<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/opi-hong-kong-collection.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5427" title="opi-hong-kong-collection" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/opi-hong-kong-collection.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="382" /></a>One of my favourite events on the beauty editor circuit is <a href="http://www.opi.com/" target="_blank">OPI</a>'s annual luncheon with Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, the company's executive VP and artistic director. She visits Toronto every fall to present the following year's spring colour collection (always inspired by a particular location around the world), and it's fascinating to hear her predictions of the next hot colour trends.

Being a pale pink and classic red sort of girl, I was a bit taken aback this time around by all the crazy colour choices (inspired by eclectic Hong Kong, as the name suggests). Of all of them, Suzi told us that <strong>jade</strong> will be the big one. (Called <strong>Jade is the New Black</strong>, it's the second from the left in the top row above.)

Part of the tradition after lunch—and what a wonderful tradition it is!—is for all the editors to have manicures with the new colours, and I can attest that at least 60% went for the jade. I'll be honest: I'm not a fan... maybe for the toes though. I went for <strong>Panda-Monium Pink</strong> (second from the right, bottom row), which is not pink at all but a lovely pale lavender.

P.S. Did you know that OPI polishes are now formulated without DBP, toluene and formaldehyde?

<em>Available in February at professional salons and spas across Canada.</em>