Dazzled By Gold. Super-sparkly gold glitter. This is a mixture of yellowy-gold, medium gold and champagne metallic fine glitter flakes. Not traditional round glitter particles. Little broken metal flecks. It's very opaque so it can be worn alone easily. In fact, the glitter is so dense it even has a foil-finish effect at three coats like pictured here. I think it's too dense to make a good topcoat, though. It looks a little warmer in real life than my picture shows. It is incredibly sparkly. Might be my new favorite gold glitter!
Dreaming of Red. Glowy metallic red. This is a really gorgeous red. It's rich and deep and glowing. It kinda has that velvety 'dark around the edges' look. It's a shimmer finish, bordering on frost, but it has kind of a metallic effect. The one word that keeps coming to mind is "glowy" and it really is super glowy. Reminds me a little of that one OPI Valentine's Day red that was so glowy it looked radioactive. Can't think of the name. May have been Red Like Roses? This would also make a really great Valentine's day color, by the way.
Visions of Sugarplum. Shimmery blackened purple with iridescent flecks. Since I couldn't hold my hands still enough to get a clear picture, how about two kinda crappy pictures instead? This first one shows the depth and darkness of the color. The second one shows the base color and all the sparkly iridescent pearls. This polish is insane. I love it. It sparkles like crazy and it's purple, with little glints of other colors flashing at you. This seems really similar to the new Finger Paints Icy Iris, but I haven't done a side by side comparison to be sure.The formula was perfect. Zero problems. Smooth, even, very fast drying. Nothing really worth noting. I did do three coats of each color, but they really only needed two. They're very opaque and pigmented.
Overall, I'm completely crazy in love with these. Even the red. OPI didn't wuss out and do plain red creme! I'm so proud of them!! I love the purple sparkles, I love the gold insane glitter and I love the glowy electric red. The only way I could have been happier is if they did a Christmas tree green- either glitter, creme or shimmer.... But you knew I was going to say that, didn't you?
Wow, these are pretty! Shame I am on a no buy...
ReplyDeleteI love these on you. I don't know about you, but after all the mattes this year, shimmery polish with shiny top coat seems really awesome. I love me some mattes, but I felt really overloaded this year...I hate "trends".
Glad you are back with a vengeance...two posts in one day sets a dangerous precedent!
Ooouu!! Prettyyyy!!! I just got my Ulta Club coupon in the mail (sadly I'm only on Level 2 this time, LOL) and I can get a free salon nail polish with it..so..I'm thinking it's gonna be one of these...unless they get the CG Wizard of Ooh-Aahz collection in..then I'm gonna get the Dorothy color..ooh, decisions!! Decisions!!
ReplyDeleteI only saw "Ulta Exclusive." Hot damn, and they're by OPI! Christmas has come early. Still, I'm not in the nail polish buying mood. I'm in a funk, and haven't bought any for 2-3 weeks though these did come close to changing my mind.
ReplyDeleteI ran into Ulta and saw these yesterday. I looked at the cashier and said, oh these are new! And promptly got them all, buy 2 get 1 free!! They look great on you, and I can't wait to wear them myself!
ReplyDeleteI saw these at Ulta last week and I knew I would love that gold! It looks so pretty on the nail.
ReplyDeleteOoooooh, I love all of these!!
ReplyDeleteThese are all stunning! I wish we had Ulta in Canada so I could buy these :(
ReplyDeleteI sooo want that purple. So gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThose are so pretty! It is so hard to resist getting all of them!
ReplyDeleteI live in new york (city) and there isn't an ulta in my area :( visions of sugarplum is phenomenal I'm gonna try and call and see if they'll ship it to me
ReplyDeleteit's so prestty, love it so much
ReplyDeleteI saw an OPI color called Festive Fuchsia at Trade Secret. It seems to be exclusive to them. I didn't get it but it looked really pretty. It's a sparkly dark pink. Do you know anything about it?
ReplyDeleteJust GAWgeous!! How does that purple compare to the Milani you swatched from the Halloween collection? Are they dupes?
ReplyDeleteWow. I kind of need these. Especially the plum one. Must head to Ulta ASAP.
ReplyDeleteoouuhhhhggghhhh polish perfection!!! i can NOT live w/o the gold one! the purple one is pretty amazuurinnng too :D
ReplyDeletewonderful pics as always! the gold looks absolutely gorgeous, and i don't even normally like/wear golds!
ReplyDeleteOOOO! Wow. Those are gorgeous. I really want that gold. :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that Visions of Sugarplum is just TOO gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI just got my Ulta rewards certificate (Level 7, which is just sad) burning a hole in my pocket. I'm definitely going to have to take a bottle of Sugarplum home with me.
Holy crud, how do we get those in Canada?!
ReplyDeleteWow, the gold is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteAny chance you could do a comparison of the gold one, OPI DS Glow and Color Club Wild and Willing? I definitely want to get myself some bling for my nails for Christmas, but as I'm in the UK they're all pretty hard to get hold of (and none too cheap either), so I'd really appreciate some guidance on which one to go for!
P.S. Is it cheeky of me to make a request in my first ever comment? :) I only recently discovered your blog and you seem like the no. 1 nail polish guru out there!
when it will be available on eby?
ReplyDeleteCan you buy these off the website?
ReplyDeleteOk, since you mentioned it, a comparison of Sugarplum and FingerPaints' Iris would be AWESOME. :) Especially since I already own the FP and need to decide on Sugarplum. You rock!
ReplyDeleteCrap. Why Ulta exclusives?.. :( Every time I like an OPI it's always exclusive-something completely unattainable such as Ulta or Japanese glitters! Oh well. A girl can dream... I just have to look at your lovely swatches :)
ReplyDeleteHAWT!! Wish I had an Ulta near me, booooo!
ReplyDeleteOh delicious polishes! Love your blog Scrangie, you rock! I wisit you everyday and i really appreciate all your reviews of the polsih formula and of course the pictures.
ReplyDeleteCan someone please tell me where to find (buy) these gorgeous polishes online? Can't find them any where?
I just picked up the gold last night - gorgeous! The purple was really too similar to Merry Midnight, which I love, so I passed on that one.
ReplyDeletethey look freakin' amazing!
ReplyDeleteI hate ulta exclusives lol:P
The three are beautiful and I will buy all for me!!
ReplyDeleteLisaLove, you should try Sparkling Nails by Jewels and KBee's Nails and More, both on eBay. They have tons of rare and HTF OPIs, including Ulta Exclusives.
ReplyDeleteI may have to lift a ban on buying...lol dazzled by gold is beautiful on you!
ReplyDeleteI love the gold and the purple. I'm a sucker for anything that glitters :)
ReplyDeleteThat red is brilliant! I really must get it.
ReplyDeleteLove the purple one. Looks so great!
ReplyDeleteI have to try it :)
#' Iv
I am in LOVE with Visions of Sugarplum, which seems to be an almost exact dupe of Finger Paints' Icy Iris. The bummer is that both are exclusive limited editions and I am not anywhere a Sally Beauty Supply or an Ulta Store :(
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering... having seen both in person, can you think of another shade that's similar? I've been looking at Nubar's Purple Rain, but it looks like it might be a bit more on the blue side than either of these...
These are sooo pretty !
ReplyDeleteI usually don't like gold, but this one is really nice. And the purple one, wow ! It's just wonderful !
I'm sad in NYC there's no Ulta nearby and I'm probably gonna miss out on these!
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ReplyDeleteI love your top coat, can you tell me what brand do you use?
Thanks!
Hi! Can I buy those somewhere on the internet? I'm from europe so I think we don't have ultas here :((
ReplyDeleteThanks for your blog! <3
Im baffled and i need clarification!!! Visions of Sugarplum & Amethyst Twist look sooooooo similar to me and yet they were released around the same time so now im just confused- is there any difference?
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