The Lacquer Files: OPI Designer Series

Hey guys! I've been really posting a LOT of the OPI Designer Series, I'm sorry for that but I can't stop myself. The Designer Series are my favourite OPI polishes ever and like I said to a fellow nailblogger on Twitter, it's almost like Pokémon: you gotta catch 'em all. I'm not fond of the pinks and reds but the other ones are definitely my kind of thing.

One that is more than my kind of thing is Coronation.

I love silver polishes. People who don't care as much about polish as I (and you!) do will say: 'why do you own six of the same colours?' but to me they are all different. I rarely show them but finally, the day has come to show off a very pretty silver.

Coronation isn't a regular silver polish. It's more of a glitter top coat: the base is transparent and stuffed with silver holographic glitter. The glitters are very dense but I still needed three coats for this one to be opaque. Is that a bad thing? NO! This way you can also use Coronation as a glitter topper over other polish. Win! Another plus: the polish isn't gritty.

The sun wasn't liking me taking pictures so unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the holographic effect that good. I will repost this one in summer, I promise! This week I showed you two pretty holo's: Glamour and Original, both from the Designer Series, but Coronation has a different holo. It isn't that 'rainbowy', it's like the glitters are working individual. It's gorgeous.

Coronation is still available at TransDesign and, I believe, in stores.

By the way, have you heard the news about OPI? Yesterday it was announced OPI was sold to Coty. Now this is for most people not a matter of life and death but it does feels strange that a cruelty free brand is bought by a company that still uses animals for testing. To me anyway.

How do you feel about OPI being sold to Coty and does this affect your liking?

Take care and thanks for visiting!
Michelle

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Claudia · 747 weeks ago

I'm glad you mention the problem with cruelty-free brands being sold to companies that use animals for formula testing... It's a problem I've brought up to many of my vegan and anti-cruelty friends. You have to follow the money. Sure, a finished shampoo you've bought may not have been tested on animals but that shampoo could be owned by a parent company that does.
I'd also like to point out that even if a finished consumer product wasn't tested on animals, the raw products most likely were at some point. We can do our best to make conscious decisions but at some point, everything we used has been touched by the manufacturing history of animal testing.

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Michelle 79p · 747 weeks ago

Hi Claudia! Thanks for speaking my mind - you bring out the words like I could've done myself. To me this is really a let down because it's a step backwards for OPI (and the other brands Coty has bought, like Philosophy).

More and more people are aware of the rule that a finished product might not be tested (and stated as cruelty free) while the used raw products are and I think that is good to know for everyone. I like the fact that more and more people show interest in the products they use and how it's made - what to do with it is up to them. I'm already glad people know :-)

Simone · 747 weeks ago

OPI DS is a really really wonderful.

Mariel · 747 weeks ago

Love this polish!

Alice · 747 weeks ago

OMG, this polish is amazing!!

And..OMG (again!), OPI was sold! I just hope that the quality doesn't change. =/

PolishSis (inge) · 747 weeks ago

I'm not really into silvers, I own them, but don't really love them, but this one is actually very nice!

RachelMariesNails · 747 weeks ago

I have this polish and I love it. It's really unique on it's own. I own some pinks from the DS collection and I love them! They looked rather boring in the bottle but were very different on my nails!

:/ I wish the parent company would do the right then and stop animal testing..

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Maybe I should just get the pinks and if I don't like them I can give them away. I don't know, maybe I'll try one. Dang those silver caps are appealing. ;-)