OPI Muppets Collection, the Glitters - Gettin' Miss Piggy With It, Divine Swine, Fresh Frog of Bel Air, Gone Gonzo!, Excuse Moi!, Rainbow Connection - Photos, Swatches, Review

theBalm isn't the only company releasing a Muppet-themed collection! OPI has a twelve-piece Muppets Holiday collection, consisting of six glitters and six red/neutral creams and shimmers that are available for $8.50 each at Ulta. And since I'm drawn to shiny things like a moth to a flame, I had to get the glittery half.

Without further ado, here're the Muppets in all their effulgent glory -

L to R: Gone Gonzo!, Divine Swine, Gettin' Miss Piggy With It, Excuse Moi!, Rainbow Connection, Fresh Frog of Bel Air

All swatches are three coats except Rainbow Connection, which is four.

Gone Gonzo, bright blue glitter and large silver hexagonal glitter in a clear base -

Divine Swine, fuchsia glitter and large silver hexagonal glitter in a clear base -

Gettin' Miss Piggy With It, ruby red glitter and large silver hexagonal glitter in a clear base -

Excuse Moi!, fine holographic glitter and medium hexagonal multi-colored glitter in a peachy-pink jelly base -

Rainbow Connection, multi-colored, multi-sized hexagonal glitter in a clear base -

Fresh Frog of Bel Air, grass green glitter and large silver hexagonal glitter in a clear base -

My (scattered) thoughts:

So bright and fun, no? I really do like all the colors here, but I wish there was a bit more heterogeneity in the polishes' consistency - four of the six are simply 'some shade of glitter' with silver hexagonal glitter, in a clear base. Great, but a little one-note. I enjoyed the variety in Excuse Moi!, which had a colored base and was quite friendly for generating opacity (two coats will do!).

Unlike the rest of the lacquers Excuse Moi! dried rather roughly, though that's nothing a brush or two of topcoat can't remedy. I was impressed that the rest of the glitters dried so smoothly and glossily; I didn't experience the bumps and unevenness that's an unfortunate side-effect with many, many glitters.

Rainbow Connection will be hard to build up unless you try five+ coats (which I'm unwilling to do!), but the rest can become opaque with four coats, comfortably.

Do any of these glitters catch your eye?