The two are from the Japenese Collection from....2005 I want to say? There is one other member of this trio - Have A Tempura Tan-Trum - that I'm not including. We had it in lab about a year ago and I tried it and it was viciously atrocious on me, so I don't own it. (It is actually *fabulous* on Piff, and I believe she will be posting it soon.)
However, the other two from this collection - Miso Happy With This Color and Let Them Eat Rice Cake - are two mainstay neutrals in my collection, so I thought I'd share them with you today in such a way that you can see the differences between the two!
Top to bottom (index to pinky): OPI Miso Happy With This Color, OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake, OPI Miso Happy With This Color, OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake
With no flash...
and with a flash...
Miso Happy With This Color is the more red-toned of the two pinks - and a dupe for Rescue Beauty Lounge Plie! (I loved the colour of Plie, but broke up with RBL a while ago.) It's pink, but not in an obnoxious or overly sweet way - quite subdued. It doesn't have huge amounts of white in its base like a lot of the light pinks I own either, and it really is a perfect neutral to have in your polish wardrobe.
Let Them Eat Rice Cake is the blue-toned counterpart to Miso - it is still most certainly pink, but it is lighter and more cool-toned. I loooooveeeee this one! I have a lot of neutrally pinks that are in this family, and I can't get enough!
Application on these is kind of a bummer though - probably three coats? Normally I'm fine with three coats, but they weren't the most fun coats. I'm not sure why everyone is so coocoo-for-coco-puffs over black-label OPIs - I always find the formulas thin and runny. Am I the only one? Even though the formula is not the best, it is definitely worth it to have a couple perfect go-to neutrals!
Have you tried the Japanese Collection OPIs? Thoughts?
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So so so pretty. Love the way you've done this!
ReplyDeleteThese are two pretty neutrals. I have them both. Drive me crazy with the application but they're worth it.
ReplyDeleteI have both of these (I'm missing Tempura and I've never been able to find it to try it...) and I just A-D-O-R-E Let Them Eat Rice Cake. It's one of my favorite polishes and I'm so glad that I have it.
ReplyDeleteI love this post, by the way!
I love them both, great neutral pinks.
ReplyDeleteyou are soooo not alone with not caring for black label opi. there are some colors i love but i find them to be thin and runny as well. plus, i dont like the smell of old polish-b3f for me.
ReplyDeleteThey're both beautiful neutral or nude tones .
ReplyDeleteWhy did you break up with RBL?
ReplyDeleteHow does LTERC compare to Essie Topless and Barefoot?
LOLed at your coocoo for Coco Puffs comment - I feel the same way, although I've been known to get crazy about some black label finds too. Usually I just tough it out though cause I'm too obsessed with the color.
ReplyDeleteI NEED Let Them Eat Rice Cake. Right up my alley and I'm almost ashamed I don't already own it. Great post!
@jaljen - Thank you!!
ReplyDelete@Lucy - Yes, the app sucks...but like you said, worth it!
@Stephanie - Ugh you do not need Tempura, fellow pale person. I think its one of those colours that only looks good on people who have some colour in their skin.
@Bailey - Agreed!
@augusta - Ahh so glad I found a fellow B3F lover! I feel like I've alienated myself in the nail community by speaking out against black labels :P
@Toyomi - Yes, I love them!
@Musings - RBL was super chippy on me. With every top/base coat combo I tried. Just so not worth it for me. Loved the app, hated the wear. T&B is more pinky beige than LTERC - which is cooler and bluer.
@Lindsey - Hehehe I'm glad someone LOL'd!! I think you'll love LTERC - I'm glad its still pretty easy to find!
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