The holiday season is in full swing and it really isn't the holidays without the OPI holiday collection. I know that this collection has been around for a little while now and you have probably already seen plenty of swatches and read lots of reviews but I thought I would share my thoughts on the Nutcracker And Four Realms Collection anyway. This collection contains fifteen polishes with various finishes and is limited edition. For my Aussie readers, I believe the glitters aren't available here. I ordered all of the polishes from a US site.
Berry Fairy Fun is a medium purple with pink and purple shimmer. This is one of the polishes that spoke to me when I first seeing this collection. I think the colour is so beautiful. The formula iseasy to work with, however it does apply a little unevenly. I used three coats for my swatch, but you can get away with two coats.
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Black To Reality is a blackened red shimmer. I think that this is such a great shade, especially for winter. I do wish that I had some better lighting to show off the shimmer in this one. It is really pretty. The formula is great and is opaque in two coats.
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Candied Kingdom is a bright red creme. This is one of those expected shades when it comes to a holiday collection. I think it's good shade if you like reds (especially for the holidays). The formula is great and applies beautifully. My swatch shows two coats.
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Dancing Keeps Me On My Toes is a pearly white. I found that this one is quite sheer so I decided to layering it over black. As expected, this one does have visible brush strokes. My swatch shows one coat over black.
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Dazzling Dew Drops is a gold metallic with gold shimmer. This one is quite sheer, especially on the first coat. It's easy to use and applies evenly. I did find that this one was quite slow drying. For my swatch I used three coats.
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Dreams Need Clara-fication is a light periwinkle blue creme. Now this shade is right up my alley. Surprisingly I don't have anything in my OPI collection remotely similar to this. Do OPI not do periwinkles or do I just not own any? Anyway, this colour is gorgeous! The formula is a little uneven on the first coat but evens out on the second coat. I used two coats for my swatch.
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Dreams On A Silver Platter is a mix of silver and white glitters of various sizes in a clear base. I'm not sure if this polish can be built up to be opaque - I think that this will come down to a personal preference. I think it makes for a great glitter topper though. I used one coat over Dreams Need Clara-fication. I really like this combination.
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Envy The Adventure is an emerald green creme. The formula of this one is awesome. You could easily get away with one coat. This one isn't a type of colour that I would normally wear, however I think it would be great for nail art. My swatch shows two coats.
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Ginger's Revenge is a deep red creme. Now if I was to do a red creme, then this is the type of red that I go for. This one is also really glossy (even before applying top coat). The formula is great and it is opaque in two coats.
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Gold Key To The Kingdom is a mix of gold and white glitters of various sizes in a clear base. Like with Dreams On A Silver Platter I'm not sure if this one can really be built up or not. I used it as a topper (one coat) over OPI March In Uniform. This isn't a favourite glitter of mine but as you can see it has a great glitter payoff.
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I Pull The Strings is a mix of rose gold and gold glitters of various sizes in a clear base. I do like the mix of the golds over the deep red. I think it's quite pretty. Again, I'm not sure if this one will build up to be opaque or not. I used one coat over Ginger's Revenge.
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Lavendare To Find Courage is a light lavender creme. I love this one! It's such a great colour. It also looks awesome mattified (you'll see that mani at some point in the near future). The formula is great and is opaque in two coats.
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March In Uniform is a navy blue creme. I love this one too. I think I would prefer it on shorter nails, but either way the colour is still pretty. The formula is also fantastic. You could easily get away with one coat. I used two coats for my swatch.
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Tinker, Thinker, Winker? is a silver holographic glitter. I love, love, love this one! It's soooooo pretty and so holo! My pictures don't do it justice at all. I'm not sure if this one is meant to be a topper or not but I did find it quite sheer on the first coat, so I decided to layer it over black. My swatch shows one coat over black.
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Toying With Trouble is cool toned pink creme. I'm sure it will come as no surprise that I really like this one. I think it is a really nice pink and the formula is fantastic. My swatch shows two coats.
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Wow! This is definitely one of the biggest collections that I have swatched and reviewed in quite some time. It's a great collection though. While there are a few shades that I personally don't care for, overall the formulas are great and the colour range is good too. My personal favourites are Tinker, Thinker, Winker?, Berry Fairy Fun, Dreams Need Clara-fication, Lavendare To Find Courage and March In Uniform. There is also a few more that I really like as well but I'm not going to name them all.
What do you think of OPI's Holiday Collection for this year? Which shades did/are you going to pick up?
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