OPI Washington DC Collection - Swatches & Review

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Hello my friends!  It's been a little while since I have blogged.  Definitely not completely intention.  As I mentioned in one of my previous posts life has been a little hectic and quite stressful for me so I've had to take a little step back from nails for a little bit.  I will be popping up every now and again but for the time being I won't be on any regular blogging schedule.  Anyway, today I have the new OPI Washington DC Collection.  This collection is a collaboration between OPI and the actress Kerry Washington, who was recently named as the brands first ever Creative Ambassador.  The collection consists of twelve permanent shades (which I have to share with you today) and three limited edition shades.

This collection by far has some of the best and most consistent formulas that I can recall from OPI.  Each polish is really easy to work with and in a lot of cases you could get away with using only one coat.  I wish all polishes had a formula like these polishes.  I don't think I could love them any more.  For all of my swatches I used two coats.
  
C.I.A = Color Is Awesome is a teal blue creme.  Such a gorgeous colour.

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Freedom Of Peach is a peachy sienna creme.  I think this is quite an interesting colour.  I'm not sure if I like it or not on my skin tone but it's definitely a great autumn tone polish.

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Madam President is a pink toned red creme (or is it a red toned pink?).  Whatever you want to call it, I really like it.  This was actually the first polish in the collection that I reached for.

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Never A Dulles Moment is described as a curry yellow creme.  This one I did find applied slightly unevenly on the first coat but evens out perfectly on the second coat.

OPI By Popular Vote is described as a cool apple red.  Now if you have been following for a while then you will probably know that red is not usually a favorite of mine, especially red cremes.  Well for some strange reason I love this polish.  I would go as far as saying that this is my favorite polish in the entire collection.  I even wore it as a full mani for two days in a row.

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Pale To The Chief is a nude creme with a very subtle shimmer throughout.  I quite like the colour of this one, although the shimmer is very hard to see in person (and on camera).  I think I would like this one more if it didn't have the shimmer.

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Shh...It's Top Secret! is a very dark brown creme.  This polish is super dark that for the most part it looks black.

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Squeaker Of The House is chocolate brown creme.  This one does apply a little uneven on the first coat but evens out on the second coat.

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 Stay Of The Lawn!! is blue toned green creme.  Such a pretty colour.

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Suzi - The First Lady Of Nails is an olive green creme.  This one does apply slightly uneven on the first coat but evens out perfectly on the second coat.  I am also a fan of this colour too.

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We The Female is a garnet creme.  Another red creme that I quite like and it is close to being a one coater.

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Yank My Doodle is tawny brown with a slight reddish tone creme.

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Overall, I am really impressed with this collection.  The colours are perfect for a Winter/Fall Collection and the formulas are amazing.  My personal favorites are OPI By Popular Vote, Madam President, CIA = Color Is Awesome and Stay Off My Lawn!!

The Washington DC Collection is available now from Myer, David Jones and select salons.