OPI Nicki Minaj Collection - Swatches and Review!

  Following in last year's footsteps of a celebrity spring mini-collection, this year OPI released the Nicki Minaj collection, consisting of three bright cremes, two glitters, and a brand new shade of shatter.  I have been super excited about this one ever since I saw the promos, and I was not disappointed!

Fly

Outdoors, shade

 Fly is a bold and bright teal blue creme.  I absolutely love this color - I think it might be my favorite of the collection!  I am sure there are probably similar shades out there, but this is a unique shade of teal in my personal stash.  It is very bright and in your face and beautiful.  Smooth application in two easy coats.

Outdoors, sun

Pink Friday

Outdoors, shade

 Pink Friday is a bright, bubblegum pink creme.  I feel like I am constantly looking for the perfect bubblegum pink and this may just be it.  Once again, two smooth and creamy coats for full coverage.

Outdoors, sunlight

Did It On 'Em

Outdoors, shade

 Did It On 'Em is a bright yellow-green creme.  This color feels really springy to me - but not a soft warm fuzzy spring, a bold in-your-face spring, haha.  Two easy coats.

Outdoors, sun

Metallic 4 Life

Outdoors, shade

 Metallic 4 Life is a black-based polish full of silver glitters of all different sizes.  This is unique (as far as I know) in terms of black with silver glitter, and the multi-sized glitter give it a really interesting overall look.  Three coats.

Outdoors, sun

Save Me

Outdoors, shade

Save Me is a clear-based polish with silver glitter and blue holographic bar glitter.  Very unique and pretty.  The bar glitter really shows off its holo effect, even in the shade.  Three coats for the coverage shown; I also have shown one coat layered over Fly, which was really pretty.

Outdoors, sun

1 coat over Fly

Super Bass

Over Did It On 'Em

Over Pink Friday

 Super Bass is the newest shatter from OPI, a glittery magenta.  It applies nicely and I didn't have a problem getting it to shatter decently.  I love the shimmer in this one, and the color is really pretty with all of the creme shades in the collection.  One of my favorite shatters released by OPI to date!

Overall Review

This collection did not let me down.  The cremes applied very nicely, opaque in two coats and evened out over the nail.  The glitters were unique and fun.  And the shatter is really pretty - quite possibly a new favorite in the shatter department for me!  It is hard to pick "must haves" out of this collection... Fly is my personal favorite but there may be polishes very similar.  Save Me might be the must-have glitter for me, since It is totally stunning on its own and makes a very nice topcoat.  I don't know that much about Nicki Minaj, but from the few times I have briefly seen stuff about her, these colors seem to suit her well.  Overall, I was completely pleased with this release!  I wonder what celeb collection we will get next year.... :)

DISCLOSURE: The polishes featured in this post  were provided to Polishology by OPI for review purposes.  This is an honest and independent review and was in no way influenced by the company.