Stranger Tides with Silver Shatter

 This is my favorite of the pirates collection. The murky sage is awesome, it is easy to apply for this kind of polish as well. Two coats, dry time was normal.

 I love Silver Shatter, just not on Stranger Tides, it is far too pretty to cover up. I am still playing with the Silver and it does not shatter as much as I like with a thick coat. When I apply a thick coat I get small line breaks and it doesn't show the base coat much. Picture of Silver Shatter is with topcoat.

  Did any of you pick up Silver Shatter, have you tried layering it over other colors? I have had it over Black Onyx on my toes since I first got it. I don't post pictures of my feet much, maybe I will put that combo on my nails next.

Planks A Lot with Silver Shatter

 The dusty lilac purple from OPI's Pirates collection, Planks A Lot is beautiful. I am really loving these colors. Two coats and it dried quickly, great pastel polish! 

 Like Mermaid's Tears, I don't care for the Silver shatter over Planks A Lot much. I think that is because I like the colors much better on their own. Picture of Silver Shatter is with topcoat

 On Stranger Tides opens this weekend, are you going to see it? 

Mermaid's Tears with Silver Shatter

 Mermaid's Tears is a dirty sea foam green. It had the best application out of the collection for me, smooth as could be with no drag, bald spots and dried quickly, no problems at all. Pictures below are of two coats.

 Silver Shatter over Mermaid's Tears isn't my favorite but I still like, although I think I would wear it alone rather than covering it. The picture of Silver Shatter is with topcoat.

Sparrow Me The Drama with Silver Shatter

 Sparrow Me The Drama, I love that name, is a stunning dusty pink. I didn't think I would love this one as much as I do but it is so perfect. I cannot stress enough how perfect the formula on these pastels are, two thin coats was all I used and it dried quick partly because of that. 

 Just like Steady As She Rose, Sparrow Me The Drama with Silver Shatter makes it much more interesting to look at. I guess that is because of the shimmer finish it gives or maybe it is just me because I get distracted by shiny things. Picture is with topcoat.

Steady As She Rose with Silver Shatter

  Out of the entire Pirates collection Steady As She Rose was the thickest formula for me. It was not difficult to work with like most pastel polishes though. 

 I really love this light pink, it has a bit of a lavender tone to me, somewhere close to Lucky Lucky Lavender maybe? I would love to compare those two but my LLL is with my mother, although I know it has that usual streaky pastel formula. That is probably why I do not wear it much. Steady As She Rose will be getting plenty of use especially with the great application. 

 I used two thin coats, it covered fantastically and dried quick.

 With Silver Shatter I love this color even more. The light pink under the silver I think looks very interesting. I really like this combo! Picture is with topcoat.

 Just my piece of advice on the Shatters, some have been saying they have dried up quickly so every few times I use mine I add a couple of drops of thinner and gently roll it until mixed well. 

Skull and Glossbones with Silver Shatter

 One of my favorites from this collection, Skull and Glossbones. The pastels from the Pirates collection apply and wear extremely well and I have had this on for about four days now with no chipping. It was opaque in two coats with no streaking or bald spots. 

 I added a coat of Silver Shatter the other day because I wanted to play with it and think I have found the way that works best for me. I like the bigger more spaced out pieces and to get that I applied the Silver Shatter very thin, as thin as I could get it while still covering the nail, you could see the base color beneath it. When it dried I had large spacing between the silver. Picture is with topcoat.

ARRRGGGHHH!

 I am a bit behind, blogger would not let me post the past few days, very fustrating. The Pirates collection finally came in, I ordered from Aveyou.com again and shipping time was fantastic. My Stranger Tides had black streaks though it, I think it was from the balls. No matter what I did, rolled, shake, nothing still streaked with black. I emailed them about and they are shipping me a new one so I am very happy about that. After I emailed them went ahead and swatched Stranger Tides along with the rest of the collection, but am waiting until I get the new bottle to do a full mani. It does not seem to have an effect on the color and does not show black streaks on the nail. I have no idea why it is doing that, has anyone else had that problem? Anyways, beside that I have to say I am in love with all of these.
 From left to right are Steady as She Rose, Sparrow me the Drama and Planks a Lot.

 Here they are with Silver Shatter which was a bit more difficult to work with than the Black Shatter.

Left to Right are Skull and Glossbones, Stranger Tides and Mermaids Tears.

 The Silver Shatter on these is a thinner coat and seemed to shatter more than a thicker one. I have Silver Shatter on my toes with Black Onyx under and it looks amazing!

 Overall I love all of these! Stranger Tides and Skull and Glossbones would have to be my favorites, they are just such strange colors I can't help it. 

 I did not have many problem with application other than the Silver Shatter and I will just have to play with it. Planks a lot and Mermaids Tears stained my nails pretty bad with no base coat so if you will be wearing those I highly suggest using one. Other than that they seemed perfect to me. Some of the pastels from last years Shrek collection were a bit goopy and needed three coats to be opaque but these I did not have that problem. I used two coats and they were fine, Skull and Glossbone did not want to apply smooth on the tip of my index finger but I think that is because of the curve on my nail and not getting the brush close enough. My only real problem is the brush for Skull and Glossbones, it does not want to stay on the cap! I will probably super glue it in later.