OPI Glam Slam! England: Review & Swatches

Greetings my lovelies ^_^ I'd love to show you the newest Serena Williams' Glam Slam! collection polishes, this time coinciding with the England tournament. There are three lacquers in the collection, sold in duo packs, each with the same glitter top coat and a different shimmer polish.

The first shimmer is Grape...Set...Match, a metallic purple with sparkle that just won't quit. I la la love the blue and sparse pink sparkles, and it has foil-like base goin on which I dig. This is two coats.

Your Royal Shine-Ness is nice, but the name is very similar to another OPI color (Your Royal Shyness from the Princess Charming collection) and the color is very dupe-able. Just saying. Other than that, it's an attractive metallic foil silver polish. I found the formula on this one a little gloopy. I seem to have trubs with super-metallics sometimes. This is two coats.

The glitter is pretty awesome, it's called Servin' Up Sparkle and it's a combo of billions of small holographic round glitters and scattered medium hex/round glitter pieces that are ALSO holographic. Dope. I like it best over Your Royal Shine-Ness. I've seen some awesome gradient effects already with this top coat too.

Over Grape...Set...Match it turns goes a bit south in my opinion. I think it makes the polish look more blurple (blue/purple), which on my skin tone looks super yuck-tastic. I'm sure though other folks will go gaga over it ;)

What is your take on this Glam Slam! set? Like it, love it, or hate it? I think Serena's colors are pretty fab for the most part. These I'm liking but as you can see, I'm not loving them super hard. Like we're dating, but I'm still seeing other polishes.

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OPI Unveils Three New Shades from Serena Williams' Glam Slam! Series

OPI joins tennis superstar Serena Williams in announcing the latest three lacquers in the Glam Slam! collection. To celebrate the world's oldest, most prestigious tennis tournament, Glam Slam! England features two duo-packs filled with sparkle.

The first lacquer set includes Your Royal Shine-ness, a metallic silver shade, paired with Servin' Up Sparkle, a shimmer-packed silver glitter. The second lacquer set also features Servin' Up Sparkle, along with Grape...Set...Match, a metallic purple.

"For stand-out nails, I love experimenting with different glitter shades," explains Serena Williams. "The new Glam Slam! England lacquers can be worn alone for a bright pop of color, or layered with Servin' Up Sparkle to create a textured effect."

Serena Williams has received the World Number One in singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association on five separate occasions, along with being listed as sixth on the all-time greatest champions list. Additionally, she has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles and has earned 27 Grand Slam titles to date. Serena is the most recent player to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously and only the fifth woman in history to do so.

New shades in the Glam Slam! collection will be introduced to coincide with each of the four major tournaments, beginning with the Australian Open in January 2011, followed by the launches in may 2011 for the French Open, June 2011 for Wimbledon and August 2011 for the US Open. As with all OPI Nail Lacquers, the Glam Slam! collection contains no DBP, Toulene, or Formaldehyde, and each includes OPI's exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

Glam Slam! England will be available beginning June 2011 at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard's, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA, for $14.95 ($20.95 CAN) suggested retail for each duo pack.

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