OPI: Visions of Lacquer!

OPI Launches 4 NEW Limited Edition Mariah Carey Holiday Gift Sets

                OPI announces four new gift sets this holiday season – perfect for creating personalized nail looks: 

• Mariah Carey…The Look contains three full-sized lacquers: My Favorite Ornament (champagne glitter), Visions of Love (rich burgundy) and I Snow You Love Me (holographic confetti). 

• Mariah Carey Mini 3-Pack/Liquid Sand offers two trio gift set options, each containing three mini Liquid Sand  shades.

• Mariah Carey Mini 4-Pack includes four mini lacquers – two glitters and two seasonal hues. 

“Inspired by Mariah Carey’s iconic songs, these gift sets will put your nails in the holiday spirit and are perfect for gift giving,” saysSuzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “With Mariah Carey Holiday gift sets, you can create a festive manicure with different finishes using wintry tones, glitter and Liquid Sand texture.”

Mini 3-Pack/Liquid Sand trio #1 includes Mariah Carey Holiday Liquid Sand shades Silent Stars Go By, Baby Please Come Home and Make Him Mine, trio #2 includes It’s Frosty Outside, Emotions and Kiss Me at Midnight.  Mini 4-Pack includes Visions of Love, Warm Me Up, Wonderous Star and All Sparkly and Gold.

Mariah Carey Holiday nail lacquer shades each feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application. Liquid Sand nail lacquers should always be worn without top coat. Mariah Carey…The Look, Mariah Carey Mini 3-Pack/Liquid Sand andMariah Carey Mini 4-Pack will be available October 2013, at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, jcp Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, ULTA and ulta.com. Mariah Carey…The Look retails for $19.95 ($24.95 CAN),Mini 3-Pack/Liquid Sand retails for $9.95 (12.50 CAN), each set and Mini 4-Pack retails for $12.95 ($14.95 CAN). 

For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become aFacebook fan!

ABOUT OPI

As the world leader in the professional nail care industry, OPI is committed to providing high-quality products and services to both salons and their customers, along with a focus on industry safety and innovation. Known for its exceptional formula, fashionable colors and iconic names, OPI’s heavily-pigmented lacquers are super rich, long-lasting and chip-resistant – offering an affordable luxury to consumers. OPI nail lacquer is available in over 200 shades. Each lacquer features OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application. Currently, OPIis available in over 100 countries and retails a full line of professional items, including nail treatments, finishing products, lotions, manicure/pedicure products, files, tools, gels and acrylics.

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OPI: Holiday 2013 Mariah Carey Collection, swatches and review

Yep, Mariah Carey and OPI have partnered up again for another collection! Let the holidays begin!

This is picture heavy so go to the bathroom, grab your snacks, sit down and enjoy the show, LOL!

OPI "My Favorite Ornament"
2 coats, no top coat

Pretty champagne glitter, I love this! Festive, feminine and easy to wear..NEW YEARS EVE?

OPI "All I Want For Christmas (Is OPI)"
2 coats, no top coat

Perfect holiday red. Yes, another holiday red, pretty but forgettable.

OPI "Cute Little Vixen"
2 coats, no top coat

Red based fuchsia frost.  Applies well for a frost, but still...it's a frost. :(

OPI "Underneath The Mistletoe"
3 coats, no top coat

In indirect lighting...

 Glittah! Not bad, not the best red glitter they have made, but a nice dark red wine. Applied well.

OPI "In My Santa Suit"
2 coats, no top coat

Red shimmer, this says "Happy Holidays", it's a classic easy to wear red for any holiday event, not original, but safe.  :)

OPI "Visions Of Love"
3 coats, no top coat

Vampy goodness! This is GORGEOUS! Vampy brick red, yep this is a winner! Because it is a creme, it is most likely dupe-able and has a doppelganger out there, but I like it anyway, even if it gave me bald spots at 2 coats. :)

OPI "Warm Me Up"
2 coats, no top coat

Toasty! Lovely dark coffee brown shimmer, there are hints of copper and purple in it too! Gorgeous on hands!

OPI "Wonderous Star"
3 coats, no top coat

Not the most opaque, so I tried one coat over two coats of  "My Favorite Ornament".

That's much better!  Different...worth keeping in my stash, but it does not "WOW!" me.

OPI "All Sparkly And Gold"
2 coats, no top coat

Not bad, not unique...but not bad! Applied well.

OPI "Sleigh Ride For Two"
2 coats, no top coat

Nice shimmer, smooth and lovely. Applied well.

OPI "I Snow You Love Me"
1 coat over "Visions Of Love"

Super difficult.

2 coats over "Sleigh Ride For Two"

Soooo NOT worth the effort. NOPE! All those lovely glitters and no way of getting the out, LOL! I felt like dumping the bottle in a tub and fishing the glitter out to add to another polish of mine, LOL!

The clear base is way, way too thick. NOPE!

OPI "Ski Slope Sweetie"
3 coats, no top coat

I think this will be prettier and make me happier if it is worn over a white base.

Still here? Okay...let's bring out the Liquid Sand's.

OPI "Silent Stars Go By"
2 coats, no top coat

In indirect lighting...

NOPE!

OPI "Baby Please Come Home"
2 coats, no top coat

In indirect lighting...

Maybe?!?

OPI "Make Him Mine"
2 coats, no top coat

In indirect lighting...

NOPE!

OPI "It's Frosty Outside"
2 coats, no top coat

In indirect lighting...

Nice!

OPI "Kiss Me At Midnight"
2 coats, no top coat

WOW! That's bright!

In indirect lighting...

OPI "Emotions"
2 coats, no top coat

In indirect lighting...

I actually wore this one first, and here is how it looked after 2 days...

Keeper!  I like this one and I think I will wear it soon, really soon! :)

Overall, I am not impressed with this collection, too many reds in shades and textures we have seen before, the names don't even grab me, LOL! Too generic for my taste, but maybe you have to be a Mariah Carey fan to love these shades and names.   

The formula is perfect, as most OPI's are, except for "I Snow You Love Me". This was a serious "glitter FAIL", and a few of the liquid sand shades are too similar, and don't offer any variety for the holidays.

Mariah Carey Holiday nail lacquer shades each feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application.Liquid Sand nail lacquers should always be worn without top coat. Mariah Carey Holiday will be available October 2013, at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, jcp Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, ULTA and ulta.com for $9.00 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each nail lacquer. 

            For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan!

*Product. provided by PR for review.