Yes, more orange!

The last orange post, I promise. I hope you enjoyed them.

Quo by Orly Crushing On You is an orange jelly. Very squishy and nice! Just wish it was a tad more opaque. Lovely orange shade though. Three coats but still some vnl.

Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream. Just have to say I hate that the name has a heart symbol in it. I just do! This is a pastel peachy orange. Dries flat, so a top coat is required. This will also help with leveling, as it doesn't apply perfectly. Nice and bright. I did have a bubble though.

Last, but not least, OPI Hi, Pumpkin. This is from last years Halloween set. It really does say pumpkin to me! Creamy medium orange cream. Not the best formula wise. Three coats for full coverage and doesn't quite self level. With top coat.

Well, I hope you have liked all the orange over the last few days. I do have more, but it's time to move on to something else. I'm oranged out for now!

*polishes purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Quo by Orly Bubble Bath

The Quo by Orly polish is a Shopper's Drug Mart exclusive here in Canada. Most of these polishes are just dupes of Orly polish with a different name. Bubble Bath is the dupe of Peaceful Opposition.

Bubble Bath is a milky white base with matte white squares and hexagons and silver squares and hexagons. Applied nicely in three coats. This would also look great layered! A coat of seche vite smoothed it out.

Thanks again for stopping by. I always appreciate it!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

The White Post

I was recently watching a discussion about the best white polish. This inspired me to dig out all the whites I could find in my collection. Turns out I have TEN. Oops.

Wasn't sure the best way to go about this, so I've split it into two. Five polishes for each set. Just seemed to be the easiest way and eliminated a VERY pic heavy post.

Each nail has two coats of polish and no top coat. Since most of us use white as a base or for nail art I wanted to show it the way we want to use it. (No one wants to use four coats of white under something and then keep going with their manicure.)

First set:
Thumb - Julep Kate, Index - China Glaze White On White, Middle - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, Ring - Cult Nails Tempest, Pinky - OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

Yes, opi my boyfriend scales walls is very slightly tinted grey. I thought I would include it because a lot of people use it. And it does look more white then grey. You'll see in the pics.

Second Set:
Thumb - OPI Alpine Snow Matte, Index - Essie Blanc, Middle - Sinful Colors Snow Me, Ring - Barielle Enduring, Pinky - Quo By Orly French White.

Enduring and French White seem to have a bit of a dirty white look to them.

I'm not going to critique all of them. We'd be here all day. I'll just go with my top three!

1. Cult Nails Tempest. It's almost a one coater. Would be if you have shorter nails. It's also a little thicker and great for nail art.
2. Sally Hansen White On. Again very close to a one coater. Cheap too!
3. OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. It's just very versatile.

What are your thoughts on white?  Do you have a favourite that wasn't included?

Thanks for looking and I hope some of you find this helpful!

Flowers...maybe?

Trying my hand at some more nail art. Went with some variation of a flower. As you know, art isn't my strong suit, but I keep trying! I think it turned out okay for a first attempt at this style. Anyway, onto the photos.

These are the products used in the design.

So, what do you all think? I would definitely try this again. I'm sure I can only get better. Thanks for having a look. Hope to see you back again!

ABC Challenge Week 1

A is for...

Autism Awareness.

I realize I am a day late for light it up blue for autism awareness, but I just didn't get a chance to post yesterday.

Base colour is Quo by Orly Blue Lagoon.

Thanks for stopping in. The ABC Challenge will be ongoing for the next 26 weeks.

Day 9 pre spring challenge - Rainbows

I'll have to say that I was pleased with the way this turned out! It's slightly messier then I envisioned, but it was close.

For all details on the challenge and to see the other entries please visit http://mommylovesnailpolish.com/.

Polishes used for this challenge:
red - Quo by Orly Red Hot
orange - Quo by Orly Orange Pop
yellow - OPI Candle Light
green - OPI Jade is the New Black
blue - OPI Dating a Royal
purple - China Glaze Grape Pop
I did this over a base of OPI Alpine Snow matte to help the colours pop.

Applied using a dotting tool.