Anyway moving onto the real reason for this post... which is that I’ve now got my hands on 4 of the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection (which I have been very excited about) so can now swatch them for you; although I’ve decided to do the swatches of the shades I have from this collection in 2 separate posts.
This is firstly because I didn’t want to overload one post with lots of pictures of all 4 shades, and also because I had difficulty getting the colours to show accurately on the pictures, so I’m going to have to redo the greens (Stranger Tides & Mermaid’s Tears) later on, or tomorrow, but up first we have ‘Planks A Lot’ (purple-y) and ‘Sparrow Me The Drama’ (pink). Please excuse my cuticles, they’re not in the greatest condition, nor is my manicure the best I've ever done - but we're not looking at that anyway as it's the colours that are of interest here, non? :-)
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Actually, even though I have redone these photos I still think that ‘Planks A Lot’ especially isn’t showing true to colour in some of the pictures; it is actually a little bit darker, and with slightly less of a blue tinge to it than the photos show it to have. If pushed I guess I’d describe it as a grape-y grurple. I found that this needed 3 coats (not too thick) but I gave it 4 to be on the safe side.
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Also, ‘Sparrow Me The Drama’ is again slightly darker than the photos show and a little duskier too. This was pretty opaque at 2 coats, but I gave it 3 just to be sure. It looks a bit patchy in the pictures but I think that’s just the way the light/flash is reflecting off it as it doesn’t look like that now, and it didn’t when I was taking the pictures either.
I love both these shades; they’re girly but still have an edginess to them that stops them from being overly pink and fluffy. I can’t wait to try the Silver Shatter over the top of them.
Available from May, priced £10.50 each at http://www.lenawhite.co.uk/
Disclosure: PR Sample
Love these colours! and Happy Birthday, hope you have an amazing day :) xx
ReplyDeleteThese look good and I do love pirates of the caribbean, but I do no appreciate the price tag!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope all your bday wishes come true. You gave us a great bday gift by sharing these swatches! I am dying to get my hands on these babies. Sparrow Me The Drama is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThank you for my birthday wishes - sorry for my delayed response.
ReplyDeleteGlad you all like the colours (and seem to find the swatches useful too)... I can't decide which ones I like best! xx
where did you buy them?
ReplyDeleteHi, you can't buy them until May 1st - I was sent these to show my readers. x
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