Thursday 28 March 2013

OPI ~ OZ The Great and Powerful Collection


www.opi.net.au

This is OPI's limited edition release to celebrate the Disney Movie OZ The Great and Powerful.  Now while I do love all the shades in this collection, I wonder why there were no darker colours?  The closest was a rich Taupe Liquid Sand representing OZ (James Franco).  Lots of light soft shades but not an Emerald to be seen, I feel there needed to be some darkness and a bit of bite.  I would have liked to have seen a Black/Emerald Liquid Sand to represent Evanora (Rachel Weisz)  and a Deep Plum/Mulberry for Theodora (Mila Kunis).



In the following photos I apologise for some fuzziness my camera doesn't like glitter and no matter what I did I couldn't pick up the colour in the nudes until I put a layer of glitter on top as you will see in the last photos.

Don't Burst My Bubble ~ Palest of pale, pink it's almost white.


Three coats

Glints of Glinda ~ Creamy beige


Three coats

I Theodora You ~ Sheer Pink


Three coats


Don't Burst My Bubble- Glints of Glinda- I Theodora You


What Wizardry is This? ~ Textured Matte Taupe, this would have to be my favourite, has an old gold look about it.


Two coats

When Monkeys Fly ~ Large gold confetti which tends to curl at the edges, smaller holographic confetti, this one needs topcoat to seal the glitter.


One coat
Two coats

Which is Witch? ~ Silver glitter & bars with holographic sparkle, this is really pretty but nothing that hasn't been done before.


One Coat

Lights of Emerald City ~ Square white confetti on a base of gold/pink/purple/blue glitter.  Where is the Green? After all this is Emerald City were talking about.   This one better represents the Horse of a different colour!


One Coat

Glitter shades over nude bases.

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1.  Glints of Glinda & When Monkeys Fly
2.  I Theodora You & Lights of Emerald City
3.  Don't Burst My Bubble & Which is Witch?

The first two glitters really need to be positioned while wet or they clump together and it doesn't look so good.

And.... my favourite combination What Wizardry is this? & When Monkeys Fly.


Two coats Wizard & One coat Monkeys


Ok to sum it all up, great polishes love them all, but... for me they are too repetitive.   There should have been more variety of colour,  after all OZ is a very colourful place.  Three nude shades is two too many,  the glitters all have very similiar silver holographic bases with different coloured larger confetti thrown in and there should have been at least one polish with EMERALD!  Not a bit of green to be seen.

My favourites?  What Wizardry is This? ~ Glints of Glinda ~ When Monkeys Fly ~ Lights of Emerald City

What do you think of OPI's latest collection and which ones do you like?

16 comments:

  1. Ouu I would definitely go for something like glints of glida!

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    1. Hya Steph it is a lovely beige nude and I think a little tone of gold in there.

      Jac x0x

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  2. I was really put off by the super light nude colors. There's no vibrancy, and I agree there needs to be an emerald!

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    1. I certainly wouldn't purchase the nudes on their own, just matte nude shades that have all been done before :(

      Emerald definitely!!

      Jac x0x

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    1. I'm looking forward to the movie we don't have a theatre near us so I have to wait till it comes out on DVD :(

      Jac x0x

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  4. While I adore the glitter, I must say Oz is all about emerald, purple and the infamous Yellow Brick Road. And blue Muchkins and red Quadlings, too! Where are all those shades?
    My Beauty Junction

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    1. Too right ReNu, I think they need to bring some more polishes out to complete the collection :o)

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  5. Love the When Monkeys Fly one! I have finally done the Versatile Blogger Award after you very kindly nominated me, here is the link in case you'd like to check it out: Glossy Temptations

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    1. Thank you Rosa, I tried the Lights of Emerald City today and when I got stressed out I ended up picking off all the white confetti lol........

      I am just about to pop over and read your blog :o)

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  6. All your polish posts are making me so jealous lately due to my lack of money to purchase new shades :'( I love the glitters from When Monkeys Fly, especially over What Wizard Is This. So pretty!

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    1. I purchase most from overseas it's much cheaper I don't understand why there is up to a 300% mark up in Australia.

      I'm done buying new ones for a while, just blog about the ones I already own :o)

      x0x

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  7. Sparkly nails are soo me!
    Would you like to follow each other? :)
    Please let me know!
    YuliConversations.blogspot.com

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  8. I love sparkly nails too lol....

    I would love to follow you :o)

    Jac x0x

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