New Nicole by OPI Glitters for Holiday 2011 Swatches and Review

One of Nicole by OPI's Holiday collections this year is a set of four amazing holiday glitters. It doesn't have a name as far as I'm aware, but it's a really nice little set. The other collection they're doing is that Kardashian collection, which is a full 14 shade collection, slightly bigger than the usual 12 shade collection. They'll both be available in November.


Glitter In My Stocking. A super fine warm gold microglitter with red microglitter accents. Maybe there's some copper in here, it's hard to tell. The glitter is very fine and sparkles a lot so it's hard to pin down exact colors. I want to say it's just red and gold but it looks so much more complicated than just two colors. I adore this. This combination of colors is perfect for fall and winter and the very tiny glitter seems extra shiny somehow.



My Sleigh's In The Shop. This is a fuchsia, purple and gold microglitter. The exact color was hard to capture, but if you have Nubar's Petunia Sparkle, it's quite close to that in color. The glitter in this is very fine just like in Glitter in my Stocking, and the small gold accent glitter makes it look so much more alive and complex than purple alone.



Ornament For Each Other. This is the opposite of Glitter in my Stocking: Bright red with gold accents. This red is really rich and vibrant and the gold is warm and bright and the two colors look perfect together. I'm really loving these subtle color mixes; reminds me a little of those Milani One Coat glitters that I loved so much. The splash of accent color gives these something special, something extra.



Snowman Of My Dreams. A blue-based multicolor glitter. It has all kinds of different colors in here- yellow, pink, purple, red, silver, but the dominant color is a light blue and it gives the polish an overall blue look with colored accents. My least favorite of the collection, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I really like it, but the glitter is bigger and not as sparkly and sugar-fine as the other shades.


The formula on these is excellent. It's thinner and more loosely flowing (but not runny or watery) than most glitter formulas, giving a perfectly smooth, lump-free, precise application. One thing that is really important to note about these is that they do NOT have that terrible "Perfect Stroke" brush that Nicole was putting in the polishes for a while. These have a normal, thin, round brush like the old Nicoles always had. That really helps with the application. These are very opaque for such fine glitter and only needed two coats for opacity, but I did three anyway. They dry quickly and are a lot more smooth than I thought they would be. Regardless, they still suck up topcoat after they dry, so you may like do to an extra coat to ensure a super glossy finish.

Overall, I'm head over heels for these. They are awesome. I haven't a single complaint about this collection other than I wish it had more shades! These super fine glitters are fantastic and I really hope they do more shades and color combinations with this type of glitter. Every color is beautiful and applies like a dream. Very happy with this collection. Perfection.

This collection will be available starting in November.

(These were sent to me for review.)