Orly Mineral FX 2011

Orly is making its move rather swiftly up my favorite polish brands list.  Last year their FX Collection had polish lovers searching all over town for the much loved Space Cadet and Galaxy Girl.  This Fall's FX collection is just a beautiful and sparkly!  I found a display at Sally's the other day and picked up 2 of the 6.  I read somewhere that November was the launch month, so I don't know why they were out or if your Sally's will have them yet.  But it is worth a phone call or a quick trip in to see-they will sell out fast.

Emberstone is a bright orange with orange and gold sparkle and I mean sparkle! 

 ~outside~

 ~inside with a flash~

Rock Solid is my favorite of these two.  It is a gunmetal grey glitter with little iridescent sparkles scattered through out.  This is amazing!

This picture does not do it justice.  There is much more sparkle with the real eye.  The bottle is more accurate of what you will see on your nails.

Have these beauties made their way into you Sally's yet? 

Orly Cosmic FX

Orly has the most amazing collection out right now.  Cosmic FX is 6 unique and gorgeous polishes.  The Orly website uses words like "multi-dimensional", "mineral FX raw mineral technology", and "light reflecting" to describe the collection.  To me they are creative, unique and a must have!  I only have two of the six.  But, I have the best two!  These polishes look different in different light, so I took a bunch of pictures.

Space Cadet is probably the hardest polish I have ever had to describe.  It is a blue-green duochrome base with a TON of pinkish-coppery sparkly shimmer.  The consistancy was a little on the thin side, and I think next time I'll do three coats. 

Inside w/flash

Shade

Sunlight

Galaxy Girl.  I don't even know what to say, except welcome to my Top 10 polishes!  This polish has a purple base with purple and teal sparkly shimmer.  This color is a stunner!  Do whatever you have to do to get your hands on this color.  You will love it, I promise!

Inside w/flash

Shade

Sunlight

Galazy Girl is a lot like Urban Decay's Bruised, which an old favorite of mine.  Should these lovelys be sold out, Nicole at Magic Maid did a great comparison post that you can check out here.

Orly Plastix

Sally's has Orly on sale this month, 2 for $10!  I picked up a couple of the Plastix collection that recently came out.  There are four colors in this collection and they all have a slightly matte finish.  I have to say this is probably my favorite finish of all the alternative(matte, suede, plastix) finishes.

Viridian Vinyl is a pretty turquoise creme.

Purple Pleather is a dark lilac creme.

I really like the finish and these two colors.  I did learn that the Plastix dries a lot slower than the suede and matte finishes.  What do you think, do you like this alterative to the matte finish or are you a matte girl?  Also, I didn't see any instructions for this polish, I used a base coat and no top coat, as that would change the finish and defeat the Plastix finish.  Thanks for looking!

Mint Green by Sinful Colors & Orly

I thought I would post green polish for the days leading up to Saint Patrick's Day.  I have always been fascinated with the Irish Culture, the folklore and the beauty of Ireland.  Not to mention, those Irish know how to party!  A few years ago, I was determined to find and Irish ancestor-no luck, I don't have a drop of Irish in me.  But I still appreciate their culture and traditions.

Today I have 2 mint greens for you.  I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I just am not a green polish girl.  I love it on everybody but me.  I had problem with the application of both of these polishes, which I found a little strange since they are both very good brands.  Mint Apple by Sinful Colors was a bit thin and uneven. I recommend 3 coats with Mint Apple.  Gumdrop by Orly went on a bit thick.  You can see it in the picture.

Sinful Colors~Mint Apple is deeper that all the other mint greens I have seen.  It also has a dusting of sparkle to it.  It is a really pretty color.  I got mine at Walgreens for $1.99.

Orly~Gumdrop is a pretty mint green creme.  I found mine at Sally's.

Orly~Matte

Just about the time you think the whole matte thing is over, out comes another collection.  This time Orly has come out with 3 matte polishes.  These 3 colors rock!  They aren't exactly matte, I would say they have more of a satin finish.  I got mine at Sallly's and they were $5.99 each. 

Purple Velvet is a hard color to descibe.  It is more of a dark mauve on the purple side rather than purple as the name suggests.  It has a very slight pearl to it.  I really like this one!

Blue Suede is super cool.  I love this color.  It is a medium dusty blue.

Matte Vinyl is black and it is the most matte out of the 3.  It dries to more of a really dark gunmetal, but it still is really awesome!

These polishes took longer to dry and matte up than the other mattes I've tried.  I really like this collection, what do you guys think?