Do I have fake OPI?

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Anna B.

Mar 2, 2013

Anna B.

I have 15 bottles of OPI nail polish - 10 being mini (from 'the Best of The Best collection) and 5 being full sized. I have had them for varying amounts of time, and have only just started to doubt that some of them may be fake.
In the picture are 3 of my newer polishes: the top and base coat were bought online at beautybay.com and the gold nail lacquer was bought by my gran at her local beauty supply.
I have looked online at signs that show opi products may be fake, and I have come to see that the base and topcoat bought online are showing 'positive' for these signs.
The first thing the website has said to look at is the brush - the black handle should be smooth and have the opi logo at the very top. The base and topcoat do have this logo, but the handle of the brush is a little rougher. The actual brush itself looks like the standard thick size, but it does not have the opi logo written on the plastic just above the bristles, which is apparently what all legitimate opi polishes have.
On the back of the base and topcoat, there are 4 warning signs, where as on the gold polish from the beauty supply which I think is legit, there are only 3. Also, on the 10 from the best of the best collection (which was ordered off eBay) there are also 4 warning signs. Could this signify anything?
Every other bit of writing looks the same on all bottles, though.
On the sticker at the bottom of the polishes, all have the 'peel here' writing and are all double layered stickers. All polishes also have serial codes on the bottom of the glass bottle and on the sticker.
I really don't know whether I have fake opi or not..do any of you have any signs to look for in fake/real opi?
What do you think?
Please help if you can, I'm losing my mind!
I can post more pictures if need be.. 
Xx

Emily O.

Mar 2, 2013

Emily O.

Those are real. I have the same ones!

Anna B.

Mar 2, 2013

Anna B.

Oh okay! Thank you :) makes me feel a little better about them aha. :)

Emily O.

Mar 2, 2013

Emily O.

No problem (:

Caitlin M.

Mar 2, 2013

Caitlin M.

I've noticed that just depending on where you buy them the stickers and labeling changes. The ones I buy from my hair salon have big barcode stickers on them and ones I buy online don't. So it may just be that different places have different labels and whatnot. I'd say as long as the formula doesn't appear off in any way you don't have a need to be concerned.

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