It's rare that the OPI minis released with each major OPI collection contain the colours I really want from the collection, but in this case they contained every colour I really wanted to get my hands on! I have swatches of the four OPI Skyfall minis for you today.
First up I have Goldeneye- a dense golden flakey glitter in a clear base. This is two coats of Goldeneye, and if wearing this for a manicure I'd probably do a third in order to ensure opacity (in the last photo, taken in direct sun, it tends to look a bit sheer at two coats). I really love this one, and it's my favourite of the bunch. Incredibly luxurious and glitzy, I haven't come across anything like this before!
Live and Let Die is a deep forest green with golden-green flecks. The formula on this was fantastic- almost perfect in one coat. It reminded me slightly of Essence Walk on the Wild Side (reviewed here), but compared to that this is a darker green, and the glass fleck is more pronounced.
The Spy Who Loved Me is an extremely bright cherry red jelly with flakey gold shimmer in it. When I say "cherry red" I'm mostly thinking of that red pencil crayon that was always assigned the title "Cherry", even though it wasn't anything like the colour of a real cherry. Has anyone else puzzled over that? At least in my experience, cherries are usually a deeper red- nothing like this shade. Well, anyways, no matter how you want to describe it, this is a lovely red. It feels very festive, and holiday-appropriate!
The World Is Not Enough is an interesting one; formula-wise this was a little frustrating. It's quite sheer, and requires at least 3 coats for opacity (I used three below, and it could have used another). It's an unusual mixture of taupe/silver/pink flakey shimmer. I'm loving all the flake shimmer in this collection. Overall I like this, and appreciate how unique it is; I think I might try layering it over another colour next time, though.
What do you think of the OPI Skyfall minis? Will you be picking up any colours from the collection?
I think I'm going to Pick up the mini's :))
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your swatches!
DeleteGoldeneye looks like it would be cool layered over something else too. Or good for sandwiches. Other than that, feeling kind of meh on this collection. Thanks for swatching!
ReplyDeleteGood idea- I think it might be really interesting over other colours, and could be intriguing as part of a jelly sandwich. I'll have to try that next!
DeleteI love Goldeneye! I just picked up several polishes from the collection over the weekend. I can't wait to wear them!
ReplyDeleteWhich ones did you pick up? I can't wait to see your reviews on them!
DeleteLive And Let Die looks amazing on you! Really love your swatches for that! I really just want Skyfall (which is like a brown-toned red apparently)...maybe I will go get that today, thanks for the reminder ;)
ReplyDeleteBtw, about your cherry red conundrum. I think they label those bright reds as cherry because they mean like maraschino cherry, not a real natural cherries which are a darker red ;)
I'm really interested in Skyfall, too! I think that might be the only other colour from the collection I'll bother to pick up.
DeleteAnd thanks for shedding some light on the cherry red confusion! I hadn't considered maraschino cherries- that definitely makes more sense now!
Nice collection!
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Deletegorgeous swatches!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :D
Deletelive and let die would be my favorite :D
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a stunner! Thanks. :)
DeleteI can't wait to try Goldeneye! It looks gorgeous on you--totally festive and luxurious! :-)
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I love Goldeneye so much!! It's totally luxurious and celebratory. Perfect for the holidays!
DeleteI've been waiting forever for this collection to come out! I really have my eyes on a blue-ish colour in that collection called "Her Majesty's Secret Service" and the glitter one "The Living Daylights."
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of checking The Living Daylights out in person- it seems like such a unique combination of glitter!
DeleteI might only pick up Golden Eye from this coll. - it would be great for different kinds of nail art!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see how you would use GoldenEye in your fabulous nail art! :D
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