Swatch & Review: OPI My Private Jet

OPI My Private Jet is a dark charcoal grey/brown with plenty of glamourous glitter bits in it making it look super luxurious on the nails especially under sunlight. I know there were some discrepancies about the different versions of MPJ around the world but as far as I know, the original MPJ is a holographic whereas the subsequent versions that were released are more glittery instead of being holographic.

Mine is definitely not a holo as you are to tell from my pictures… But this polish is amazing in its own way as far as I’m concerned.

Under the sun

With flash

Nope not a holo. Still looks damn pretty though.

Formula is great for OPI, it applies as smooth as their Designer Series in my opinion but dries down to dull semi-matte finish so a top coat is definitely required (no reason to skip top coat anyway). The top coat really brings out the glorious shimmers

With that, I bid you all a good day… And I’m looking forward to the weekends myself

China Glaze Anchors Away Collection Swatches

I picked up only 3 from the collection initially including Sea Spray, Pelican Grey and White Cap. I had since went on to order Ahoy after trying them out because I love the formulations in this collection! All swatches are 2 coats each with base coat and top coat.

Pelican Grey (topped with White Cap):

I wore Color Club’s Wild Orchid on my ring finger for comparison and contrast as these are the only greys I have in my collection. Pelican Grey is a very pale blue-toned grey and as you can see in the second swatch, the blue is really quite pronounced in an angle. From the bottle we can see faint micro-shimmer but the shimmers do not show up on the nail which is quite a pity.

Sea Spray:

Sea Spray is a dusty baby blue with very very micro silver sparkles in the bottle but barely noticeable on the nail. It comes off as a creme in my opinion. Also, it appears grey-er against my skin tone so much so that it looks like a blue-tinted grey under artificial lighting. The blue is more obvious in natural light. I am not too sure if this colour suits me as it tends to bring out a lot of red in my skin tone.

White Cap:

My favourite of the lot! This is like the nail polish version of the famous NARS Albatross highlighter. It is filled with gold shimmer in a jelly off-white base.. Just like Albatross. No I am not a fan of NARS Albatross, it doesn’t seem to work on my skin tone because of the gold shimmers, and the same goes for White Cap because the gold flashes are very obvious and too odd against my skin when I wear it alone. It, however, looks amazing and transforms any nail polish when you layer it over them (see above).

So far, I am rather pleased with how all these applied. They are incredibly creamy and smooth very unlike some China Glazes I have which can be rather thick and goopy. Overall a winning collection.

Transdesign: Color Club

I received a package from a Transdesign spree recently and made my first Color Club nail polishes purchase. I had only bought 3 colours to try out since this is my first time using Color Club and I had to “test” the waters.

The three that I got included: (L-R) High Society, Positively Posh, Wild Orchid

High Society:

This is a very creamy mushroom color with dominant lilac undertones against my skin.

High Society is released as part of the Color Club Rebel Debutante collection in Spring 2010. In terms of application, this is the best out of the three and is my favourite neutral nail polish up till date.The first coat went on runny but pigmented and the second coat perfected the manicure. Application was even, smooth and there were no pooling or streaking whatsoever which was so common with cremes. This colour is indeed unique yet understated.

Wild Orchid:

Wild Orchid is a blue-toned gray with very fine shimmer that is too subtle to be noticed on the nails unless in direct sunlight. The shimmers add an interesting dimension to the nail polish without being too in-your-face.

I love it so much I wore it on both my tips and nails on that very day.

Wild Orchid was released in Fall 2010 in the Color Club Untamed Luxury collection. The colour appears like a darker grey indoors without that bluish undertone. It actually matched my grey denims perfectly

Application-wise, the formula was great. This went on smooth but (very) slightly streaky on first coat. 2 coats was sufficient to achieve total opacity like High Society but this has a tendency to pool if you are not careful.  Another winner from Color Club!

Positively Posh:

This is a dark mushroom taupe creme that reminds me of delicious milk chocolate. No shimmers but beautiful nonetheless.

Positively Posh was also released in Fall 2010 in the Color Club Untamed Luxury collection. This color looks very close to a milk chocolate block in real life.

This has the runniest formula out of all three and was very sheer even on second coat. You can tell from the swatches that I had some problems with the application for this one as I had to use 2 thin coats and one thick coat to achieve full opacity. This also has a tendency to streak and pool so it is important to apply each coat after the previous one had dried to the touch so as not to cause dragging. Nonetheless, the formula is not that hard to work with at all.

I love all these 3 polishes equally and I am definitely impressed with the formula and consistency of Color Club polishes. I remember reading somewhere that Color Club brushes are hard to work with but I think they are perfect. OPI’s Pro-Wide brush is my favourite but more often than not, they are too wide for my nail beds. Color Club brushes are slightly slimmer yet not uncomfortable to use.

This is a worthwhile purchase indeed, I’m definitely looking forward to ordering more Color Club polishes!