As part of Nicki Minaj’s collaboration with OPI this month, her collection features the infamous pale, bubblegum-esque Pink Friday* shade that first reared its head with last year’s MAC partnership. It’s not pepto-bright but the chalky pink will stand out against most skintones – it’s not one for shrinking violets.
The formula was thick and you’ll need a little patience to ensure a smooth finish unless you’re willing to go the 3-coat option which will obscure any streakiness from the first two coats. I’m sure the shade isn’t massively unique but I don’t actually own any dupes and infact, only two others that are remotely similar – I don’t usually go in for these finger-popping pale shades but I do like how this one looks once applied.
Pink Friday (and the rest of the Nicki Minaj collection) is available to buy online priced at £10.50 from official stockists, Lena White.
While I was comparing pinks, I thought I’d paint up a nail wheel showing some of my favourite pinks…
1. ByTerry Terrybly Nail Laque – #2
2. Nails Inc. – China Town
3. Spa Ritual – Knowledge Is Power
4. Orly – Flirty
5. Butter London – Primrose Hill Picnic
6. George at Asda – Groove
7. Mavala – Sweety
8. Nails Inc. – Pelham Crescent
9. Barry M – Fuchsia
10. Eyeko – Punk Polish
11. Mavala – Graphic
12. H&M – Sinful Senorita (holo)
13. Ciate – Plastic Fantastic
14. Butter London – Twee (layering polish)
15. Ciate – Main Stage
16. Accessorize – Pink Spice
17. China Glaze – Ahoy!
18. OPI – Pink Friday
19. Mavala – Miami
20. Ciate – Fun Fair
What are your favourite pink nail picks for Spring?
* press sample
Pink Friday looks good on you and I your pink polish collection espc no. 7 & 19. My fave pink has to be Got a Date to Knight by OPI.
Opi Pink Friday looks lovely on your nails. But when I look at the wheel (this is so useful, thank you for doing it) the shades which immediately jump out of the page for me are:
20: CIATE Fun Fair
11: H&M Sinful Senorita
15: CIATE Main Stage (omg, what’s the ciate obsession)
and of course 2. NAILS INC, China Town: that blue peeking through: yum
what does it say of me? That I prefer blue undertoned pink?
Jesus Fun fair is just gorgeous!!
liloo/@tsunimee xx
The colour looks great on you, I would of thought it woulr be a right bugger to oull off! I think I quite fancy this polish, though I keep hearing the formula is a bit of a pain, so £10.50 seems a bit steep. Love the pink nail wheel, a great idea! I’m gonna get Mavala’s Miami I think, so pretty. 🙂 xxx
Hmm.. ist definitly too nude for me hehe 😀
And well.. i dont go for pinkish nudes and stuff 😮
This looks much nicer on the nails than I thought it would!Looks like it would be fun to stamp over. The nail wheel is making me drool, Ciates Fun Fair and the H&M holo are gorgeous!
Pink is such a happy colour for me 🙂 Just looking at the wheel I’m smutting here grinning like a maniac. Stand out shades for me are 3,4 and 10 if I really had to choose, but I must forget where they came from as I cannot spend any moolah on pretties <—Message to self. x
Lovely on you but I am not even close to being ready to give up my vampy winter colours yet!
Chanel April is my new fave pink shade. Disregard that fact that April is my birth month and I tend to covet all things associated with it.