I don’t think I have ever had so many questions about when I would have swatches of a collection up before this one, so I am glad to finally have this review up. I got the collection a little late so that’s why I ended up swatching it and posting it later than I would have wanted to. I’m sure that you’ve already seen a million and a half swatches of these so mine won’t be a revelation, but I’m glad to bring them to you nonetheless. Coming off of last year’s HOT HOT HOT Brazil Collection, this year OPI is taking us to a tropical paradise. Yep, I am imagining drinking my mai tai by the beach and relaxing under the sun. Wouldn’t it be nice if that could have been my true Hawaii experience? Instead I got drunk at a luau and took a bumpy day-long tour of Oahu while thoroughly hung over the next day. I also could have done without a ginormous wave sneaking up on me on Sunset Beach and drenching me while on said tour. Ahhh…it was still a nice trip though. So anyway, before I tell you about other silly things that happened on my trip, let me show you my swatches of the OPI Hawaii Collection.
OPI Hello Hawaii Ya?
OPI Lost My Bikini In Molokini
OPI Just Lanai-ing Around
OPI Suzi Shops & Island Hops
OPI That’s Hula-rious
OPI Do You Take Lei Away?
OPI Is Mai Tai Crooked?
OPI Aloha From OPI
OPI Go With The Lava Flow
OPI This Color’s Making Waves
OPI My Gecko Does Tricks
OPI Pineapples Have Peelings Too!
I have to be honest in that when I first saw the press release for this collection, I wasn’t that excited about it. I was hoping for super bright and saturated colors–like almost neons in brightness–and these colors are more muted. After actually swatching the colors, I am definitely changing my tune. You know how I feel about creme polishes so I was super glad to see a nice selection of cremes here as well as some pretty shimmers. I really did not have any problems with the formula which I’m getting used to–we are talking about OPI, you know! I think that the red headed stepchild of this collection is going to be Pineapples Have Peelings Too! Where do I start with this one? I feel like it could have been an awesome yellow crelly polish but that ugly yellow frosty base is just…ick.
Anyway, now I have the part you’re waiting for: Giveaway time! One lucky reader will be winning the entire OPI Hawaii Collection (12 full size bottles) courtesy of OPI. This giveaway is open internationally, but please don’t enter if you’re from a country that has strict restrictions on shipping.
So what do you think about this collection? Is it your cup of tea or have you passed on a lot of these? Personally I am a huge fan of the cremes/shimmers but would pass on Pineapples Have Peelings Too! and maybe on My Gecko Does Tricks. Good luck if you decide to enter the giveaway and thanks for stopping by today!
I would like to go to Italy. Because pizza and pasta.
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My ideal vacation spot would be….any where in Italy!
I want to go to Barcelona one more time, it is a wonderful city !
My ideal vacation spot is Greece.
i love u.k , especially london
my ideal vacation spot would be greece! I’m going with my family this summer and couldn’t be more excited. Would love for a brand to come out with a Greece inspired collection!
Right now my favorite vacation spot is Santa Fe, New Mexico.
my favourite vacation is in the mountain!
My best vacation was in Prague)) And now you would like to visit Spain and Italy)
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I’ve always wanted to visit Hawaii 🙂 Maybe someday, it’s quit far from The Netherlands haha. But closer to home: London is só awesome. I really like city trips.
Love this collection, Pineapple puke is awful tho.. My favorite is This color is making waves and the beautiful mintgreen.
I’m going to the big island this summer!
My ideal vacation spot would be Germany, always wanted to go!
My ideal vacation spot would be anywhere with loveones 🙂 the plase and time is not relevant
I would love to go to Paris
My ideal vacation spot would be Nantucket. Me, my husband, some good books and our bicycles 🙂
My ideal vacation spot would be either Sedona, Az or Pigeon Forge, TN
maybe in another time of my life i could chose a spot where I would like to go on vacation… (omg this sounds so sad), but right now, the ideal place would be pretty much my bed… lol i’m too tired.
Thank you for this giveaway. I’m a forest and camping kinda girl 🙂
Currently, I’ve been dreaming about African Safaris. Or a beach…anywhere.
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ewwww I don’t like that yallow… lol I do however like most fo the collection, not in love, I feel like they’ve done better and I know how you feel about pearl colors. I’m not a fan of those in this set either. but the rest are pretty. I love the orange on you
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This collection is amazing… all my favourite colours! Thank you for the chance!
Anyway, my ideal vacation now is Polinesia (or maybe Hawaii!): sun, sea, rest and cocktails on the beach!
I love Sanibel, Florida.
OMG I so want this! I just saw a presentation of this on qvc. I love going on cruises,anywhere I don’t mind where but I would love to go to Canada.
I’ve never been to Hawaii, but I’m hoping to get there one day.
At the moment, my fave is Vegas. It is Disney for grown ups!
My ideal vacation spot was Oahu right on the beach. So beautiful and relaxing.
My number one vacation spot is anywhere with warm weather, a sandy beach, and frost drinks, and a spa. I loved Sandals! Wow was it thee best vacation I have ever been on, in the outer lying Islands..Hawaii!!!!
My ideal Vacation spot would be somewhere that isn’t kid friendly (lol, I don’t do kids), hot but not too hot & someplace that isn’t too touristy…
I’d love to visit many places in Europe, but one place that comes to mind is Scotland! Looks very mystic and beautiful!
Would really love to go to Scotland, looks beautiful!
I got my hopes up and my fingers crossed when I first saw this collection. It did not disappoint me at all. I had stopped in at Sally’s to get a new top coat and noticed they had finally displayed the collection. The new OPI labels threw me off a bit though. Now I can’t wait till my Ace gets the new OPI paint colors in.
I’ve never been to Hawaii but I hate flying so probably Florida. 🙂
Anywhere hot and sunny – so Hawaii sounds pretty good to me! Thanks for the giveaway <3
Italy is my ideal vacation spot! It’s my dream to make it there!
I like mountains and mild climate, as in the south of my country, Brazil.
I have always wanted to go to Iceland! I am actually looking of going there for our honeymoon in2 years!
Anywhere with a beach! 🙂
Orlando!
The Florida Keys is my ideal vacation spot!
I fell in love with Montenegro! It’s a beautiful place, I’d love to spend my vacation there again.
I’d love to go to New Zealand. I saw one picture of this pale green glacier-fed river and I’ve wanted to go ever since! So glad you’re into blogging again, I missed your posts!
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New Zealand is my ideal vacation spot.
Hawaii or Vegas
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I would absolutely love to go to either Hawaii or Alaska!
All of the colours are so pretty an do would love to go to Egypt
I wanted to visit Hawaii when I was younger, but nowadays the plane trip would be too much. We mostly do stay-cations and visit local places of interest (we are near Chicago) these days!
I would love a vacation anywhere down south USA
I’d loooooooooooove to go to Jamaica and Brazil! Aaaahh one day..
My ideal vacation spot would be Paris, it sounds so exotic and romantic and I would love to visit one day!
My ideal vacation spot would have to be Hawaii. Maui to be exact. I went there on my honeymoon 30 years ago, and I’d LOVE to go back! I’m not sure I’d be able to handle the LONG plane ride again…maybe if someone drugged me, AND WOKE ME WHEN WE GOT THERE!…LOL!
Anywhere with a beach, cocktails, and great company!
Spain. Or somewhere in Latin America… Costa Rica? Budapest is really nice, too.
The beach!
I would love to go to Italy or Greece.
I want to go to Egypt!
Dartmoor, England.
I would love to visit New Zealand one day!
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My ideal vacation spot would be in Paris.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to visit Ireland over Halloween and see how it’s really done!
My ideal vacation spot would be Australia! I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go.
There are so many places that I want to go – Ireland and Iceland top the list. But since I do not fly, I’ll settle for Disney World!
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My ideal vacation spot is actually Hawaii! I wanted to go there for my honeymoon last year but it was too expensive 🙁 Hopefully sometime soon, perhaps for a special anniversary!
Any all-inclusive resort with a good beach for snorkeling! The Turks and Caicos and Cuba have been favorites so far! 🙂
The beaches of Prince Edward Island in Canada, fantastic
I like a remote bushland retreat to get away from it all and breathe fresh air.
I’d love to go to France
I would like to go to Hawai or Sydney
I want to go to Greece & Las Vegas
Oh I definitely should have picked up Hello Hawaii Ya? SO gorgeous. My ideal vacation spot would be .. the Maldives. I’ve had a couple friends go there and it looks soo gorgeous!
My ideal vacation spot would be somewhere in a mountain area with forests, rivers and tons of nature. I would love “glamping” in an area like this.
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I’ve always lived in desert or mountains so anything beachy is for me.
My dream vacation spot… God what a hard question. Probably Italy, but I’m desperate to visit the USA. 🙂
Hawaii is my ideal vacation spot
I’d love to go to The Maldives! <3
Skiing!
My ideal vacation spot would probably be Bali, I have a friend who went there and it looks like paradise to me! This collection looks gorgeous by the way, well except “Pinapples have peelings too!” haha but I gotta say tho that I love that name 🙂
I love being by the sea. No matter where.
This year, we will go to Mallorca.
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My ideal vacation spot is anywhere warm with a beach.
anywhere with sun, sand and sea!
i like vacationing in florida
I was going to grab some of those, but the dollar is so expensive comparing with my country´s Money, that it will have to wait.
I Always wanted to go to Scottland… * sights*
i really wanna go to europe. but if the vacay is with my boyfriend too- then somewhere warm where we can get tan and swim. And i want all-inclusive so we can eat and drink until we get sick ! yeah.
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Ahh I would love to go back to Malaysia!! or try Indonesia this time!
paris 🙂
a tropical place where there are beaches with white sand and clear water
My ideal vacation spot would be anywhere in Mountains
Anything with clear water and a beach and some sun.
My ideal vacation spot : At home ^^
My ideal vacation spot is anywhere that is warm and that there is a beach and beautiful ocean water to swim in!
Ideal spot is definitely Disney World. It was magical, and I can’t wait to go back.
My ideal vacation spot would be somewhere warm and sunny.
My favourite and ideal vacation spot is London!
Somewhere sunny, by the sea..mm, Hawaii sound pretty awesome.
Tofino, BC
hawaii, jamaica, barbados, australia good luck everyone!!
I’ve always wanted to go to:
Egypt and India. Since I was a wee wee tiny tot 😀 lol!
Regarding the collection: I feel the frosts weren’t necessary and they’re kind of forgettable next to those gorgeous cremes!
Rome or London if I want to go to a big city or just stay home at our house in the country side.
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Hawaii 🙂
I’d love to vacation in warm sunny Hawaii where I could have fantastic fruit, see gorgeous flowers of all colours, and dive with Manta Rays and Whale Sharks! I’d have to be there at least three weeks, because any shorter just isn’t worthwhile with the length of the flights! Was the thought inspired by the collection? No.
But my second choice for now could be Galapagos?
I’d like to go to St. Martin in the Caribbean.
I’d like to go anywhere warm right now!
If I could go on vacation anywhere I would pick Bora Bora, it looks beautiful beyond words!
My ideal vacation spot is Hawaii, of course! It brings back many fond memories of spending time there with my parents, my sister, my husband, and most recently my own children. Can’t wait to go back!
I was unimpressed with the press release as well, but I actually like a majority of the colors. My ideal vacation spot would be China.
My ideal vaca is somewhere with good savory food! Right now I’m in the mood for seafood so Maine sounds good right about now.
The beach!
My ideal vacation spot would be Australia! It is my dream to visit <3
My ideal vacation spot is Australia.I’d love to go there one day.
Would love to go to Miami
That would be Turks and Caicos Islands!
Aah, I’d be happy to travel outside of Canada. Somewhere warmerry like the Caribbean!
My Ideal vacation spot is Bora Bora!
I would love to see Hawaii! I have always wanted to go there 🙂
It would be a tropical island… And I’m dreaming of visiting Hawaii one day!
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My ideal vacation spot would be on the ocean with an open bar.
I would love to go back to Santorini…the most beautiful place in the world!
After all the snow and cold weather of this past winter, I would definitely love to go somewhere warm and sunny, like Hawaii!
Hawaii would be a beautiful place to vacation.
Honestly, anywhere there is a beach and warm sun, but especially the Virgin Islands or Hawaii!
my favourite vacation is in Italy
I would love to visit Japan!
Italy is absolutely beautiful. I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else.
Costa Rica
I would love to go somewhere tropical in the Caribbean!
Hawaii please!!!
I really want to visit Japan!
Somewhere tropical.
my favorite vacation spot is cabo san lucas mexico
Ireland all that lush green and rolling hills.
Any resort next to the beach is my perfect vacation!
Hawaii for sure.
My ideal vacation spot would be Hawaiii or Bora Bora 🙂
My songs ,my dreams 😀
Yes,this is my cup of tea!
Normally I’d say some place cold, but I’ve always wanted to visit Monet’s Gardens, so I’d have to say I want to visit France! And thank you!
Love Greece,Bulgary and Turkey,visited all and my dream place is Maldive.Lovely giveaway,thank you for the chance to win it.
I’d love to go to New Orleans again mainly for the food & the music
Italy, my ideal vacation spot!
my ideal vacay spot is new zealand!
A cruise in the Caribean has been my most treasured vacation!!! I would go again anytime.
I would love to go to Scotland!
Hawaii is where I Always wanted to go!
My ideal vacation spot would be France. 🙂
My ideal vaca would be back to my honeymoon spot! Jamaica!
Paris!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this awesome giveaway!
Ideal vacation………..Ireland!
I would love warm and somewhere near water!
It would probably be anywhere near the see, I would love to visti Hawaii or Bali.
Most any beach. But preferably somewhere international (I’m from ca)
My ideal vacation would be any island. Love the sand and sun 🙂
I would say that it is along a sandy beach
Any beach near an ocean. I’m a horrible mom and have never taken my kids 🙁
My ideal vacation spot would be Scotland.
Hello! My ideal vacation spot would be Southern Italy. It sounds so beautiful and tasty. I’m sorry about your bad Hawaiian experience. Sounds like something I would do. lol Thank-you for this awesome chance. 🙂
Any vacation in a good weather with my baby and husband is my ideal vacation !
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My ideal vacation spot is paris !
Croatia beach!
Mine would be rome
My ideal vacation spot is Greece))))
Awesome giveaway! I love all colours!
My ideal vacation spot is Miami Beach!
I don’t have an ideal vacation spot, I guess, because I like to get new impressions. One on the most favorite ones is Canada.
I’ve always wanted to go to London.
I love some place when i can go hiking!
My ideal vacation spot is Paris, France
my ideal spot is at home, since i actually live in a holiday destination. i live on the beach, i even have the set of my favorite tv show (got) 30 minutes of walk from my home, people come from all arround here… so, basically, yes – my ideal spot is right here where i live 🙂
New York always!!! amazing place!
Mine is definitely London! I love this city. And I would like to go to Australia 🙂 Kangaroos rocks! 😀
My ideal vacation spot would be Greece. Maybe one day 🙂
Italy! Been there in October and I loved it!
Ireland!
My favorite vacation was long ago in the South of France. I’ve always wanted to go to Italy but it’s out of my price range now.
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Anywhere with my family! <3
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Love these colors! I would love to go to Australia!!
Dream vacation place – Belize 😉
I have always wanted to vacation to Fiji!
I am in love with this collection! I have been loving O.P.I nail polish lately! But to answer the question, I would pick somewhere close enough to my home in California, but far enough away to get away from daily life. I’m in Northern California, so I’d probably go somewhere on the coast of Oregon!
My ideal vacation spot is Bora Bora! It sounds SO lovely!
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a beach anywhere
My ideal vacation spot? Warm – Sunny – Palm Trees – Sand…Anywhere! Haha.
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It’s funny, my dream spot would be somewhere tropical that wasn’t at all hot!
i love Spain and Italy!!!
My ideal holiday spot? Because I’m from a tropical country so I tend to like place that have great kinda misty forest or somewhere that has low temperature but still get a good sunlight
I’d love to go to Italy! I was there a few years ago and I fell in love with that country. I hope I can return there soon 😀
I just started to love OPI nail polishes, so these will be great colors for me to start.
My dream vacations spaces is to go to the hot springs in Japan, and shop in Tokyo and Seoul. I’d also loved to spend some time in Greece
It sound so simple..but swimming is the best option for me ^^
I would like to go to Mongolia.
My ideal vacation spot would be on the beach in a tropical island.
Italy is my ideal vacation spot
I would love to visit Maui. Great giveaway.
Leigh
I have two vacation dreams. One is to go to Japan and the other is to go to New Orleans!
My vacation spot is in Bali, Indonesia
Anywhere with nice weather and a hammock 🙂
I would like to visit the African countries. I love jungles and wildlife.
some where warm
South Africa is next on my bucket list
I have no idea… I feel like I have so many places that I would love to go… it’s impossible to even think of one! My only requirement is probably for it to be warm though!
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New York
I’d like to go to Paris, I think it’s the most beautiful city in the world
My ideal vacation spot is Greece.
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Italy! Santorini!
My ideal vacation spot is the beach.
My ideal vacation spot would be Dubai, it sounds so romantic
My dream vacation would be tahiti or bora bora, really anywhere with blue water and a beach!
My ideal vacation spot would be somewhere in Europe or in Japan. I love big cities full of incredible places.
My ideal vacation spot is Iceland!
My ideal vacation spot at Boracay Beach in the Philippines. I would find it so relaxing smelling the sea breeze and listening to the sea waves, watching the sunset.
I would love to go to Paris 🙂
Love those colors!
I’d love to see Greece
I’ve always wanted to go to Ireland
My ideal vacation spot is Bali <3
My favorite so far has been Iceland (and Denmark, of course <3). Alaska is up again for this summer, another favorite, but the dream trip for a while has been Ireland & Scotland!
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My ideal vacation spot is South Korea.
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Hawaii
My ideal vacation spot is at Bora Bora islands <3
El Nido Palawan, I wanna explore its breathtaking beaches and viewing spots for the most amazing sunsets.
My ideal vacation spot would be The Maldives
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New York or London!
greece
that will be greece
My ideal vacation would be in Puerto Rico.
My ideal vacation spot would be one of the canary islands, beach, relaxing, hiking, volacanos? what is not to love
nothing beats the warm sand and beach, anywhere in the Philippines baby! 🙂
My ideal vacation spot would be Spain or Japan 🙂
anywhere away from reality… lol
Riding a bicycle 😀
I would love to visit the Maldives 🙂
Florida
I dream of going to Paris one day! I love everything about it & i can not wait to one day experiment it for myself 🙂 my older sister is going to Scotland the beginning of May & boy i am soo jealous 😉
Somewhere with an amazing beach, beautiful scenery and warmth!
talk about pimping my nail. i love the all the colors
My ideal spot is anywhere outside of canada, i want to see the world so its all good to me!
for me everywhere is ok
I would love to got to Seychelles
It would have to be somewhere sultry and warm…A few of the ocean!
Right now I could really use a week or 2 in a spa, doesn’t matter where…!