OPI Fall '09 Coleccion De España

Let me just start this (picture heavy) post by admitting that it's long overdue - I should have done it ages ago, especially knowing that quite a few of you have been waiting for it, but I decided that I hated the initial pics I had taken under artificial light and that natural light was the best way to go!

So, the "España" collection had me drooling for quite a while before it's release. I was really drawn to the reds, as well as the darker shades, and I had to revise my wishlist quite a few times before I purchased any of them.

No more stalling, time to show you the ones I went for:



"Can You Tapas This?" is a reddish brown colour, quite dark and very much a fall shade. In my opinion it's among the two biggest hits of this collection.




"Give Me Moor!" is a super dark shade and can almost appear black. This colour reminds me of black cherries and any lover of deep, dark and vampy plum shades will surely adore this! There is however a dupe for it:




and that is Maybelline's "Extreme Blackcurrant" from their Forever Strong line (not sure if they still carry the Forever Strong line worldwide, but I 'm pretty sure they still make this shade). Here they are, side by side, on the nails as well as in their bottles. Can you honestly spot a difference? I certainly cannot.




"Suzi Skies in the Pyrenees" is the other big hit of this collection. I must say, I was a bit scared at first: the first coat wasn't even at all, it was more like seperate pigment particles if that makes sense. Thankfully that changed with the second coat, leaving my nails with the most gorgeous mixture of dark grey and dark blue I could ever imagine!




"Manicurist of Seville" is a stunning berry toned red. It's what the "femme fatale" character would wear in a film noir, vampy and very intense!




"No Spain No Gain" is a lovely reddish purple. Not entirely convinced that it's what you 'd describe as a "fall" shade, but it's a pretty shade to care about that! It did however remind me of:




OPI's "Overexposed in Southbeach". The only difference is that "Overexposed in Southbeach" has that subtle blue and red shimmer to it, but the basic colour is exactly the same. If you look at them both in a room without much lighting, you couldn't tell much of a difference (and even on my pic taken under natural light, the difference on the nails is minimal). I must say though, that I 'd probably pick "Overexposed in Southbeach" over the two, as it's a bit more interesting to my eyes.




"Conquistadorable Color" is a pretty raspberry colour. It's the sweet, teen cousin of "Manicurist of Seville" and it's probably the girliest of the bunch - to be honest, I kinda love it for that fact! :)

But, my personal favourite has to be:




"Bullish on OPI"! Don't you just love that naughty name? Matches that red shade: naughty, naughty, naughty! I don't know why, it cheers me up everytime I put it on and imagine, I was almost sure I 'd hate it or that it would look so weird on me! Think of a darker tomato red and that's "Bullish on OPI" for you! No doubt it would look great on darker skin tones too!


So, that was my OPI España lineup!
I 'm super happy with the majority of the shades I 've tried and would most definitely repurchase them when I run out!
In my opinion OPI made a wonderful fall collection and I 'm sure that everyone could find a couple (or more, as in my case) of shades to their taste!

What do you think?
Will you be trying any of the coleccion de España nail polishes?
If you 've already tried them, which shades did you go for? :)