You coming back with your polish vids inspired me to start painting my nails again. When 2020 happened I lost my desire to do pretty much everything I used to enjoy. My first love was Essie. I went to several drug stores & finally found the swoon in the lagoon collection and purchased a handful of them. I'm actually feeling excited to wear them like I used to be ❤ thanks so much for the work you do, Jess!
The shimmers in this collection were really nice looking. When I saw the promo shots I was so annoyed/disappointed that they did spring pastels for xbox I didn’t realize there were finishes other than cremes! I agree, an xbox collab with dark fall colors would have been awesome. Especially with a slime neon green shade. I’m still disappointed on the colors but your swatches were great and actually made me like a few of the colors!
if it’s going to take 3 coats, why does OPI even bother selling it? why don’t they fix the formula? serious question, it’s not as if the colors on those cream polishes are so special…
N00berry is very pretty! You always have such great swatches…..I find myself going back to your old videos just to enjoy them and for when I don’t know what polish colour to use.
So interesting how we all have different experiences with polish. I didn’t need three coats for most of these and liked the formula of almost all of them.
I love the changes you made to the fonts and text! I especially like that there’s no longer an opaque banner behind the text. And your sparkly background is really fun too.
Thank you! I’ve been going back and forth on whether the sparkles are still too busy to put the font up with nothing behind it. I loved the font change on the white background but it doesn’t hit the same way for me on the black background.
Heart and Consul & Pixel Dust are my favs just based on finishes but I won’t be picking up either of them because mehh pink and red lol. I I know virtually nothing about video games but I liked the promo photos for this collection way more than I like the actual execution. Did you ever figure out what you’re gonna put in your background?
Probably going to end up buying this whole collection just because I'm an Xbox girl haha! The Halo shade works for me because my spartan is always purple 💜 I would love the Halo skin but I'll have to see if it'll work for me in Canada
Pardon my ignorance- what is a skin? I didn’t understand what that whole section was about I bought 6 of these polishes. I haven’t tried them yet but have heard similar reviews about them being patchy! I wonder why, I usually really like OPI formula! I hope they try what they did with Pixel Dust in some new colors! I bought it because it’s so different for them, but coral tends to look pretty bad on my skin tone.
Because it’s an Xbox collaboration, there are exclusive colorings for in game items for a couple of Xbox games. I haven’t had a chance to look at any other reviews yet but I’m glad I’m not alone in thinking they were a little patchy. I think I’m way pickier than the average person with coverage (when in doubt, add a third coat!) but I always wonder if I’m being totally unreasonable and wrong when I put a video out and didn’t love the coverage on polishes that ended up looking fine in photos. Coral/orange/red never looks right on me either!
I agree with you! I used to play Halo a lot! And the game had a lot of vibrant colors! I don't see a real green. As the master chief armour. Or a bright almost neon yellow when you shoot at maximum power
Thank you for comparing all the colors! I was really excited when my bf asked which colors I would like as a treat for me and a halo skin for him haha 😉😊
Thanks for swatching. I'm meh on this collection. I was so unimpressed that I hadn't realized the Halo polish was named after the game until you mentioned it lol Plus, jumping through all of those hoops for the skins...why?
I liked all the colors, as usual, picking out the specific ones I will buy will be hard to keeping restraint. Oh Jess, do you topcoat your swatches, either than obviously the matted ones?
Hey Jess thanks for the review!!!..... These are my types of polish.... What is your fav fast drying shiny top coat..... Ive been using seche vite for years but it ALWAYS leaves bubbles in light color polishes AND leaves a weird line around the cuticles as if i didnt apply it all the way on the polish!!!....it shrinks!!! Please help Thanks❤️🧡💛
Being a collaboration with xbox I was expecting more striking colours, it looks more like a collaboration with barbie. Seriously, am I the only one sick of so many pastel colours? I love the shimmer shades, they're beautiful and their names are the best: You had me halo XD I love it. Does Pixel Dust have a cool or warm undertone? Also, would you recommend buying the Infinite Shine version or the regular version?
Pixel Dust is a warm undertone. Sort of deep coral-ly pink base but the glitter lifts it to paler pink. I have the regular polish and the glitter content makes it wear like iron after 2 coats. I would say Infinite Shine formula not necessary with this one.
i was expecting striking colors too! i play on Xbox and honestly regardless of consoles and video games, i barely see any pastels lol. but im still picking the colors up!
Dang! I've played ESO since Jan 2014 - yep I got the beta pre release 4 times - OPI should do an ESO version!! #thx Jess for the video, it's been so long since an OPI collection
Great video as always, thanks for sharing, I like the colour story but I dont play xbox even though my hubs worked for Rare who made xbox games. If you played Kinect sports one he worked on the UI.
I'm not a fan of OPI - mostly because the ones I seem to choose end up streaky and if I have to put on 3 coats I expect it to be completely opaque which is not usually the case. I completely understand where you're coming from and am glad I'm not the only one.
I would do bad things for that controller too! Kinda sad you can't buy them. I tagged everyone I could think of in the contest post! Guess I'll be going to Ulta to get my Forza skin.
I feel like they could have done a lot more with the finishes. I’m still debating whether I was over the top with my pickiness about the creams but they just weren’t doing it for me.
i play Xbox, i definitely think they should of done more vibrant, neon colors just because i can’t even think of the console being “pastely “ lol. but i will still buy it cus i love nail polishes and love Xbox
I really love all these colours but it’s sooo expensive in my country! 20€!? Its just too much for me. I’m not sure how much it costs in the US but here in the Netherlands it just doesn’t seem worth it to me, especially because the formula wasn’t even that good.
I love that Xbox is acknowledging their female userbase. It’s just too bad this collection’s formulas aren’t 100% great. I like to vote with my wallet and I’d like to see more collaborations between beauty and gaming companies, so I got the whole collection before I even saw any reviews. Anything that highlights the female presence in consumer markets is good imho. The gaming community can be very toxic and anti-female. I feel like this polish collab is a step in the right direction
🥳Yeah it’s great that Female gamers are being catered to. I’m seeing all these low IQ men complaining and asking why they got this, this is dumb, and saying homophobic crap but this collaboration is not for (most) men LMAO 🤣 . 🤪I have to bring them back to reality and remind them that females exist and are gamers too.🤪 Men are not the target demographic for this collaboration.
Funny, I picked "Achievement unlocked" and "Racing for pink," now I can play Halo with pretty pastel colors. I wish OPI would have released gel instead.
You coming back with your polish vids inspired me to start painting my nails again. When 2020 happened I lost my desire to do pretty much everything I used to enjoy. My first love was Essie. I went to several drug stores & finally found the swoon in the lagoon collection and purchased a handful of them. I'm actually feeling excited to wear them like I used to be ❤ thanks so much for the work you do, Jess!
That’s really good to hear! I love the feeling of genuinely getting back into something you used to love so much.
You had me at halo is my favourite! Your nails are so pretty! I'm happy to see natural short nails because they are so rare today!
The shimmers in this collection were really nice looking. When I saw the promo shots I was so annoyed/disappointed that they did spring pastels for xbox I didn’t realize there were finishes other than cremes!
I agree, an xbox collab with dark fall colors would have been awesome. Especially with a slime neon green shade. I’m still disappointed on the colors but your swatches were great and actually made me like a few of the colors!
That green is the exact color that I pictured when I heard about this collection!
I was just about to make this exact comment! More special finishes with murky grungy colors, and some pops of neon. Kinda missed the mark for me.
if it’s going to take 3 coats, why does OPI even bother selling it? why don’t they fix the formula? serious question, it’s not as if the colors on those cream polishes are so special…
N00berry is very pretty! You always have such great swatches…..I find myself going back to your old videos just to enjoy them and for when I don’t know what polish colour to use.
So interesting how we all have different experiences with polish. I didn’t need three coats for most of these and liked the formula of almost all of them.
Love red nail polish!! My favorite!! Thank you for sharing your videos with us!! We appreciate it!! 💖💖💖
So glad to see you back on RUclips! Loved the one cream pink and wow - that last darker purple was awesome!
I love the changes you made to the fonts and text! I especially like that there’s no longer an opaque banner behind the text. And your sparkly background is really fun too.
Thank you! I’ve been going back and forth on whether the sparkles are still too busy to put the font up with nothing behind it. I loved the font change on the white background but it doesn’t hit the same way for me on the black background.
Your hair looks sooooo good in this video
Zoya's Brett looks beautiful on you! 🥰🥰🥰 Great swatches, Jess!
Heart and Consul & Pixel Dust are my favs just based on finishes but I won’t be picking up either of them because mehh pink and red lol. I I know virtually nothing about video games but I liked the promo photos for this collection way more than I like the actual execution. Did you ever figure out what you’re gonna put in your background?
I put a polish rack back up there today but I haven’t filled it yet and still need to figure out what will go on the other side 🤷🏼♀️
I am a nail picker. I never paint my nails, but I could watch you paint nails all day LOL Your videos are relaxing ☺️
I pre-ordered "You Had Me At Halo" and "Can't CRTL Me" from Amazon. Looking forward to matching my mani to my new in-game skin!
It's really nice to see a swatcher do more than one finger. Thank you for that. I did like some of the shimmers. TFS 😊❤️ Britt
Probably going to end up buying this whole collection just because I'm an Xbox girl haha! The Halo shade works for me because my spartan is always purple 💜 I would love the Halo skin but I'll have to see if it'll work for me in Canada
Pardon my ignorance- what is a skin? I didn’t understand what that whole section was about
I bought 6 of these polishes. I haven’t tried them yet but have heard similar reviews about them being patchy! I wonder why, I usually really like OPI formula! I hope they try what they did with Pixel Dust in some new colors! I bought it because it’s so different for them, but coral tends to look pretty bad on my skin tone.
Because it’s an Xbox collaboration, there are exclusive colorings for in game items for a couple of Xbox games.
I haven’t had a chance to look at any other reviews yet but I’m glad I’m not alone in thinking they were a little patchy. I think I’m way pickier than the average person with coverage (when in doubt, add a third coat!) but I always wonder if I’m being totally unreasonable and wrong when I put a video out and didn’t love the coverage on polishes that ended up looking fine in photos.
Coral/orange/red never looks right on me either!
I love Halo but this whole collection is a miss for me. The pastels really don't fit with either the XBox or Halo color scheme.
I agree with you! I used to play Halo a lot! And the game had a lot of vibrant colors! I don't see a real green. As the master chief armour. Or a bright almost neon yellow when you shoot at maximum power
@@tabatad5843 Right?! Where's the Needler purple or the Warthog grey?
An Xbox themed fall collection would have been perfect.
Achievement Unlocked is definitely the star of this collection, but I probably won't even pick that up. Not a fan of these. Great review anyway!
Thank you for comparing all the colors! I was really excited when my bf asked which colors I would like as a treat for me and a halo skin for him haha 😉😊
Thanks for swatching. I'm meh on this collection. I was so unimpressed that I hadn't realized the Halo polish was named after the game until you mentioned it lol Plus, jumping through all of those hoops for the skins...why?
I liked all the colors, as usual, picking out the specific ones I will buy will be hard to keeping restraint. Oh Jess, do you topcoat your swatches, either than obviously the matted ones?
Welcome back!!!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Tfs! Thanks for the Matte top coat swatches and the info for the collab. Great to see you back!!
'Heart and con-soul' is the absolute cutest name I've heard in a while!! 😭 (The song 'Heart & soul' makes me cry & I don't know why 😂)
Absolutely beautiful collection!! I love the colors!! Thank you for sharing your videos with us! We appreciate it!! 💖💖💖
Pixel Dust is beautiful!
I really liked Quest for Quartz with the matte top coat! 🤣
Me too! 😂
Any recommendations to remove pixel dust 😬?
If someone made me bet that this was an Xbox collab.......I'd be dead broke 🤨
Hey Jess thanks for the review!!!..... These are my types of polish.... What is your fav fast drying shiny top coat..... Ive been using seche vite for years but it ALWAYS leaves bubbles in light color polishes AND leaves a weird line around the cuticles as if i didnt apply it all the way on the polish!!!....it shrinks!!!
Please help
Thanks❤️🧡💛
I’m so torn with this collection! I need to go through what I already have but N00bery I think is one for me
Being a collaboration with xbox I was expecting more striking colours, it looks more like a collaboration with barbie. Seriously, am I the only one sick of so many pastel colours? I love the shimmer shades, they're beautiful and their names are the best: You had me halo XD I love it. Does Pixel Dust have a cool or warm undertone? Also, would you recommend buying the Infinite Shine version or the regular version?
Pixel Dust is a warm undertone. Sort of deep coral-ly pink base but the glitter lifts it to paler pink. I have the regular polish and the glitter content makes it wear like iron after 2 coats. I would say Infinite Shine formula not necessary with this one.
@@janeh3289 I see, thank you 😚
i was expecting striking colors too! i play on Xbox and honestly regardless of consoles and video games, i barely see any pastels lol. but im still picking the colors up!
Dang! I've played ESO since Jan 2014 - yep I got the beta pre release 4 times - OPI should do an ESO version!! #thx Jess for the video, it's been so long since an OPI collection
If you like a color but the powder is not available what do you do?
I'm definitely picking up a few of these
YAY! I was waiting and hoping for your swatches of this collection! Thank you! Beautiful swatches! XOXO Heidi
Thank you! This was supposed to be up on Saturday but just about everything that could go wrong went wrong. I even angry cried at one point 😂
Love the hair!
Great video as always, thanks for sharing, I like the colour story but I dont play xbox even though my hubs worked for Rare who made xbox games. If you played Kinect sports one he worked on the UI.
I appreciate seeing some with matte topcoat also
I'm not a fan of OPI - mostly because the ones I seem to choose end up streaky and if I have to put on 3 coats I expect it to be completely opaque which is not usually the case. I completely understand where you're coming from and am glad I'm not the only one.
Sorry if this has been asked before but what matte topcoat are you using?
Orly 😊
being a artist love colors
So excited for this one! Your swatches are the best.
Love these for spring! 🌸
I would do bad things for that controller too! Kinda sad you can't buy them. I tagged everyone I could think of in the contest post! Guess I'll be going to Ulta to get my Forza skin.
Pixel dust is beautiful color, I think it'll look great on toes..❤it!
I’ve heard such mixed reviews on this collection, I like that they had different finishes but just not my favorite shades.
I feel like they could have done a lot more with the finishes. I’m still debating whether I was over the top with my pickiness about the creams but they just weren’t doing it for me.
Trading paint is so cute
i play Xbox, i definitely think they should of done more vibrant, neon colors just because i can’t even think of the console being “pastely “ lol. but i will still buy it cus i love nail polishes and love Xbox
I really love all these colours but it’s sooo expensive in my country! 20€!? Its just too much for me. I’m not sure how much it costs in the US but here in the Netherlands it just doesn’t seem worth it to me, especially because the formula wasn’t even that good.
They're already in Ulta
Yes they’ve been in Ulta for a while. OPI is advertising the “official launch date” and access to the digital content as February 1st.
I love that Xbox is acknowledging their female userbase. It’s just too bad this collection’s formulas aren’t 100% great. I like to vote with my wallet and I’d like to see more collaborations between beauty and gaming companies, so I got the whole collection before I even saw any reviews. Anything that highlights the female presence in consumer markets is good imho. The gaming community can be very toxic and anti-female. I feel like this polish collab is a step in the right direction
🥳Yeah it’s great that Female gamers are being catered to.
I’m seeing all these low IQ men complaining and asking why they got this, this is dumb, and saying homophobic crap but this collaboration is not for (most) men LMAO 🤣 .
🤪I have to bring them back to reality and remind them that females exist and are gamers too.🤪
Men are not the target demographic for this collaboration.
Funny, I picked "Achievement unlocked" and "Racing for pink," now I can play Halo with pretty pastel colors. I wish OPI would have released gel instead.
Does anyone know of a dupe for Rimmel London's (60 seconds) nail polish in 503 Mind the Gap, Victoria??
Not too interested in most of these. Might pick up Achievement Unlocked and Sage Simulation if I see them, but other than that, not really my thing.
My favorite is quest for quartz.
Your hair! 😍
im pretty sure im literally the only person on earth that cares about both the nail polish and the halo skin simultaneously lol
nah, i care about both. i love nail polishes and Xbox! but i will give my bf the skin lol.
jess said it’s not that common for things to look bad with matte topcoat but i am staunchly in the camp that matte topcoat makes everything worse 💀
You have such nice nail beds lol…
Jess, you just sold me on 2 of them 😆
I'm also more of a PS person 😅 maybe if I pick any up I'll shout-out to some of my Xbox friends if they even play the two games mentioned 😂
Great swatches but a very disappointing collection IMO 😭. Thanks for the review!
Jess!!! ❤
Dani!!!
Can't CTRL me ❤️
Trading paint ❤️❤️
I dislike this entire collection. It’s mostly 3 coaters and the colors aren’t anything special.