OPI Show Us Your Tips!

Ever since I laid eyes on this polish 2-ish years ago, I knew I had to have it. It was a no-brainer. I'm a sucker for this particular shade of cornflower blue, and the added shimmer was a big bonus. Somehow, I didn't own it until today. I can't explain why. My bottle was $7.99 on eBay. It's not exactly a huge investment. I kinda just forgot about it. But I didn't, really, because I'd think of it now and then and wish I had it... but I wouldn't buy it... to quote Patrick, "the inner workings of my mind are an enigma". 

So here it is. FINALLY. Five years after its debut in the 2016 S/S New Orleans collection, and two years after first falling in love with it, I finally have the beautiful Show Us Your Tips!

So is it everything I've dreamt of and more? Well... kinda.

Here it is in 3 not-so-easy coats with some Seche Vive on top. I bumped up the saturation to try and match the color I'm seeing in person, but it's a tough one to capture. As mentioned above, it's a shimmery cornflower blue, veering towards periwinkle. It is just as pretty as I had hoped, oh my goodness. Though this came out in the Spring/Summer collection and it's May at the time of writing, I think this would work really well as a winter shade. Doesn't it remind you of icicles, Jack Frost, and all things magical about the colder months? At the same time, it does work as a warm weather shade -- I think this would really pop on tanned skin. 

Despite my glowing endorsement, this was an absolute pain to apply, as you may have guessed by my "not-so-easy" comment. It was thick and gummy, and patchy in sections. However, 3 coats was enough to smooth it out for the most part -- all that remains is a very slight section of patchiness on my index finger that you may just be able to make out in the photo. Another not-so-great aspect of this polish is the sheerness. Even with 3 horrible thick coats, there is still some VNL if I look closely. Thankfully, though, it is opaque at a glance, so I won't berate it too much for this.

A cool aspect of this polish that I didn't realize until I got it is the dimension of the shimmer. I had initially thought this was your bog standard shimmer, but if you look closely, there are intermittent flashes of pink that peak out every now and again (hopefully this blurry photo will demonstrate that). It's a nice touch, though I don't think a polish this pretty needed it.

Today I got a massive lot of Zoya from a nice lady in one of my Facebook groups. I swatched all of the colors and fell in love with a few, so expect to see them popping up sometime soon. This is my first ever experience with Zoya, and I'm so excited to add another brand to my frankly massive arsenal of polish!

Thanks so much for reading! And until next time... PEACE! xoxo