Friday, January 25, 2013

Orly ~ Angel Eyes and China Glaze ~ Frostbite


Orly ~ Angel Eyes and China Glaze ~ Frostbite

I started out this very blue mani with two coats of China Glaze’s “Frostbite”. Frostbite is from their Ski-collection from 2007. I was so lucky to find it in a blog sale, and I was very happy to pick it up. It’s bright, in your face blue and it’s got shimmer in it too.

Application was easy; it was almost opaque after the first coat. The second coat evened out all irregularities and made it look stunningly pretty. Here’s what it looks like – without top coat:



And from a different angle:



It looks kind of matte on these pics, but it’s not. It’s bright and shiny!


Then I wanted to add glitter. I chose “Angel Eyes” from Orly’s “Naughty or Nice” collection from Christmas 2012. It’s blue microglitter with larger holo-bits of glitter in it. It is not a topper per se, it’s a “real polish”, if you know what I mean.

I let Frostbite dry completely and then I taped my nails. I painted Orly’s “Angel Eyes” on the taped nails and removed the tape immediately. And man, does that China Glaze look great over a darker blue! I was utterly impressed. Before finishing my mani, I made some stripes with Color Club’s “Blue Chrome”, which is indeed a striper polish.

I finished it all off with a layer of Poshé top coat, and here you go:


Here’s another shot:


And here are the involved polishes:


I must admit that I think that this turned out really nice! What do you think? Are you into blue polishes at all?

28 comments:

  1. I need to get frostbite! beautiful mani :D

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    1. I was so happy to snatch it from that blog sale! And thanks! :)

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  2. Virkelig flot blå farve den lak har! er desvære bare ikk så glad for dens finish... Flot mani du har lavet :)

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    1. Tak! Jeg er vild med den blå farve, den er helt vild at se på :)

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  3. Frostbite is my top 1 favorite blue - and I have a back up LOL
    Gorgeous mani!

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    1. Somehow I am not surprised that you have this :D I don't have a backup of this, even though it *is* very pretty :)

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  4. This looks gorgeous!
    P.S. I'm REALLY into blue nail polishes :D

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    1. Thank you :)
      I love blue polishes, and sometimes I even feel that I neglect the other colours :D

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  5. Frostbite is so beautiful and the full mani makes me think of a New Years mani :)

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    1. I shall remember it 'till this year's new years eve, thanks! :)

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  6. Frostbite is just my kind of blue. Pretty!
    And the Orly is glittery great :)

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    1. Thank you. I really love both of these, and am glad I thought of pairing them up :)

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  7. Ooooohhh, that is one pretty blue (Frostbite)!

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    1. It's amazing, I don't think I've ever seen such a vibrant blue as this one! :)

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  8. OMG That is one gorgeous blue!!!! Love what you did with it as well!

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    1. Thank you! I was actually surprise over *how* gorgeous this blue is myself!

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  9. This is such a beautiful mani. I have angel eyes but haven't used it yet. Looks gorgeous on you with that electric blue base colour :)

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    1. Yes it does, doesn't it! I am going to have to try Angel Eyes on its own as well :)

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  10. That blue is STUNNING and I love what you did with it! Super job!!!

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  11. Frostbite is so pretty on you! And I love the design you added on top! :-)

    ~ Yun

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    1. Frostbite was much prettier than I first expected - A total win :)

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