OPI GelColor - Madam President 0.5 oz - #GCW62

I love reds, but they are not flattering to my skin, and after trying out quite a few polishes which promised to be on the cool side, I found this one of OPI's, Madame President, to be nearly perfect. I had no trouble with the application or durability, used 2 coats for beautiful coverage. I really like the OPI's formula for the Infinite Shine line. Compared to some other OPI reds, it is softer, a bit lighter than OPI by Popular Vote, and cooler in tone than OPI Red, but it is closer to OPI Red than to OPI by Popular Vote. I also have tried OPI's Defy Explanation, and found that too warm. Cha-[****] is also warmer, but brighter, not quite as muted as Defy Explanation. OPI's 15 Minutes of Flame, while containing some cooler notes, appears warmer because of the gold aspect of the metallic tones in it. It's beautiful, but not attractive on me.

As a summer woman, I am [****] haired, with greenish blue eyes, and look best in dusty, or grayed versions of blue-greens, purples, lilacs, lavenders, medium blues, pinks, mauves, silver-grays, etc., but look washed out in royal blue, navy, red, emerald, black, hot pink, and look positively ghastly in the clear bright warm colors such as the corals, oranges, browns, tomato reds or the muted autumn earth tones. Hope this helps someone else who'd like a slightly softer, blued red nail polish!