Nails I Love
OPI - PEPE’S PURPLE PASSION Plus 1
Hi Goddesses
It breaks my little
heart that out of all the Muppets polishes I swatched, poor little Pepe was the
loser. She is the least viewed of all
the posts, and no one seems to be singing her praises, which is a shame,
because she’s not only a gorgeous colour, she’s a lifer – I can see myself
wearing this for years to come.
So, this week I wore
her again, and loved her even more, especially when I started layering
her. Let’s start with a reminder –
Pepe’s Purple Passion is more of a burgundy than a purple. There are deep brown tones to this, making it
very autumnal. Like it’s sisters,
Animal-istic and Meep-Meep-Meep, this is flecked. The difference with PPP is that the flecks
are a lot lighter, rather than being just a variation of the tone of the
polish. So here you get a very browny
purple with hushed fuschia flecks.
So far, so good,
yes? My biggest issue with Pepe was that
she was very hard to spread around the nail, and was a very thick polish. Well, some pixies must have been in the nail
room when I wasn’t looking, because this time I had no application problems at
all. Weird. Maybe she just needed more shaking, or time
to settle in her new home, but this time she went on as you would expect.
What I had most
wanted to do with Pepe was layer her to see how close she was to Merry Midnight
when you put a flakie on top. Well,
nowhere near is the answer, mainly because the base colour was more dissimilar
than I remembered.
The left hand is
layered with Nubar 2010, one of my fave top coats. She looked like an autumnal delight with this
on, flashing yellow, gold, orange, bronze and green. Absolutely gorgeous, and a look I’ll be
wearing a lot.
Now, can you even
guess what I layered the right hand with ?
This looked TOTALLY different – minute flakie pieces flashing all
rainbow-like. Look at how much cold blue
and violet there is (unexpected win).
This was layered with OPI I Lily Love You and I cannot believe how it
turned out – I had no idea Lily had so much blue in her.
2 things to note
about layering Pepe – you instantly lose all her flecked charm, it totally
disappears under the layer. And secondly
– can you *believe* that these are the same polish? You might not be able to pick it up through
the photos, but it looks like I am wearing different base polishes on each
hand. I actually love this, it’s like a
super magical bonus J
Finally, a plea from
our sponsor, The Crumpet – please like Pepe.
She is beautiful, deep, rich and gorgeous and does not deserve to be the
least liked Muppet. Ultimately, she’s a
classic OPI colour, with a twist, and I love that now she can add versatility
to her list of features.
Enjoy J
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.