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The ALU Archives – OPI Hey! Get In Lime!
 The ALU Archives focuses on older, beloved shades from the All Lacquered Up stash.
This week’s Archives pick is the result of your comments and emails regarding MAC Peppermint Patti dupes. A number of you suggested or asked whether OPI Hey! Get In Lime! is a match. Since it fits with the green for March theme I have going I decided to end the month with your request. Check out my comparison after the jump! |
Hey! Get In Lime! is a pastel mint creme that released with the second set of OPI Brights in 2006. It’s in the old OPI formula so it’s thinner and needed three coats. It’s definitely a perfect fit with the minty trend we’ve been seeing of late. Too bad it’s discontinued. I try to only include attainable shades in the Archives but since so many of you wanted this comparison, I hope you don’t mine me sharing this one.
As you can see, next to MAC Peppermint Patti, Hey! Get In Lime! is a little softer, a little lighter but not dramatically so. I’d say that if you own the OPI and missed out on the MAC, don’t stay up at night crying about it cuz you have a pretty close dupe. If you don’t own either, get to frankening you own or try Essie Greenport.
That’s it for the month of green kids. I hope you enjoyed it. Next month I’ll have a new ALU Archives theme so check back next Thursday!
Get Your Green On for St. Paddy’s Day
 One day and counting kids, do you have your polish picked out for tomorrow? If you’re still scrambling for ideas, I’ve got more than a few for you.
Last year, I showed you some of my fave accessible greens including RBL Recycle and Sinful Colors San Francisco and since then, even more fab shades have come on the market. Take a peek at my St Patrick’s Day recommendations, after the jump! |
Aside from the shades I rec’d last year, there are four more previously reviewed polishes that are a perfect St. Paddy’s Day fit. Of course I had to include my fave emerald shimmer, Barielle Date Night, one of the few mass market perm greens Sally Hansen Emerald City, springy kelly green OPI Green-wich Village and my dream green glitter China Glaze Emerald Sparkle.
Also, there are some great hues that I haven’t posted yet but definitely deserve some Irish love. Sally Hansen released a new line, Insta-Dri, that includes a rich forest called Jumpin’ Jade. China Glaze Cherish is a soft, pastel-ish option for those of you that shy from full-on green. On the opposite end of that spectrum we have Misa Let’s Go Green for a shock of lime. Finally, Rimmel’s 60 Seconds formula has adopted the now defunct Underground Play Fast shade Camouflage a gold tinged verdant.
All shades are available in your local drugstores or online at Barielle.com, Head2ToeBeauty.com, 8ty8Beauty.com and TransDesign.com.
Check back tomorrow to see what I picked for my St Paddy’s NOTD. Hint: You haven’t seen it yet!
Test Your OPI IQ
 Have you seen the new OPI.com yet? A few weeks ago the site received a complete revamp including a new version of the Try It On studio. There’s also a Nail RX section where you can click on common nail care problems and get OPI product recs to fix them. But what I love even more is the new Colorcopia game.
Colorcopia is a trivia game to test your OPI polish name knowledge. Through the link at the bottom of the OPI homepage, you can quiz yourself on classic OPI shades. |
Using clever clues and collection names, you must name the shade in the given time frame. There are 25 polishes to guess and the faster you answer, the higher your point total.
Now I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t do so well. I only guessed a little over half of them correctly. In my defense, I’m not as familiar with a lot of the classic shades since I tend towards the funkier OPI colors. So now it’s your turn. Give the game a whirl and let us know how you did.
OPI Brights 2009 Preview
 I know you all want to see the OPI South Beach collection but that will have to wait until I return from New York Fashion Week. In the meantime, I have a preview of the Summer OPIs to share with you.
Pairing up with Paige Premium Denim, OPI’s next addition to the annual Brights collection will be jean themed. |
I’m going to withhold final judgment until I see the shades in person but going on first impressions, I’m not really sure what the taupe shade has to do with summer, brights or denim. I get that You Don’t Know Jacques was popular but let’s not beat a dead horse. Though No Room for the Blues and A Grape Fit! certainly intrigue me.
The collection includes:
No Room for the Blues
Shorts Story
On the Same Paige
A Grape Fit!
Over the Taupe
In My Back Pocket
The anticipated release is late April/early May. What do you think?
The ALU Archives – OPI Skinny Dip’n In Lake Michg’n
The ALU Archives focuses on older, beloved shades from the All Lacquered Up stash.
Nude polishes were all over the runways for Spring, making opaque flesh toned lacquers one of the big trends of the season. Of course that didn’t make me jump for joy but in an attempt to adapt, I’ve been testing out different nudes to see if I can hop on that bandwagon.
In my research I came across a loved but forgotten shade, OPI Skinny Dip’n In Lake Michg’n. Originally released in the uber-popular Chicago collection along with vampy staple Lincoln Park After Dark, Skinny Dip’n has joined LPAD in becoming OPI Classics perm shades.
The MUA nail board girls would call Skinny Dip’n a BABB (Band Aid But Better). BABB came from the idea that opaque nude polish looks like flesh-toned band aids, only better. Skinny Dip’n’s neutral beige hue definitely lands it in that category.
What really makes this one a winner for me is the sparkle. Peppered with smooth, silver micro-shimmer, Skinny Dip’n isn’t your everyday boring nude. It’s office appropriate with a kicky spirit! My bottle is of the old OPI formula so I can’t speak for the new version but mine applies semi-sheer needing three coats to achieve opacity.
Who else loves Skinny Dip’n? Do you have a favorite opaque nude? I’d love to hear your recommendations.
Lisa N.
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