<Singing> (with apologies to Dean Martin)
How lucky can one guy be?
I found one, right next to three..
I'm the fella that said,
"Gimme all four of My Private Jet!"
This color ain't really black
But I'm never takin' 'em back.
I said "just wrap 'em to go
I love that holo-y glow!"
My head keeps spinning;
I see my hands and I can't stop grinning.
Hope you don't mind my singing,
but this color is so beautiful.
When the sun hits my nails just right,
Rainbow flashes fill me with delight!
It's like the nail tech said
"I'll make you a bet..
you're gonna love My Private Jet!"
Like the nail tech said,
You gotta get My Private Jet!
My head keeps spinning;
I see my hands and I can't stop grinning.
Hope you don't mind my singing,
but this color is so beautiful.
It's not Original '07 "Jet"
2009 was the best I could get;
Still, the holo is there;
Thank God for Spectraflair!
You know I'll be keepin' the set;
Tell me quick, don't you love 'Jet?
Don't you love, My Private Jet?
</singing>
This was my second attempt at a dusty hunt - I hauled these 4 pretties home and also a bottle of "A Man In Every Portugal" - my first OPI black label, it's like a creme version of my beloved "Bogota Blackberry", so it's a better match to my favorite shirt!
Of course, I'm still keeping an eye out for an original, 2007 MPJ... but I'm incredibly happy to have found these!
Wow! What a find!
ReplyDeleteThis would be much better if you posted a sound bite of you actually singing... ;)
ReplyDeleteOk... but I'll do it in Sean Connery's voice- maybe a duet of Connery and William Shatner...
DeleteEvil, evil man! No threatening of the Shatner singing!!!
DeleteI'm so jealous!!! I have the most recent MPJ. I really want to go dusty-hunting but I'm afraid to haha. I did go into one salon and I asked if they sold nail polish because I saw new bottles in display cases, but they told me no. I may call different salons just to see if they will sell me polish. I don't even mind if some are used. I just want some black labels :)
ReplyDeletei hate you a little right now Mr Steve *eye twitch* I will only ever get MPJ once i become rich and succumb to ebay prices...
ReplyDeleteso...never lol
These were $7 each...
Deletedude!
Deletea normal opi here is $20+ in stores, and most near me think the Texas collection is the best thing ever... lol
So are you saying the first 4 digits are a date code, 2 digit year and 2 digit week number. ie. 0926 meaning 2009 week 26. That is a common date code format for lot numbers.
ReplyDeleteJim, my thinking is that for codes in this format, the first 5 digits are YYDDD, where 09260 means "2009, 260th day", and 10053 means "2010, 53rd day". What's really odd though, is that mine is 09260ABV with holo, but I've also seen 09260AAV MPJ without holo. If these are truly date codes, then both bottles were made on the same day... for the same color... but with different formulas. This is possible if OPI has different plants scattered about (that would make a ton of sense compared to international shipping of flammable liquids with import duties on finished product... but OPI says "Made in USA").
DeleteHey Steve! So glad I found your site... I have a potential swap on the table right now for an MPJ Holo but I asked for the serial # and it starts with 12XXXXX and I looked at my bottles and all of them correspond with the year the collection came out. Merry Midnight 09XXXX, Texas Collection 11XXXXX.
DeleteSo I will have to pass on this swap; plus the person admitted to buying it on Ebay (no bueno)! I think it's souped up with SpectraFlair, personally. So I will be holding on to my "in-the-box" DS Exlusive for the real-deal MPJ holo.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!:)
Nice! I've only dustied once. Made a couple of decent finds, but nothing as major as yours! Oh, the downside of living in a small town.
ReplyDeleteScore!!! Nice one.
ReplyDeleteHey Steve! I hope you don't mind I tagged you on my blog! I truly enjoy your blog (Thanks to Amanda Berry!) http://www.caateryna.com/11-question-tag/ :)
ReplyDeleteomg! no freaking way!! i am soooo jealous right now! LOL! great find!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAre you in a sharing mood? LOL. Great stuff, man!
ReplyDeleteI have a third of a bottle of original MPJ and two bottles of Color Club Revvolution. I know it is basically the Diet Pepsi version of MPJ but it makes me happy just the same.
ReplyDeleteHi Steve! I've nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! Visit http://paintmynailsatmidnight.blogspot.com/2012/04/ive-been-nominated-for-versatile.html for the badge and the rules!
ReplyDeleteOh wow great score!! This was my first holo and I have to say it's my favorite holo. Love looking at it on my nails in the sun :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh so much holo-y goodness! So jealous! Haha and I love the singing!
ReplyDeletep.s. I, too, own a 09352ABV that I found at a dusty a year or so ago! Upon closer inspection it's a brown base with slight holo and I ♥ it but like you, I'm holding out for the 2007 series, which back then, I think, started with a letter.
ReplyDeleteHi Steve,
ReplyDeleteI have nominated you for the versatile blogger award! To accept the nomination, please visit my blog for details : http://macabremanicures.blogspot.com/2012/05/versatile-blogger-award.html.
Emily