I was so excited about the new OPI Hawaii collection that I decided to start off my swatch-fest with not one, but two of the shades contained in the mini-pack! I've always loved a purple and green combination but it isn't the easiest to incorporate into a makeup look (though I am tempted to try it out now) so I was excited to put these together for this little skittle mani. Loving the Hawaiian daydreams ;)
Lost My Bikini in Molokini* is a stunning mid-tone violet creme, and I'm happy to note that I don't have anything like it in my nail polish collection. It was a dream to apply, needing only two coats for opaque coverage and even on my unkempt and stubby nails I think it's a good looking polish. It's a purple with a bit of an edge, which is just the way I like my purples most of the time. It's definitely one of the nicer shades from the tropical-inspired release, some of them were actually quite dubious like the frosty yellow Pineapples Have Peelings Too! which you can see over at All Lacquered Up.
That's Hula-rious* is a pale peppermint crème that needed quite a few coats to become opaque - I think it took 4 thin coats before I was content with how the shade looked on my nails and all of the bald patches were eradicated. I think that multiples coats are common with pale shades like this though - it definitely has been in the past for me! I can appreciate a peppermint/mint shade like this, but don't think it's a colour that would be worn frequently on my tips as I tend to favour deep and moody shades, or very bright ones!
Overall I'm quite pleased with my OPI Hawaiian adventure thus far - if only wearing the shades would really take me back to the islands *swoon* Next up will probably be the mouth-watering Aloha from Hawaii*, so stay tuned!
-Emma
*Provided for consideration. Honesty, always.
Love the look of That's Hula-rious on you
ReplyDeleteThank you Saumya, that is so sweet of you to say
DeleteWow! These nail shades are amazing, I mean they look so pretty :)
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They are quite pretty aren't they? I was pleased with the Hawaii theme :)
DeleteThat's Hula-rious looks right up my alley - shame that it required so many coats to achieve full opacity though!
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit of a shame, but I've found that mints have a tendency to need a lot of effort to look decent on my nails in general so it was to be expected
DeleteStunning nail polishes... I have two polishes from the Hawaii collection (I think I have two) and I adore them :)
ReplyDeleteLove the combo of these two :)
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Oh that is good to hear that you picked up something from this collection :) I love Hawaii so much
DeleteSuch a pretty and fun look! I need more OPI in my collection :)
ReplyDeleteHawaii collection is really nice and i have more than 10 shades. Its trend now to use such plane and dark shades that I was not found sometime but when I found Hawaii I just got fetched towards them.
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