Comments on: Sephora by OPI It’s Real vs. OPI The Man with the Golden Gun

By: Katlee

Katlee — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:11:10 +0000

A little late, of course, but… I just went with getting gold flake (fake, of course) at the art/craft store and doing it myself… Oh, early-ish last year. Still have the foil, can control the size of the flakes and didn’t have to ‘fight’ to get it at a salon or online. heh

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150908186262290&set=a.10150161453057290.302769.809797289&type=3&theater

Oh, and silver, too. I like both.

By: Aksaiyo

Aksaiyo — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:47:52 +0000

Here’s where I got my gold flakies, they’re on sale now too! In tempted to get more lol
Not affiliated:
http://spectraflair4u.storenvy.com/

By: Nageldraken

Nageldraken — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:55:30 +0000

Oh, I just saw that you wanted a white gold flakie. Ninja Polish has one in the same collection as The Midas Touch, He Went to Jarred: http://www.ninjapolish.com/product.php?productid=18340&cat=389&page=1
It is out of stock at the moment, but you can sign up for an e-mail notification when they get it back.

By: Nageldraken

Nageldraken — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:52:12 +0000

I think The Midas Touch is very similar to TMWTGG, so you probably don’t need both. You can see my pictures of The Midas Touch here: http://nageldraken.se/2013/02/01/opi-goldeneye-och-ninja-polish-the-midas-touch/ At least to my eyes the polishes look nearly identical.

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:16:25 +0000

Jess – Yea, I totally don’t regret splurging on TMWTGG – that sounds like a ridiculously gorgeous combo.

Emi – Me too!!! *holds up picket signs: DOWN WITH LEs* The not-real-gold looks pretty similar to me in swatches, there’s no difference I’m sure other than the novelty.

Pam – LOL!! : )

Nageldraken – Is it worth me checking that one out if I already have these two?

Angie – I’m so glad so many of were able to snag the SOPI on clearance – yeay for bargain shopping. I got one for my MIL too. : )

beachgal – Good to know – you’ve confirmed what I figured from looking at photos online. I feel more at ease. : P

Cindi – lol!!!I don’t disagree with you – I’m just a sucker. : D

Dream Mom – I’m planning to do a lot of Zoya swatches really soon so hopefully that will help more with differentiating their descriptions. And thanks! : )

Saucyabby – Hilariously, I’m not a fan of gold for jewelry but like it for nail polish… and shoes… lol.

Deb – HAHAHA. : )

Jenni – Thank you SO much! I decided to get back into it now that life has calmed down a bit. : )

aksaiyo – I *really* want a white gold one. I’ll have to hunt around for that.

By: aksaiyo

aksaiyo — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:20:42 +0000

I really wanted the man with the golden gun but my local beauty supply didn’t get any in, even though they had the rest of the collection. In the end, as my desperation waned, I saw a post in a nail polish group I am in on Facebook discussing an indie maker who made it. The indie maker is apparently also one of the spectraflair suppliers, and she made white gold, yellow gold, and mixed versions of the gold flake topcoat as well. I ended up with a yellow gold one from her, and according to reviews the flakes of gold were larger than the commercial branded ones.

In the end, if you had some clear posh lying around it would be hard to make your own with some cheap pieces of gold flakes form eBay. Though tbh a suspension base might be needed.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:05:27 +0000

Late to the party! You’ve been posting since August 2012. How did I miss this? You are my favourite ever nail polish blogger.

I’m not a gold person but I am a PolishAddict person! I also see Africa.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:25:34 +0000

I do spot the Africa flake haha! I love the look of both of them ♥.

By: saucyabby

saucyabby — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:03:58 +0000

I really hate gold anything so I was able skip on the whole gold flake thing. I really admire it on other people though!

By: Dream Mom

Dream Mom — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:11:21 +0000

In terms of glitter type polishes, my absolute favorite combo is OPI Smokin in Havana (2 or 3 coats) with OPI Extravaganza (2-3 good coats so it’s covered with glitter) as a pedicure. I love this combination in the winter. I am very pale and when I wear this on my toes they glitter like diamonds in the sun. I do it only as a pedicure since it’s too much for a mani.

BTW, your nails are gorgeous.

By: Dream Mom

Dream Mom — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:07:17 +0000

I don’t care for the gold fleck polishes at all-they look cheap to me however I do agree with you about the Zoya Limited Edition.

I do like Zoya(it’s my favortie brand) but I wish they would classify their polishes better-I love their polishes with “shimmer” in them (Colbie, Mikka, Isla) as opposed to the polishes with more “glitter”(Sarah, Julieanne) in them. That’s my personal preference and I’d buy a ton of the shimmer polishes if they’d categorize them.

Overall, in terms of pricing on the specialty polishes, just because a woman likes nail polish doesn’t mean that anything goes price wise, in terms of polish prices. Also, if they are going to charge a premium price, it better be something really spectacular.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:12:27 +0000

“I love both brands and feel like I need to collect everything they release”, ha ha ha that is Soo me. I did miss all the gold flakies though as they are out of my price point. I balk at $15 for a Butter London much less anything over $20. It can’t be THAT cute. I do like the look a lot though. But I think gold belongs on my hands in the form of jewelry rather than nail art that will be taken off and disposed of with a mani change.

By: beachgal

beachgal — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:36:33 +0000

I forgot to add – I think we will see imitation ones of gold flake in all sorts of shades – pewter etc..already there are white gold and rose gold ones out there…but it’s not going to be too hard for other co. to make it out of a Mylar.

By: beachgal

beachgal — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:34:43 +0000

I do have MWTGG and Guilty – I got in on the first release of Guilty when it was $30 for 3 polishes – and since I did not own Purity or Raven I felt I could justify the price since I was ordering my first and only order from Zoya for 2012…I wanted a couple of the Ornate collections and still had an eyeball on Song from Fall. I like MWTGG best of the 2. Both really look about the same to those not really looking close. I did not like the Sephora by OPI when I saw it in a sample in the store last summer – it looked like a gold glitter to me but then the tester was pretty abused. Oh and I only paid $9.50 for the MWTGG – I got it from a friend who’s husband is an OPI distributor!

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:26:01 +0000

First of all, I completely agree about the Zoya issue. I was so sad that I couldn’t purchase the Peter Som collection, only to find they were releasing the colors in the spring collection (which BTW, I bought the WHOLE collection!). What is the point of making something LE, just to months down the road, release it? Anyways…..

I also bought the SOPI on clearance for $8.00! While I like the OPI, I can’t justify the price!