As I sat in the back room of the salon I work at, eating my caprese sandwich and flipping through one of the salon’s magazines, I saw the ad for OPI’s fall/winter 2013 collection: San Francisco. I immediately let out a loud “ooooo!” because it is one of those collections that I was instantly drawn to because of its cohesive and successfully represents a central theme. Another thing that stood out to me about the collection was that I found myself really liking each color, which is very rare. Usually there are a few, if not more, colors (or pieces if we’re talking fashion) that just does not really appeal to me. In this case, however, I really do like each color and could see myself buying and wearing all of them.

Even though I like all of the colors, the three that stand out to me the most are “It’s All San Andrea’s Fault”, “Keeping Suzi At Bay” and “Muir Muir On The Wall.” Those three are definitely my favorite from the pictures so far and I cannot wait to try them! I especially like that the collection includes both the regular polishes and the liquid sand line because I’ve really been into grainy finish polishes lately. The texture is really cool and the shine/sparkle always looks better to me somehow.

After OPI’s last release, “Rock Goddess” the Halloween 2013 collection, seeing the “San Francisco” set was very refreshing.  I’m sorry but the Halloween collection was just so bad. I mean there are endless possibilities with Halloween, especially when you name the collection something interesting like “Rock Goddess”. Unfortunately the four colors they produced were a big letdown, which makes the arrival of such a beautiful collection that much more enjoyable! Make sure to keep your eye out at Sephora and other stores that carry and sell OPI this fall for their beautiful new “San Francisco” collection.