Collection: OPI 2003 Summer, It’s Summer for Shore
Since I’m planning on re-swatching many of my older polishes, I thought I’d encourage myself to get going on that by doing a Throwback Thursday (yeah, not too inventive!). It’ll just be a quick swatch and a comment for these older polishes.
Blue Moon Lagoon is a sheer baby blue holographic shimmer/nanoglitter. I did three coats in my swatch; you’d need an extra one or two for full opacity. I’d prefer to use just a coat or two on top of an opaque polish.
OPI Nail Lacquer retails for about US$9.50 / higher in CA$ (I see a range of prices) and is 0.5 US fl oz / 15 mL. OPI nail polishes are currently free of toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and camphor. (Since this is an older polish, I suspect this is not 3-Free.) They are made in the USA.
OPI has been owned by global beauty company Coty Inc. since 2010.
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OMG! I remember this one! SO pretty!
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That was a nice collection 🙂
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Hi! Just a friendly reminder: https://styledwithjoy.wordpress.com/2015/05/19/tag-tuesday-lovehate-tag/
No worries if you don’t feel like doing it 🙂
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WHY ARE YOU HARASSING EVERYONE. :p
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I just remembered you did this already! CANCEL.
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LOL no worries! 🙂
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It was the moment I sent it I was like AH she hates removing glitter nail polish!
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LOL
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These kinds of nail polishes are SO lame when worn alone, but they look really nice as a topper. Does this OPI have the GREEN label?
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Yes, they are best as toppers, for sure! No sense doing 8 coats to avoid VNL (visible nail line)!
Ah, right. Was the label change an indicator of when they went 3 Free? I can’t recall if this was linked with the Pro-Wide brush, too.
Here’s the old black label (I’ll add it to the post, as well):
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Oh yes, the green label OPIs are highly sought after in the nail collectors community. I bet you’re sitting on a goldmine.
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Oh I got my colours mixed up. BLACK labels are the sought after ones! The green ones are the indicator of the newer 3-free formula.
https://polishedme.wordpress.com/tag/opi-black-labels/
I think the wide brushes was another phase of change but not linked to the change of the formula.
So yes, you’ve got the pre-3-free formula here with the black label!
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I suspect most of my OPIs are black label, as I stopped buying many of them after the Pro-Wide change (I am guessing that happened not too long after the formula change). CANNOT REMEMBER ANYTHING. Ha!
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I’m wearing OPI Coca-cola Red this week with the wide brush and omg, that brush is wider than my pinky! I don’t have many OPIs… for the longest time I only had “I’m not really a waitress” just because it was a cult favourite. I should check if that’s a black label.
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That’s why I hate the Pro-Wide. My pinky nail is like 2/3 the width of that sucker. :p And forget my toes 😦 I have teeny toenails.
I still love INRaW, but haven’t worn it in forever!
Coca-Cola Red sounds pretty. Is it really the same color as a Coke can?
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It’s pretty darn close! It’s a really nice formula too – 1 coater. Someone took the liberty of comparing it to a can of Coke:
http://www.polishthisblog.com/2014/09/opi-coca-cola-collection-coca-cola-red.html
Funny also reviewed You’re So Vain-illa, which is the other shade I got from the collection. It’s a weird yellow-y toned ivory colour. I think it’s going in my purge pile – doesn’t look right against my skin.
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Ooh the Coca Cola Red looks purty. Yeah I would not be able to pull off Vain-illa. One of those odd neutrals!
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It’s just too sheer!
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Yeah, strictly a top coat, for me!
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excuse me while I literally drool over all your throwback thursday posts..
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Haha! Glad you like them 🙂
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