Wednesday 8 February 2012

OPI Nicki Minaj mini Collection - Review, Swatches & Nail Art

Hello girls!

I got my paws on OPI Nicki Minaj mini collection so here are the swatches :) In the beginning I didn't want to buy any of these because they are just not my colours but I thought what the heck, I'm a blogger and this is a new collection! :D The packaging is shiny silver metallic-like which I suppose should've been association to shade Metallic 4 Life.




Pink Friday - pale pink creme. This is actually a very nice shade of pink that doesn't make my hands look like dead :) It has quite good formula too. I was struggling a bit with the first coat - it was a bit too streaky but second coat evened it out. Pigmentation is reasonable for a creme shade, I've used 2 coats for a full coverage. Drying time was average and I had no problems with removal.





Fly - bright blue creme shade. Polish has lovely formula, it applied very easily. It also has good pigmentation, two coats were plenty enough to have a lovely opaque colour. In addition it dried fast and no problems with removal. If you're fan of blue shades, I can recommend this one (I'm not a big fan but I can give home to one small blue bottle ;)




Did It On 'Em -bright chartreuse creme. It's really strange shade, yellow with green mixed together, quite similar to Who The Shrek Are You? shade. The formula was good, it applied very easily. I've used two coats for perfect coverage. Polish dried fast and was easy to remove.




Metallic 4 Life - Black jelly base with different sized silver glitter. From promo pics I thought this would be my favourite polish but it's not. It's far away from being my favourite polish. The polish was quite gloopy, especially around the bottle neck and I had to be really careful to apply it so the glitter would be placed evenly. This is two thick coats but I could easily do three for better result. The finish is a bit gritty when it dries so I applied generous layer of Seche Vite topcoat. Also removal was more difficult because of the glitter. This was a big let-down for me :-/




And here is a little crazy Nicki Minaj Style stamping manicure I've created using Pink Friday, Fly, Did It On 'Em and black Konad polish.


28 comments:

  1. I'm a new follower!!! I love your blog... ^_^ The collection of Nicki Minaj very cool...

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    1. Hi Erica, welcome and thank you very much! Hope you'll enjoy my future posts x

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  2. Amazing post! I absolutely love how these colors look on your nails, my favorite is probably Fly. Need to get my hands on these :)) Xo Christine

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  3. OMG! I would like to get this! Thank you for this post =D

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    1. Glad I could share ;) Thank you for visiting my blog and commenting x

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  4. Great polishes, my personal favorite is Fly. I think these colors are great for the spring time. Also, I love your blog.

    I want to welcome you to enter my Valentine's day giveaway.
    http://splashkouture.blogspot.com

    xo-Crissy

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    1. Thank you very much Crissy, I will check out your giveaway (who doesn't live giveaways, right?)

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  5. I think I like all four of this polishes and your look is super fan!

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  6. I like all the polishes except for Did It On 'Em. My favorite is the black one.

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  7. Great swatches! Your photos are fantastic

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  8. Great post! I really like the blue one!

    http://sandra-thepuzzleofmylife.blogspot.com

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  9. Oh! I'm sorry Metallic 4 Life didn't turn out well for you! =( I have the entire collection and I love it. I'm actually wearing M4L on my toes now & Save me on my nails. I'll be posting that up today. I really hope you give it another try and because it's a great polish...

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    1. I might give it a try again but there is so many better colours I'd be more happy to wear. This one just came in the set but did not grab me :-/

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    1. Thank you very much, I tried to do something a bit crazy :D x

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  11. Thanks for the swatches... Fly is my favourite! x

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  12. I really need this set, all the shades look so pretty xx

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  13. Just seeing your picture for Metallic 4 Life makes me want it now! I only picked up the shatter from this collection, but I thin I need to add one more. Hehe. & love the stamping!!

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  14. Luci, nemáš nový foťák nebo se jenom neustále zlepšuješ? Tvoje fotky jsou den ode dne hezčí a tyhle jsou teda úplně bombastický! Hned bych si ty laky šla koupit a to se mi ty barvy ani tak moc nelíbí:-D

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    1. Dejni, mam novy fotak asi od listopadu a je to fakt na fotkach poznat! Dekuju moc za kompliment, snazim se porad zlepsovat, aby ten blog taky nejak vypadal :)

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  15. These are so nice, I don't think they're available here in the UK though :(
    http://theredoneblog.blogspot.com/

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    1. I'm in UK ;) I bought this set from buyapowa.com I'm pretty sure the mini set will be in Fenwick, they always have mini sets and you can buy it at www.beautybay.com and www.hqhair.com

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  16. wow! great colors!!! absolutely love it!


    http://ilovemakeup68.blogspot.com/

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