It's Not Tooth Fairy Dandruff; It's OPI Rainbow Connection

Here is the second shade from the OPI Muppets collection that I had to get: 'Rainbow Connection'...

Seriously, this will be the runaway of this collection. Gee-or-jus!!

 Look at the glitter reflection made on my hand. I didn't notice that until I started picking out photos for this post. Oooohhhh....aaahhhhhh...

Hexy, dot, medium and micro glitter, seriously. Silver, green, red, blue and yellow gold. I think this looks like 'Tooth Fairy Dandruff.'

Glitter bombs-away...

All that glitter is in a clear base. It goes on fairly well. I had to work with it to adhere closer to my cuticles. I used 2 coats here. And I didn't put any top coat on it. It did quite well in shine, naturally. And, 'Rainbow Connection' is not as gritty as I thought it would be. It is gritty, but all that glitter did lay flat.

OK, I know you want to see more 'Rainbow Connection' in action...

 In the shade outdoors...it doesn't matter, this is dazzling. So, next I wanted to see if it would play well with 'Wocka Wocka' as I'm sure this creme was meant to be used, if you so desire, as a base for 'Rainbow Connection...

 

The sun makes this appear brighter than it really is. 'Wocka Wocka' is more of a dark berry shade.

The shadow light shows 'Wocka Wocka' better than the sunlight one. However, there's no denying that these two are meant for each other.

'Wocka Wocka' is a stunning stand alone too...

 

 I wanted to do a quick comparison with a pink flaky I had. That's what you see on my middle finger. It's from a mini collection with no name from Claire's. I have on Color Club's 'Vivid' top coat, as well.

Some posts back, I had mentioned I needed a good, basic blue-based red creme polish. Here it is!! Smooth as glass and super OPI easy to apply.

It must be hard or not cost-effective to label these minis. So, I have to resort to doing it myself. I didn't come up with the idea. Steph from Imperfectly Painted shared with me that this is how she keeps track of label-less bottles.

I can stare at these bottles for hours. I put it on my nails and it's an all day fascination.

I can't wait to see what base coat I can use next with 'Rainbow Connection.' What color would you choose?

Warm & Fozzie; OPI Touches Your Soft Side

There's still a giddy feeling about finding the OPI Muppets collection, a month early. Natch, all polishes I had lined up for this weekend got swept aside.

Before I even purchased these bad boys, I knew I was going to swatch this one first: 'Warm & Fozzie'...

Kind of spell-binding just looking at it trying to figure out how to even describe it.

Starting from the beginning; it's brown. It has micro-glitter that is orange, yellow, and green iridescent. At least from what I can see. It's what I call 'busy', but in a very, very good way. :)

When I swatch the polish on white paper, the base shows up as a grayish taupe. But all of the glitter builds up and you don't see the base color.

 I cannot lie, I didn't snap this photo on purpose. However, it does show a good blurred look at the polish.

There are probably dupes out there. I don't have one. I tried...

One thing I learned when I took makeup artist lessons is, that the mind's eye isn't reliable on remembering colors. I thought Icing's 'Paparazzi' was a bit browner until I got it out and compared the two. But in this comparison shot, you can see how brown 'Warm & Fozzie' is next to 'Paparazzi' which is a warm pink.

 This is 2 coats and no top coat. You can see on my index finger that I had a bald spot. I chased it around and got it to look mostly hidden under normal inspection. The polish felt gritty, a bit, but that rarely bugs me. But, other than that, the polish applied OPI perfect.

So, I have a bit of a confession to make. I do love the Muppets. I love Ralph (does anyone remember when he was on the Jimmy Dean Show? Yea, I'm that old!) and Kermit and Beaker. Even the old dudes are funny. However....I do not like Fozzie. (Ducks and runs out of the room before you can throw old banana peels at me!!)