Wooden Shoes Like to Know by OPI

Actually, Wooden Shoes Like to Know is the only colour that I bought from OPI's Holland Collection that wasn't a complete disappointment in terms of quality.  While Gouda Gouda Two Shoes & I Have a Herring Problem were pretty much a washout as well as a but of a waste of cash, WSLTK is the kind of quality that I've come to expect from this company.  It's a middle brown with a warm golden reddish shimmer to it that sort of reminds me of hot chocolate when I look at it.  It has the same sort of satin, not so shiney finish to it that GGTS has.

This polish lasted well when compared to the others that I bought from the collection and even though I'm not totally in love with this colour, I don't feel like I flushed my money down the drain either.

I Have a Herring Problem by OPI

So you can imagine how surprised I was that the formula for Gouda Gouda Two Shoes from OPI's Holland Collection was, in comparison with so many other of their polishes, was quite sub par.  I have grown accustomed to a high level of quality from the brand but every once in a while, you get an unpleasant surprise!  I tend not to use base coats and top coats when I polish my nails for two reasons.  the first one is the fact that I change my polish often!  Some times I'll wear a colour for four or five days but it's rare that I do.  The second reason is that I feel that if I use a base & top coat, I am not really judging the true quality of the polish and prefer to experience it "as is" so to speak.

So trust me when I say that the quality of I Have a Herring Problem is just terrible!  I had liked this cool grey shimmer well enough in the bottle but once I had it on my fingers, I just found it underwhelming, thin patchy and worst off all, it chipped badly within a few hours of application.

This Happened After Only Three Hours of Wear...

So it ended up being bland and bad quality.  Think that I might have fared better with another polish from the Holland Collection?  We shall see...