Thursday, October 3, 2013

Swatches: OPI Pink of Hearts 2013

Hi guys!!

Tonight I have swatches for one of breast cancer awareness polishes. Well, actually it's two polishes! It's a Pink of Hearts duo set by OPI. Last year they came out with the same concept, a creme and glitter pink polishes for the set. This year's pink creme is Pink-ing You. It is actually part of their core collection, and I'm glad that I don't have it yet in my stash. The glitter polish is More Than A Glimmer, this is a limited edition polish and only being sold with the set.

Pink-ing of You is a medium pink shade. I honestly can't say that this is a non streak polish,but the finish result makes it worth the trouble. After 3 thin coats, I still find it uneven, so I added a fourth coat to even it out. My mistake is probably using thin coats. Next time I'll use medium coats, that's usually works well for me. This has a very glossy finish. My swatch here is without top coat.

OP Pink-ing of You
More Than A Glimmer is a sheer pink base polish packed with pink, blue, and silver matte glitters. It dries to a matte finish and I really like the matte look better. I have swatches both with and without top coat. It can be worn on its own, but it takes several coats to get full coverage.

Layered over Pink-ing of You - without top coat

OPI More Than A Glimmer

OPI More Than A Glimmer
Layered over Pink-ing of You - with one coat of OTD top coat

OPI More Than A Glimmer

OPI More Than A Glimmer
More Than A Glimmer (without base color), 4 thin coats, no top coat

More Than A Glimer
More Than A Glimmer (without base color), 4 thin coats, with 2 coats of OTD top coat

OPI More Than A Glimmer
I know 4 coats and 2 coats of top coat seems a lot of layer. But if you use thin coats, it dries really quickly and doesn't look or feel thick at all. But I personally like it layered over pink, or maybe some other color :). The set came with 10 pink ribbon and crystal decal. I haven't used it yet, because I'm planning to do something else with them later.
My Pink of Heart set was purchased from Nail Polish Canada.

XO
Novi

4 comments:

  1. You make the swatch look so pretty. It's a shame that the soft pretty pinks seem to have crappy formulas. Three coats is my limit, if it still looks uneven at that point, then it's just pointless for me. I have Chic From Ears to Tail and at one point I did four coats with it and it still didn't even out.

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    1. Debbie, this time my pics show how they look perfectly! It is THAT pretty in person. About the pink, I'm questioning my applying skill, lol. I think I could do it with just 2 medium coats, but have to wait a little bit longer between coat.

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  2. That pink looks SO gorgeous with your skin tone. It's a really pretty glitter too.

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    1. Thanks Melissa! I think it looks flattering too, which doesn't happen very often to me with soft pinks like this :)

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