You think at one point or another I’d stop being in awe of OPI‘s nail polish collections… but honestly, I’m nowhere near that point yet. Their latest collection — Muse of Milan for Fall 2020 — is no exception. The collection features warm autumnal shades that are reminiscent of leaves changing colour, and yet there’s a whole whack of cooler shades in both pale, medium and deep tones to flush out the collection.

The first set of shades have some gorgeous pumpkin-esque shades alongside a super deep and rich blood-red wine shade (my favourite) and some slate colours.

The second half of the collection features the cooler tones of the collection with an even split between purple and blue shades.

On to the swatches! All polish shots were done with two coats of polish on my nails.

OPI Fall 2020 — Muse of Milan Swatches

What an interesting shade this turned out to be. Fall-ing for Milan is a dusty, burnished bronze. The “dust” aspect comes from a somewhat greyed out finish on top of the bronze – almost like there’s a layer of smoke on top of the polish. It’s a seriously unique shade as I’ve never seen anything like it with that “smoke” layer.

Oh this one is FUN! Have Your Panettone and Eat it Too is the quintessential pumpkin orange shade (and it’s the shade I’m currently sporting on my nails) that’s perfect for the Halloween season.

Oooo this one came out so much more spicy than I had thought from looking at the bottle. My Italian is a Little Rusty is like a gorgeous rust shade that looked more orange in the bottle, but came across a lot more russet in practice.

THIS ONE. Holy smokes. This is my absolute favourite. Not only is the name perfect (Complimentary Wine) but the shade is a gorgeous blood-red that is oh-so-vampy.

This one was an interesting choice to add to the collection. Suzi Talks with Her Hands is an everything slate colour – kind of like mildly damp cement. They had a similar (but deeper) grey collection in their fall collection last year and I have to say I really like the addition of greys in a fall collection. It’s far more flattering than I expected it to be.

This one was interesting in the bottle, but didn’t play out as well in practice. In the bottle, This Color Hits All the High Notes, had this shifting, prismatic blue and purple shift to it. On the nails… I don’t see it at all. It ended up being very sheer and just didn’t have the dimension I was expecting from looking at it in the bottle.

Addio Bad Nails, Ciao Great Nails has a bit of that smoke effect that I was referencing before – it’s a mid-tone shimmery lilac shade with this neat greyed out/smoke effect on top of it.

Galleria Vittorio Violet is a lovely lilac that looks like a creme finish at first glance, but if you catch the light at just the right angle you’ll see a deeper purple/pink shimmer reflect to it.

Another fun shimmery one! Leonardo’s Model Color is a purple base with gold, orange and lilac shimmers suspended in the formula.

This one surprised me. Since the previous polish looked to be about the same consistency as this one, I was taken aback at how sheer it was. The colour is fairly unique in the bottle – slate coloured with red and silver shimmers. However, on the nails OPI Nails the Runway comes across as a pale silver shimmer.

Another favourite! Drama at La Scala is the more green toned blue of the collection (the next shade is more of a true blue) and it’s GORGEOUS.

And lastly, Duomo Days, Isola Nights is more of a deep true blue.

Final Thoughts

I love you OPI, I really do. This collection got me pretty excited right from the get go with the promotional shots I saw online. There’s a few in this collection that aren’t quite my cup of tea (the more sheer, shimmery ones) but the bulk of the collection is right up my alley. I’m especially taken with Complimentary Wine – that’s a *stunning* shade and I wore it for a week straight and debated reapplying it right away. Both orange tones (Have Your Panettone and Eat it Too and My Italian is a Little Rusty) are solid winners in my book, and I looooove Drama at La Scala. 

How about you? What colours are you loving from this collection? Let me know!

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For Spring 2020, OPI is taking us to Mexico City with a range of vibrant shades that make me smile just looking at them! OPI teamed up with Mexican artist, muralist and illustrator, Sofia Castellanos to develop 12 shades that represent colours from Mexico City’s vibrant art scene.

I personally love the mix of lighter turquoise shades mixed in with a bright yellow and some varying orange shades…

…alongside some seriously bright, loud tones!

What’s also massively impressive is that all swatches for this post were done in two coats. I really didn’t think the paler shades were going to be okay with two coats, but they absolutely were!

Let’s get into the shades!

OPI Spring 2020 Mexico Collection Swatches

Final Thoughts

What a fun set of shades! OPI‘s Mexico City collection took me by surprise, and I was really, really happy with a lot of these shades. I find myself particularly enamoured with Hue is the Artist?, Don’t Tell A Sol and Mexico City Move-Mint.

What’s your favourite shade in this collection?

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New up from OPI! Their latest collection is for holidays 2019: Hello Kitty! Back for a second round due to popular demand, OPI has teamed up with HK to produce a second collection. But don’t worry – they’ve brought back their most searched for shade ever: Let’s Be Friends!

The whole range  is available in their Nail Lacquer formula (my favourite), as well as Infinite Shine and GelColor.

With this collection, Hello Kitty is celebrating their 45th anniversary (I had NO idea that Hello Kitty had been around that long!). I’d say the bulk of the collection skews very pink, glittery and red, with a slight focus on some deeper cooler tones.

While the front half of the collection was quite pink/red, the back half of it focuses more on deeper purple and blues tones as well as a bunch of metallics to round it out.

And of course, what’s a holiday collection without some glitter??

OPI Hello Kitty Holiday 2019 Collection – Swatches

Let’s Be Friends! is the only shade I layered three times in this post (all others are layered twice). It looked quite patchy on the first and second coats, but by the time I got to the third it evened out really nicely. I can see why this shade is so popular. I’m not even someone who gravitates towards very pale, milky pinks, but this shade looks absolutely beautiful on my nails!

Glitter to My Heart is a fun silver and white speckled glitter polish. It reminds me of a snowglobe, and would look lovely layered on top of a white polish.

A Hush of Blush is a pearlescent pale pink shade. Even with two coats on there’s still a hint of translucency to the polish.

Let’s Celebrate! has a lightly tinted pink base (although it’s really quite sheer) with specks of red and pink glitter scattered throughout.

All About the Bows was *really* interesting. This shade had a bit of a jelly finish and ended up looking a lot more pink than I was expecting. Really loved this shade!

A Kiss on the Chic was also quite jelly-ish in application. A solid red shade.

Pile on the Sprinkles has a pale lavender base with pale pink and dark blurple glitter specs.

Hello Pretty – another jelly-like base. I was so surprised that most of what I thought were cream finishes in this collection ended up being a bit more translucent. Lovely dark blue – more teal than navy.

Let Love Sparkle is a pale silver that had a lot of translucency. Layer third 3 or 4 times to get opaque coverage.

My Favorite Gal Pal is a deep purple-blue. I swear OPI said this was a blue, but I see a lot more purple than I do blue in this colour.

Many Celebrations to Go! is a translucent pale gold. I like this one because there’s less yellow in the product, so it takes on more of a champagne twist.

Another translucent/sheer one (they layer just fine by the way – I just recommend doing more than two coats if you want full coverage). Isn’t She Iconic! is a gunmetal silver.

Glitter All the Way is a chunky yellow gold glitter with some yellow in the base.

Born to Sparkle has a clear base with large flecks of rose gold glitter.

Dream in Glitter has a pale red base with medium to small sized red glitter flecks.

Final Thoughts

It may come as a surprise, but I’m not a Hello Kitty fan. While I’m obsessed with cats, there’s just something about the branding of Hello Kitty that never drew me in, so this wasn’t a collection I was necessarily drawn to as a whole. However, if you’re someone that does love Hello Kitty, I think you’ll especially love this collection because the branding does seem to be bang on. Not only do they have the bottles capped with the Hello Kitty face, but I can also see a lot of the aesthetic of Hello Kitty wrapped up into the shades they’ve chosen.

For me, I have to take Hello Kitty out of the equation to evaluate the collection since it holds no weight for me. Overall, I prefer the chunkier glitters as they’re fun to layer on top of cream polishes (and cream polishes are hands down my favourite kind of finish for a polish). I’m less inclined to play with the glitters that have a coloured base just because I’m less drawn to the overall colours of them.

The standouts in this collection were definitely:

• Let’s Be Friends!: This one surprised the heck out of me – I had no idea I needed/wanted a milky pink my collection, but I LOVE the way this looks on my nails.
• All About The Bows: The magenta edge to this polish is freaking glorious. I thought it was going to be a regular ole red, but the pink flash in it really makes this a special polish to me.
• Glitter to my Heart: I love the snow globe like quality of this one. I cannot wait to layer it on top of a white polish for snow themed nails!
• Born to Sparkle: These large rose gold chunks are beautiful!

The OPI Hello Kitty collection can be purchased at nailpolishcanada.com or on ulta.com.

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