Monday, December 5, 2011

Colors from OPI's Holland, part I

Recovering from a not very sexy round of stomach flu, I peeped through the window and saw some sun. I had an idea. Maybe it wasn't a very good one, but now it's done. I swatched a few OPI Holland shades. Despite the sickness, the hands resembling those of a 90 year old (which would have been fine hadn't I been that - minus 59), and the cuticles from hell. I randomly pulled out three colors from the brown paper bag they came in (yes, lacquer is just as good as spirits!), and here they are. Well, at least 2 1/2 of them. All without base or top coats.




Dutch'Ya Just Love OPI? Two coats. Looking at the photos, I think I would have preferred three. My camera wanted to make it more plum than it is, but the photos have been corrected to some degree. It's more of a grape purple. The shimmer is very nice, though. It's represented in two more colors in the collection, but more on that at a later date.



Kiss Me On My Tulips. Two coats. Another color my camera hated, it turned it even brighter than it is. The photos have therefore been a bit desaturated. Nice, cute hot pink creme. I like those, but they're not all that inventive.



I Don't Give a Rotterdam! And here's the color you only get in half - by the time I was done painting, that damned Swedish winter sun had escaped. So, only shady photos here. Three coats. Rather sheer, dusty, periwinkle leaning blue with silver fleck shimmer and sparse black micro glitter. I love sparse black micro glitter! While most of these photos ended up terrible, the detailed photo is actually quite sharp, so you may always click to magnify it, if you so desire.

So, no more sun - no more swatches. In the meantime, just a quick opinion on the particular colors above. Formula is standard OPI, pigmentation also, fans will be pleased and haters gonna hate. Dutch'Ya Just Love OPI? is a very nice purple shade that I think many will love, and although it's not apparently close to any existing colors, it's not what I'd consider edgy. Neither is Kiss Me On My Tulips, which is a rather standard hot pink creme. On that subject, I hope we'll find some enlightment from someone who owns a bigger pinks stash than I do! The real winner here is I Don't Give a Rotterdam!, where OPI has finally incorporated those tiny black particles that sort of makes the overall color a bit more dirty - and I don't mean that sexually. This is a color I'd much rather move up to my homeland, as it's to me a whole lot more Swedish winter than it is Dutch spring. But let's not argue over that.

Apologies for the stubby first part of the review! I'm hoping that by the time that burning thing atop the sky graces Sweden with yet another visit, perhaps for more than an hour, my poor ring finger nail will be somewhat recovered from the rather severe damage it's been caused. I'm, as usual, a bit embarassed to show you these photos, since I know I can do better. If I get enough hate mail, maybe I re-swatch these colors some day. In the meantime, let's hope for sun and time off!

Swedish word of the day:
Nederländerna -noun The Netherlands
Same, but different.

20 comments:

  1. I like "I kiss me on my tulips". "I dutch" and "rotterdam" nicer than that for sure.

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  2. I like the first and the last one, pink is not my thing.

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  3. Pink isn't my thing either, but the other two are gorgeous!

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  4. *falls over dead* I am in loove with these, even the pink! This is by far the best collection OPI has done in a while, can't wait to see the rest of your swatches!

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  5. Äh vad snackar du om? Det är väl inget fel på dom här bilderna,och knappast något fel på nagelbanden heller. Jag ser mycket framemot den här kollektionen!

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  6. Trist att du varit sjuk. Satt faktiskt och tänkte skriva ett mail till dig ganska nyligen för jag saknade dig. Som vanligt vackra bilder. Den blå ser lockande ut faktiskt. Inte tokig alls men kanske inte superåtråvärd heller. Måste fundera lite till. Det hinner jag ju dessutom eftersom det är en vårkollektion. ;D

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  7. I love them so far, but since it is dedicated to my home country I'll grab 'm all no matter what :P.

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  8. They all are beautiful, but I love the first, the violet one!

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  9. The purple looks a lot like Pure Ice Purple Reign, but I like it anyway. And the steely blue is interesting - those are being added to the lemming list right now. Great swatches!

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  10. Holy major lemmings for I Don't Give a Rotterdam!! I hope you feel better soon!

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  11. I don't Give A Rotterdam was really the only one from this collection I was super excited about, but seeing your swatches I don't think it would look good on my skin tone. Thanks for swatching, you just saved me $8!

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  12. I love the blue! The purple, also very pretty! I have nothing like either of those two. The sun likes to play "peek--A-boo" in the place where I live, too :0(

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  13. I love the pink nail polish, that is so FABULOUS!

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  14. I *need* the blue one. Finally, OPI, a good collection!

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  15. I thought that the first plum polish will have more shimmer but it is still nice, the second is not my color so I would pass and the last one is a stunner!!!!!
    I want it!!!! ;)

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  16. No hate mail :D you did a great job, considering how weak and tricky is sunlight in winter! I like Dutch'Ya (meaning "I could buy it"), can skip the pink and know that blue would look creepy on me.
    Get better soon, I'll be waiting for the following "unwraps"!

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  17. I wasn't that excited at the promo pics, but seeing them on you, I can't wait for Dutch'Ya Just Love OPI, and I Don't Give A Rotterdam!

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  18. Rotterdam looks like Essie, Smooth Sailing. Would love to see a comparison if you have it.

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    and I saw that thing. Will study extra stuff you.

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