OPI - Miss Universe Collection

OPI has partnered with the Miss Universe pageant to release the limited edition Miss Universe Collection. The collection consists of 4 shades that are full of sparkle and shimmer and are available now.

Here's a little description of each color:

Congeniality is My Middle Name
And berry-wine shimmer is what I do best!

It’s MY Year

It’s about time for this champagne-rose to shine!

Swimsuit…Nailed It!

An itsy bitsy teenie weenie vibrant shiny-blue bikini.

Crown Me Already!

A sassy silver sparkle that knows what it’s worth.

("Swimsuit...Nailed It!," "Crown Me Already!," "Congeniality Is My Middle Name," "It's My Year") 

The Miss Universe polishes contain no DBP, Toluene or Formaldehyde, have the OPI exclusive ProWide brush. And remember, these are a limited edition!!

Honk If You Love OPI

I couldn't wait until the Fall to start wearing the dark colors again. Here's "Honk If You Love OPI" from the OPI Touring America collection.  You can read about the other colors in this collection here.  It's a very, very dark purple. My favorite!!

It's Not Me, It's Blue - Nicole By OPI

From Nicole by OPI Something About Color line, here is "It's Not Me, It's Blue." More silver than blue, but it lightens up in natural light. I'm wearing two coats but think it probably needed one more. This line is available at Target this month, check out full review here.

Nicole by OPI - Something About Color

If you haven't heard or seen, Nicole by OPI has an exclusive line of polishes available only at Target. Nicole by OPI took the "Something About Spring" collection and added 4 more shades to take the line from Spring to Fall. I personally love that Target now sells higher end nail polish as it's my go to store for everything! And as the OPI Executive VP and Artistic Director says,  

"Target has become a hub for fashionable consumers, which is why the new colors feature some of the season's hottest hues like red (I love You Cherry Much), which will appear this winter as an accent shade to add a bright pop of richly-pigmented color. The neutral trend will also continue adding elements of taupe, khaki and olive green (Green Up Your Act!) to the current favorites of nude, tan and grey."

Nicole by OPI polishes contain no DBP, Toluene or Formaldehyde and are long lasting, fast drying, and salon quality with a Perfect Stroke brush for even coverage. The new additions to the line will be available in Target this month!!

All four colors are really pretty, with "I Love You Cherry Much" being the perfect little black dress color. And of course my love of all things purple has me sold on "It's Not Me It's Blue." I have a feeling I'm going to be changing my polish ever other day this Fall with all the new colors out! Here's a little description of the new shades:

Green Up Your Act!

This powerful olive-green has its eyes on you!

Sounds Grape to Me

A shimmering burgundy that’s up for anything!

It’s Not Me, It’s Blue

Pretty periwinkle, you had me at “shimmer.”

I Love You Cherry Much

Hold onto this romantic red – it’s a keeper.

OPI Touring America Collection

I love Fall. Not only because of the crisp mornings that are perfect for my long runs but because it means I can finally switch back to my dark nail polish colors. Seriously, I love nothing more than a dark polish during the Fall/Winter months! So when OPI announced their new Fall/Winter line, Touring America, I was beyond excited. I really think this line is going to produce some of my all time favorite shades.

As described by OPI Executive VP and Artistic Director, "Autumn is a time for reinvention and these shades revive classic, iconic colors for Fall. From cool heather, khaki and chocolate to warm rose, peach and red."

The first color I immediately dove into was "I Eat Mainely Lobster" because I was heading to the beach and thought it was the best choice. But I'm more than ready to switch gears and throw on some of the darker shades like "Honk If You Like OPI," "Get In The Expresso Lane," "I Break For Manicures," and "Road House Blues." Here's a little description of each color:

Are We There Yet?

Don’t make me reach back there and take that perfect melon shade!

I Eat Mainely Lobster

We “clawed” through crowds to catch this coral for you.

My Address is "Hollywood"

We put this pretty rose-pink on the map.

Color to Diner For

I’ll take the rosy-red with a side of “awesome.”

Honk if You Love OPI

Don’t let this gorgeous dark grape pass you by.

Road House Blues

In this case…R&B stands for “Really Blue.”

Suzi Takes the Wheel

Buckle up—she’s not stopping until she gets to gray!

French Quarter for Your Thoughts

Want beads? Then show us your sexy gray nails!

Uh-oh Roll Down the Window

You’re gonna wanna pull over for this “unexpected” olive green.

A-taupe the Space Needle

You’ll climb to new heights with this creamy-rich taupe.

Get in the

Expresso Lane

An amped-up dark brown that’ll never letcha down!

I Brake for Manicures

This gorgeous eggplant-plum has our full attention.

The Touring America polishes contain no DBP, Toluene or Formaldehyde, have the OPI exclusive ProWide brush and are available now!

OPI Glam Slam! England

Serena Williams definitely likes her sparkle!! OPI's Glam Slam! England collection is bold and full of glitz! Since I think of my nails as dressing up any outfit, like jewerly, I thought this part of the press release was interesting.

"The next big trend in nails is making lacquer look 3-dimensional by adding different micas and glitters, turning fingertips into jewelry. With two bold metallics and a sparkling glitter, these colors are fit for royalty.”

"Grape...Set...Match," "Servin' Up Sparkle," "Your Royal Shine-ness"

My favorite by far of this collection is "Grape...Set...Match" because I'm obsessed with purple polish. I've been wearing OPI Rumples Wiggins for two weeks straight now. Love purples!! Anyway, "Grape...Set...Match" might be a little dark for the summer months but I don't care. I really, really liked it!! It has a little shimmer to it which is ok with me because the polish is dark. Definitely a fun color!

"Servin' Up Sparkle" is basically a clear polish loaded with silver sparkle and would best be used over another color. And then there's "Your Royal Shine-ness" which is a glimmery silver. Perfect for a black dress and silver jewerly!!

Fun colors in this collection! The only thing I want to add is that the sparkle polishes, which is true with any collection, is that they are a little bit harder to get off than regular polishes. Not necessarily bad, but it takes me a lot longer to remove the polish than normal.

OPI Nice Stems!

I never was a huge fan of pink growing up but over the last few years I find myself in more and more pink! Guess I'm more of a girly girl than I thought. Even though I'm wearing more pink clothes, I typically leave pink nail polish to my toes, unless it's race day when I use Nicole by OPI "Never Give Up."   :-)

Well, OPI Nice Stems! collection is all about pinks!!  The Nice Stems! lacquers contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde and feature OPI's exclusive ProWide brush.  I'm all about less harmful chemicals!

"I Lily Love You," "Play The Peonies," "Come To Poppy," "Be A Dahlia Won't You?"

At first I was worried that they were a little too flashy for my hands, but I was really happy with how "Come To Poppy" looked. I painted them before heading to the beach for vacation and it was a perfect beach color! 

"Come To Poppy"

My favorite shade by name in this collection is "I Lily Love you." The color in the polish is really light, almost translucent, with sparkles. It doesn't apply as pink as it looks in the bottle. Although I didn't try it this way, I think it would look cute on top of another color.

"Play The Peonies" is a really subdued color which I like for work and more conservative days. It has a little shimmer to it, which dresses it up a bit, too.

Overall, I thought the Nice Stems! collection contained fun summer colors. Definitely look good with a tan and since they are limited edition, better hurry and get some!