OPI Pink of Hearts Shatter for Susan G. Komen For the Cure

I love the Rockstar Manicure. You know, to look like you've been strumming a guitar or smashing a drumset but you have better things to do like, you know, work, eat, get in your exercise, stare at Rockstars on the internet. You catch my drift. I'm not exactly a perfectionist when it comes to my nails but I just can't go all the way and sport chipped nails for the cause. No sirrey! Luckily you don't have to either. OPI brought back the shatter trend (does anyone remember CoverGirl Crackle?) and now you can get crackles in every imaginable color of the rainbow from many major brands. They look like a deconstructed nail but have the polish (haha, see what I did there?) of real manicures. You can wear this one to work and people won't think you neglected your manicure for weeks like I just did.

Now I know there are lots of girlie-girls out there and Pink of Hearts is the first pink shade of shatter. It's a really pretty mid-tone pink, not too bubble gum but not so dark that it's unbearable either. This is one of my favorite shades of pink and it looks good on everyone. You can get it anywhere you normally buy your OPI and if you're like me you'll probably be able to still find it on shelves, more metropolitan areas may require a little searching this late in the game.

OPI will donate $25,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for the fifth year running so let's support them in that and pick up this fun shade. I can just see the options now, over black, silver, blue, purple........

OPI Touring America and Muppets Collections

I can't keep up with all these nail polish lines. As a girl who didn't do much with her nails in the years before starting this blog I have a lot of catching up to do. As I've mentioned before I was always painting my nails in middle school but after high school I just couldn't be bothered. I used to get so many chips that I basically gave up hope of ever having a good manicure. Stupid, stupid, stupid! All it took was a good topcoat and I was good to go.

Still there are times when I miss a collection and this is no exception. The OPI Touring America Collection had me at I Eat Mainely Lobsters. Hello! I'm a Mainer and I LOVE me some lobstah! I've seen swatches of this one around the web and I must agree that it is spot on, the exact color of a cooked lobster. Yummy! I'm drooling just thinking about it.

If you're not into the orangy-red of Mainely Lobsters I can't think of a better line to try out from OPI, this one is so diverse there's literally something for everyone, just like America.

I might have missed the Touring America release date but I'm not going to miss the Muppets Collection. This one comes out in time for the movie on November 23rd and just in time for all your holiday shopping. If you have a sister, mother, neice, aunt, cousin or bestie you better give them some OPI love.

Here are the names in order:
Animal-istic: bright red
Meep-Meep-Meep: saturated fuchsia
Wocka Wocka!: deep, dark berry
Pepe’s Purple Passion: dark, plummy purple
Designer…de Better!: light bronzey metallic (a DOC fave)
Warm & Fozzie: copper metallic
Rainbow Connection: rainbow glitter (DOC fave)
Excuse Moi!: pink glitter
Gone Gonzo!: bright blue glitter
Fresh Frog of Bel Air: green glitter
Divine Swine: magenta glitter
Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It!: red glitter perfect for the holidays

Don't miss out on this one when it hits stores in November. Let me know which ones you picked up.

OPI Pirates of the Caribbean

Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum! *Argh* I told you there'd be more Pirates of the Caribbean talk this week. Perhaps the most exciting nail polish collection I've seen in a while, at least for me. I love me a pastel polish especially cool greens and purples and this collection is chock full of them. Then, the showstopper of the collection,a silver shatter that appeals to me on a much deeper level than the black offered with Katy Perry's collection. I'm pretty sure I haven't even seen the third Pirates movie but this collection almost makes me want to see the fourth installment. Who knows?

OPI is one of the top nail polish companies out there for a reason, long wear, easy application and lots of color choices. Their limited edition shades sell out quickly so if you have your eyes on any of these polishes you better snap them up the minute you see them. Here's a closer look and color description.

Mermaids tears- minty green creme
Stranger Tides- a grayish green, greener than Skull & Gloss Bones
Planks a Lot- bright lilac
Sparrow Me The Drama- light pink, significantly darker than Steady As She Rose
Skull & Gloss Bones- greenish leaning gray
Steady As She Rose- bridal light pink creme

What do you think? Any in particular you're going to pick up? I'm really liking the looks of Planks A Lot and Mermaids Tears, although I have a ton of mint green shades this one is a little edgier, a little darker and cloudy.