Orly Cherry Bomb

I decided to give Orly another try, even though they haven't thoroughly impressed me as of late...

Orly Cherry Bomb




While I can't say that they've thoroughly redeemed themselves, this is a step in the right direction. Cherry Bomb is a *bright* red with a slightly frost/metallic finish that glimmers silver. The formula on this one was actually very good and only required two coats. Wear was very good -- I wore it four full days before I saw any kind of tip wear. The pics above are just before I was about to remove the polish, so you can see how well it held up!

Orly Glam

This is what I wore as my Fourth of July mani. I know I'm a little late to post, but I wanted something that was a deep red, and I wanted some sparkle, so this seemed to fit the bill perfectly!

Orly Glam




(outdoors, direct sunlight)




Sadly, I didn't love this polish. I can't really put my finger on it -- maybe it was the formula. It wasn't quite jellyish, but it definitely wasn't opaque in less than three coats either. I just feel like the red shimmer/glitter polishes have been done to death, and nothing really stands out about this out. I probably should have just stuck to China Glaze's Ruby Pumps or something.... This looked a lot prettier in the bottle than it ended up looking on my nails :-(

Orly Rage

Hmm... Orly is not a brand that I've posted regularly about, but I actually do like it, so I'm surprised I don't wear it that often! I particularly like this polish :-)

Orly Rage




This polish is part of their Foil FX collection, which consists of three polishes - a gold, a silver, and this stunning rosegold. The color is a little hard to describe, but it's a neutral, metallic (but with a flat/satin finish) light nude rose. Whew, that was a mouthful! Here are some pics of it under direct sunlight (ignore my beaten-up cuticles -- they have been incredibly rough-looking lately).



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The formula on this was thick and quite fast-drying. I didn't use a top coat, since I wanted to keep the flat finish of the polish.

Orly Chocolate Martini

Orly recently released 48 mini holiday polishes, and most of them are some sort of glitter or shimmer, so of course, I had to pick up a few! These polishes are small, which is why I am holding a bottle of Nubar Diamont in one of the pics -- they are bigger than the OPI mini polishes, but not as big as the China Glaze minis. Onto my first Orly!

Orly Chocolate Martini






This one is a shimmer -- the color is a bit hard to describe, but I would say it's like a burnt brown/orange color. I took a non-flash pic in natural light so that you can see that it has some golden shimmer to it as well. Even though the polish was small, it was fairly easy to work with and was opaque in two coats. The wear is OK - as you can see in the non-flash picture (which was taken the next day), there is already a tiny bit of tip wear. I have a few other minis from this collection coming up as well :-)

Also, I am super duper excited because I just ordered the new China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz Returns Collection, and I cannot wait for it to arrive! *happy dance*