OPI Vintage Minnie Mouse

I grew up in Orange County, CA and have only been to Disneyland 3 times in 32 years. No joke. When I was a kid, my parents couldn’t really afford to take us to Disneyland (damn you greedy Disney) so I didn’t grow up being in love with that place. Yes, I would watch “The Wonderful World Of Disney” on TV and loved all the classic Disney animated movies, but I was never Disney obsessed. When I saw this new OPI collection at my nail place, I decided to get three of the four polishes; I passed on the glitter which should be no surprised to you if you have followed my blog for a while now.

My friend V asked me to swatch one of the polishes for her so I figured I might as well swatch the other two. To tell you the truth, I’m not super excited with these colors. They looked cute when I saw the bottles and the fact that they are Minnie Mouse inspired was the biggest draw, but now they are are just kind of blah.

If You Moust You Moust is a saccharine sweet color. I don’t find it that interesting but I don’t think I have any dupes for it so it’s a welcome addition to my collection even if it reminds me of Pepto-Bismol.  I remember that one time I faked a stomach ache because I wanted my mom to give me some Pepto. Is that weird? I had a really hard time applying this polish because the brush was wonky. It was thin in the middle so when the brush fanned out, I would get very few bristles in the middle. I think that because of this, I had some weird bald spots. I hope it was just my retarded brush and not the formula.

 

The Color Of Minnie was the least interesting of the colors in my opinion. It has a certain shimmer that makes it look somewhat frosty, and I don’t really like frosts much. I can also see some VNL and I don’t like that at all. At all.

 

I’m All Ears is the color that I was most interested in trying when I saw the promo pics. I actually really do like this color even though I can still see VNL after 3 coats. I wonder how this would look layered over another color…probably pretty cool.

 

Today I got another email from Alfie’s new mom…I’ll call her BB. She wrote that Alfie is doing really well and that he’s a very happy go-lucky dog. They have another Wheaten, Rose, who is now 14 years old. Rose seems to be super grumpy and doesn’t want anything to do with Alfie so of course he follows her around ALL DAY. I can totally picture him trying to get in her face the way he does with everyone and Rose just wanting him to go away. He has been on a few short car rides without throwing up which is great, but he still won’t get in the car on his own. I always had to pick him up and put him in the car if I wanted to take him with me. I hope he gets over it soon so he can learn to love car rides. I know that eventually it won’t hurt as much to talk about Alfie so for now I am taking comfort in hearing how well he is doing.

24 thoughts on “OPI Vintage Minnie Mouse

    1. I should have passed on it too. Kind of regretting it now that I keep looking at the colors.

      I'm trying hard to keep reminding myself that Alfie is going to be very happy in his new home and that keeps me going. I know eventually I won't be so emotional about it, but he really made a huge difference in my life and I'll never forget that.

  1. I agree this set to me was just too similar to too many reds and pinks that I already own. That is great that Alfie is doing so well, it will get better for you 🙂

    1. Thanks, Amanda. 🙂 Today was a bad day, but I just have to keep looking forward and hope it gets better.

      And you're right about these polishes. Ughhh…I need to just stop buying stuff because it's new. I have such a problem with that.

    1. I should have passed on it too. Kind of regretting it now that I keep looking at the colors.

      I’m trying hard to keep reminding myself that Alfie is going to be very happy in his new home and that keeps me going. I know eventually I won’t be so emotional about it, but he really made a huge difference in my life and I’ll never forget that.

  2. I agree this set to me was just too similar to too many reds and pinks that I already own. That is great that Alfie is doing so well, it will get better for you 🙂

    1. Thanks, Amanda. 🙂 Today was a bad day, but I just have to keep looking forward and hope it gets better.

      And you’re right about these polishes. Ughhh…I need to just stop buying stuff because it’s new. I have such a problem with that.

  3. I like If You Moust You Moust…that's a pink that I do not have in my collection. The other 2 colors don't really move me.

    1. The more I look at these colors, the more I realize they are so "little girl" to me. I guess I'm going to have to paint my 4 year old neighbor's nails. 🙂

  4. I pretty much concur w everyone here. The colors are nice if you like pink and red, but I already have Pink Friday and that's close enough to this pink for me. The red is frosty- Ew. And the pink w glass fleck or whatever is pretty but again I'm not much for pink and it's not very unique exactly. If it were more chunky like I Lily Love you it'd be cool but no such luck. And I hear that heart glitter in the set is a PAIN to get out. Plus, I just don't see how those would ever lay flat so I think they'd annoy me too much. I like that these are "Minnie Mouse" colors but honestly they seem to cater to the over 50 crowd. Maybe even older. My mom wouldn't wear these. And maybe to the tween crowd but I think even newbies would be bored with these.

    1. Wow, you really don't like these, huh? 😉 I thought of Pink Friday too but this one is way darker, don't you think? I'm actually feeling that the Nicki Minaj collection was more of a waste than this one. I don't know when, if ever, I will wear those colors again. I love Fly but you know how staineriffic it is so blah! I thought that the idea of the glitter with the hearts was super cute but you're right that it would be all gross and gritty and the hearts wouldn't lay flat and I would pick at my nails all day. At least I know to pass on the glitters now instead of blindly grabbing everything because "it's a new collection."

  5. I like If You Moust You Moust…that’s a pink that I do not have in my collection. The other 2 colors don’t really move me.

    1. The more I look at these colors, the more I realize they are so “little girl” to me. I guess I’m going to have to paint my 4 year old neighbor’s nails. 🙂

  6. I pretty much concur w everyone here. The colors are nice if you like pink and red, but I already have Pink Friday and that’s close enough to this pink for me. The red is frosty- Ew. And the pink w glass fleck or whatever is pretty but again I’m not much for pink and it’s not very unique exactly. If it were more chunky like I Lily Love you it’d be cool but no such luck. And I hear that heart glitter in the set is a PAIN to get out. Plus, I just don’t see how those would ever lay flat so I think they’d annoy me too much. I like that these are “Minnie Mouse” colors but honestly they seem to cater to the over 50 crowd. Maybe even older. My mom wouldn’t wear these. And maybe to the tween crowd but I think even newbies would be bored with these.

    1. Wow, you really don’t like these, huh? 😉 I thought of Pink Friday too but this one is way darker, don’t you think? I’m actually feeling that the Nicki Minaj collection was more of a waste than this one. I don’t know when, if ever, I will wear those colors again. I love Fly but you know how staineriffic it is so blah! I thought that the idea of the glitter with the hearts was super cute but you’re right that it would be all gross and gritty and the hearts wouldn’t lay flat and I would pick at my nails all day. At least I know to pass on the glitters now instead of blindly grabbing everything because “it’s a new collection.”

  7. I was super unimpressed with this collection, but I had to have it because its MINNIE MOUSE! I have like 4 dupes of I'm all ears, I'm planing on doing a post: china glaze 108 degrees, butter london dico biscuit, opi be a dahlia wont you and opi I'm all ears.. BOOOOOO! lol I guess I really like that shade, hahaha! but these colors look awesome on you! you wear the polish! it doesn't wear you.. I just love to look at your swatches, so beautiful! sorry to hear about your dog! maybe you should try a cat? I have two cats.. if you get them when they are kittens, they will treat you like their mom, my cat sleeps with me and cant be without me.. and the other cat has really helped my mom she is bi-polar and taking care and being with the cat helps her feel good when she's having a bad day.

    1. You flatter me too much! 🙂 I agree that the only reason I got these was because of the Minnie Mouse connection.

      I wish I could get a cat but I have pretty nasty allergies. My dog was considered hypoallergenic so thankfully I was able to tolerate the reaction I had. I just had like creepy crawling feelings on my arms and legs which I could deal with. Cats make me sneeze, cough and swell which sucks because I think cats are so snuggly. I'm sorry to hear about your mom but it's good that she has something that helps her.

  8. I was super unimpressed with this collection, but I had to have it because its MINNIE MOUSE! I have like 4 dupes of I’m all ears, I’m planing on doing a post: china glaze 108 degrees, butter london dico biscuit, opi be a dahlia wont you and opi I’m all ears.. BOOOOOO! lol I guess I really like that shade, hahaha! but these colors look awesome on you! you wear the polish! it doesn’t wear you.. I just love to look at your swatches, so beautiful! sorry to hear about your dog! maybe you should try a cat? I have two cats.. if you get them when they are kittens, they will treat you like their mom, my cat sleeps with me and cant be without me.. and the other cat has really helped my mom she is bi-polar and taking care and being with the cat helps her feel good when she’s having a bad day.

    1. You flatter me too much! 🙂 I agree that the only reason I got these was because of the Minnie Mouse connection.

      I wish I could get a cat but I have pretty nasty allergies. My dog was considered hypoallergenic so thankfully I was able to tolerate the reaction I had. I just had like creepy crawling feelings on my arms and legs which I could deal with. Cats make me sneeze, cough and swell which sucks because I think cats are so snuggly. I’m sorry to hear about your mom but it’s good that she has something that helps her.

  9. I like if You Moust You Moust, but will probably pass on this collection. Reds and pinks in today's world of polish craziness are not very interesting, I suppose.

    1. You're right. I think almost everyone feels the same way. If this hadn't been Minnie Mouse inspired, I would have passed on all of them. Damn those marketing wizards.

  10. I like if You Moust You Moust, but will probably pass on this collection. Reds and pinks in today’s world of polish craziness are not very interesting, I suppose.

    1. You’re right. I think almost everyone feels the same way. If this hadn’t been Minnie Mouse inspired, I would have passed on all of them. Damn those marketing wizards.

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