Thursday 26 July 2012

OPI My Pointe Exactly with Pirouette My Whistle

I have been pouring over the swatches of the OPI Ballet Collection for a little while and last week I finally got my grubby little hands on some of the lovely little sheer bottles of goodness. Yes, it was hard to decide on which to get. Yes, I got most of them! LOL. Tonight I am going to show you a swatch of My Pointe Exactly and Pirouette My Whistle.

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My Pointe Exactly and Pirouette My Whistle

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Macro of Piroeutte My Whistle

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 My Pointe Exactly without and without flash, this is 4 coats with no Top coat

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 Not so visible nail line!

OPI Pirouette My Whilst and My Pointe Exactly
 Accent with Pirouette My Whistle

OPI Pirouette My Whilst and My Pointe Exactly
 Lovely silver glittery sparkle :)

OPI Pirouette My Whilst and My Pointe Exactly
Now, the whole point of a sheer polish is to be able to see your nail underneath the polish and have a visible nail line which may not be everyone's favorite thing. Most of the Ballet range are great for sheerness, but My Pointe exactly is a grey, and a sheer grey can sometimes look like dirty nails... so for this particular look I did 4 coats of polish to make sure there was some opacity. Piroeutte my Whistle is the glitter that goes with the whole collection and does look lovely for the accent nail, so much more shimmery and sparkly in real life :)

Have you got these sheer polishes in your collection?

4 comments:

  1. I bought the minis from this collection! I'd imagine the pinkish shades from the collection would make awesome French mani shades cos they're so self leveling and lovely! So pretty. Would be perfect for a wedding too :)

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    1. I so agree with you Elissa! They would be lovely for French manis. I think all but the grey one would be super great for French mani variation :) The good thing is that even with 4 coats like I did, it dried really quickly and wasn't thick.

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  2. I used Barre My Soul for a French mani and it worked really well. And Pirouette My Whistle is definitely one of my favourite glitters. I love that the hex pieces are white not silver. It looks amazing with a matte top coat too!

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    1. I have Barre My Soul so must try it in a French mani :) I can imagine Pirouette would look awesome mattified..will give it a go, thanks Anthea :)

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