OPI ~ Happy Anniversary

OPI ~ Happy Anniversary  

Ultra shimmering white

I have a love/hate relationship with OPI. Most of the times I think its formula sucks and the colours are no more than average. But sometimes they come up with an amazing colour, and sometimes the formula is actually OK.

I don’t wear whites very often, but oh, the shimmer of Happy Anniversary! I just had to have it.

Once I actually got it, it was like the magic spell had been broken. Yeah, it’s nice, but is it really *that* nice? I’m not sure, and the fact remains that it sat in my stash of untrieds for quite a while.

Anyway – it’s out in the open for today’s mani. OK then: The formula on Happy Anniversary sucks. Quelle surprise! It’s thin and runny and sheer – everything I hate in a polish. I guess it looks alright once it’s on though – but it takes at least three coats to get opaque. And drying time is definitely on the boring side. In fact, even though it feels dry, you can’t trust that it is. I applied three coats, and waited like forever between each coat, and it *still* wasn’t dry. Grrr!!

Anyway! Here it is – three coats, no top coat:

Then I found a red striper with glitter from NYX called “Ink nail art” in the colour “red glitter”. I made stripes on each nail. My intention was to make it look like peppermint hard candy. :)

Still no top coat:

I applied one layer of China Glaze “Fairy Dust” for extra shimmer, and a layer of Seche Vite top coat, and here’s the final result:

Here are the polishes I used to create this mani:

Do you like it? I’m quite fond of this mani myself, and I have in fact made it before – but that was before I started blogging, and with other polishes. :)

OPI ~ Happy Anniversary  

Opacity: 3/10
Colour, prettiness: 5/10
Durability: 4/10
Value for money: 4/10
Overall: 4/10
Buy again: No!