OPI Hawaii ~ My Gecko Does Tricks and This Color’s Making Waves

OPI Hawaii ~ My Gecko Does Tricks and This Color’s Making Waves

My picks from the Hawaii collection

I hardly ever buy entire collections of polish, and especially not when the collections are big, like OPI’s tend to be. There are 12 polishes in the Hawaii collection from spring 2015, and I picked two of them. Let me show you which two.

My Gecko Does Tricks is a yellow toned green shimmer. The formula is a bit on the thin side, but it built up okay for me, and two coats were enough. Bear in mind that my nails are relatively small and not really long either, so if your nails are bigger and/or longer than mine you might need three coats to cover the nail line. The drying time is pretty average.

Here’s what two coats and no topcoat look like in ordinary daylight:

And here’s a picture taken in my lightbox. That reveals that My Gecko Does Tricks actually have a slight duochromatic effect to it. It looks like green to orange!

Verdict:

The colour is nice even though it doesn’t wow me. I love the fact that it’s a duochrome though!

The second one I bought is This Color’s Making Waves. It’s a blue shimmer with tiny pink baby flecks in it. And behold – this one has also some duochrome magic added!

Anyway, we’ll get back to that. Again: The formula is okay but a bit thin. It built up in two coats and the drying time was average.

Here’s two coats and no topcoat:

This photo shows both the duochromatic effect and the baby flecks!

I paired This Color’s Making Waves with Ruffle from Sally Hansen’s Luxe Lace collection. It’s a clear base with multisized black glitter. Easy to work with, spreads good, average drying time.

Here’s my final mani in daylight:

And once more I made my nails match the hallway paint… HAHAHA!

Number of coats: 2

Drying time: Average

Finish: Slight duochrome with shimmer
Overall impression: These are okay polishes. I love that they’re duochromes!

Buy again: Yes