Every Month Is Oktoberfest

Name: Every Month Is Oktoberfest

Collection: Germany 2012

Colour: Rusty Chocolate Brown/ Red Shimmer

Coats: 2 coats

Pros: Super easy application and a colour that will be excellent for fall. I love how this polish is both a brown and shimmery deep red so it changes in different lighting! I’m glad this contains the shimmer feature because it could have ended up looking dull. The first coat was very dull and transparent so i'm glad that it built up and evened out with a second coat.

Cons: The formula was pretty thin and chipped easily so I could only wear this for a maximum of two days!

Similar Shades: I’m Suzi and I’m a Chocaholic is a reddish brown crème if you don’t want any shimmer while the old DS Jewel is a lighter version of this polish.

Product provided by OPI

DS Jewel

Name: DS Jewel

Collection: Designer Series

Colour: Shimmering Rusty Plum

Coats: 3-4

Pros: An interesting and dynamic colour that changes from copper to maroon in different lighting.

Cons: There are a lot of things I dislike about this polish. For starters this took 3 coats to make it opaque as it has a watery consistency (this is evident in my picture of the polish bottle). The drying time is super long and made my nails susceptible to dents and smudges. After wearing this polish for two days I found that it actually started to wear away and rub off! Additionally, I was really disappointed that this DS didn’t live up to the other members of its collection and its higher price. Instead of having the big impact, diamond dust effect that I was expecting, this polish just has the average amount of shimmer. Overall, I am not really sad that this colour has been discontinued so good choice OPI for not making this a permanent colour.

Similar Shades: “Diva of Geneva” has the same shimmer but has highlights of fuchsia rather than maroon while “Meet Me On the Star Ferry” is shimmery too with more dusty purple undertones.