Nail polish collections add color to spring fashion – Archive
Written by Crow's Nest Staff, Feb 7, 2011, 0 Comments
The latest addition to OPI’s nail polish collection: Katy Perry.
Taylor Gaudens
Contributing Writer
Exit all dingy browns and plums, feverish reds and New Year’s Eve glitzes and golds. Enter shiny, holographic, sparkly and shattered. Spring is almost here and your hands are more than ready to breathe some warm air.
The name-brand polishes popular this season are OPI’s Katy Perry collection, Jason Wu’s Creative Nail Design collection and China Glaze’s Tronica collection.
Don’t get your hopes too high with the names of the Katy Perry collection. You won’t be able to wear any “California Gurls” on your nails, but you can let everyone see your super sparkly pink “Teenage Dream.” The coolest polish is “Black Shatter.” It’s not a color. You apply one coat over any dried polish. “Black Shatter” begins to crack, leaving a textured, shattered effect.
Tennis player-turned-nail technician Serena Williams has her own OPI collection, Grand Slam, yet to be released in its entirety. The debut polish from the Simply Smashing collection is tennis ball yellow-green. Paired with “Black Shatter,” it gives off a Halloween effect. Despite the fluorescent shimmer, it looks better in the bottle than on your hand. Three more colors will be released in the collection.
Tronica by China Glaze was inspired by the movie “Tron: Legacy.” The futuristic colors and holographs from the movie translate nicely into this full collection of pinks, greens, purples, blues and metallics. Futuristic fashion hit it big when the “Zenon” movies came out. So if you didn’t see or didn’t like “Tron: Legacy,” just reminisce in the throwback to 1999.
If you aren’t into shimmer and stage glitter on your fingers and toes, try the CND collection from Jason Wu. With similar hues and much less sparkle, you can go from office to weekend without whipping out the acetone and cotton balls. This collection also has its own effect called “Anna” and resembles the look of tweed. It isn’t out until May, so you’ll have to be content with Tronica and Katy Perry until then.
Apparently these “shatter” polishes aren’t new to the nail lacquer scene, but similar polishes haven’t been popular recently. So why not embrace the comeback, if you will, and “shatter” everything from nails to stereotypes.
These spring nail polish collections are limited editions, but they are here to stay once you paint them on your fingers.
