Octopus Party Nail Lacquer What's the 411 Collection Swatches & Review

*Collection purchased with blogger discount*

I'm a little late with this post, but better late than never. I have the 90's inspired Octopus Party What's the 411? Collection for you today! This is the perfect group of pastel neon cremes for summer. They are all completely opaque in 2-3 coats, require no white base and apply evenly with no streaks! As a lover of all neon polish, this collection is my dream come true. 

Let's start off with the best neon yellow I have ever encountered- Octopus Party Fierce. This is a true highlighter yellow, bright and sunny. Like most neons, it was hard to photograph but I think the picture below is the most color accurate. More yellow and less green tones than the two photos above. There is a slight green tone, but to the eye it's predominantly yellow.

                   

Fierce was easy to apply and streak-free. This is three thin coats, but if you do thicker coats it would be fairly opaque in two. Like all of the colors in this collection, no white base was needed! Yellows and neons are both notoriously fussy and this was a dream to apply! It also looks amazing with one layer of matte top coat, as pictured below.                             

Octopus Party Money is a pastel neon lime green creme. Money is an amazing shade, I have definitely been needing this in my collection without realizing it. It's very saturated and I can't think of a similar color. It almost has a touch of a minty tone to it, like neon spearmint maybe. I love these pastel neons because they're super bright, but they also have a bit of a soft look to them, not harsh at all.

This was two easy coats. Money is nicely opaque and great to work with. I absolutely love it matte, as you can see in the picture below. For all of the matte swatches in this post, I used one layer of OPI Matte Top Coat.

Alright I think this might be my absolute favorite of the collection! Octopus Party Phat is a pastel neon coral. If you've ever read this blog before, you know that I am obsessed with coral polish in the summer. This is the perfect coral, a nice balance of pink and orange tones. It's bright, but soft feeling too. It will be flattering on a huge variety of skin tones. Depending on the lighting, it can lean more orange or more pink. I can't wait to wear this on my toes too. I'll definitely be rocking it many times this spring and summer!

This is two coats of Phat and it was a dream to apply. The consistency of these polishes is near perfect. Not too thick, not to thin and self-leveling to the max. Look at Phat with the matte top coat!!! So so amazing! This collection has reminded me to break out that matte top coat more often.

Next up is Octopus Party Rad, a rain cloud blue creme. Rad is a powdery blue with a hint of gray undertones. It makes me think of a rainy spring day that still has some hints of sunlight peeking through. This one is more pastel than neon, but still has a pop of brightness. 

Two coats of Rad is nicely opaque. I love this one matte! Looks so good and powdery!

Second favorite alert! Octopus Party Down is a bright near neon turquoise creme. Sign me up to swim in these waters, I'm in love. Like a few of the others, this isn't all the way to neon. It's bright but still has a soft quality to it that makes it so pretty! Just a gorgeous shade for spring and summer!

Down is pretty opaque in two coats. I did a third thin coat on this one just for the extra punch of color. The formula is near perfection, like the others in this collection. It also looks amazing matte! 

Octopus Party Bomb is the perfect Barbie pink creme. I don't even like or wear pink polish normally, but I love this and I've already worn it once on my nails and once on my toes! It looks like cotton candy or saltwater taffy, just all of those summer treats right on your nails. Look no further for your perfect pink creme!

Two coats and easy to apply!  Gotta love a collection with a consistently amazing formula.

Octopus Party Fly is a clear sky blue creme. Picture the sky on the brightest most beautiful summer day and this is the polish to match. On a personal note, this color matches the color of my stand up paddle board paddle and I can't wait to wear it while paddling this summer!

This is two coats. Check it out matte, so cool!!

Octopus Party Dope is just the prettiest purple polish I own. This is such a dreamy creamy lilac that is the perfect combination of neon and pastel. It's quite bright, but soft and flattering too! I wore this on my nails for about a week and it's also been on my toes for almost two weeks now! I just don't want to take it off. Two easy coats for this one.

This is how I wore Dope on my nails, with one coat of Octopus Party Plucky Charms, a recently released flakie polish with pretty rainbow flakies. Such a perfect spring look! Dope also looks beautiful with a matte top coat. 

Here's the full collection info. Pre-order ends Saturday, so make sure you get those orders in now! Join the OctoSquad fan group on Facebook to order.

Pre-order 4.22.2022 - 5.7.2022

☀️ SALE ☀️

Pre-order the entire collection for $100

Bomb 👛 ($13.50): taffy pink cream. Opaque in 2 coats.

Phat 🍑 ($13.50): salmon cream. Opaque in 2-3 coats.

Fierce ⚠️ ($13.50): lemon cream. Opaque in 2-3 coats. 

Money 🎾 ($13.50): chartreuse cream. Opaque in 2-3 coats.

Down 👗 ($13.50): turquoise cream. Opaque in 2 coats. 

Fly 🦋 ($13.50): sky blue cream. Opaque in 2 coats.

Rad 🥏 ($13.50): ultramarine cream. Opaque in 2 coats. 

Dope ☂️ ($13.50): lilac cream. Opaque in 2 coats.

Shipping:

$10 Domestic for the entire collection

$24 Canadian for the entire collection

$4 Domestic for 1 bottle

$0.50 for each additional bottle

$14 Canadian

$1 for each additional bottle

Octopus Party The Algae-atic Sea and On the Frocks

*Purchased by me*

I have a long way to go towards wearing all of the polish I bought at Polish Con, still wading through it all! Today I have two polishes I purchased there from the lovely Dave at Octopus Party Nail Lacquer. Octopus Party The Algae-atic Sea is a bright near neon lime creme. It's a really unique shade of green and was very hard to capture accurately in pictures. It looks more minty here, but it really is like a lime color. Not as soft either and definitely brighter. I think my first picture is the most accurate, but it is still greener and brighter in person. There are a variety of swatches on the OPNL Etsy store site and they all look different too, so I think it's just one of those troublesome beauties to photograph! What an amazing color in person though, wow!! I topped The Algae-atic Sea with one layer of Octopus Party On the Frocks, a very cool iridescent glitter topper. The glitters in On the Frocks shift from blue to purple to green and are very smooth feeling, not rough at all. I am loving this combo and I got a ton of compliments on this mani!

This is two coats of The Algae-atic Sea. It was lovely to apply and nicely pigmented. If you have longer nails than me, you could need a third coat, but two was perfect here. I topped it with one easy layer of On the Frocks and one layer of top coat.

Octopus Party The Algae-atic Sea is available now in the OPNL Etsy Shop. I don't see On the Frocks, but maybe it will return in the future. While you're there, I strongly advise you to get The Pleasure Principle. It is an INSANELY gorgeous shifty multi chrome. I have to swatch that for you all next, it's nuts!

Octopus Party Green Mystery Polish

*Purchased by me*

After a snowy and super busy weekend, I finally have a post for you today! It snowed like crazy on Friday and I ended up having a snow day from work. Then Saturday was my cousin's bridal shower, which was super fun and delicious, and Sunday there was a dance competition I had to attend. Then to top it off, yesterday snowed and I had another snow day! Which is great fun, but snow days are not good for swatching, too dark and cloudy!! But today I have a really special polish for you from Octopus Party Nail Lacquer. A couple of weekends ago, Dave, the maker of OPNL, listed a some mystery polishes on his site. I managed to snag a green one and it's SO gorgeous! This is a beautiful forest green jelly packed with scattered holographic sparkles. Unfortunately, there still isn't much sun, so it was hard to capture the holo flashes, but even so, this is stunning!

This polish applied effortlessly! It has a gel-like consistency that makes it easy to achieve a nice rounded shape by the cuticle without worrying about flooding. This is three thin coats.

These mystery polishes are unreleased prototypes, so they probably won't be for sale again. However, I highly recommend liking Octopus Party Nail Lacquer on Facebook so that you can find out when beauties like this will be available in the future!! Octopus Party polish is available at the Octopus Party Etsy store.

Octopus Party Crypsis

*Purchased by me*

Hi everyone! We made it through Wednesday and the weekend is seeming closer, right? Today I have a really spectacular polish for you- my very first Octopus Party lacquer! This holographic lavender-gray beauty is Octopus Party Crypsis. Crypsis is a group custom for the Octopus Party fan group on Facebook, called The Octosquad! It's a stunning linear holo that also has a duochrome purple to green/blue shift. I can't decide what color this polish really is, it shifts between purple, lavender, gray, icy blue, etc. In sunshine, you get to see the gorgeous holo rainbow, and in lower lighting, the duochrome really stands out! So it looks fantastic no matter what lighting you're in!

This is three thin coats of Crypsis, although it was pretty pigmented, so you could probably do two. It was effortless to apply and I did not need to do any clean-up. Lovely!

Now I have to share this- I got a new Patagonia jacket for Christmas and it's a purple to green/blue duochrome fabric!!! It goes with Crypsis so well it's crazy! I am mad though because my camera really didn't want to capture the shift in either the polish or the jacket.

If you want to get this stunner, you must proceed to the Octosquad on Facebook. It is a group custom, so sales of this polish happen only in that group, but it is fairly easy to join. Also check out the Octopus Party Etsy Store, it currently has a few goodies in there!