It's pretty enough, right? It's a shimmery, cool red that is very similar to OPI I"m Not Really a Waitress, though SNTMY is a little pink-er. Back when I first discovered OPI (when I first started getting acrylics before my wedding in December 2001), this was one of the colors I fell in love with. Years later, after my twins were born, I started getting regular manis, and my manicurist had a bit of a spotty selection, so I picked up a few colors so I could take the polish with me, as well as do touch-ups and polish changes it home. Soho Nice to Meet You was the first color I bought. It also was the only color I kept when I decided my small nail polish collection (app. 8 bottles) had to be given away (I have no idea what I was thinking) about 6 months later. I used it off-and-on until my nail polish collection just exploded and then it got stuck in my cabinet and was promptly forgot about. I think the last time I used it was in 2008.
Last night, I was digging through my reds looking for another shimmery OPI red, Rose to the Ovation, when I happened upon Soho Nice to Meet You. The bottle was almost dry so I decided to do a little nail polish CPR and bring it back to life. After a ton of thinner, lots of shaking, and a night spent on it's head, it was revived. I was so excited. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same as I remember. It was pretty, but it looked so commonplace to me. Like something I've already seen 5000 times.
After my not-so-favorable blast from the past with OPI Kimono'ver Here (pardon the crap pic in the post), it makes me wonder if I didn't see all my old polish loves through rose colored glasses (though I'm still in love with Orly Red Sea Pearl, so I know that's not completely true). Or maybe, and more accurately, I'm the one changing. I already find myself preferring cremes to shimmers and blues to reds, so it could just be that my tastes are morphing as I fall deeper and deeper down this rabbit hole.
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