Pastel Spring Trend: ORLY Cool Romance

Right on trend for S/S 2012 is Orly's latest 'Cool Romance' collection. 'Cool Romance' consists of six gorgeous new nail polishes with pastel crème colours and creamy and shimmery textures. These shades are bound to steer you away from winter to spring, warming your days as we gradually wind out of winter!

Top Row L-R

♥ Prelude to a Kiss: pastel pink creme shade

♥ Faint of Heart: muted grey creme

♥ Jealous, Much?: pastel mint

Bottom Row L-R

♥ You’re Blushing: soft lilac creme

♥ Artificial Sweetener: dusty rose shimmer

♥ Steel Your Heart: charcoal shimmer

The collection comes in full sized (18ml - £9.25) or mini sized (5.3ml - £5) bottles.

I am very much loving the pastel trend at the moment and think these polishes are all super pretty!

 

This weekend I wore Prelude to a Kiss....

(Sorry for the shoddy application and the condition of my fingers...)

Anyhoo a very pretty shade right :) It's a bit more pink than I was expecting because from the swatches I'd seen here it looked way more peachy? The formula was a bit streaky and it definitely needs 2-3 coats to get an opaque/smooth finish. This is only two coats and as you can see it probably needed a third coat but I did this quickly in the morning because I wanted to rush out to enjoy the lovely spring weather we were blessed with London this weekend! At the moment you can get a cute mini trio at Boots for only £13 containing Faint of Heart, Prelude to a Kiss and Jealous Much (Link). Or check out the Orly Website for further stockist information. 

What do you think of the 'Cool Romance' collection, are you loving the pastel trend like me? xoxo

Orly – Birds of a Feather collection

Right on trend for fall and winter is Orly’s latest AW11 nail polish ‘Birds of a Feather collection’! Dazzling metallic shades paired with sophisticated neutral lacquers gives a twist on standard fall hues! The shades in the collection represent the vibrant plumage found on some of the world's most exotic birds.
The collection contains 6 striking colours; (L-R) Fowl Play is a multi-dimensional purple sparkle,  Lucky Duck a rich green, Nite Owl a neutral beige shimmer, Peachy Parrot a beautiful orange coral shimmer, Sea Gurl a stunning gun menal grey shimmer, and Sweet Peacock a peacock blue shimmer.

Orly’s new collection definitely reflects themes as seen on the AW11 catwalk, for example Gucci’s AW11 runway show which featured gorgeous jewel toned gowns and lot’s of ruffle and feathers!

The other day I tried Sweet Peacock on my own little fingers:

Sweet Peacock is a striking electric blue polish with a silvery foil finish. I have to admit I was a little shocked when I first put this on my nails because the colour was just SO intense and blue!

The formula of this polish is amazing. The Orly polish applied like a dream, this was after only two coats. It was already pretty much opaque after just one coat which is pretty impressive for such a high shine/glittery polish. Plus it's also very long lasting!

This is definitely not a nail polish for the faint hearted, because you will attract attention when wearing it. But if you are not shy to shine and love blue then this is just gorgeous! I wasn't sure if it was quite me to start with but it definitely grew on me, I loved seeing this bright shade on my nails :)

What do you think of Sweet Peacock or any of the other shades from the 'Birds of a Feather collection'?
I'm definitely keen to try Nite Owl after seeing some swatches online! xoxo