I Spy Operation Colour by China Glaze
I was never much of a comic book reader as a kid, except to read random issues of Adventures of Tintin that my uncles had lying around the house. I mean, who wouldn’t want to read about the adventures of this cute European reporter and his cute little fox terrier sidekick, Snowy?
As with any comic or cartoon strip, as much as it is about the words, the images play a huge part in telling the story as well. And the folks at China Glaze are really “breaking free” from traditional concepts and have tapped into this boys’ comic market to bring us gals a little piece of it with their new fall nail color collection, Operation Colour. Check out how some of the shades really look like they come from the Tintin cover!
The lacquer shades in this collection is definitely spy-inspired to give us colors that you’d quite often see in those comics, you just never knew it until you sport them on your tips. I’m wearing Pink Underground today, a pale pink with blue undertones and a subtle shimmer that just gives that extra bit of oomph I’m looking for.
Last night I was watching a few old episodes of HBO’s Entourage; while they may not be real super heroes, Vince was at Comic-Con for his upcoming role as Aqua Man. This totally inspired me to swatch the rest of the Operation Colour collection while I watched the boys do their thing on the small screen.
Revolution is a cream, tomato red – definitely a pretty, much bolder red than I would normally wear but nothing to really write home about.
I don’t ever recall wearing orange shades but Code Orange might be one that I can rock. It’s a little on the pumpkin orange side with a smidge of shimmer. I definitely don’t think I’d personally wear this for the fall but maybe when summer rolls around again.
Golden Opportunity is the deep, dark cousin of yellow. She’s got a hidden, mysterious side to her – not like a bright, lemon yellow but more like a mustard yellow.
Secret Peri-wink-le is probably my favorite of the bunch – from the color to the formula. This polish was so easy to apply, not too thick or thin, it dried beautifully and the shade is (as Lianne would say) gawgus! I hardly have any words for this blue-ish, purply, gray-toned color – I just… love.
They say, save the best for last, but I actually think that Agent Lavender was my least favorite of the collection. I’m generally not a fan of pastels and while this is a good pastel lavender, it’s much better suited for nail art accents, in my opinion.
What are your favorite shades of this collection? If you could come up with a concept for a new China Glaze collection, what would it be?
On September 20th, 2008 Karen B said:
I voted Revolution, but for my toenails as I rarely paint my fingernails.
On September 20th, 2008 Marisol said:
I like Golden Opportunity. However I could never wear that color to work
On September 21st, 2008 Nikki said:
ohh Ilove all Colors of nail polish and I heart the pink you sported!!!
On September 21st, 2008 fifrildi said:
I sat yesterday (while painting the tips a lovely “second-hand-silk” from China Glaze) thinking that next year I’d like to se a collection called “Santas Little Helpers” for Christmas. That would include: The perfect christmas red, an opaque white with slight silvery shimmer, a brown the shade of worn in work boots, a perfect shiny black the color of buckles and to top it off a green the shade of a lucious pine tree.
Actually when it comes to this collection though I’m a bit dissapointed. As an avid comic book reader I think they totally missed on the colours… And apart from that I dont think I like any of them…
On September 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Karen B,
I agree, Revolution would be an awesome flip flop color!
On September 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Marisol,
Golden Opportunity is an interesting color, I still can’t decide if I hate it or love it. What colors do you normally wear on your nails? I work at a fairly young company so anything goes in my office.
On September 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Thanks Nikki!
What kind of nail art do you have on today? I recently got a bottle of glow in the dark top coat and I need some ideas on how to use it
On September 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi fifrildi,
I love your idea for a new collection! The Christmas red should definitely mimic the color you see on those ornaments – vibrant with a really high shine finish.
For this particular collections, I liked the theme but I would say that a lot of the colors are not as wearable for me
On September 21st, 2008 Eru said:
Peri-wink-le is such a unique nail colour! I love it.
On September 21st, 2008 fifrildi said:
Excactly! I’v never really seen what I would call a perfect christmas red… I also liked the theme, but I guess I’ll shell out some of my hard earned money on this years china glaze christmas collection – which I truly, truly love…
On September 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Eru,
What color do you have on your tips today? I’m about to change my nail color but needs some inspiration
Hope your Sunday is a good one so far!
On September 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi fifrildi,
The only winter collection I’ve seen from China Glaze so far is Bahama Blues – is that the only you’re looking forward to? I’m actually looking forward to trying Blue Island Iced Tea – it’s so shiny and sparkly. I love bling!
On September 22nd, 2008 fifrildi said:
Oh, no: It’s this: http://www.scrangie.com/2008/09/swatches-china-glaze-sleigh-ride.html
But then again – I have planned on ordering Blue Island Iced tea as well when I place the order for the christmas/holidays collection. I think that shimmery blue will go perfect with mostly everything
)
On September 22nd, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi fifrildi,
I just checked out her swatches and the green is soo sparkly! I love it but I don’t know if I can really pull it off
Hopefully you can get an international shipment soon! What other color were you going to get – I saw you were thinking about 9 polishes!
On September 22nd, 2008 Lydia said:
Ooo I like code orange!
On September 23rd, 2008 fifrildi said:
You can probably pull it off at Christmastime
)
I sort of lost my list when I irritably closed the page bacause I could not order. I do remember a perfect white (I have to recheck my nail-polish-porn-blogs when it’s time to actually order), a polish called liquid leather, blue island ice tea and a glow in the dark top coat (because if that works I’m going to have soooo much fun with it!) I got a mail from them saying I can order tomorrow, but because of shipping cost I’ll have to order just 6…
On September 24th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi fifrildi,
Happy Wednesday!
I’m actually wearing Blue Island Ice Tea right now and it’s just lovely and super sparkly, definitely a nice color for holiday to wear to parties
I also have the Glow in the Dark polish; I’m so excited to try it but I have no idea how I want to use it yet…