Orly Melodious Utopia and Dollish Polish BAZINGA!

Hello! Just a super quick post today since it's been a few days. Here's a mani that I did a while back that I thought was fun but never posted...Orly Melodious Utopia (from the Hope & Freedom Fest collection) with a Dollish Polish BAZINGA! (from the Big Bang Theory collection) accent nail.

So bright & fun! I really like the contrast of BAZINGA! over the sunny yellow of Melodious Utopia. It's hard to tell in this picture, but Melodious Utopia has a great pink shimmer running through it that really adds to the depth & interest. As with any yellow it takes a little work, but overall the formula was good. BAZINGA! has great glitter payoff & I didn't have any issues with getting the glitter pieces where I wanted them to be. I did have a little bit of bubbling, but that's mostly user error because I was trying to rush. Yellow polish always gives me slight lobster hands, but the mani was cute so it doesn't bother me too much. It's much worse in photos than in real life anyways.

What do you think of this bright & cheerful mani? Are you a yellow polish fan? Want to see BAZINGA! paired with a different color? I always welcome comments/suggestions/etc!

Orly - High On Hope and Elation Generation

Hi everyone! What I have to show you today is a manicure that I wore recently using 2 polishes from Orly's Spring 2013 Hope & Freedom Fest collection. I picked up a Mani Mini kit that includes .18oz bottles of 4 out of the 6 polishes in the collection. I chose High On Hope & Elation Generation to use for this manicure because as soon as I saw them I knew they would go great together!

High On Hope is a navy blue creme with amazing pink shimmer that has a bit of a yellow/orange multichrome to it & Elation Generation is a bright pink jelly filled with holo glitter.

Orly High On Hope with an Elation Generation accent (flash)

Orly High On Hope with an Elation Generation accent (no flash)

The photos above are 2 coats of each polish with Orly Sec'n Dry over top. My camera was having some difficulty capturing the true color of Elation Generation. I would say that the actual color is somewhere in between how it looks in the photos. The holo glitter is also much more pronounced in real life, as is the shimmer in High On Hope.

Formula-wise, High On Hope was good. The first coat went on a bit streaky, but the second coat evened it out & made it opaque. Elation Generation was a tad bit thick but not unmanageable. Dry time was average.

I just love the look of these 2 polishes next to each other! Elation Generation really brings out the pink shimmer in High On Hope & I love the juxtaposition of the holo glitter polish as an accent to a polish with a very strong shimmer. So pretty!

What do you think of Orly's Hope & Freedom Fest collection? Do you love these 2 polishes as much as I do? Let me know in the comments!