OPI turned a two-bottle TikTok recipe into a shade of its own, and I built an edit around OPI Bubble Bunny, officially named OPI'm a Bubble Bunny. It runs from the milky pink itself to its parent colors and the base, top coat and oil that finish the manicure.
Two Old Bottles, One Viral Mix and OPI Bubble Bunny
For a year or two my nail feed was full of people painting two coats of Funny Bunny and one of Bubble Bath, so I was not surprised when OPI made it official. The OPI Bubble Bunny shade arrived in the spring 2026 OPIcons collection, and OPI's global director of color equity, Jill Bartoshevich, says it was born from exactly that viral mix. It sits inside a bigger story. OPI began in 1981 as a tiny dental supply company called Odontorium Products, led by George Schaeffer and Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, until they realized dentures and acrylic nails share the same chemistry and decided nails were more fun. Their first hit was the rubber band special, an acrylic system for manicurists, and the first 30 colors followed in 1989. Weiss-Fischmann wanted each color to be a message in a bottle, which is why the names read like jokes. Bubble Bath dates to 2001 and Funny Bunny to 2007, per Bartoshevich. The new shade is a brand borrowing an idea back from its own customers. The first grid has it in lacquer, gel and press-ons, next to Bathtime Bubbly.
The family tree
Grid two is the family tree. Bathtime Bubbly is a spin on Bubble Bath that OPI describes as a fizzy pink creme, here in GelColor, so it is the bolder sibling of the milky shade. The xPress/On sets in Bubble Bath and Funny Bunny are the quick route: a light pink and a soft white, ready without a bottle. Funny Bunny in Infinite Shine is the sheer white creme, shiny and sweet. If you want a sheer pink polish you can adjust by hand, the recipe OPI cites is two coats of Funny Bunny and one of Bubble Bath. More Funny Bunny pushes the result whiter and more Bubble Bath pulls it pink. Test it on one nail first, let it dry, and decide before you paint the rest. The press-ons are the easiest way to compare the two parent colors side by side on your own hands.
Base, top coat and a little oil
Grid three is everything around the color. The Natural Nail Base Coat goes on first, and OPI's own advice is to start with properly prepped nails and one coat of base before color. The Top Coat is there for a shining finish. Nail Envy in Pink to Envy is a sheer rosy strengthener from the brand, a good match for the shade because it barely changes it. Glow Up is a cuticle oil for dry, tired edges. Milky pink nails look best when the surface is smooth and the edges are tidy, so this grid does more work than it seems to. What I would skip is stacking thick coats of a sheer shade to force opacity. It goes streaky and takes forever to dry, and the shade is meant to be built thin. Two thin coats, a top coat and a drop of oil on the cuticles is plenty.
Names with jokes in them
Suzi Weiss-Fischmann was still naming OPI colors as brand ambassador after Coty bought the company, according to a 2019 profile, and the names are half the appeal. Puns like Bathtime Bubbly and Bubble Bunny make a neutral feel like an inside joke. The company is now a division of Wella Company, and it is celebrating 45 years with a shade that fans wrote first. I will keep both parent bottles and the new one on the shelf and decide by mood. If you want to keep browsing, I also put together Bubble Skirts.
