Orly Mirrorball

*Purchased by me*

Orly Mirrorball

Hey guys!  I have the super cool Orly Mirrorball to show you today.  In the sunlight this polish is a real stunner.  Silvery, linear holo with little holo glitters in it to give it a little something extra.  I used two coats and top coat for this mani.  This will be a fun polish for the holidays.  I can already picture this polish with a sparkly, green texture polish to make a christmas tree.  Lots of options for this one.

Orly Mirrorball

Have a great day!

Sara

Orly Mentality Mayhem

*Purchased by me*

Hello!  I've been participating in an untrieds challenge in a nail group on facebook so I have a bunch of random manis to show you all.  My friend Sam of Sammy Gail's Nails is the on that set up the challenge so if you'd like to see more go check her out and give her a follow.  Today's theme was neon.  Neons can be hard to find in my untrieds because I love them so much and tend to wear them really quickly.  I found Orly Mentality Mayhem, a gorgeous neon orange, and Color Club British Invasion, neon pink and blue and white glitters.  Mentality Mayhem was a bit fussy as far as formula and application.  Pretty normal for a neon.  Three coats evened it out pretty well though.  British Invasion is great and applied so well in one coat.

I'm currently wearing this mani and don't ever want to take it off.  That's unusual for me.  What is your favorite neon polish?  I can never have too many neons.  Have a great day all!

Until next time...

Sara

Polish Addict Nail Color Breakfast at Tiffany's

Hey all!  How is everyone?  I spent the day hiking and hanging out with my boys and some friends of ours since there was no school today.  Today I have a really pretty glitter topper from Polish Addict Nail Color, Breakfast at Tiffany's.  It has matte white, matte teal and micro metallic teal glitters.  Yeah I totally stole that description right from the website.  I chose to layer it over two different colors so you can get a complete idea of what it looks like.  I have Orly Frisky and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls with one coat of Breakfast at Tiffany's over it.

The glitter went on very smooth.  There was no clumping or bare spots on my nails.  I purchased this polish myself on a little mini buying spree recently.  The owner of PANC, Laura, asked me to swatch it for her so you can see my photo over in her shop.  I get really excited when my photos are used in shops.  If you'd like to check out all the glittery goodness over at PANC click here.  You can also find them on facebook here.  PANC is getting close to launching a bunch of new colors so be sure to give her a like.

Until next time...

Sara

Different Dimension Good Evening Clarice

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So I know Halloween was a few days ago but I really wanted to show you guys the super cool mani I actually wore that day.  This beauty is two coats of Different Dimension Good Evening Clarice layered over Zoya Neely.  GEC is a minty green with a super subtle holo.  Since it was a bit sheer I layered it to give it a bit of a color bump.  GEC is glow in the dark too!  My accent nail is Orly Old School Orange, a rubber finish, with China Glaze Goulish Glow layered on top.  I couldn't handle one nail on each hand not glowing haha.  Then since Mr. MLiP said my green and orange mani wasn't Halloween enough I stamped on a spider from my Mash plates.

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I thoroughly enjoyed wearing this mani.  The glow in the dark was so much fun to torment Mr. MLiP with.  Although karma payback for sticking my fingers in his face was the next night I scared myself when I turned out the light and itched my eye.  It was weird to have something glowing by my eye.  I hope you all had an awesome Halloween.  We had lots of fun trick or treating with my boys.

Talk with you soon,

Sara

Orly Pixie Powder

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Hello!  Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I have a really neat Orly to show you.  This is Pixie Powder layered over Orly Pixie Dust (one of my all time favorite grays).  When I picked Pixie Dust for the base coat I didn't know the name of Pixie Powder so I had a good chuckle when I realized it was a double pixie mani.  I'm a dork, I know.  Anyway this is two coats of purple sparkly goodness over a gray base color.  Pixie Powder should definitely be layered as it would take several coats to get opaque.  The formula was great.  Also it wasn't super gritty like I was expecting.
 

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I'm really digging this fine glitter polish.  Bonus it was super easy to remove.  I really think Orly should get more recognition.  I like the brand a lot.

Until next time...

Sara

Orly Pink Flakie Topcoat

Good morning!  Today I have something cool to show you.  Orly has two new flakie topcoats and today I have the Pink Flakie Topcoat for you.  These aren't just your average flakie polishes, they dry matte.  Pretty neat huh?  So this is one coat of Pink Flakie Topcoat over Barielle Tres Chic (from their upcoming fall collection.  I'll have this next week for you).  Tres Chic is a super dark, navy blue cream.  On one had I put my base polish then a layer of the Orly.  This combo didn't want to dry for me so I added a quick dry topcoat.  On the other hand, the one you are seeing today, I put on my base color then quick dry topcoat.  After a bit I put a coat of the Orly on top and it dried super quick.  From now on that's how I'll go about applying this one.

Both of the pictures were in the shade.  It just showed to flakies better.  I wish I was better at taking pictures of my other hand so I could show you the shiny version.  I've tried to take pictures with my left hand before but I just can't seem to get the hang of it.  What do you think?  Do you still like flakies or are you over them?  I thought I was over them but apparently I just needed a break.  Must be time to pull out my Clairvoyant and Twisted and do some manis.

Talk to you soon,

Sara

*I had a few minutes to kill before lunch the other day and stuck my head into a Sally's I don't normally go to.  Bad idea, man.  She had all the new displays up.  5 polishes later I left the store.*

Born Pretty Store Water Decals

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Hi everyone!  Tonight I have some super cute water decals to show you from Born Pretty Store.  I received these decals to review in exchange for giving my honest opinion.  I love these!  The colors are vibrant and they were so easy to use.  Water decals are a favorite of mine because I stink so bad at nail art.  My base color is Orly Cochella Dweller.  Then I just placed a few decals around on my nails.  Mr. MLiP and both my boys complimented me on these.

I love the ones that are meant to fit along the curve of your nail.  What do you think of these?  Born Pretty Store has tons of cool nail decorations and neat polishes.  If you click here it will take you to their store front.  If you'd like to go directly to these decals click here.  As of right now they are on sale for .99.  If you purchase any regular price items there is a discount code off to the right that will save you 10%.

Until next time,

Sara 

Orly Sparkling Garbage

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Good morning!  Today's super cool polish is Orly Sparkling Garbage.  I'm pretty sure it was a given that I would need to buy a polish called Sparkling Garbage.  The fact that it is a teal base with all sorts of sparkle was just icing on the cake.  I've seen some people try to wear this on its own but I didn't want to wear that many layers.  I decided to put it over one of my all time favorite Orly's, Frisky.  I was so in love with the combo that I wore it for several days and spent those days staring at my nails haha.

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Check out that sparkle!

 So there you have it.  Are you a fan?  Sparkling Garbage does kind of remind me of China Glaze Fairy Dust but with a teal base.  Either way it's so pretty!

Have a great day!

Sara

*I purchased this polish myself because no one in my real life would buy me a polish called Sparkling Garbage.*

Orly High on Hope

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Hello and happy Monday!  Did you all have a nice weekend?  We did.  Hung out with friends, did some car shopping.  All in all not too bad.  Today I have the super pretty Orly High on Hope from their new spring collection.  I couldn't be more in love with this polish.  A lot of times this type of finish is disappointing to me.  Not this one.  It's a gorgeous blue with a pretty pink shimmer.  The formula was great, just two coats for a perfect finish.  All the photos have topcoat on them.

This color was so hard to photograph.  Do you see the pink shimmer in the bottle of the above picture? That pink was very obvious on my nails, even if it didn't want to come out in my photos.

Honestly I love everything about this polish.  I didn't even mind the new Orly bottles.  I will definitely be wearing this again on my fingers and on my toes.  I need to pick up a few more from this collection. They did a great job!  Have you gotten your hands on any yet?

Sara

*I bought this polish myself on the very first day the collection was out.  Pretty sure the ladies at my Sally's think I'm nuts*

A Pretty Cling Wrap Mani

Hey all!  I love, love cling (saran, plastic) wrap manis.  It's nail art that I can actually do!  Today's mani is done with China Glaze Sweet Hook and Orly Decoded.  To do a cling wrap mani I start by painting on my base color and allowing it to dry a bit.  They I paint on the second color, in this case Decoded, and then I dab the plastic wrap on it.  I do this one finger at a time.  The best part is if you take too much of the second color off you can always add more, then dab again.  After that I let it dry a bit then topcoat it.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy :)

Have you tried a cling wrap mani before?  I'd love some color recommendations to try out.  Thanks for stopping by.

Sara

*I bought these polishes myself.  Every time I went to the supply store Sweet Hook called to me.  I finally gave in and brought the poor lonely polish home.*

Orly Go Deeper

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Good morning!  How was your long weekend?  We had a great, relaxing weekend here.  That's my favorite kind.  Today I have a polish that I've been wanting since I first saw a swatch of it a while back.  Someone described it as a toned down teal version of Across the Universe (but I can't remember who).  I knew it had to be mine but I couldn't find it anywhere.  Even online it only came up on Orly's website and was over $10 with shipping.  I'm not sure that it's been released yet to regular retailers.  My friend, Heartfully, Janelle, offered to look while at one of our favorite nail supply stores and they had it.  So freakin excited and it was cheap.  So take a look.  This is two coats of Go Deeper over one coat of China Glaze Custom Kicks.  This polish really changes depending on what you put it over.  I tried it on a wheel over Zoya Ibiza and it looks like a completely different polish.

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Major swoon going on over here.  I love this polish so much.  What do you think of the Orly Glam FX that have been coming out?  I have a few but this is my favorite.  Have a great Tuesday!

Sara

Orly Preamp & Icing After Party

Hey everyone!  I'm not normally a pink polish person but Orly Preamp is so cool.  Preamp is from the new Electronic collection.  It's a blue leaning pink with a super awesome shimmer in it.  The formula was a little thick but really easy to control.  I decided to layer Icing After Party on top because, well I just bought it and wanted to use it.  This is one layer of After Party.

I think the color is a little more accurate in the shade picture on top.  So most of you know that Icing After Party is a dupe of Cult Nails Happy Ending.  I love Cult Nails so much but I just couldn't pay $10 for a polish I really won't wear that much.  I kind of feel like I cheated on the Cult.  Either way it's a pretty cool glitter.  I hope you all have a great day!

Sara

Orly Syncro

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Good morning!  First of all I'm sorry that I missed pink day in the Rainbow Favorites challenge.  I had on Zoya Alegra which is my second favorite pink, China Glaze 108 Degrees is my favorite.  I just got so busy and didn't take pictures.  Anyway, today I have Orly Synchro from the brand new Orly Electronica collection.  This is a really cool reddish, orangish, pinkish color with a blue flash.  I truly own nothing like it.  This is three coats.  The formula on mine was well behaved but seemed a little thick.  It needed the three coats to be opaque.

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I don't think my photos did this polish justice.  It really is a cool color.  I picked up the other colors in the collection as well.  I will try to get them up for you this week.  Have a great day!

Sara

Rainbow Favorites: Blue

Picking a favorite blue was super hard.  I have lots of blues.  Orly Sweet Peacock is so stunning it just had to be shown today.  This polish freaked my camera out so bad though.  Sweet Peacock is a foil with a great two coat formula.  On my ring finger I did China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara.  I love this combo.

Sorry this post is so late today.  I'll be back tomorrow morning with purple.

Sara

Product Reviews from KKcenterHK

Hi and Happy Monday!  Today I have a review of two stamping plates and some water nail decals that I received from KKcenterHK.com.  I picked two images off each plate, SPPMB38 and SPPMB32.  I used WnW Black Creme and Konad Special Polish White to stamp over my existing Orly Frisky mani.  The images all came out pretty well.  The splatter image from B38 worked the best.  The little guys from B32 are missing a few spots but that was probably just me.  I can see myself using the splatter image a lot.  I was getting ready to do a pedicure with Zoya Carly and Meg so I tried them out for stamping on my thumb with the splatter image.  I freakin love it.  Carly stamps amazingly well.

Next up I have some more of their awesome water nail decals.  I showed you the star ones here.  Today I have some black and white flower decals, WDBLE899.  Again these are done on top of my Orly Frisky mani.  These are super easy to use, although I do wish they came with some directions.  I checked out a few youtube videos and they helped me out.  Basically cut out the section you want to use, put it in a little bowl of water for a few seconds then place it on your nail.  I love the water decals instead of stickers because they leave some room for error.  You can move them around a bit on the nail for great placement.

All in all I've had great success with the products I've received from KKcenterHK.com.  They are having a sale during the month of May for 25% off.  If you order any other time and use the code mylifeinpolish you'll get 10%, through 1/21/2013.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Sara

*stamping plates and nail decals were provided for review in exchange for my honest opinion*

Orly Fowl Play

For your viewing pleasure today I have Orly Fowl Play. This color is outstanding! A deep wine color with flakies. I love it! I got a ton of compliments on this one. I think I'll just get right to the pictures on this one. Please excuse the tip wear. The day I put this on we had no sun so I waited to take pictures of it.





All this photos were taken in full sun (we don't really get anything other than full sun around here. Except for the day I put on Fowl Play).

What is your favorite polish from Orly's Birds of a Feather collection?

Sara

Orly Stone Cold

Today I have the most amazing blue from Orly. Stone Cold is one of those polishes you put on then walk into walls because you can't stop staring at it. I love blue nail polish a lot. I have tons of blues but this one is incredible. It has a darker kind of blackened look to it but is super shiny. I don't think I'm describing this very well so on to the pictures.

So these picture look a little weird to me. I usually take photos in the morning and these were taken in the afternoon. The Phoenix sun is a little harsh in the afternoon, even in September. I just had to share Stone Cold with you and knew I wouldn't get another opportunity to take pictures.

this was outside in the sun, but I created a shadow on it :(

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I love all the blues we've gotten this season so far. Can't decide if Stone Cold or Sweet Peacock is my favorite. Maybe I'll just love them both equally! What's your all time favorite blue polish?

Sara

Orly Flirty

Today I have Orly Flirty from the Happy Go Lucky Collection. Honestly this was one of my favorite collections this summer. I absolutely loved every color. Flirty went on super easy with two coats. It was a tad bit thick but not in an unmanageable way. Then because I just couldn't help myself I put a layer of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Twinkle, Twinkle. TT is a fun glitter but those larger pieces did not want to come out of the bottle. I had to pick them out with my orange stick and put them on the nail. Oh well, I loved the end result. For some reason I don't have pics of Flirty by itself. Sorry!

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So what do you think? What was your favorite from this collection?

See you soon,
Sara