Orly’s Spring 2012 Collection Cool Romance

Just a quick post about the new Orly’s Spring 2012 Collection - Cool Romance is out and pays homage to some of the gentlest pastels around. We’re not talking sweet-shop pastels here, these are the slightly edgier, grungier cousins of the pastel world. Just about.

• You’re Blushing: Muted Lilac Crème
• Prelude to a Kiss: Pastel Pink Crème
• Jealous, Much?: Pastel Mint
• Faint of Heart: Soft Grey Crème
• Steel Your Heart: Charcoal Shimmer
• Artificial Sweetener: Dusty Rose Shimmer

They are available at the new price of £5.15 plus vat but they have also made a cute little gift pack with a chain mail esque bag for £12.99

Valentines nails featuring Gelicure, Kooky Nail wraps and Progel.



Progel and Kooky Nail wraps

I have been a little quiet on here this month as I have had a little operation, but I am back to update you on the nails I have created recently.

We started stocking Kooky nail wraps, so I thought it was best to try them out before we sold them to make sure they were easy to apply and long lasting. As the wraps were from their Valentines collection I decided to apply them as accent nails to the ring finger and use sparkly Poker Red, Progel by Supernail. The wraps lasted really well but the progel was a bit flakey, so more testing is required.



kooky Nail Wraps




I also did my own nails using IBD's New LED Gel polish- Just Gel. I used Gerber Daisy as my base colour which is a nice rich shimmery pink. I then used Orlys Instant artist to create some freehand nail art. I was really pleased with the finished result, but yet again the Just Gel did not last a whole week. So more testing of that is needed

IBDs Just Gel Gerber Daisy

Finally I did a bit of practise using Gelicure by Nubar. I hope you like my nails and sorry for the delay :) x



Valentines practise using Gelicure



Freehand Nail Art

NOTD - China Glaze Summer Neon Collection 2012

China Glaze Summer Neon Collection 2012

Nails of the day are the China Glaze collection Summer Neons. It will not be in the UK until March, but here is a sneak preview of the colours. As many of you already know, neon is the hottest thing around for the spring 2012 season so this is a great collection to get your nails on trend. 

 

As you may have guessed they are super neon and most of the polishes have a shimmery finish. The colours are really rich and some you could get away with one coat! I would always finish them with a nice topcoat and Orly's Polishield is still my favourite.

 

 

China Glaze Summer Neon Collection 2012

 

1, PINK PLUMERIA

2, FLIRTY TANKINI

3, SURFIN' FOR BOYS

4, ORANGE YOU HOT?

5, SUN-KISSED

6, I'M WITH THE LIFEGUARD

7, SPLISH SPLASH

8, RIDE THE WAVES

9, UNDER THE BOARDWALK

10, BEACH CRUISE-R

11, HANG-TEN TOES

12, LOVE'S A BEACH

 

 

My Favourite out of the Summer Neons Collection is Under the boardwalk. Which is your Favourite??