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OPI Show Us Your Tips! Swatches & Review

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OPI Show Us Your Tips Swatches Review

The OPI New Orleans Collection is full of fresh shades that will make you long for patio weather. (Click the above link to see the blog post I did that includes swatches of all 12 shades.)

A handful of colours really stood out to me amidst the sea of nail polishes. OPI Show Us Your Tips! is certainly one of them, and it’s not just because of the cheeky name!

Play ‘Show and Tell’ with OPI Show Us Your Tips!

Periwinkle is serene and conjures up images of a sleepy moon decked out in starry pajamas. However, it’s not yawn-inducing.

I get excited whenever I see a periwinkle nail polish because you don’t see it too often. There are plenty of sky blues and light purples, but a true periwinkle seems to be overlooked often.

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OPI Hello Kitty Collection Swatches

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OPI Hello Kitty Collection Swatches

Since readers enjoy round-up posts that contain swatches of entire collections, I’ve put together this post where you can see all of the OPI Hello Kitty Collection swatches in one place.

It’s similar to what I did for the OPI New Orleans Collection post not long ago, except instead of a preview, for the OPI Hello Kitty Collection, I’ve already done in-depth reviews on all 12 shades!

I’ve included the photos of each colour in this post, but if you want to read more about the colour, formula, and finish, as well as multiple swatches of each colour in natural light and artificial light, be sure to click on the links, which will take you to my separate reviews.

Although the whole collection is cute, the colours I enjoyed the most are the ones seen in the lower half of the above collage. Those had me swooning!

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OPI My Pal Joey Swatches & Review

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OPI My Pal Joey Swatches Review

Akin to a statement lipstick that announces your arrival with a flourish of trumpets, OPI My Pal Joey from the Hello Kitty Collection adds a splash of colour – a boisterous blue! 

If ever your nails feel sleepy from soft shades, slap this sucker on, and wake them up. Wearing OPI My Pal Joey is so satisfying like hitting a gong, and it’s ideal for adding a pop of colour to any neutral outfit.

With today’s post, I’m pleased to tell you I’ve finished publishing separate reviews on all 12 colours in the OPI Hello Kitty Collection!

If you’d like to see all the swatches and individual reviews on hues from the collection, you can find links to them in the ‘Key Notes’ section on each shade’s page, as well as on the collection post (linked above)!

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OPI New Orleans Collection Swatches

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OPI New Orleans Collection Swatches

During the past couple of days here, there has been a cold-weather warning in effect, but at least my nails got an early taste of spring and summer with the OPI New Orleans Collection! (To see the OPI New Orleans Collection press release that I posted earlier, which contains the official colour story, click on the above link.)

Feast your eyes on a rainbow buffet composed of hues in a wide range from a posh periwinkle and  vibrant violet to a captivating coral and beautiful blue.

My initial impression is that, for the most part, the formula on these is good and needed 2-3 coats to achieve full opacity.

The ones that took my breath away with the finished result were Got Myself into a Jam-balaya, I’m Sooo Swamped!, She’s a Bad Muffuletta!, Show Us Your Tips!, and Rich Girls & Po-Boys.

In this post, you can see bottle shots, which are really fun to look at. I love seeing them side-by-side, and I hope you do, too!

Also included are larger images of each swatch for a quick overview of the collection. However, to get an in-depth look at them, stay tuned for my detailed one-colour-per-post reviews that showcase several swatch photos in different lighting conditions and my thoughts on the formula. (I won’t be reviewing all of the colours in-depth, but I’ll do a few for the ones I wear as full manicures.)

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Valentine’s Day Collaboration

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Valentine's Day 2016 Collaboration

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! 🙂

Valentine’s Day is one of the many reminders to appreciate the people we love while they’re still around. Life is so short, so don’t wait to show your gratitude to those who bring you happiness and humour.

To be festive, the lovely and talented Jessica (aka @JustBlendItOut on Instagram) and I thought that it’d be fun to team up for a Valentine’s Day Collaboration!

Jessica does a lot of beautiful eye-makeup looks that never cease to inspire and amaze me. To learn more details about the look she created, check out Jessica’s Instagram and her blog. Head over, and show her some love! (I particularly enjoy the glitter placement and how her eye look is glamorous and sultry!)

For my Valentine’s Day nail art, I did something fast and very simple. (It was my first time using tiny faux-pearl beads and striping tape.)

I started by painting the base of my nails with two OPI Hello Kitty Collection shades: My Pal Joey (blue) and Starry-Eyed for Dear Daniel (glittery pink). Then, I used the same blue to paint a heart onto the pink nail and placed faux-pearl beads by KISS around the perimeter.

Finally, I added diagonal, parallel lines on the remaining nails using a striping tape by a brand called It’s So Easy.

The rest of this post includes more photos of my manicure, so you can see the details close-up.

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Quick Look: OPI New Orleans Collection

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OPI New Orleans Collection

This is a quick second post today because I wanted to share something with you!

If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, or Snapchat (username: swatchandlearn), you already know that something colourful just arrived at Swatch And Learn headquarters: the OPI New Orleans Collection for Spring/Summer 2016!

It’s just in time for Valentine’s Day! 

After pulling out my heart-shaped egg ring from the kitchen drawer, I snapped this little photo. Of course I put the green nail polish inside my heart. That’s where it belongs. 😉

Swatches and reviews of these colours are coming. Stay tuned!

OPI New Orleans Collection Spring Summer 2016

Hehe, it looks like the nail polishes are ‘sacrificing’ the green nail polish!

There are 12 shades in the OPI New Orleans Collection:

All of the OPI New Orleans Collection nail polishes were provided to me by PR, and they came in a collectible box.

New Orleans OPI Collection

OPI New Orleans Spring Summer 2016 Collection

OPI New Orleans Collection 2016

P.S. I’m almost done doing in-depth, separate reviews and swatches of every single colour in the OPI Hello Kitty Collection. (The blue is the only one remaining, and it’ll be up on the blog next week.) As usual, you can find links to all the colours I’ve reviewed in the main collection page (linked above) and also in the ‘Key Notes’ section of each review on a Hello Kitty colour.

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OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends Swatches & Review

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OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends Swatches Review

After so many spring and cutesy polishes, it’s time for something to take you to the dark side! (Hey, maybe you’re going to sport some anti-Valentine’s-Day nails, right?)

OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends from the Hello Kitty Collection takes a manicure into the Witching Hour with a glossy jet black that practically cackles with delight!

At first glance, OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends may seem like the black sheep (hehe or black cat, in this case), but it certainly belongs in the Hello Kitty Collection.

If you’re creating Hello Kitty nail art, the black will come in handy for outlining and adding details. Black nail polish is a staple for any nail art.

Instead of nudes and soft shades, sometimes, I like to use black nail polish as a palate cleanser. And it doesn’t have to be during Hallowe’en or the colder months. (I’ve been known to sport black even in the dead of summer because a great dark manicure excites me as much as a bright one.)

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