grey - Lucy's Stash

Hello lovelies!

Look what I've got! The whole OPI Spider-Man collection! You've probably seen it before because I'm quite late with my review. I've got the polishes a bit later so I could review them earlier, sorry :-/

The collection is inspired by The Amazing Spider-man film and consists of 6 colours and one Shatter:

My Boyfriend Scales Wall - grey-ish white creme. This is not a classic bright white; it's somehow muted, with added grey in it. I really like it and it became my favourite white polish. it is not as much for the grey-ish colour as for its formula. It's flawless! It applied great and two coats were enough for a full coverage. I hope this would be a one-coater but unfortunately it is not.

Your Web Or Mine? - medium pink with pearl finish. Ehm...I'm not sure how this colour fits into the Spider-man colour palette. The pearl finish is very strong which makes the polish streaky and it was a bit of a fight to apply it nicely. Two coats were enough for full coverage.

Call Me Gwen-ever - muted orange creme with coral undertones. For me this is great summer orange colour..it is not too bright or too boring, mainly because of the coral undertones. It has a great formula and pigmentation - I've needed two coats for full coverage and the polish dried very fast.

Number One Nemesis - metallic grey-ish green with gold particles. I seriously don't know what happened here, the pictures didn't come up well at all! Unfortunately I broke my nail so I couldn't take new pics :-/ Back to the polish though...it is hard to describe colour - it is like golden olive green mixed with graphite silver with added gold particles. It is also dupe for Chanel Graphite. It applied nicely and I've used two thicker coats. In the real life the colour looks so much better and more sparkly and you'll love it ;o)

Just Spotted The Lizard - yellow-ish green/olive green duochrome. I fell in love with this type of colour however this shade, I presume, is an answer to Chanel Peridot mania. It is not unique as it is almost exact dupe of Peridot but it certainly is a beauty. It is well pigmented, I'm wearing two thicker coats. Polish dried very fast and is a bit streaky.

Into The Night - dark blue shimmer. Lovely shade, very well suited for Spider-man collection :) I liked the final result, the deep blue but to get me there I had to apply three coats. I'm a two-coater girl so three coats for me is a no no. I am a bit disappointed that the polish doesn't have better pigmentation because OPI is my fav brand and they do so well with pigmented polishes (if you know what I mean!). Despite that it applied nicely but the finish is a bit streaky.

Shatter The Scales - dark forest green Shatter with silver particles. Oh wow, I love the silver particles in the Shatter! It's not flat like the other creme shatters. However I'm not sure if we need more crackling polishes, this trend is way last year! Shatter applied well and dried fast and I'm wearing topcoat over it.

Shatter The Scales over My Boyfriend Scales Wall

Shatter The Scales over Just Spotted The Lizard

Overall I like the film-themed collection but where is red??? Spider-man without red is like Britain without Queen! I wouldn’t mind repeat of a red shade, wouldn’t have to be completely new shade, but I expected red :(

Most of the polishes had great formula and pigmentation and I also quite like the two dupes for Chanel polishes. It makes a great cheaper option.

*These were provided for a review

Hello lovelies!

I finally managed to swatch the OPI Holland collection and today I'll show you the first half - creme shades. There is just 5 cremes and 7 shimmers. I like shimmers more so I'll keep the better last ;)

Holland collection was inspired by the country’s range of stunning shades – as seen in vivid tulips, windmill-dotted hillsides and bustling canals – the collection’s twelve shades offer a mixture of sophisticated neutrals and highly-pigmented brights. Collection contains 12 shades and is available from 8th February 2012.

Some of the shades are very interesting but not hugely popular but there are some very nice and wearable ones too.

A Roll In The Hague - very bright and rich orange creme shade. This shade really reminded me Halloween orange but it is also great for summer as it's soo bright! The polish applied very nicely and has very good pigmentation. I've applied two coats and as you can see it was enough for a perfect coverage.

Did you ‘ear About Van Gogh? - described as sandy bisque creme. This is very unique and hard describable colour :) I don't have any similar colour to it in my stash and surprisingly it does look quite good on me. In the beginning I thought it's an ugly shade but once I applied it, it looked really cool and fashionable. I think the pictures are very colour-accurate so no need of describing it further. Formula is great again, this is two coats and it dried fast on me.

Kiss Me On My Tulips - hot pink creme. I've seen some swatches on other blogs that use artificial light where the colour was really bold and rich but you won't get that on the daylight...in artificial light, maybe. But still it's popular girly colour. The formula was very good as with all the creme shades - shiny, well pigmented and shiny. I'm wearing two coats.

Red Lights Ahead...Where? - bright neon coral creme. The colour is something between red and orange neon colour, a bit coral I'd say. The formula is awesome! You could do with just one coat but I've applied two to cover few ridges in my nails. It dries fast and it applied like a dream! It was quite hard to photograph it as neon colours don't agree with most cameras :-/ I've done my best and I think the colour is I think 95% accurate, only little bit more bright neon.

Thanks a Windmillion - pale cool-toned green creme. This is another a bit strange colour but it does look quite good, especially with Nubar Black Polka Dot layered over it ;) I wouldn't normally buy a pale green colour but since I had the rest of the collection.. :D Anyway - it is very well pigmented, I'm wearing two coats and it dried very fast. I think the last picture is the most colour-accurate.

So what do you think so far? I love them! All of the polishes have an amazing formula (pretty much OPI's standard) and some of the colours will be my summer go to's :)

In the next post I will review the rest of the polishes which are shimmers...those are always my favourite ;)