OPI Sheer Tints Top Coats Swatch and Review Nail Art MEGAPOST! (OPI Be Magentale With Me, OPI I'm Never Amberassed, OPI I Cant Teal You Like Me, OPI Don't Violet Me Down)

Alright, so I have been saving "the best for last" so to speak. I wanted to leave my blog unattended with a "good one" so, here it is. I'll be on a plane to Europe in no less than 6 hours and I'll update here and there when I am over. But in the meantime, here's my 30 photo MEGAPOST of the new OPI Sheer Tints! To kick it off, here's my current nails and what I'll my wearing on my fingertips to Euroland:









I did the above nails using Saran Wrap, as advised to me by Caitlin from Addicted to Lacquer. I didn't think it would work because of the top coat formula, but painting the top coat directly onto the wrap and dabbing it made for an AWESOME look. I finished the look by outlining all my nails with a fine nail art brush and Essie Good As Gold, then finished it off with a coat of Seche Vite! REALLY happy with these!

But when I first saw these sheer tints, I just saw people swatching them over white, or over their bare nail and I found ZERO appeal. I thought they were the stupidest things I had ever seen. But then Amanda from Sweetheart Nail Art posted Sailor Moon transformation nail art and I was sold. OK, fine. I'll bite the bullet.

Here's what the OPI Sheer Tints look like on the bare nail. From left to right: OPI Be Magentale With Me, OPI I'm Never Amberassed, OPI I Cant Teal You Like Me, OPI Don't Violet Me Down. (Yup, OPI does indeed take the cake on worst puns ever!)

Here's one coat...



Here's two coats...



Here's three coats...



And here's OPI Sheer Tints over top one coat of OPI White Alpine:

One coat...



Two coats...



Three coats...



As you can see, they're nothing really special on their own. The formula is top coat, so it can be fairly "goopy" when applying. You can also easily get bubbles due to layering and thick application, but I don't think it's too bad. The great thing about the thick top coat formula is that it's SO easy to mix colours! They just sink right into each other!

But I truly think that OPI Sheer Tints are destined for something better... They work flawlessly together. Here's the initial experimenting I did - Amanda told me she only picked up the magenta, amber and teal sheer tints as they are primary colours and can mix well with one another.

Here's a "primary only" experiment with sheer tint "blobbing":



And added violet sheer tint...







And of course, how does it look with OPI Matte Top Coat?



... Pretty fucking good. I added some geometric shapes (which actually kickstarted my obsession with outlining my nails and doing geometric patterns but I have improved since)...



... They're OK.

I tried to do fishtail tints but was unable to control my brush work. Instead I made some pretty crazy vibrant rainbows!







And this is what made me think, "yes I am SO glad I got these"... Caitlin suggested I tried the Saran Wrap nails. I looked up how to do Saran Wrap Nails - you paint on one coat of polish, let it dry, paint another colour on top and before it dries, dab some of it off with Saran Wrap. Unfortunately, that would never work with because the top coat formula is VERY thick and adhesive, and it would make a mess! Bbbbbbut I painted saran wrap pieces with sheer tints and I looooove the look! They look like Poprageous' Heaven Legz leggings!







And of course... Started getting obsessing with the geometry and outlining, so this is what it started going into...









Looks pretty good with OPI Matte Top Coat too:



Here's a bare nail gradient rainbow with OPI Sheer Tints - I don't like it too much as I applied too many coats and should have left it more sheer but it's still cool you can do this.







I hope you enjoyed this OPI Sheer Tint megapost! I know you can replicate a lot of this nail art with acetone but sheer tints makes it SO easy. Honestly, I am in love. (Love them so much, I had to take them on my tips to Europe with me! High praise!) Yes, the formula is VERY thick - it's top coat, after all - so you might be surprised at first on how they apply, and how they mix but I think you get used to it rather quickly and will be happy with the mixing results. It just works!

Anyway that's all for now, I'll update next weeks at some point on my Europe adventures! In the meantime, have you seen these OPI Sheer Tints? What do you make of them? What nail art would you attempt with these babies?