Oh as I look upon these colors again, it does remind me how much I love a fall shade. Fall is absolutely my favorite season both weather wise and color wise, and this is me saying to myself you can wear any color any time of the year! But also OPI seems to put some of their best work on into a fall release, and (spoiler) this collection was no exception.
This is the ‘What’s Your Mani-tude’ collection and it released for Fall 2025 (yes we’re still on a cute little blog catchup, we’re getting so close). It has the traditional 12 shades, as well as a matching Infinite Shine counterpart (which I’ll review next). Featured are 10 beautiful cream shades and then 2 shimmers, so if you were fully jellied out after spring and summer, we circle back around to creams for fall. OPI describes it as “A Fall collection of nail shades straight outta the 90s but ToTaLlY now”, so you’ll have to tell me if this is reminding you of a time in the last millennia, outside of the themed names. I love a good rich cream shade, so I was practically drooling to get on into these shades.
These are still available on the Beyond Polish website. You can also find them on PolishPick as well! So let’s get on into the swatches!
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I started out this post going on and on about fall colors and rich creams, and then we start out with the brightest least fall shade of the collection. Okay maybe you actually enjoy summer and you’re not quite ready to let go of the brights, so here’s a nice little transition for you. This is ‘Bubblegum Goth’ and it’s a coral pink crelly shade. There are definite orange tones to it but it’s fully pink – no matter how much my camera wants to pull it on over to only orange.
This one definitely had an interesting formula and it keeps us from fully diving on into rich creams. It’s almost a thicker jelly, with the same sheerness of jellies but also with issues of self leveling. After 3 coats I still had some uneven patches and it almost felt “goopy”. It’s a beautiful color, but overall it’s not my favorite formula. If you can see past those texture problems, this could still be a fun polish.
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OPI knows how to make a red, so this shade truly is the start of the set, okay. This is ‘Totally Red-ical’ and it’s still pretty bright for a “classic” fall palette. This is a tomato red cream and it’s so fiery on the nails, again pulling in some warm orange tones.
This is a very pigmented red shade and it was easily opaque on my nails in just 2 coats (see NOW we’re into those rich creams I discussed above). It can stain a tiny bit and get messy around the cuticles with cleanup, so just be careful with painting. I can’t say I’m normally a red person, but this one was winning me over for sure!
Totally Red-ical – Live Swatch
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Alright, alright, I hear you, I keep talking about it, so where is the FALL. Well, ‘Slip Dressed Up’ has that covered. This is a classic warm rusty brown shade, and those warmer tones just makes it just feel cozy on the nails. It can look a little more orange in the bottle but it dries down much darker and more brown on the nails.
This one has another stunning cream formula, being opaque in just 2 easy coats. If you don’t have a warm brown like this in your collection, this is a great option!
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Now we get to 1 of the just 2 shimmers in this collection. The 2 are definitely similar, but you’ll notice the shimmers in each one differ, so it’ll depend on preferences whether you want just 1 or both.
‘Band Tease’ here is a deep brown base filled with a gorgeous delicate copper shimmer. It has a sheer 1st coat, with a thinner base allowing that shimmer to peek through the base. But the 2nd coat really starts to layer up and build up that color overall and really allow that shimmer to pop. I did end up adding a 3rd to cover any last patches, but it’ll depend on your own application and preferences.
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Oh you know for this next one, I saw a weird little color and of course I loved it. This is ‘Penny Loafer Lane’ and YES give me all of the mustard yellows. Or maybe it’s an orange? This color is definitely hard to describe and nail down, being a more golden yellow with some brown orangey tones to it. Maybe a honey mustard? Am I just naming condiments? It might not even look good on my cool undertones but I don’t CARE.
And luckily it doesn’t let me down with its formula either, being an easy and smooth 2 coats.
Penny Loafer Lane – Live Swatch
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‘Cargo All Out’ is another sort of color that I can’t get enough of, and not just for autumn. This is a dusty, muted medium green shade, with maybe with the tiniest bit of olive to it? It’s very cool toned overall and really a more unique shade in my large collection. It’s a rich color but with some dustiness to it that makes it feel less intimidating to wear.
This was another easy 2 coat formula! I am so pleased with just a run of beautiful cream formulas.
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You just might be able to guess that this shade, ‘Baby Tee-l’, is in fact a true teal shade. My camera never loves a teal shade, always pulling it to be way more blue, so be sure to look at my swatch video just for application and not for color. I then color corrected the actual swatch photo to be more accurate and in it you can absolutely see how the polish lands right in between a blue and a green. I love shades like this, even if they’re requiring me to pull out color wheels and editing layers.
And I love being able to repeat that this was just another easy and smooth 2 coat formula.
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‘Baggy Jean Baby’ gets us a touch more brightness being a lighter, more white-based blue. But just like a pair of light wash jeans, it has some dustiness to it that feels so comfortable and worn in. It feels like a warmer blue and I feel like this shade would be gorgeous on pretty much anyone.
One again the pigment is there and it’s another easy 2 coat formula.
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This next one is another that absolutely got me, and I LOVE this color. This is ‘Crimp and Proper’ and the exact color of this one is a little tough to get in writing. It’s definitely gray, but it’s also definitely purple. Maybe a taupe? All together it’s STUNNING, and this one truly feels like fall to me. It’s cooler toned and really embodies that chill in the air of a fall morning.
This had another amazing formula, being practically opaque in just 1 coat. I always do 2 coats for every swatch but this could be perfect for when you need to be out the door in as few coats and swipes as possible.
Crimp and Proper – Live Swatch
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This next one takes us a little more neutral – we do need some balance after all, and it’s a shade that can be perfect all year round. This is ‘Flannel Aerobics’ and while I’m not sure where the “flannel” part is coming in, it is a lovely rosy mauve shade. Broken record here, what more can I say, it’s another easy 2 coat formula.
Flannel Aerobics – Live Swatch
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And the final cream of the set is ‘Suzi’s Pager’ and we do always love a Suzi shoutout (if you’re unaware, Suzi Weiss-Fischmann is the co-founder and face of OPI, so that’s why every so often we get a name referencing Suzi).
This is a lovely little putty gray shade and I’m always a sucker for a good gray. OPI is really getting my heart with these more unique colors. This shade has a touch of warmth to it that keeps it from feeling dead on the nails (I’m never mad at that look either, though ‘Crimp and Proper’ above has that covered I suppose). And we round out these creams with another easy 2 coat formula, we say thank you so much OPI.
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Lastly, we’re ending the full collection on the other shimmer. This is ‘Grunge Queen’ and it’s a similar base color to the other shimmer ‘Band Tease’. It’s a deep brown jelly that almost looks black on the nails – in the first coats you’ll see that warmer brown pop out – but instead of that same delicate shimmer, the coppery orange pieces are much larger for a more scattered look.
It’s a touch sheer on the 1st coat, but really starts to build up with a 2nd coat. Depending on your application and preferences you might be set with just 2 coats or you can choose to add a 3rd to further build up the color. Now I will say in my opinion I was finding the sparkles to get a little more lost in the base, especially as it layers up. So I do wish they would pop a little more. You can see them in my bright direct lights, but they’ll be much less impactful in day to day lighting and wear.
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And that’s the set! After some finicky shades in the summer collections, it was such a nice little break for my brain to have all of these smooth easy cream formulas. I can’t lie, my favorite finish is a good cream shade, so I’ll always be happy with a whole collection of them. I loved a lot of these shades, with some being more classic fall colors and some being more unique. Only ‘Bubblegum Goth’ was not my favorite texture, but the rest I can absolutely recommend.
Are you picking any of these shades up?
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