Friday 16 March 2012

OPI Holland Collection for Spring/Summer 2012 - Review and swatches of Part 1: Cremes

Hello lovelies!

I finally managed to swatch the OPI Holland collection and today I'll show you the first half - creme shades. There is just 5 cremes and 7 shimmers. I like shimmers more so I'll keep the better last ;)

Holland collection was inspired by the country’s range of stunning shades – as seen in vivid tulips, windmill-dotted hillsides and bustling canals – the collection’s twelve shades offer a mixture of sophisticated neutrals and highly-pigmented brights. Collection contains 12 shades and is available from 8th February 2012.

Some of the shades are very interesting but not hugely popular but there are some very nice and wearable ones too.



A Roll In The Hague - very bright and rich orange creme shade. This shade really reminded me Halloween orange but it is also great for summer as it's soo bright! The polish applied very nicely and has very good pigmentation. I've applied two coats and as you can see it was enough for a perfect coverage.






Did you ‘ear About Van Gogh? - described as sandy bisque creme. This is very unique and hard describable colour :) I don't have any similar colour to it in my stash and surprisingly it does look quite good on me. In the beginning I thought it's an ugly shade but once I applied it, it looked really cool and fashionable. I think the pictures are very colour-accurate so no need of describing it further. Formula is great again, this is two coats and it dried fast on me.





Kiss Me On My Tulips - hot pink creme. I've seen some swatches on other blogs that use artificial light where the colour was really bold and rich but you won't get that on the daylight...in artificial light, maybe. But still it's popular girly colour. The formula was very good as with all the creme shades - shiny, well pigmented and shiny. I'm wearing two coats.





Red Lights Ahead...Where? - bright neon coral creme. The colour is something between red and orange neon colour, a bit coral I'd say. The formula is awesome! You could do with just one coat but I've applied two to cover few ridges in my nails. It dries fast and it applied like a dream! It was quite hard to photograph it as neon colours don't agree with most cameras :-/ I've done my best and I think the colour is I think 95% accurate, only little bit more bright neon.





Thanks a Windmillion - pale cool-toned green creme. This is another a bit strange colour but it does look quite good, especially with Nubar Black Polka Dot layered over it ;) I wouldn't normally buy a pale green colour but since I had the rest of the collection.. :D Anyway - it is very well pigmented, I'm wearing two coats and it dried very fast. I think the last picture is the most colour-accurate.




So what do you think so far? I love them! All of the polishes have an amazing formula (pretty much OPI's standard) and some of the colours will be my summer go to's :)

In the next post I will review the rest of the polishes which are shimmers...those are always my favourite ;)

15 comments:

  1. The colours are great! I like especially the last one :o)

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    1. There are some pretty ones and some unusual ones indeed :) Thank you for visiting xoxo

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  2. Great swatches, I love this collection so far!

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    1. Thank you very much! Don't forget to come tomorrow for the second part ;) x

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  3. i love these! especially kiss me on my tulips is so gorgeous!

    http://somethinglikenails.blogspot.com/

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  4. Love all of them especially 'Thanks a Windmillion'. It is hard to find a nail varnish brand to compete with OPI. They are consistently impressive!

    rachellecs.blogspot.com

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    1. Thank you Rach, I completely agree, OPI is really the best one now!

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  5. A bit boring collection, nothing exciting... Colors are nice but reminds me so much of other polishes that I already saw...

    somethinglikepolish.blogspot.com

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    1. When I first saw promo pictures, I thought the same. They are somewhat similar to some previous colour but in person I like some of them very much :)

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  6. Yay - I've seen these on other blogs but I am still super excited to see yours because you have the prettiest pictures! Really like Kiss Me On My Tulips, and didn't think I did from other pics I'd seen. It's really very lovely. Can't wait to see the shimmers. :-) x

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    1. Thank you Toria! I had to buy just to show it on my blog..that's not right, is it? :D :D

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  7. I didn't get any of the cremes from this collection, but now I feel like I should have. I especially love the pink one!

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  8. Takže jakmile si je konečně rozmluvím, tak sem dáš takové úžasné fotky, ach jo..:-D a to je mi přdem jssný, že u druhé půlky se teprve uslintám:-D

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  9. I did not think I would be getting but maybe 1 of the creams when the graphics of this collection came out. Then I started to see the swatches and more of them really grew on me. I don't think Roll in the Hague is Halloween Orange at all. Halloween orange is a lighter orange with more yellow to it. This is really saturated orange, just as orange as a really great red/orange can be but take out the red part and leave the intensity the red brings to a reg/orange and you have Roll in the Hague. I think it's a great color and will be super on toes in the summer. And it's a fab formula like all these creams seem to be. Red Lights Ahead is one in the collection of creams that I know I had a dupe for. It's a nice shade but has been around the block before as we say in the states. Also the same with the pink one, Kiss Me On the Tulips. We have seen it before. But there is something about getting a new formulation that is updated and got more shine, better opacity, or maybe no streaks and the new can replace the older similar ones. All in all, I adore this cream part of the collection - but it's a surprise to me as I said at the beginning. I really thought I would only jump for joy over maybe 1 of them. In fact I find I am wearing the cream side of this collection more than the other half! Great photos! Thanks.

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  10. Tak toto je veľmi podarená kolekcia, ešte že mám z nej zopár kúskov na ceste. Už sa moc teším keď dorazia a tieto tvoje krásne fotky mi veľmi pomáhajú v tom, aby bolo to čakanie neznesiteľnééé :-D

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