Anyway, I recently found OPI Man of La Mancha on Amazon for a good price. I knew it was somewhat hard to find, so I had to snatch it up. It's from the 2003 Holiday on Broadway collection. I can't believe this polish is over 12 years old! As with a polish of this age, it's a black label and is not 3 free.
This polish is incredibly hard to photograph. I think I took over 60 pictures, and I still don't think I did it any justice. MOLM is a sheer shimmery red orange multichrome with flashes of green, berry, orange, and gold. For this look, I layered it over China Glaze Merry Berry. I opted for a more red base to show off the true color shown in the bottle.
The two photos above were taken in my light box. As you can see, the flashes of green aren't showing up here. I almost lost hope until I walked into my kitchen. The lighting in there completely changed this polish!
Look at that! I'm so in love with this polish. The color is amazing. The formula is perfect. The smell reminds me of my mom. This is one of my favorites now.
Gorgeous, right? I'm sure this will be a polish I'll keep going back to even though I'll be afraid of using it all up.
Do you have any black label OPIs? What's the oldest polish you own?
Wow. This is stunning! I must find a dupe of this! Thanks for the post xoxo
ReplyDeleteI've been dying to get my hands on this color, it's one of my biggest lemmings!
ReplyDeleteThis is really pretty!
ReplyDeleteYou tempted me! I ordered one for myself!!
ReplyDeleteMUAHAHAHA! It's so worth it. It was even better in the sunlight today.
DeleteSo...I may have some kinda bad news...I'm getting the feeling that these particular Man of La Manchas (yours and mine, likely from the same seller) are knock offs...... :( they're still pretty but I dunno if they're legit.
ReplyDeleteor they're just so old that they don't fit the "find the fake" rules
ReplyDeleteThey're that old. They won't fit with the new bottle standards.
DeletePhew....haha I panic too much...i'm so happy i saw this post and went and searched Amazon and got this deal! Whew nail bloggers unite!
DeleteI bought Man of La Mancha and Movin' Out on Ebay last fall, and they were both fakes. I didn't realize it until just now, when I got around to trying them. Very runny, won't dry, and smell awful. The labels on the bottom are wonky also. Delayed buyer's remorse! :/
ReplyDeleteOh, no! That's terrible. The old black label OPIs are a bit on the smelly side. What does your MOLM look like?
ReplyDeleteIt does look very similar to this and other swatches I've seen. Too bad I didn't have an original to compare it to. I notice that the writing on the front of the bottle looks odd, too, kind of crooked and smaller text.
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