OPI Vintage Minnie Mouse

While I await my second request to join the OPI Blogger Network, I was at least, allowed back on the media press release list, so please enjoy the following press release about a collection that will be available in salons come June.  I hope to take my 5 year old to Disney World in the next 2 years... I went to Disneyland at 7 and was pretty much smitten with Disney for a long time after that.  All images courtesy of OPI.

OPI’s All Ears!

OPI Announces New Limited Edition Minnie Mouse-Inspired, Nail Lacquers

  

            OPI launches Vintage Minnie Mouse, including four limited edition nail lacquers, for summer. Created in honor of Disney’s beloved character, the colors encapsulate Minnie Mouse’s irresistible charm in playful, pretty shades of pink and red. 

 “OPI is so excited to collaborate with Disney and draw inspiration from one of the world’s most popular characters,” explains Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “This collection brings together the expertise of OPI and the iconic style of Minnie Mouse to inspire the distinct palette of vibrant, feminine shades for summer Nails will pop against summer skin in these classic, saturated hues – holding their own alongside the bold prints of the season.”

The line features a pink crème lacquer, one frosted red shade, a shimmery fuchsia, and a heart glitter confetti:

Nothin’ Mousie ‘bout It
Don’t squeak it – SHOUT IT! This confetti light pink is tops!


I’m All Ears
Tell me how much you love this magenta shimmer.

If You Moust You Moust
You gotta pink what you gotta pink.

The Color of Minnie

You had this little mouse at “red.”

As with all OPI nail lacquers, Vintage Minnie Mouse by OPI contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and features OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

This limited edition promotion will be available beginning June 2012 at professional salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA, for  $8.50 ($9.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer.

For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan! 

ABOUT OPI

As the world leader in the professional nail care industry, OPI is committed to providing high-quality products and services to both salons and their customers, along with a focus on industry safety and innovation. Known for its exceptional formula, fashionable colors and iconic names, OPI’s heavily-pigmented lacquers are super rich, long-lasting and chip-resistant – offering an affordable luxury to consumers. OPI nail lacquer is available in over 200 shades and contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Each lacquer features OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application. Currently, OPI is available in over 100 countries and retails a full line of professional items, including nail treatments, finishing products, lotions, manicure/pedicure products, files, tools, gels and acrylics.

OPI Pink Shatter

For Valentine's Day, I thought about doing a kind of pink on pink manicure, but in the end, it just didn't really work out for me.  Even though it was only 2 weeks ago, I don't even remember what I did for my manicure - time flies when you're stressed, hah!  Anyway, I had a couple of combinations in mind, and this was one of them...  using my CND Muddy Rose manicure, I added one layer of OPI Pink Shatter, a translucent shatter that still allows some of the underlying polish to show through (as opposed to being opaque).

Pink Shatter dries matte, so I added CND Air Dry only to my middle & ring fingers.  I'll have a detailed picture coming up.

You can barely tell this is a pink on pink manicure at first glance, which is what I was going for, but in the end, I just didn't love it.

Here you can see the difference between the top coat vs the matte.  The top coat brings out a subtle shimmer to the Shatter, where the other side just appears dry.  In fact, it reminds me a little of muscle tissue, like if someone split open your leg.  Hey, if The Daily Nail can do zit nails, maybe I can do "raw meat nails"  :p

Trying to get a picture indoors with the flash just wasn't working so my pictures today (in order) are sun, indirect sun, close up and this is the shade.  Now I've had nothing but ick weather lately, but there was one day of sun, and that's when I tested this manicure.  I WANT SPRING TO BE HERE.  Minus the mosquitoes, heat, humidity, tall grass growing...


Anyway, I found my bottle of OPI Pink Shatter on sale for $6 at Ulta on a back rack, but most OPI bottles do still run at around $8.50.

OPI [Website] [Facebook] [Twitter] is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer.  

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

OPI does its last New York Fashion Week show, Herve Leger on Saturday

Please enjoy the following press release from OPI from NYFW.  All images are courtesy of OPI.

OPI was used on nails for the Herve Leger by Max Azria fall/winter show at Lincoln Center on Saturday! Passion was painted on models’ nails for a clean, barely-there nude look that complimented the show’s black and neutral-colored dresses with leather strap detailing. 

Celeb attendees included: actress Kristin Chenowith, actress Poppy Montgomery, model Camila Alves, model Beverly Johnson, actress Kate Mara (Rooney Mara’s sister) and DJ/socialite Harley Viera-Newton.

OPI hits the runway with Jason Wu and Rebecca Taylor for New York Fashion Week

On 10 February (my son's 5th birthday!), OPI was out in full force for the Jason Wu and Rebecca Taylor shows.  Oddly enough, 10 February was also the anniversary of Rebecca Black's "Friday" song debuting.  Hah. Please enjoy the following release from OPI.  All images are courtesy of OPI.

OPI was used on nails for the Jason Wu and Rebecca Taylor fall/winter shows at St. John’s Center Studios and Lincoln Center! For Jason Wu, models’ nails were painted with taupe hue, San Tan-tonio. The noticeable neutral complimented clothes in taupe, black and gold with pops of fuchsia and red.

Meanwhile, Road House Blues, a purple-y navy, was painted on models’ nails for Rebecca Taylor to compliment the collection’s dark colors and floral prints. 

 Celeb attendees of Jason Wu included Shailene Woodley (actress, The Descendants), while Rebecca Taylor’s front row seated Olivia Palermo and Zoe Kravitz.

OPI continues New York Fashion Week with BCBG Max Azria

More pictures and fun from Fashion Week!  This is from 9 February and the BCBG Max Azria show that was the talk of Thursday!  Please enjoy the following release from OPI.  All images are courtesy of OPI.

The Fall 2012 shows are well underway with OPI doing nails for its second show, BCBG Max Azria this morning at Lincoln Center! Models’ nails were painted with Passion for a nude look that complimented the neutral color blocking with pops of color in the clothes. 

OPI kicks off New York Fashion Week with Lauren Moffatt

Ready for some Fashion Week news?!  Let's start with some news from OPI!  All images courtesy of OPI.

OPI has kicked off the Fall 2012 shows doing the nails for Lauren Moffatt’s presentation at The Old School (a Catholic school turned events space) this morning! The bright orange hue, A Good Man-darin Is Hard to Find (image attached) was used on models’ nails. Nails were made short and squoval (square and oval ) to give fall looks the right pop of bright color. Orange will continue to a big color for nails throughout the year!

OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It!

The finale of my Miss Universe reviews is Swimsuit... Nailed It!  I originally HATED this color and avoided it, especially after I heard from other bloggers that it was staining their nails.  However, LOOK at this bottle shot!  It almost glows!  I kept thinking "Is this a DS?"  (It's not, by the way.)


I used a base of Duri Rejuvacote, 2 coats of polish and a top of CND Air Dry.  Formula was great.

These are my nails!  I can't believe how amazing this looks.  No crazy photoshop, no false nails - it's all me.  I'm in love with this color, this finish, the smoothness of the polish, how insanely pretty it is!

Indirect sun - still some amazing shine and just beautiful glow to it!

In the shade, you'll note a bit of a green/red cast over my picture - this is from my red wall, sorry about that!

Finally indoors with the flash - not much to say here... the shimmer was a bit overpowered by the flash.  I wore this color for a few hours and didn't have any staining of my nails, but I did have to scrub with my nail brush to get all the shimmer off.  I'm shocked by this color, but definitely in a great way.  I can't wait to wear this one again!

OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

OPI Crown Me Already!

Going back to OPI's Miss Universe - now it's Crown Me Already! a multi-sized glitter in a clear base.  Honestly, this polish looks best layered either over another color or over itself, but I didn't know that until I swatched.  I used OPI Natural Nail and then put 1 coat on my pinky, 2 coats on my ring finger, 3 coats on my middle finger and finally 4 fantastic coats on my index finger.  I sealed all with OPI Top Coat.

In the sun, you can see that oddly, it doesn't seem to matter if there's 1, 2 or 3 coats... it's either 1 coat or like... 4.  I don't understand it, haha.  The larger hexagonal glitter was a bit hard to get onto the nail but I was able to get it there eventually.

In the shade - same story.  This was before I got my manicure (as you can tell) but tomorrow, you'll start to see how much my nails grew!  (Sadly, these pictures are like 6 weeks old... I'm a bit behind right now).


As for this polish, I can't wear it on its own - I need it to layer.  Frankly, I'd prefer to wear Servin' Up Sparkle if I wanted a glitter like OPI layering polish.

OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

OPI It's My Year

Continuing with the Miss Universe collection - here's It's My Year, a purple base with gold microglitter.  It's like the sister of Rally Pretty Pink.  I used a base coat of OPI Natural Nail, 2 coats of polish, a top of OPI Top Coat.  Formula was great but as you'll see in my pictures, not as opaque as I thought.

Here in the sun, you can see what I was talking about as far as the opacity of this polish.  While I love the color, not a huge fan of seeing my nails.  A base coat of white would help cover your nails and make this color pop.

I had to snag a picture in some indirect sunlight (semi-shade).  Seriously, this purple slays me.  It's just a nice beautiful orchid like color.

Shade picture - the gold isn't nearly as strong here, which is interesting because on my swatch card, all I see is gold.

And finally indoors with the flash - lots of visible nail for me.  Boo!

OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

OPI Congeniality Is My Middle Name

Remember this lovely OPI Miss Universe collection?  Seems like a lifetime ago for me, but that's because I've been seeing swatches of OPI Holland pop up on Tumblr and wow, I'm in love with some of those shades!  But back to the swatch at hand (hah).  Today is Congeniality Is My Middle Name, also called "CIMMN" by many bloggers, although I have no idea how to pronounce it.  Maybe it's like "cinnamon" but you just run the last syllable into the n sound at the end.  Works, right?  This is a beautiful wine-berry shimmer that looks like a creme in the bottle but sparkles on the nail.


Side note, back in 2006, I was in a "scholarship pageant" and won Miss Congeniality.  I hold dear to that title and trophy.  A few years prior, Eva Longoria was in the same scholarship pageant and walked away the winner.

Oh the good ole days.


Back to the polish.  I used a base coat of OPI Natural Nail, 2 coats of polish and a top coat of OPI Top Coat.  The formula was nice and smooth.

Here in the sun, you can see how this is a great red/purple (rurple?) shimmer.  It's not too red but definitely not too purple and the shimmer is nice and subtle.

I was pretty obsessed with this color in the shade, especially the bottle!  It's just such a little chameleon - almost duochrome like!

Finally indoors with the flash and you can see the shimmer a bit more and a huge "hot spot" of light where my flash really hit the nail.  Lovely color!  OPI has always been great with reds.


I'd like to wish all my readers a great holiday season!  Today is Christmas Day and I'm having my family all to my house later today.

OPI is available at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta, for $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer. Please visit their website for details [official website].  

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

NOTD: 17 November 2011

Okay, so this was really 8 November 2011, but whatever.  I was looking for a way to wear my Sephora by OPI Be-Claus I Said So which is a red glitter in a clear base, so I decided to put it with OPI Wocka Wocka! from the Muppets collection.  I forgot to take bottle pictures, but I'll be individually reviewing each shade and will link those reviews to this post at a later date.


I used a base of OPI Natural Nail, 1 coat of Wocka Wocka!, 1 coat of Be-Claus I Said So and a top of Seche Vite.

Full on sun does this no justice.  It looks lumpy and kind of weird.

Shade is so much better!  I love the large and small red glitter reflecting over the red base.  I couldn't stop staring at my nails for 2 days straight.

Indirect sun and again you can see how the larger glitter is reflected weird - almost like strawberry seeds or something.

The indoors with the flash makes the polish look harsh again, but I really really love this combination.  I'm debating on wearing this for my next pedicure or just going my normal China Glaze Ruby Pumps...

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.