Honest Babes

Sephora by OPI's Spring 2010 Modern Flowers collection is full of delicate, garden-inspired shades.  I know that sounds a little ad-like, but this collection does strike me as spring-y; this collex has both the green leaves and the pink, purple and orange flowers from a garden.

Lots of descriptions, lots of pictures

Ulta's Valentine's Day exclusive OPI, Pink Me I'm Good, did not thrill me.  In fact, I can't see myself using it ever again (unless it's for comparison purposes) and I just might have to give it away.  To see if it would be worth layering, I picked out a black, a red, a pink, plus a purple and blue from OPI's Spring/Summer 2010 Hong Kong collection.

To see subpar pics...

OPI tends to give Ulta three exclusive colors for Valentines Day and for the winter holidays.  I heard that the Valentines Day exclusives were out, so of course I had to stop by an Ulta.  I found an exclusive named Pink Me I'm Good (SR B94.)  It's a dark hot pink jelly with golden glitter.  Here are some pictures in fading sunlight:

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Some sunlight pics and a dark indoor pic, too. I'm not sure the gold in Alice is coming through, or the multicolored glitter in Hatter, but I can assure you that they are present on the nail!  I did three coats for Absolutely Alice and Mad As A Hatter, but Thanks So Muchness! only needed two.

A decent amount of pictures awaits...

I need to do some sunlight swatches, but I promise I'm going to be done tomorrow with the OPI Alice in Wonderlands.   So one more post after this one, honest!

Indoor flash pics ahoy

I picked up three of the Alice in Wonderland polishes this afternoon.  I didn't opt for Off With Her Red! since it was so warm.  (If you didn't catch the swatch, it's here.)

Some bottle pictures...

The OPI Alice in Wonderland collection has shipped. That means you can start stalking your local polish haunts for it soon!

If you'd like to know a little more...

I randomly received a bottle of OPI's InStyle Red in the last week (which was ever so thrilling!! ), so I decided to try it out.  I'm not sure which OPI red this polish is, but I assume it's just a re-stickered core OPI color.  I could be wrong, though!

I think I'd describe this polish as a true bright red- it doesn't seem like it leans towards yellow or blue, so it's pretty neutral.  InStyle Red is a bit thin, but I got it decently opaque with a thin and then a thick coat of lacquer.  I do have three coats on in these pictures, only because I wanted to refresh it before tearing into a Thanksgiving meal.   Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US, by the way!

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OPI has manufactured a plethora of holiday exclusives for different stores. That's pretty normal. But their Ulta offerings are a little unusual this year, in that the minis and full-sized bottles are not the same. Though I suspect one mini might be a dupe of the full-size bottle, I'm getting ahead of myself here.

Now! With added pictures! :-P

I purchased a few things at Ulta today.  I had hoped that two of the items were going to be great, but only one delivered.  Images of the two after the jump.

Don't look if you have a weakness for OPI minis...

I can't say I'm in love with OPI's Holiday collection this year, but it is a solid collection.  I don't think there are any standouts that a polish collector really has to have, though Merry Midnight and Shim-merry Chic are rather unusual and worth a look.

PICTURE AND FRAZZLE HEAVY

I think MAC's Style Black collection is out today in freestanding and pro stores, and will be on counter on Thursday.  I swatched some of the products, so here are my pictures!

Large pics ahead!

We couldn't get decent pictures of the shimmer in these two shades.  Hopefully tomorrow's pictures using sunlight will turn out better!  One polish from Style Black is a repromote of a permanent color- Nocturnelle.  It's a crème black polish.  The other two are...

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