OPI Nail Lacquer Review

I love this deep blood red color. Not too dark and not too light. The consistency is beautiful and easy to apply. The brush is really nice and nail polish doesn't go all over the place when painting . It has a decent stay power and is so joyful to wear. Love it.

I too got caught up in the massive hype around OPI nail polish. I was first introduced to them after receiving a birthday present april this year. It made me smile like a donut when I opened it I assure you!

I have this in Imperial which is a plum purple with glitter fleck throughout giving it the bling I love. I also now have it in Give me Space which is a faded royal blue with glitter, Mystery which is a charcoal colour with glitter and I can't heart myself which is a hot pinkish colour also with glitter in. As you can tell I have a thing for glitter polishes. They just seem to give the look a bit more depth and edge.

I don't love the bottle shape but I think that's because I prefer more square shaped ones. I don't love the brush either. They are thin and spindly. They make it hard to get even coverage and it means that I have to swipe the polish over each nail more than three times to cover the whole nail. I do say though that being small it gets the very edge of the nail where I would normally miss with a bigger brush.

The nail polish is nice and thick like I would expect from a quality polish. It means I only have to do two coats of polish to get the desired result and the ultimate wear. It dries within 7 minutes which is touch dry but will scratch or peel if doing activities which require heavy use of fingers. I love the colour variety in this brand of polish. Others I love don't have this much to choose from as OPI have so I am impressed in that regard.

Now the pressing question....does it stay put for longer than a day or two?! In short yes it does but it starts to show stress and wear after a week. It doesn't last as long as I would like especially at $25 per bottle! I think the love of the colours don't justify the price nor the quality which is lacking in the durability. If you are wanting a nice polish that has choice in aces and will stay for longer than a couple of day this is for you but if you are like me and prefer it to last longer go for another type of polish.

My mother has the OPI matte top coat and I am obsessed. I borrow it nearly every time I give myself a manicure. It is my favourite top coat and it isn't even mine. I have tried many matte top coats since then as I can't afford OPI but nothing is the same. I am currently saving to get myself an OPI top coat.

I recently bought into this product and i absolutely love it! Regardless if i get it done at a salon or do it myself. I do find it takes awhile for some colours to dry and you must use a good base coat and a top coat. I always double up my colour layer to make sure it is even before applying a top coat for a perfect manicure.

Have some awesome colour ranges and is always bringing out new colours often which I love. Does take a wee bit longer for colour setting time. When worn with a base coat, 2× colour and a top coat colour lasts quite well for me as um really rough on my nails. Usually lasts about 5 days with everything on 1-2days without base and top coat.

Has the nicest range of colours!! And apply with a nice thick coat, as well as lasting longing before chipping, if you can't afford the gel nail polishes :)

If you don't mind splurging on a good nail polish OPI would definitely be one of the brands to go after. Although more expensive than other drugstore polishes you can definitely see the difference. You get a good solid colour after two applications and the staying power is better than most (with good care lasts up to 2-3 weeks)

I bought OPI because the brand recognition and everyone raves about it along with other reason like I loved the size of the bottle, the range of colours were awesome. But I just didn't love it. I bought it in 'Oh to be 25 again' which is like a red wine dark red colour (my favourite nail polish colour) and I found it wore off really quickly. I would notice after about 2 days that the ends would be faded already and as the colour is so dark it was really noticeable. So unfortunately this one experience has put me off buying OPI again.

A glass bottle with a we brush attached to the black lid. Inside this see through bottle is my green nail polish. Icky it smells like all other nail polishes a little sharp with a clear the nostrils chemical stink.

On with a base coat, While that's drying while I shake the bottle to give it a good mix. Out with the wee brush that holds a nice amount of colour, this effortlessly glided up my nail not leaving any brush marks no globs just a nice creamy colour, no translucency with this one coat my nails were covered in colour, in two coats they were the bomb. Didn't take long to dry either as guaranteed soon as I do my nails I have an itch if polish takes to long to dry I make a mess of my finished nails but I find this dries nice and hard. A bit of top coat on this lasted a good week before I had any chipping surprising as I'm pretty rough with my nails.

Short cut green nails with a gloss finish, I've had this polish for a while still no lumping or sticky polish lurking in the bottle it's still a nice texture, A good shake then it's all go. Removes relatively easy with nail polish remover. A nice pigmented nail polish with good coverage that dries well you can't really go wrong.