Friday, December 5, 2008

OPI Holiday In Toyland Swatches - The Reds

Hello, dear readers!

Today I have the rest of the OPI Holiday In Toyland collection for you. The OPI Holiday In Toyland collection contains 12 nail polishes - 6 of them are dark or neutral shades and the other 6 are variations of red. Today I have the red ones for you. All of these were flawless in application!

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, when I first started really getting into nail polish, I avoided reds like the plague. I thought that all reds were the same. Wrong! The more I get into collecting nail polish, the more red shades I acquire. There really is a huge variety when it comes to reds. 

I have found that photos of red creams look extremely similar to each other when in real life they are really quite different. But I also found that if I swatch the colors next to each other, on the same hand, you can see the difference in the colors better; so that is what I did with the red creams in this collection.

As always, you can click the pictures to enlarge them. It is really fun to enlarge them to see all of the detail in the shimmer and sparkles!

Left to right:
OPI Little Red Wagon, OPI Red Hot Gift, OPI Girls Just Want To Play

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The first picture is in the sun and the second picture is indoors but under natural lighting. 

OPI Little Red Wagon is a great, deep, blue toned red cream. 
OPI Red Hot Gift is a medium, blue toned red. 
OPI Girls Just Want To Play is in my opinion, a very summery, almost coral red. I will definitely sport this one on my toes in the summer.

And now on to the shimmery and sparkly reds...

OPI Rosy Mistletoe-Sies:


OPI always has the cutest names! Love this one. This is a very shimmery, magenta toned red. The shimmer in this one looks a bit on the gold side. 

OPI A Ruby for Rudolph:


Medium toned red shimmer with sparsely placed glitter. So gorgeous!

OPI Don't Toy With Me!:


Dark magenta-ish red with red, silver and hot pink shimmer/glitter. I say shimmer/glitter because it is both shimmery and glittery. Absolutely freaking gorgeous! I wore this one as a NOTD and got so many compliments from random strangers. I love when that happens. 

I am so impressed with the reds in this collection. Way to go OPI!

That is all for today, until we meet again!

xoxo,
Katee

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11 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful collection! :)I only have one of them, but after seeing you swatches I want "dont toy with me" also :)

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  2. Mimi - Don't toy w/me was my favorites from the reds and I got soooo many compliments on it!

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  3. Now this says Christmas to me! I love that last one, Don't Toy with Me! And I know what you mean, compliments from random strangers are great!

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  4. A ruby for rudolph and don't toy with me are already on my list. Both are timeless red shimmers, and I need more of those in my collection :D

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  5. I am wearing Ruby for Rudolph or Emerald Sparkle all month long. Next week & am going to wear them both on alternating nails.

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  6. forgot to add a link to our xmas lights:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p23Oqa8hDKM

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  7. Don't Toy With Me is just delicious! I bought it a few weeks ago and can't wait to wear it again. They all look great on you.

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  8. Brooke - I thought that you might like these reds better than the other ones :)

    Emelie - Yes these are definitely must haves in my book too!

    Melsh - Ohhh I like a good Christmas mani!! Great lights too :)

    Azucar - thank you!!

    xoxo,
    Katee

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  9. Gorgeous! I love Little Red Wagon...all the shimmers are great, but that creme is really classy, I think...

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  10. Where did you get your OPI Correct and Clean Up Pen? I also love the "don't toy with me". Thank you!

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  11. Jamie - right on!

    Amanda - I got mine at Ulta :)

    xoxo,
    Katee

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