Can you believe that Galaxy Girl is the only Orly polish that I have? This is unforgivable, and it's definitely something I need to work on rectifying... They come out with some really amazingly beautiful and unique colors, and I don't even have a good excuse as to why I don't own more of their polishes. At any rate, when I first got it, I wasn't crazy about the way the color looks on me; sort of like a bruise. However, it's been growing on me, and I recently played around with layering it... boy, does it glow with a base color underneath! For this manicure, I used three polishes. My base was OPI Number One Nemesis, a very sparkly gunmetal. I put Galaxy Girl on top of that, which is sheer enough that the sparkles of Number One Nemesis show through, but dark enough that Galaxy Girl's color dominates. Finally, I added a layer of Icing's Pampered and Primped, an incredibly sheer orchid with angular pieces of mylar suspended in it that flash blue and peach.
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| OPI Number One Nemesis, Orly Galaxy Girl, Icing Pampered and Primped |
Ugh, I know, I know, I need to get back into the habit of cleaning up my manicures... This is embarrassing, but I dropped my clean-up brush into my bottle of acetone! And it started melting! I need to remember where I put my backup brush...
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What layers do you guys like on your nails? Do you have more manual dexterity than a child? I sure don't. Any clean-up tips? (Other than pouring your acetone into a small dish so you don't lose your brush in your industrial-sized acetone bottle... Figured that one out on my own. Gotta break a few eggs, right?)
oooh this looks awesome! love it
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it, Mel!
DeleteLOVE the sparkles! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it!? I am a sucker for sparkly...
DeleteThis mani is awesome! I love layering polishes too! I can't believe Galaxy Girl is your only Orly polish!? Luckily it is such a beautiful one!
ReplyDeleteI know, I keep thinking I must have at least one or two others... But no!
DeleteI love galaxy...I want it!!! I am still learning to clean up. I use an Eco Tools angle brush, however, I am a bottle dipper so the bristles are just falling out like mad. Nothing worse then cleaning up a passable manicure and having a clump of brush fall out all over it. I love the brush though, keeps shape and creates a narrow channel around the nail. I am too chicken to pour out acetone. I am so afraid of spilling it or it eating through my pipes.
ReplyDeleteI was using an itsy-bitsy E.L.F. concealer brush, which had the virtue of being cheap, but as small as it was, it was hard to get a crisp line around my nail... Maybe I should try an angled brush next time I have to buy a replacement. But yeah, the acetone really does a number on the brush, I go through them about once a month. At $1 a pop it's not too bad, but I wish I could find a more permanent solution. I'm terrified of acetone, too! My boyfriend knocked over a nail polish bottle onto our stone floor and I had to use acetone on the travertine to clean up the lacquer... ooh boy, was I nervous!
DeleteI really like the final result!
ReplyDeleteI have LESS manual dexterity than a child, so I alway go for one color :)
Haha, how funny! I swear I've gotten better at applying polish in the last couple of years... Practice makes closer-to-perfect, I just haven't nailed it yet!
DeleteThis is such a lovely combo! How was the removal process?
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly easy! I usually find flakies awful to remove (it's like they trap the polish underneath them and the acetone can't get through...), but this was really reasonable; I let my acetone-soaked piece of felt sit on the nail for 4-5 seconds and then most of it wiped off. I had to go back and work on a couple of stubborn spots, but it wasn't bad.
Deletei really like scrubbing my nails with a nail brush and a tiny pump of soap after removing nail polish and before painting. i find it gets any dead skin but it also feels really soft. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a good tip for people who have difficulty with the removal process!
DeleteGalaxy Girl is such an interesting color! I love it with the bits of flakie on top :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really pretty, very fun to layer with :)
DeleteDefinitely a cool intergalactic look!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI think so, too! It kind of reminds me of outer space...
DeleteThis is so pretty! I never thought to layer shimmer and glitter polishes before but that's a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWith the right polishes, it can be a really neat effect!
DeleteOooh, this is a very unique combo! Yeah, I don't have much for manual dexterity either, any nail polish job I do looks frightening until I get it cleaned up and even then....
ReplyDeleteHaha, maybe I should have more shame about my poor nail-painting skills... Oh well.
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