Orly Galaxy Girl

Orly Galaxy Girl is another of the Cosmic FX collection that Katie My Lips But Better sent me as part of our International Exchange. I put this on at the beginning of the week and it was instant love. It's a really complex colour and I don't think my pictures capture all of the nuances. In one direction it looks like a plummy purple with red reflects but turn your hand another way and it's a chocolate brown with beautiful green and silver sparkle.

It has lasted ok. I found some shrinking at the tips overnight but I always suspect the Seche Vite is at fault for this. Chipping only started after a day or so which is not unusual for me. This is two coats and in the pictures it looks a bit sheer. I assure you it doesn't look that way on my nails. I'm absolutely thrilled with this nail polish, I think it's my favourite of the three. If you happen to spot this colour available for delivery in the UK, I would definitely recommend picking it up.

Orly Out of This World

I took part in a little USA/UK cosmetic swap with Katie from My Lips But Better. Having seen a lot of beautiful swatches of the Orly Cosmic FX nail polishes, including Katie's, I thought I would ask for a couple these as part of our swap.

I received Out of This World, Galaxy Girl and Space Cadet. All of them are as beautiful in the flesh as I'd hoped.

I hope you will forgive my nail swatches. This was the second day of wear and there is already a bit of tip wear as you will see. This always happens to me, looking after children doesn't seem to be very nail polish friendly! The polish is a purple base with lots of pink and purple sparkles. The duochrome is only really visible in the bottle but I think this polish is gorgeous all the same. In these pictures I'm wearing two coats with Seche Vite top coat. As usual you can click the image to enlarge.

I'm really looking forward to trying the other colours. I will share swatches as I wear them. I made a YouTube video when I opened my parcel which if you have a spare moment you can see here. I was rather excited as you will probably gather! I shall leave you with a photo of the goodies, I'm really looking forward to trying the Wet n' Wild palettes. Thank you again to Katie for the lovely parcel, hopefully it won't be long before your package arrives.