Mrs O'Leary's BBQ is a dark burgundy creme originally from the Chicago collection. It was long discontinued by the time I got into nail polish (and when MissHollyBerries touted her love for this polish). The older versions are "black label" (pre-3 free OPI) and cost a pretty penny when you do find them.
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| Picture from Polish Pick |
This particular incarnation is from the recent Fan Favorites collection, an Infinite Shine exclusive collection of well loved discontinued shades like Japanese Rose Garden (which I own in black label), Peru-B-Ruby, and Vodka and Caviar. Oh, and this. In fact, this was the first color in the collection I was aware of, courtesy of MissHollyBerries's Instagram. Thanks, Holly!
The main thing I noticed when I applied this was the smell. It's strong, bordering on pungent. I'm borderline noseblind to regular OPI polish but this was different. Could be a pigment thing. Like how some blues are due to ultramarines. Actual formula was great, however. I used two coats here. I don't have the primer and topcoat in the Infinite Shine line but it worked just fine with my usual quick dry top coat outside of a slight smudge (and I'm positive that was a mistake on my part).
This isn't a color I normally wear but it's perfect for cooler weather. It's starting to chill in Georgia so I felt it was time to wear it. Between the morbid name and barbeque sauce color, I can see why it was so well loved.
(Quick rant, however- I'm disappointed that the Fan Favorites line only has reds, corally oranges, and a couple pinks. Would've loved to have had something like Creme de Menthe, Rainforest, or Blue Moon Lagoon in the line. Then again, if there was a budget friendly way to backup Teenage Dream I'd be totally fine with more pinks... What HTF or discontinued OPIs would you love to have or see in a Fan Favorites collection?)
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