Created in honor of Disney’s beloved character, the Couture de Minnie line explores the fashion-forward side of Minnie Mouse, mixing pink, fuschia and red shades with textural elements. In addition to three crème lacquers, the Couture de Minnie line features a red and white polka dot glitter shade and the strawberry-hued Liquid Sand nail lacquer in Magazine Cover Mouse to give nails a sparkly, matte finish.

OPI Couture de Minnie Collection

OPI San Francisco Collection (Fall/Winter 2013)

Urban-Inspired Nails!

San Francisco by OPI brings street chic style with West Coast flair to nails and toes for Fall/Winter 2013. This new collection features a palette ranging from sky and sea-colored hues of blues and gray to reds, burgundies and browns inspired by some of the city’s most iconic elements – Chinatown, the Golden Gate bridge and the Embarcadero. This fall mélange is mixed with texture, seen in three new Liquid Sand™ nail lacquers in earthy hues of taupe, blue and gray: It’s All San Andreas’s Fault, Wharf! Wharf! Wharf! and Alcatraz…Rocks. Liquid Sand lacquers dry to a textured, matte finish, infused with reflective sparkle.

“To me, the women of San Francisco and the city itself really epitomize today’s multifaceted beauty consumer,” explains Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “San Francisco offers a European flair with distinct West Coast attributes. These elements inspired a collection of urban chic nail lacquer shades, thanks to the sophisticated combination of high fashion and eclectic street style.

“With twelve colors ranging from moody grays and blues to garnet and ruby jewel tones, these lacquers are designed to accessorize fall’s hottest looks, from military details to winter whites,” continues Weiss-Fischmann. “On fall runways, models were seen wearing luxurious textures from head to toe. The three new Liquid Sand nail lacquers incorporate the texture trend through nails, with rich matte finishes in colors to complement the season’s fashion.”

San Francisco by OPI includes the following shades:

OPI San Francisco Collection (Fall/Winter 2013)

OPI Bond Girls Swatches & Review

Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer, their PR firm or retailer for my review. Post contains one or more affiliate links.

Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a chance to enter the giveaway!! It’s so huge, even I can’t believe it!! I wish I could enter myself (like seriously..I do.) I’ve had some growing pains with the new site launch – but I’m slowing working through issues. I did the whole site on my own (and I’m NOT an expert!) so I expected some hiccups. Thanks for being patient. :)

So today I have the Summer Liquid Sand Collection release from OPI, Bond Girls. Each shade has a matte, textured, sparkly finish and is named after an iconic Bond Girl. These polishes were all surprisingly easy to apply…minimum clean-up! All swatches are two coats (without topcoat – as directed) unless stated otherwise.

I’ll start with my favorite, Tiffany Case, a light blue with a silver sparkle. This polish was high-definition! It’s hard to describe; but the color and glitter were so sharp!! The finish was very similar to Jesse’s Girl JulieG Blueberry Fizz…but more teal.

OPI Bond Girls Tiffany Case (Summer 2013)

Digit-al Dozen Does Animal Week: Abstract Koi Fish

Disclosure: Some products in this post were provided by the manufacturer, their PR firm or retailer for my review.

Yay! It’s another Digit-al Dozen nail art week! This month’s theme is animals. We had to adjust the wording of our post titles this week for obvious reasons. Our typical lead in of “Digit-al Dozen Does [theme]” just wouldn’t have been right. Man, I laugh out loud every time I think about it though. Thank goodness someone noticed because I’m oblivious! So on to my first mani…it’s pretty abstract but that’s what I love about it! See the koi fish?

Abstract Koi Fish Nail Art

OPI Liquid Sand Bond Girls (Summer 2013)

[I swatched this collection!]

OPI Joins Bond 007 to Release Six New Revolutionary Liquid Sand™ Nail Lacquers Inspired by 50 Years of James Bond

OPI announces the launch of Bond Girls, a collection of six new Liquid Sand™ nail lacquers featuring a textured, matte finish infused with reflective sparkle fitting the allure surrounding the Bond Girls.  In hues of white, pink, blue, purple, gold and coral, Bond Girls offers a range of shimmering shades with the distinctive Liquid Sand finish.

“OPI is extremely excited to partner again with EON Productions,” says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI co-founder & Artistic Director. “Following the success of the holiday promotion with the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, it’s been a thrill to create colors for the women who’ve captured Bond’s attention over the last five decades.

“The six shades are named after some of the most iconic – and my favorite – Bond girls, including: Solitaire, Pussy Galore, Tiffany Case, Vesper, Honey Ryder and Jinx,” adds Weiss-Fischmann. “Worn without top coat, these Liquid Sand lacquers give nails a pebbled, matte finish worthy of the captivating ‘Bond Girls’ name.”

OPI  Bond Girls Liquid Sand Polishes

Digit-al Dozen Does Geek: Iron Man…sorta

It’s the last day of Geek Week. So much fun!! I went mainstream with all my geek manis and today is no exception. I was looking for a comic book hero and Iron Man won out by unanimous family vote. Now this mani makes me giggle. It’s not dead-on, that’s for sure. You know that line in movies where one character (who is distraught or dirty, etc.) turns to the other and says, “Don’t look at me! I’m hideous.”? I kinda feel like my middle finger Iron Man would be saying that right to you right now!

Iron Man Nail Art