I recently picked up the OPI Katy Perry mini set and I really like all the polishes. I LOVE Teenage Dream, but all of the polishes are really nice. There’s a mixture of colours and finishes and this one is a pretty purple shimmery foil-type polish. It’s like a purple base colour with very fine pink/raspberry micro glitter, which you can probably detect most in the last picture. I really love this colour, I have a soft spot for raspberry pinks and shimmers.
The application of this polish was nice and easy, two coats and done. The only down side was on removal of this polish it really stained my nails! I’m not talking a slight tinge either, I mean my nails were just completely stained a weird pinkish, yellow all over were the polish was. I always have minor yellow tinged tips due to excessive nail polish wear, but this polish was crazy for staining.
I’m not sure if it’s my Lumos base coat that is not very good at preventing staining or if this polish is just a stain monster. The Lumos base coat doesn’t seem very substantial, you can definiately see my nail ridges more with this base coat, but I do like the way it dries instantly. For now I’ve swapped back to my Nails Inc Kensington Caviar base coat. It takes a lot longer to dry, but it feels like you have a thick, substantial base to layer the colour on top. I’ll try this polish again with a different base coat when I’ve grown out my staining a bit! :s
This next picture shows the raspberry microglitter the best.
Has anyone else found that this polish is a stain monster? Although really I don’t mind, it’s such a pretty colour, I don’t mind putting up with a little staining :P
lady-flower123
/ August 25, 2011I really like this color ;)
Lillian
/ August 25, 2011Ooh that is a very pretty colour! The microglitter is lovely, does it ever look goldish? I can see a hint of gold in the bottle.
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Rosie
/ August 25, 2011what a great colour!
O.P.I have such a great range. :)
Rosie xo
Rachel
/ August 31, 2011I haven’t heard much about this polish, mainly because teenage dream seemed to be the one everyone was talking about in the katy perry collection but this one looks so pretty :)
defiantely going to have to tryt and find this!! x
Gemx
/ September 1, 2011lady-flower123 – Me too! It’s very pretty and looks lovely in sunshine :) xx
Lillian – It’s a gorgeous colour, but the gold shimmer in the bottle is really strange! I too noticed the gold shimmer in the bottle, but it never looks gold on my nails at all! I wondered if it was the bottle, but that didn’t make any sense, so I’m not sure! It’s still very pretty :) xx
Rosie – I love OPI too, they have so many lovely colours! Cant wait to try some of the new Miss Universe colours, lots of microglitter polishes :) xx
Rachel – I know, you are totally right! This polish is really pretty but gets overshadowed by teenage dream. I love microglitters, they are so shimmery and sparkly! :D xx
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Leisha
/ September 2, 2011I’ve been looking at this one on eBay along with several others.. We’ll have to have a lookie when we next go shopping! It’s such a pretty colour and looks lovely on you! Not sure about the staining, I would try a different base coat and see if it still stains and if it does then blame the polish lol depends if you have another base coat to test with! Hope you’re feeling better xx
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