Monday, May 30, 2011

OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Polish Collection

I initially found the PotC because there was an advertisement in my cosmo. Once I saw it, I knew I had to have it. My polish collection at the time had zero pastels, now it has six, and two shatters!
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First color, from left to right:

Skull and Glossbones. This is a really interesting white nude color. It looks like newspaper, and I plan to use it to try out newspaper nails.

Steady as She Rose. The magazine advertisement showed this color as a light pink. It's not as pink as all that. As you can see in the pictures, it's a very very light pink, with a lot of murky white in it. It's almost a grey with very light dusty pink in it.

Sparrow Me the Drama. This color came out pretty true to the advertisement color. It's a darker pink with a little bit of a dustiness to it.

Planks a Lot. This color is darker than the advertisement shows, but is still a gorgeous purple shade.

Stranger Tides. I'm not too hot on this color. It's a very murky dusty, dull green/yellow.

Mermaid's Tears. This color is just gorgeous. It's a bright dusty green. It's not as pastel as is shown in the advertisement, but it's still amazing.

Silver and Black shatters.



Ok, So when I got the polishes, I spent FOREVER deciding which one to use first, and went with Planks a Lot, the purple shade. I like it- a lot. The polish is smooth, easy to apply, dries fairly quick, and is just gorgeous.
I topped the purple with the silver shatter. I'm not sure how I feel about the silver shatter. It's really, really pretty, but with these dusty pastel shades, it seems like the silver just covers them up, rather than letting them pop.
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Ok, forgetting that the camera on my phone is pretty terrible, I just don't think the silver provides enough contrast for the colors in the collection to show through. They seem much better with the black.

5 comments:

  1. I really want that now, I don't have any pastels either, so that would be perfect for me. I also love shatter polishes.

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  2. They're really good dusty pastels.... not bright. They're much more muted than normal pastels, which have a bit of a brightness to them without being neon.

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  3. i love those colours! def thinking of adding them to my collection. your blogs cool, im following you, follow back? x

    http://canbernard.blogspot.com

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  4. they are super cute, especially the planks a lot (I love purple) i think i'll have to buy them next payday:) just started following you, love your blog:)

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  5. I just ordered the Pirates collection. I'm in love with mermaid's tear and have been wanting to try it so bad. I agree with you about pastels and the shatter. But I think it would amazing with a bright blue (totally saw that is seventeen or something)
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