OPI Austin-tatious Turquiose Review

OMGWTFBBQ!  A post!?   (I know!)

And it's a review.  Holy crap, right?

I was a little dissapointed in Austin-tatious.  It's one of the most beautiful and lusty turquioses in the bottle.  On the nails?.... *5* coats to bottle opacity!!!   Yes, 5.  I guess I was so charmed by Catch Me In Your Net... I was expecting (hoping?) for something on par.

Nope.

(*Raw pics because Picasa and Picnik are being weird)

Also, and this is slightly not as much of a BFD, but there's a slight purple duochrome in the bottle that just does not totally translate to the nail.  No big, but still.... *sad panda face*

On the bright side, I bought Austin from Amazon as part of a two-pack with Black Shatter for only $10 and some change.  Such a steal that I caved and splurged on Silver Shatter from the same seller (another $7).  S&H was $2.31/bottle... I want to suggest that maybe she could have combined shipping a little bit, but I'm not really going to complain.  My order total was only $23.80. 

• Silver Shatter
• Black Shatter
• Austin-tatious
• Shipping        +  (All brand new and quickly shipped)

= $23.80  ??

Not really complaining.


I will say this though... If you have an extra bottle of Catch Me In Your Net laying around and would like to get your hands on Austin-tatious (Swatched Once!)... please, feel free to contact me.  Swapping now!   :)

Take The Stage!

I really like this color. It's not my favorite kind of formula... I had to be super careful with application, and when I wasn't there was drag... (what a drag!) and I had a hard time getting it to go down over the free edges.  Removal is fine, but cuticle edge cleanup is challenging.
Three coats evened everything out to my satisfaction.  I'd say that it is bottle opaque. 
Also, the color reminds me a lot of Wet N Wild's Inferno and Goldmine. 

Here are some pics.
Enjoy!