Beauty Tips for Women: Orly – Miss Conduct

Posted on February 27, 2013 by admin

If by chance you still haven’t laid eyes upon Orly’s Holiday 2012 Naughty Or Nice Collection, you should and pronto before they disappear. They are all lovely, but the one that knocked my socks off is Miss Conduct.

Miss Conduct is unlike any holographic polish I’ve seen or own; it truly is unique. It is a magenta/pink/raspberry color with scattered holo effect. The formula was great, very easy to apply. I had no issues at all. I did two coats but with one coat it would have been fine. I tried my best to capture just how wonderful this shade-shifter is, but pictures don’t do it justice. I tried to capture a picture with and without flash. I couldn’t stop starring at my nails and showing off the holographic effect to anyone who came my way.

I give Miss Conduct 5 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Orly’s Boho Bonnet/Peaceful Opposition Manicure & Review

Posted on February 21, 2013 by admin

I wanted to share a manicure I did using two polishes from Orly’s Spring 2013 Hope and Freedom Collection, Boho Bonnet and Peaceful Opposition.

I’m a sucker for blues and when I saw Boho Bonnet I feel in love with it. It is a blue/grey crème. It went on like a dream; the formula was perfect. I used two coats. On my middle finger I used Peaceful Opposition. This is a silver glitter packed in a milky white polish. I loved the look but application was a bit difficult. I expected that with such a packed glitter polish. But the effect of it was lovely. I tried my hand at doing a glitter gradient on my thumbnail that came out ok but I need to practice that technique. I tried to capture the manicure under different light. Pardon the nubs but I have been struggling with a lot of breakage and just chopped them all off out of frustration.

Since we are in February and love is still in the air, I decided to do some Valentine stamping. I used Winstonia W102 plate.

I give Orly’s Boho Bonnet 5 brains.

I give Orly’s Peaceful Opposition 4 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Born Pretty – Hello Kitty Stamping Plate QA12 Review

Posted on February 19, 2013 by admin

Today I am reviewing stamp QA12, a.k.a. Hello Kitty plate, I purchased from the Born Pretty website. I love Hello Kitty and couldn’t resist picking up this stamping plate when I saw it.

Plate QA12 has three cute images of Hello Kitty along with three full nail images and adorable bows. The images stamped clean and crisp.

To start of this manicure I did two coats of OPI’s Planks A Lot on thumb and ring finger. I did two coats of OPI’s Sparrow Me The Drama on the rest of my fingers. Stamped Hello Kitty on thumb and ring finger using Konad special polish black. I stamped bows on the rest of my fingers with Konad special polish black. This is a very simple and quick Hello Kitty manicure. I couldn’t get a picture I was happy with so I tried with flash and without.