OPERATION COVERT SNAPSHOT + HAUL: OPI BURLESQUE COLLECTION (Incldg SWATCHES!)

OPERATION COVERT SNAPSHOT + HAUL: OPI BURLESQUE COLLECTION (Incldg SWATCHES!) - UPDATED WITH 1 & 2 COAT NAIL SWATCHES!

Sep11

ZOMG!!! The glitter in these polishes are like kapowwwww!

Ok, sorry for being abruptly rude - Hello Everyone! Haha!

Its been a while since I took sneaky snapshots and what better way to restart that habit by zooming in on the OPI BURLESQUE Collection???

EDIT: I picked these up at PALZ (@ Far East Plaza). From what I know, these are also currently available at ROBINSONS CENTREPOINT (Toiletries section)

L-R: SHOW IT AND GLOW IT; SPARKLE-ISCIOUS; RISING STAR; TAKE THE STAGE; THE SHOW MUST GO ON; LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU

COLOUR DESCRIPTIONS ACCORDING TO LIPGLOSSIPING.COM:

SHOW IT AND GLOW IT: PURPLE / FUSCHIA glitter

SPARKLEIS-CIOUS: MULTI-COLOURED glitter

RISING STAR: LUSTROUS GLIMMERING GOLD

TAKE THE STAGE: WARM ORANGE shimmer

THE SHOW MUST GO ON: DEEP PINK shimmer

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU: FUSCHIA glimmer

NOTE: I compared a swatch of SPARKLE-ISCIOUS and OPI MAD AS A HATTER in the store and they seemed very very similar.

Also, while THE SHOW MUST GO ON looks like a pinky-red-gold duochrome in the bottle, I somehow don't quite see the same duochrome effect translated on this swatch; perhaps it needs more coats or better lighting?

L-R: SIMMER AND SHIMMER; EXTRA-VA-VAGANZA; GLOW UP ALREADY; BRING ON THE BLING; TEASY DOES IT; ALI'S BIG BREAK

COLOUR DESCRIPTIONS ACCORDING TO LIPGLOSSIPING.COM:

SIMMER AND SHIMMER: BLUE glitter

EXTRA-VA-VAGANZA: ORANGE glitter

GLOW UP ALREADY: GREEN glitter

BRING ON THE BLING: GOLDEN glitter

TEASY DOES IT: BURGUNDY shimmer

ALI'S BIG BREAK: GLOWING RED shimmer

NOTE: All the glitters are essentially multi-coloured - like the Bring On The Bling has pre-dominantly orange glitter but a smattering of other coloured glitter that makes it go wild!

And, as with THE SHOW MUST GO ON, TEASY DOES IT looked like a burgundy-gold duochrome but again, looked a little blah on the swatch - I'll qualify that the blahness could be attributed to the lighting. Nonetheless, I steered clear of them both - with the rapid way my nail polish stash is growing (how I wish the bank account would grow the same way!), I am trying not to "take chances" with any shades any more.

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And here are the 2 shades I picked up - I'm a glitter fiend and I already have OPI MAD AS A HATTER so naturally, I went for the glitter polishes! I'll confess though - I was very tempted to pick up THE SHOW MUST GO ON (even though the duochrome wasn't prominent in the swatch, I was willing to give it a chance but decided against it eventually). The orange glitter, EXTRA-VA-VAGANZA is also pretty but I already ordered CHINA GLAZE ICK-A-BODY (orange glitter) with Gwen in her Transdesign spree (is it here yet???! LOL!)

I also included blurred shots of the bottles to show how blingy-bling-bling the polishes are - they look like jewels!

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*** UPDATE ***

Here are nail swatches of GLOW UP ALREADY and SIMMER AND SHIMMER.

I just painted these on like I would normal polish - usually with glitter, you can use a "dabbing" motion to really pile on the glitter.

1 thin coat looks a little sparse but if you just intend to layer it over another polish (like a glitter top-coat), 1 thin (or thin-medium) coat may be more than sufficient (unless you don't want to see much of the base polish colour).