Black Label: OPI Peel Me A Gobi Grape

Forgive me for showing you this polish.  I ask your forgiveness because I know that this one is really pretty difficult to find.  And when one does run across it, it usually goes for a not insignificant amount of dollars.  But I've been sitting on this one for a while.  So here she is.

I did a bit of research, and OPI Peel Me A Gobi Grape is apparently from a 1998 collection.  1998.  I was twelve years old when this polish came out.  It's obviously long discontinued.  It's a really, really nice red-based purple...maybe kind of a light plum...with bronze-y, gold-y shimmer throughout.  It's a stunner and it's perfect for falltimes.  Clearly this one has the old OPI skinny brush and the old OPI chemical-laden formula.  The formula was fine, but it was a little lumpy (probably because the polish has been sitting around for like a decade).  I used two coats and I was good to go.  

I've had this polish since the winter when a reader, Gail, sent me a box full of old OPIs.  I wanted to wait until I had really nice sunlight to use it, and I think that late August/early September is a great time to wear this one; leading right into fall, this purple with gold shimmer is a great transition from summer to autumn, and from the bright happy colors I've been wearing for the past couple months to the somber, darker tones I plan to use in my wardrobe come fall [read:  when school starts I will be wearing mostly black--or brown tweed.  It's a toss-up].