There has been plenty of noise lately around the release of new nail colours designed to shortcut any colour palate layering. But if you’re like us, and you want that creamy opaque soft pink look, we’ve done our research, and can attest that this colour combo still wins, hands down. (pun intended)

For years we have been devoted to a very specific recipe:

• One coat of OPI Funny Bunny
• One coat of OPI Bubble Bath
• Then one final coat of OPI Funny Bunny

In that exact order.

The result is the perfect creamy, softly opaque pink that avoids looking precious. Bubble Bath adds just enough warmth to stop Funny Bunny veering into correction-fluid territory. It works on every nail length, every season and, most importantly it goes with almost everything in your wardrobe.

OPI has now released OPI’m A Bubble Bunny, a ready-made blend inspired by the cult pairing, presumably for those who prefer their beauty rituals with fewer instructions. We tried it. We remain unconvinced.

Because the brilliance of the original combination lies in the layering. Funny Bunny first creates that softly diffused base, Bubble Bath brings the pink, and the final Funny Bunny coat pulls the whole thing back into the creamy, sweet spot that has kept this combination on repeat for years.

So while the beauty world may be embracing the shortcut, Denizen will be sticking with the formula we know works.