May 28, 2011

Piratey nails by OPI

There's this tiny little pharmacy in Sydney airport that has the best collection OPI and Nicole by OPI polishes. Whenever I'm travelling anywhere I find myself doing a little detour via this pharmacy to pick up an OPI or four... this time it was no different. I had a quickie work trip up to Brisbane this week (hello my Brisbane Blogging Buddies!), and with a little bit of time to kill before boarding I stopped at the pharmacy and returned with...

The Pirates of The Caribbean mini nail kit.



I was initially eyeing off the colours Planks a Lot (2) and Stranger Tides (4), but since I've never (EVER) finished a bottle of full sized polish I thought I'd get the mini kit and try the other two colours as well. The mini bottles are still a good size at 3.75ml and to be quite honest I don't think I've ever finished a mini bottle either.


  1. Skull & Glossbones - a lovely neutral bone/ivory colour. A perfect go with anything colour.
  2. Planks a Lot - a purpley / mauvey colour. This will be my favourite winter shade for sure.
  3. Sparrow Me the Drama - a lovely and creamy warm pink colour.
  4. Stranger Tides - the colour just reminds me of the sea on a cloudy day, a kind of dirty pale green colour.
The colours aren't anything special or unusual that I haven't seen in some form or another before. In fact I probably have dupes of all of these colours, but I really like them none the less and can see myself wearing them a lot.

I've applied 3 coats in these pics, as 2 was too streaky on my nails. 

No flash - direct sunlight

Have you bought anything from this collection? Are you going to?

12 comments :

  1. Skull & Glossbones is def my fave! It's somewhat nude, but still has a bit of color, I loves it. :)

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  2. I have ordered this mini set but it hasn't come in the post yet.. I keep seeing it on other people's blogs and it's driving me crazy! haha I love the murky looking colors =)
    xx
    B

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  3. I love all these colours :) i have Sparrow Me the Drama and its amazing! I really want to get Skulls & Glossbones, it looks gorgeous x

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  4. You know, I saw these a little while back and wasn't too thrilled. I am very happy to have changed my mind though. Must say, the definitely look better on. The 4th one is my fave

    xo

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  5. @vintage makeup - I love that one too, it looks really pretyt on the nails but in an edgy way. I'll be wearing that one to work a lot for sure.

    @Bethany - hope you get it soon, you'll love them.

    @Shannon - thanx hun, Sparrow me the Drama is such a pretty pink, it's great for those days when you just want a pretty colour on your nails, nothing crazy.

    @Christina - well if you get the mini set I guess you don't have to put up with colours you don't like as they'll run out soon enough. They're all really wearable colours.

    Lilit
    xo

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  6. Planks a lot looks enticing. I love the concept of minis. Let's be honest how many full size bottles do we really use up...

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  7. i'm dying to get my hands on mermaids tears...skulls and glossbones looks nice as well..hahaha such an enabler Lilit:)

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  8. I love OPI mini's! They're a great way of trying out new colours. Planks a Lot and Skull & Glossbones are both lovely shades! x

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  9. I'm getting this opi collection from beautybay.com:) I love the look of Planks A Lot

    Hopefully I get it on Monday....I'm also getting Cirque De Femme minis:)

    Love your blog:)
    Laura<3
    http://all-made-up-21.blogspot.com

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  10. @Bini - you're absolutely right, we never use up full sized bottles. I always get distracted by prettier newer colours and the old ones just stay in the box gathering rust and getting gluggy.

    @Priyanka - oh I loved mermaids tears, but I thought it was too close to another one I had so I didn't pick it up.

    @Nat - Thanks hun, Planks a Lot is my favourite so far.

    @LauraMck - thanks so much! means a lot to me. I hope you like the minis when the arrive, including the Cirque one. And I'd love to check out your reviews, swatches so pls link me when ready. PS - my Blogger is stuffed so even though I could check out your blog, the Followers widget isn't working.

    Thanks,

    Lilit
    xo

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  11. These colors are really pretty Lilit! I am loving sparrow me the dream. I am a sucker for pink polishes LOL!

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  12. @Alina - hi hun, yeah it's so pretty isn't it? I'm pretty sure I have a dozen dupes for the same pinky shade but I still like it.

    Lilit
    xo

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