Metric Jenn’s Top 10 OPI Nail Polish Names that Made Her Chuckle and Shake Her Head

Author: Metric Jenn

I don’t know about the rest of you, but half of my decision when I choose a nail polish colour at the manicurist is based upon the name on the bottom of that bottle. And one thing OPI does well is name their polishes in fun and clever ways. Although some names can be cringe-inducingly “punny”, I find most of them make me chuckle...so here is a list of some of my personal favourites to hopefully brighten your otherwise dull and listless (Get it? See what I did there??!) day:

OPI iPhone App: Silly Fun For Your Apple Device

Author: Park

OPI, a nail polish brand that I really like, offers a free iPhone app so that you can see all the colours available and then see how they’d look on you. 

The app has a little cartoon hand that you can try all the nail polishes on.  The image of the hand can also be adjusted to match different skin colours.  It’s a nice idea, but I find the choice of skin tones pretty limited; especially for non-white people.  It’s a step in the right direction, but more choice in skin tones would make this useful to more customers. 

Detox Your Mani: SpaRitual is taking O.P.I. to School

Author: Boo

Don't get me wrong: I love O.P.I. In fact, most of my nail polish collection--at least, the ones that matter--are O.P.I. I fell in love with O.P.I. at my favorite day spa, so I was shocked when I went in for my last mani/pedi and found that they had changed the entire line. No more O.P.I. !!!

But, they had traded out for another line that I am quickly falling into obsession with: SpaRitual.

This stuff is addictive, but for all the right reasons. It is vegan, animal friendly, formaldehyde and toluene free, and DBP free. (DBP is dibutyl-pthalate, and I had to look it up. I found this uber helpful site about the toxic chemicals in nail polish, if you're interested.)