Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Crystal File 042: OPI Baby It's Coal Outside

My first installment from the OPI Holiday in Toyland collection, Baby It's "Coal" Outside, is certainly sparkly enough for the holiday season! I was actually expecting a shimmery charcoal (based on the color description i had read from OPI), but this is a black base with TONS of silvery-white micro glitter. In low light you'll see a tiny bit of a multi-colored effect (i saw tiny glimmers of blue and pink) but in brighter lighting the glitter is basic silvery-white. While very pretty, it is much more foily looking than i expected. Application is very smooth, and it is a nice smooth glitter finish (you won't need multiple top coats to get a smooth shiny surface, one coat will do it:).


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Indirect sunlight

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Shade

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Close-up to show the concentrated glitter

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I look forward to sharing others from this collection with you, Including Brand New Skates and Don't Toy With Me, which look to be true winners!

3 comments:

Lina-Elvira said...

You're going to swatch my fave colours too :D I only have Baby it's coal outside so far as I am trying to save money, its my NOTD currently on my blog, but I want to get Brand new skates and Don't toy with me :)

Dami said...

Have you swatched Play til Midnight yet? I got SH Raven's Wing yesterday and it looks identical, i might be able to skip this one.

Anonymous said...

Pretty!