This year, I'll be counting down the days to Christmas with the OPI Wicked 12 Days of Thrillifying Shades nail polish Advent calendar, and I'm here to review it for you- with plenty of spoilers of the contents!
So, this year's OPI Advent calendar is a collaboration with Wicked the movie, and features twelve bewitchingly beautiful mini OPI nail polishes in shades inspired by the characters, which are perfect for the holiday season and beyond.
There are Glinda pinks and Elphaba greens, yellow-brick-road yellows and ruby-slipper reds- and a whole ensemble of other magical nail colours in between.
I love the mix of nail shades included in this set, and that there is a colour for every mood, and occasion. Whether you're looking to get into the holiday spirit, feeling feminine like Glinda, or going for dark and edgy like Elphaba, there's a shade for it. It's been so well curated.
Here's a full list of the mini 3.5ml nail polishes you'll find inside. (Descriptions taken from OPI's website):
♥ Ga-linda- a light pink shimmer nail polish that'll ga-lindafy you.
♥ Oh, for Oz Sake- a white polish with pink and green pearlescence that'll unleash magic.
♥ Ozitively Elphaba- a green polish with gold pearlescence.
♥ I'm the Wonderfullest- a blue polish with multi-coloured shimmer.
♥ Glinda, the Good!- a hot pink shimmer that screams 'good witch.'
♥ Love You So Munchkin- a yellow and gold polish.
♥ Deflying Gravity- a black nail polish with blue and silver shimmer.
♥ Nessa-ist Rose- a rosy red nail polish that's Nessa-sary.
♥ Let's Rejoicify- a purple nail polish with red and gold shimmer.
♥ Oz-mazing- a light gold shimmer.
♥ Witch o'clock- a positively green polish that's Wicked.
♥ Fiyero's My Man- a cobalt blue polish that nails every prince-iple.
It was the greens, Ozitively Elphaba and Witch o' Clock, that sold me on this calendar- both shades look dreamy- but the black and purple shimmers, Deflying Gravity and Let's Rejoicify, and classic rosy red, Nessa-ist, look like they're going to be favourites, too. I haven't worn or even swatched any of them yet, as I'm saving that treat for when I open them, so we'll see if my favourites change later.
All of the nail polishes included in the calendar are 3.5ml minis, but they're still a reasonable size, and you'll get at least a few manicures out of each bottle. I can't deny, it would've been nice to see a full-size nail polish included for the final day, though.
The calendar itself is smaller than a paperback book, which is so cute, and perfect if you're short on space. It's made of sturdy, recyclable cardboard, and features a Wicked-inspired design in green and gold, with Glinda and Elphaba from the movie on the front.
Pull back the giant green nail polish, and it opens on a hinge to reveal the twelve numbered windows, in numerical order, and split into two sides. The left is green and purple for Elphaba, and the right is pink, purple, and yellow for Glinda. It's such a pretty design- especially the green side.
The windows are also clearly numbered with a modern white font, so it'll be easy to locate the correct one each day. And you'll find the name of each nail polish shade on the reverse of each window. You'll want to make a note of each one in case you wish to order a full-size bottle of your favourite shades, as, annoyingly, once again, they aren't printed on the bottles. I wish OPI would just print the names on the mini bottles already- it would make identifying them so much easier.
The OPI Advent Calendar retails for £52, which is expensive for twelve mini nail polishes, but it's fair when you consider the full-sized bottles retail for around £16 each. It's also currently included in a lot of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals, so you should be able to grab it for much less.
Overall, it's a fantastic, reasonably-priced nail polish Advent Calendar to count down to Christmas with, with a gorgeous variety of high-quality nail shades that will keep your nails looking their best long after the festive season is over. I'd highly recommend it.
You can find it from: Amazon, Boots, Nail Polish Direct, OPI, and Pretty Little Thing. (OPI currently have the best deal)!
Which Advent Calendar have you chosen this year?
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