Monday, October 22, 2012

OPI Skyfall Collection Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Over the weekend, I swatched the newest OPI collection, Skyfall, for you. Please enjoy!

The Spy Who Loved Me is a very holiday-esque shade of red with tiny red and gold glass flecks. The formula on this one was very good; it needed two coats for what you see below.


Die Another Day is a shimmery glowing red, opaque in two coats with a great formula as well. It seems very similar to one of the Germany shades from the fall release, but I will have to compare them to be sure.


You Only Live Twice is a beautiful berry with glassfleck (!!) particles. I'm not typically a fan of pink, but this one is truly stunning. Once again, great formula and two coats were used for opacity.


Skyfall, the namesake of this collection, is a warm, brownish burgundy creme. It's very wearable and appropriate for the upcoming winter season. This one was a bit on the thick side, but covered great in two coats.


Goldeneye is stunnnnnnning! Seriously... I don't know if I'm just craving sparkly holiday goodness or what, but I'm really excited about this one. Its only downfall is that it is a little on the sheer side. I needed three coats here and there are still some spots that aren't completely covered, but you could always layer this one.


Casino Royale is my type of a shade; a yummy berry purple shade that will always look purple and is perfect in two coats.


This is one coat of The Living Daylights over Casino Royale. This is a gorgeous and unique combination of teal, copper, gold, and silver glitter suspended in a clear base. The great thing about this glitter is that it doesn't eat top coat; it will feel smooth to the touch with only one coat of top coat.


Ah, Moonraker. In a collection with so many winners, there has to be a loser, right? Moonraker is the loser here. I'm not entirely sure how this polish even got OK-ed. The color itself isn't that bad, but the formula is absolutely awful. It drags terribly no matter how long you let the previous coat dry for and actually seems like there are little chunks in the bottle. What you see here is three incredibly patient coats.


The World is Not Enough is a multidimensional shimmery brown with a gorgeous metallic finish. There are many different colored shimmers packed into this one, including copper, pink, and green. This one is pretty sheer and I ended up using four thin coats.


On Her Majesty's Secret Service is similar in finish to The World is Not Enough, but in a blue/gray shade instead of brown. It has more of a colored base than its brown counterpart, with silver, blue, green, and pink glitter. Because of the base color, it needed only three coats for opacity.


Live and Let Die is my favorite from this collection. This smooth, creamy shade of dark pine green is packed with gorgeous gold shimmer, making it easily one of the most stunning shades in this collection. I used two coats here.


Tomorrow Never Dies is a very unique shade of blue/purple (or blurple, as some say) in my collection and my second favorite out of these twelve shades. I used two easy coats for the shimmery beauty you see below.


Overall, I'd say this collection is definitely a winner. I would definitely recommend almost all of these shades, with Live and Let Die, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Casino Royale being my top picks. OPi nail polishes retail for $8 and the Skyfall collection should be available for purchase now!

*Products in this post were provided for my honest review.*

25 comments:

  1. Your nails are perrrrfect! I love You Only Live Twice :D

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  2. I've been on a polish no-buy for a while, but Live and Let Die, You Only Live Twice, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service are highly making me reconsider.

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  3. You really do this collection justice! Your swatches are great :) I also disliked Moonraker, the formula was extremely sheer too! Can't wait to wear the reds this holiday season :)

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  4. I'm in love with this collection! Your swatches look amaaaaazing!

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  5. I love love love this collection :)

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  6. Your nails and swatches are perfect. Lovely collection.

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  7. Ive ordered some on ebay, can't wait for them!

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  8. Beautiful swatches! There are some great polishes in this collection!

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  9. From the first to the last, beautiful colors and swatches! Great work to show them all.

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  10. Ahh gorgeous! and your nails are sooo lovely <3

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  11. I have all of them except You Only Live Twice...I NEED IT!!!!!!!! Gargh!

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  12. Your swatches are amazing! I only wanted to grab Goldeneye before but now I want to get the reds too!!

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  13. jaysus. super stunning pix!! now i need all of them..

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  14. Your swatches, gah! I loved this collection and searched swatches, wasnt sold until yours..now I want them all!

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  15. These are some of the best photos I have seen of this collection! I bought most of them and only this past week did I get to wear 2 of them so far...I did my fingers in the burple - Tomorrow Never Dies with the gold leaf Man With Golden Gun over it and cannot stop looking at my nails - I have to drive today and it might be dangerous! Love, love You Only Live Twice - it's my drop down fav...It's a new updated version of my old magenta glass fleck fav from OPI in the Burlesque collection called Let Me Entertain You...I was always sad that shade did not come into the ongoing classic OPI shades...this one from this collection won't either due to the franchising license for the Bond name...But it's nice to have an updated version of my all time fav and not have it be a dup for it still...they are quite different - this new one is deeper in hue more of a red-raspberry magenta vs the fuchsia side of magenta.

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  16. Lovely :) So glad you got your swatches up!

    I ended up getting Skyfall, Live & Let Die, The Living Daylights, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (my fav!), The World Is Not Enough, & the Man With the Golden Gun 18K Topcoat.

    I mostly bought some for the name :3 The World Is Not Enough by Garbage is probably one of my favorite Bond songs. After seeing your swatches I feel like I have to go back & get Tomorrow Never Dies & Casino Royale.

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  17. Love the berry purple and pink shades and "Tomorrow never dies" :)

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  18. Love the swatches! I picked up On her majesty's secret service the other day. You are not the only one who thinks Moonraker is terrible, I've read it on several other blogs too!

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  19. The Spy Who Loved Me, Die Another Day and Tomorrow Never Dies are sooo lovely!

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  20. I like 5 of them, rest of them just don't stand out. But I am impressed with this collection. And the names..cool

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  21. Goldeneye looks awesome over Zoya Ziv! :)

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  22. Ohh..so nice color, I just avoid glittery color, rest of them are wonderful. amazing color. These are super cute!

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