Swatch Comparison - Grassy Greens (featuring Orly Fresh)

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Continuing with my comparison swatches for the Orly Happy Go Lucky Collection, today I'll be comparing the grassy green cream - Orly Fresh - with some other similar shades from my stash.

You can find my original review and swatches of all 4 shades from this collection here.



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Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, OPI Green-wich Village, Orly Fresh, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, China Glaze Entourage


Nicole by OPI One Time Lime (from the Justin Bieber Collection)


OPI Green-wich Village (permanent)


Orly Fresh (from the Happy Go Lucky Collection)


Sally Hansen Green with Envy (permanent)


China Glaze Entourage (from the Kicks Collection)


Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, OPI Green-wich Village, Orly Fresh, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, China Glaze Entourage


Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, OPI Green-wich Village, Orly Fresh


Orly Fresh, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, China Glaze Entourage


China Glaze Entourage, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, Orly Fresh, OPI Green-wich Village, Nicole by OPI One Time Lime


China Glaze Entourage, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, Orly Fresh


Orly Fresh, OPI Green-wich Village, Nicole by OPI One Time Lime

Well it looks like we're 0 for 3 with dupes for colours in this collection. However, we're doing a little better with the grassy greens because a few of these come close to being dupes for Orly Fresh.

OPI Green-wich Village is definitely the most similar to Fresh with the only real difference being that it's a smidge darker. The same goes for Nicole by OPI One Time Lime which is darker than both Fresh and Green-wich Village, but still a similar shade.

Sally Hansen Green with Envy is the most different from the rest in that it has a strong yellow-chartreuse base while the others are straight up greens.

I know that China Glaze Entourage is a shimmer so it didn't have a chance of being a dupe but I thought that the base colour might be similar to that of Fresh but that didn't turn out to be the case. It's gorgeous though, right?

Overall, I think that if you have either OPI Green-wich Village or Nicole by OPI One Time Lime, you don't really need Orly Fresh. They're not true dupes but they're similar enough that having both or all 3 isn't really necessary. Plus, as I said in my original review, the formula of Fresh was a bit disappointing, so both Green-wich Village and One Time Lime are better in that respect.

However, Orly Fresh is brighter than both Green-wich Village and One Time Lime so if you've been looking for a bright grassy green, you still might want to give this a shot, even if you have the other two.

What do you guys think? Are any of these shades close enough to Fresh to deter you from picking up yourself?

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Sally Hansen Rockstar Pink

I just bought this polish recently at Walgreen's when they were on sale. I layered it over a coat of OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y. It has so much sparkle to it I love it. Sally Hansen Rockstar Pink has hints of pink, blue, gold, red glitter. I bought this because a girl at work had it and I wanted it!







Flash Photo to show the sparkle factor!









Love this polish and for $2 it was money well spent!

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Swatch Comparison - Silver Foils (featuring OPI Your Royal Shine-ness)

Hey guys!

I'm trying to write his post as quickly as possible as I have an exam later today that I'm cramming for so I apologize if there's any spelling or grammatical errors along the way, haha.

Today I have a comparison of 7 silver foil polishes which I promised to do for you in my last post where I reviewed/swatches the second OPI Serena Williams Glam Slam! England duo. That duo includes a sparkly silver foil called Your Royal Shine-ness that many have been saying is a standard silver foil. However, I thought it was a little different than your average silver foil polish so I dug out most all of the silver polishes that I own that come even close to this one and compared them all on one nail wheel.

Hopefully this comparison will help you decide if this duo is one that you would like to add to your own stash.





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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness


OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Platinum Silver, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte


Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City (permanent)


OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous (from the Fall 2010 Swiss Collection)


China Glaze Cheers to You (from the Holiday 2010 Collection)


OPI Your Royal Shine-ness (from one of the two Serena Williams Glam Slam! England duos)


China Glaze Platinum Silver (permanent)
I know this one is a frosty silver instead of a silver foil but I decided to include it because the majority of the other silvers I have are limited edition ones from older collections, so I wanted to include as many permanent shades as I could.


Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance (from the Justin Bieber Collection)


Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte (from the Matte Collection)


Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Platinum Silver, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte


Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness


OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Platinum Silver, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte


Nicole by OPI Positive Energy Matte, Nicole by OPI Give Me the 1st Dance, China Glaze Platinum Silver, OPI Your Royal Shine-ness


OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, China Glaze Cheers to You, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City

As you can see, there are definitely no dupes here for OPI Your Royal Shine-ness, and hopefully this has helped you guys to understand why I didn't think that it should be called a standard silver foil.

In my mind, the standard silver foils here would be Celeb City, Cheers to You and Give Me the 1st Dance; Your Royal Shine-ness seems to have more depth than all of these, it's a tad darker, and a bit dirty looking.

It's kind of close to Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous (especially in regards to formula), but Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous is clearly darker than Your Royal Shine-ness.

Most people would be content with just having 1 silver foil polish, and most might not even be able to tell the difference between some of these without the super close-up photos, but fellow polish fiends will definitely be able to see the differences and might actually want to pick up Your Royal Shine-ness, just because it's not your standard silver foil.

I hope this comparison has helped some of you make up your minds about Your Royal Shine-ness!

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My First Splatter Mani

I have been wanting to try out this mani forever! I have not done it sooner because my boyfriend said I had to go outside and do it, guess he is still scared from the water marbling. Well if you follow me on Twitter you know that I have been complaining about the heat here. It finally cooled off a tad here so I decided to venture outside last night and splatter! My base coat for my nails was Wet n Wild Black Creme which is my favorite black! Black Creme only requires one coat and it dries ultra shiny. The brush on my black was a little caddywhompus (haha yes I used that word!) but I trimmed it a bit and no complaints. The polishes I chose for my splatter technique were: the Sally mini my mom got me; Sally Hansen Blue Me Away; Pure Ice Wild Thing. I started off by taping my fingers so when I go to splatter my nails, it wont get all over my fingers. I placed two strips on each side of my finger and one across the bottom of my nail.



I then put a couple globs of paint on my paper that I had laid down on the patio table. I dipped my straw into the paint and directed it toward my nail and blew. As PolishAholic put it so nicely a strong fast puff of air works best. I did one hand at a time with one color at a time as well. I found that the bright green was the easiest to splatter. I wanted more of a splattered pattern and then it came to my mind to maybe use a coffee straw. So I will raid the local Walgreen's Cafe and get back to you!



Sorry for the messy cuticles some of my tape fell off. I used one coat of OPI Top Coat over the splatter.


My boyfriend or assistant as I call him now, suggested I get a painters tray that is egg shaped so I could dip the straw a bit more into the paint. I will definitely be trying all of this and reporting back.

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NYC Starry Silver Glitter

I call these my moon nails. I used Sally Hansen Wet Cement and layered two coats of NYC Starry Silver Glitter. I love how these turned out. The glitter is a collection of small holo glitter and larger blue and lavender-ish flecks. So pretty!





Loving this glitter!

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Sally Hansen Wet Cement

I picked up this awesome color at Wal-Mart the other night. I love this color. The application was not much fun at all. I had to redo this mani 3 times due to bubbles and pure globby-ness. My final mani was produced with 2 very thin coats.

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