On a recent trip to Ulta, I got to check out OPI's Hong Kong collection (Ulta only sells it in retail stores, but amazon.com has it online). I'd been looking forward to this... I love OPI's nail polish names and themed collections - and this one especially.
My husband used to travel to Hong Kong a lot for business (before kids) and I went along a few times. He would be working all day so I got to wander around the city and shop and sight-see by myself quite a bit. On one trip, I remember taking the Star Ferry alone and feeling very adventurous. (Getting on any kind of unfamiliar public transportation can be a little nerve-wracking for me. I once got on the wrong bullet train in Japan, and let me tell you that is not something you are happy to find out once you are in motion.)
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Anyway, this polish is called Meet Me on the Star Ferry so I had to get it, being that I liked the color too. It's a shimmery mauve-y-darker violet. A little bronze-metallic. In the sunlight you can see the sparkles but it isn't so sparkly-shiny that it's flashy.
A nice transition if you're done with uber dark nails for the season but not ready to jump to the corals and bright pinks.
Oh - and Happy Spring!!!!!
xoxo
It looks like a great color! I may have to check it out. I have one of those coupons you find in magazines for Ulta!
ReplyDeleteI love the color!!
ReplyDeleteI just bought a similar OPI color- We'll always have Paris in the suede finish. I think it's perfect for this time of year!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty!! I love all your polish reviews!! Really helpful.
ReplyDeleteBeth
love this color------i just got a pedicure, and was thinking, "too soon for any bright pinks" so i went with Essie "Mambo" which is a nice, pinky-beige color. I will def. check this color from OPI, thanks:)
ReplyDeleteLove it - and I have been trying to get my nail guy to make my nails SHORT but he just doesn't get it and I am positive he is saying bad things about me in Vietnamese to the other nail people. ha!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty & very sparkly. what a pretty pedi color in summer when the sunlight can hit all the shimmer!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm cracking up at Jillian's comment - I always have such a hard time getting the nail folks to make my nails short enough. I often clip/file mine a day or two before an appointment and then just let them even it out - they just don't seem to understand the short nail aesthetic - they like long nails (judging by the nail length of all the nail techs where I go), so I guess they think short nails are ugly??? The last time I asked someone to shorten mine considerably, she got totally ticked and gnawed at them with the file - totally messed them up. (and that was the last time I went to that one)
thanks everyone for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteJillian & Heidi - I cut my nails down before I went like you, Heidi - and then just had them even them out!