OPI Purple Nail Polish Swatches
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Nobility. Luxury. Power. Extravagance. Wisdom. Magic.
These words and others like them are often used to describe the color purple.
Purple can be described using strong words such as these, and it can also be described as a color commonly used in Feng Shui for the “abundance corner” of the home.
If you keep your vanity in the “abundance corner,” defined as the back left corner of the home when standing facing inward at your front door, it may be a good idea to have some purple nail colors in that space.
So in this post, you will see a few swatches of some of the best purple nail polish colors we have tested so far from the brand OPI.
Each purple nail polish shown below includes a description of it and links to purchase, if you wish, under each image.
Starting with the lightest purple nail polish and moving to the darkest -
OPI Hue is the Artist?
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OPI Suga Cookie
This is a sheer light lilac that has such a delicate sparkle - gives your nails a fairy-like look. It can also be worn as a topper.
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OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender
This is a light lavender cream. It’s kind of a mix between pink and purple, and that makes it a perfect spring purple for warmer skin tones.
OPI Seven Wonders of OPI
From the OPI Peru Collection, Seven Wonders of OPI (NLP32) is a mauve-leaning warm light purple nail polish with cream finish.
Shown in two coats, Seven Wonders of OPI is a very flattering shade that is easy to photograph.
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OPI Purple Palazzo Pants
Shown here in two coats, Purple Palazzo Pants (NLV34) is from the Venice Collection, home to other stunner shades like Gelato on My Mind and Tiramisu for Two.
Purple Palazzo Pants is a one-coater, cool-toned pastel purple nail polish with a cream finish.
As a one coat lighter colored shade, Purple Palazzo Pants offers a high level of color payoff with the least amount of formula required, making it a rarity in the world of nail polish.
OPI Put on Something Ice
This shade is like a unicorn’s energy was bottled into a liquid formula. Its sparkle size and type variety is mesmerizing.
The iridescence really pulls it all together.
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OPI Skate to the Party
This is a cheerful, almost neon lavender.
I wore this shade to a wedding I didn’t want to go to once. Simply wearing this shade helped change my mind about it.
It’s a happy shade that helped me forget about everyone’s drama so I could just go with it. Some polishes are like that and this one is.
OPI I Manicure for Beads
I Manicure for Beads (NLN54) is from the New Orleans Collection. It is a creamy, vibrant mid-toned purple, a perfect Mardi Gras purple. Shown in two coats, this formula is easy to apply and dries quickly.
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OPI Violet Visionary
Gosh I love this one. Not only does it have a great name but the richness and smoothness of the pigment is chef’s kiss.
It’s a fall shade but I wear it anytime, because there’s too many rules as it is. It looks great as a pedicure too!
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OPI Turn On the Northern Lights!
Shown in three coats, Turn On the Northern Lights! (NLI57) offers a mesmerizing color formula.
From the OPI Iceland Collection, it is a deep, dark purple with a ruby gold glitter that gives it such a rich depth of sparkle when viewed in direct light - any direct stream of light, not just sunlight.
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OPI Abstract After Dark
A twist on the shade below, Lincoln Park After Dark (LPAD), this is that shade’s cooler, sparkly sister.
It has more blue in it than LPAD and it is a more recent creation for OPI, as it’s from their Fall 2021 Downtown LA Collection.
OPI Lincoln Park After Dark
She’s an icon. She’s a classic. She reminds my mom of her childhood in Chicago.
First released by OPI in 2005, what I like most about this shade is the color depth.
In some lighting it looks like a regular black, in other lighting, you look into the pigment and see a rich, deep eggplant.
If you only had the budget for a single dark shade for your vampy fall/winter manicure idea, this is the shade I’d recommend you try first.
It’s a fall favorite for the last 20 years for a reason.
Which of these purple shades do you like best?
Do you like light purple nail colors or dark purple nail colors better? Do your preferences for purple depend on the season?
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