Androgynie?

This is Orly Androgynie.  I don't have a ton to say about it, although I have enough pictures to do all of the talking.  This color was not anywhere near what I was expecting, and I was pretty disappointed.  All of the swatches online made this color seem alright, and I guess I just didn't want to believe something so pretty in the bottle could be meh on my nails.

Application was pretty easy, no complaints.  I did find that after a few coats the glitter from the first few coats would get completely covered.  I would have liked to see it either slightly more sheer (so the glitter would shine though) or more opaque (so I would need less coats).

Outside it was definitely more to look at, and I have to admit that when driving I had to sneak a peek once in a while.  I had to get pictures in the sun to show all of the pretty glitter that hides when you're inside.

Overall, I can't say this polish was worth it, but I am glad I purchased it to see for myself.  It's not on my must buy list at all, but I am sure I will get some use out of it, especially for nail art.

I've got your Rainbow Snowcone Connection!

 This manicure was for one of those "I need something fast and easy" days.  I have one coat of Orly Snowcone, which is one of the most flawless blurple pastels I have ever used. Ever.  It applies like a dream in one coat and always looks fantastic.  Over my accent nails I used two coats of OPI Rainbow Connection.

I love the Muppet Collection of polishes. As soon as it released I bought the whole set, without even thinking twice.  For some reason I have lost Designer De-better though, which is driving me up the wall.  I know if I buy another bottle the old one will pop up out of nowhere though!

Eek! A Snowcone!

This is Orly Snowcone as a base for a Giles Eek manicure.  By far Snowcone is one of my favourite polishes out there, it coats evenly and is perfection in one coat.  I have to say, this manicure is up there in my favourites as well.  The Eep! is easy to do and so gosh darn cute that it's hard not to show it off.  Every time I see pictures of someone with the cute little eyes it gives me an incredible urge to do another version of this manicure. 

Take me out to the ball game.

This is a quick, not very clear, extra blog for Sunday.  I am going to the Oriole's game for my close friend's birthday and I had to share my manicure.  This is Wet n Wild Black with Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings and an accent of Color Craze White and Orly One Night Stand as baseballs.  I don't know if I will be able to get better pictures of this manicure since my beloved camera has no battery and my charger is missing at the moment, but I had to share this with everyone.

I love a good Cupcake

This is Orly Cupcake.  This color applies flawlessly and is overall just an amazing polish.  I love Orly for their pastel cremes, they always apply like a dream and look so beautiful.  If I could only have one finish from one brand for the rest of my life it would be Orly cremes.  They are fantastic to work with.

Since I only have one picture of Cupcake and I don't really  want to do a whole post on the pedicure I figure I'll throw this one right here.  This is Deborah Lippmann Believe.  Nothing too special, but I can't really resist a Lippmann.

I gave my Concubine some Sugar

 For this manicure I wore a coat of MAC Concubine with a layer of Orly Sugar on top.  You can only really see Sugar in the right light, but it added a lot of dimension to the MAC polish.

 I was pretty disappointed with Concubine on its own, the beautiful raspberry shimmer in the bottle didn't translate to the nail nearly as well.  I decided to add a little help from one of my favourite subtle shimmers.

Inside with the flash you can see a lot of the glitter from Sugar.  I probably used two coats to even get that much reflection, but it was definitely worth it.  The polish is so thin that you can layer it over and over to get the amount of glimmer you want.  It's definitely worth picking up to spice up polishes that need a little extra oomph.

The Tart didn't want Bon Bons, Superbass stole her Heart.

 My previous Orly Bon Bon and Butter London Tart with a Heart glitter sandwich manicure needed a little sprucing up after a few days so I added a coat of OPI Superbass Shatter.

I'll keep this post short since the last one was ginormous!  I love the shatter from Nicki Minaj's OPI collection.  Not much else spoke to me from it, but the shatter color is gorgeous.  This manicure was so hard to take off, just because I loved it so much!

A Tart with a Bon Bon for a Heart.

 Here is one of my favourite manicures I have ever done.  I started with two coats of Orly Bon Bon.  Then on the accent nails I did one coat of Butter London Tart with a Heart.  I finally topped those accents off with another coat of Bon Bon to make a gorgeous glitter sandwich!

 I apologise for having eight million pictures of this, but it was too gorgeous to ignore.

 I love how the glitter particles take on a milky, muted shimmer.

 And here it is inside, still gorgeous!

 I really couldn't stop taking pictures of this manicure.  When I wasn't taking pictures I was staring at it.

Whew!  We've reached the end!  But I couldn't bear to take it off, so a few days later I added a little crack to it.  I'll post that one on Tuesday so you can see how gorgeous that turned out.

All in the Cut of Hot Chocolate

 My titles are getting more and more bizarre, aren't they?  This manicure is Orly Hot Chocolate with accents topped with Wet n Wild It's all in the Cut.

I went to about five different drug stores to find the Wet n Wild color icon collection, and when I finally found it I was so excited I picked up all eight!  They are gorgeous for layering though, and I definitely don't regret it.

I really like the contrast of the light lavendar glitter over the rich chocolate brown.  The colors are different enough to really pop when layered.

I haven't quite gotten the hang of holding two bottles at a time yet.  After finding this picture I knew I had to share it, it's too awkward to ignore.

Taffy En Francais, S'il vous plait

This post is long, and for that I apologise.  This is the first french manicure I ever did and honestly, I am madly in love with it.

The tips are NYC White that I've had forever.  I taped them off and did one coat since it's so thick at this point one was more than enough.  After I removed the tape I used a little acetone to clean up the edges of the tips.  After I finished the tips I did two coats of Orly Taffy.  Usually I can't stand a sheer look like this, but it is so gorgeous and classy.

I got a little impatient and smudged my middle finger, so I added a little star to cover it.  I think it was a pretty good cover up!

I will probably do another french manicure in the future, even though it took forever.  If I ever need to feel really classy this will be my go to look.

I couldn't stop looking at my nails the entire time I had this on and it pained me to take it off.  After the initial shock of looking at my nails and constantly thinking they werer bare this was a wonderful surprise!