OPI Halloween 2010 Go Goth! Collection

Halloween isn’t my favorite holiday, but it does conjure very fond memories of my childhood – going around the village dressed as a white lady (I just recycle the dress I use as angel during Easter and Christmas holidays) and getting a literal mountain of treats and candies to share with my friends.

Now that I’m way past the age when people would still give me candy, I have come to look forward to nail polish brands’ Halloween collections.  If you haven’t heard about China Glaze’s offering this year, Awakening, you’re in for a treat.  I’m going to go ahead and declare it as the best Halloween offering by a nail polish brand EVER.  OPI, arguably the most known polish brand in the world, isn’t far behind on the spooky polish collections..  They are coming up with another mini set for this year – Go Goth!

OPI Go Goth! Collection

Color Descriptions:

• Obscurity – a matte black
• Sanguine – deep, dark blood red-maroon
• Unripened – a dark glittering green
• Nevermore – blackened purple

I have the mini set from last year and I don’t look forward to using the polishes – OPI minis are notoriously difficult to work with.  I am curious about the lace cuff bracelet that comes with this year’s set though…I wonder if I’ll be able to actually use it.

Honestly?  This doesn’t really make my heart race with excitement.  I feel that these colors have already been done before.  I am curious about Unripened though – it looks awfully like China Glaze Emerald Sparkle based on the photo.  I wish OPI would release a full-size version of this!

Oh, and I’m happy there’s no glow in the dark polish this year.  Those are already incredibly passe at this point.

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China Glaze Halloween 2010 – Awakening Set

China Glaze is my favorite polish brand.  And they continue to amaze me.  They come out with the best Halloween-themed polishes too, and this year is no exception!

L-R: Mummy May I, Ick-A-Body, Zombie Zest

Before you say anything – yes, I’m getting quite tired of all these vampire-themed stuff around.  But hey, Twilight and all wannabes sell, so if I were a polish company like China Glaze I would totally jump on the bandwagon while it’s hot!

China Glaze also posted some magnificent swatches. EDIT:  Scrangie, the girl who is responsible for reigniting my love for nail polish, has some fantastic swatches as usual over at her blog, too.

I totally forgive the passe theme of this collection since they did a GREAT job at creating 3 new colors (last year they only did 1 and included 2 core colors with the sets) for this Halloween!  And one is a green!

Can’t wait till September, when these officially launch!

Bravo, China Glaze!  You never fail to amaze me.

Photo Credits: China Glaze