What's the Rage about Orly's Rage?

Ok I know the title is punny, but I find it appropriate.  I have seen so much talk on the internet beauty community about Orly's nail polish in Rage.  It is one of the "hot" colors for spring and summer.  This polish actually came out in Spring 2010 with their Foil FX collection.  This was sort of Orly's answer to the Minx manicure.  There were three polishes, gold, silver, and rose gold, all with a foil metallic finish.  I think Rage has stayed so popular because it is a rose gold, which is way more difficult to come across than gold or silver.  I personally favor rose gold over the other two even in jewelry, so I had to check this one out myself.

Below I swatched the polish between a true gold and silver foil polish.  From bottom to top: Julep Sienna (gold), Orly Rage (rose gold), and L.A. Colors Color Craze in Live (silver).  I wanted you to see a better idea of how it really is a rose gold.

The nice thing about rose gold polish is that it really is appropriate for any season, and it complements so many different skin tones.  This polish is one that pictures do no justice to.  When you see it in person, it just glows, especially in sunlight.  It almost makes you look a little more tan, even if you are fair like me!  It is very opaque even in one coat, but I always do two because I'm like that.  Above, each polish is two coats on the nail wheel. 

I hope you get to check this polish out.  I buy my Orly at Sally's Beauty Supply, but it can be found at most drugstores now. 

Thanks for reading!

Magnetic Nail Polish

Have you seen or tried the fairly recent trend of magnetic nail polish?  If you aren't familiar with it, the polish has small magnetic particles in it, so that when a special magnet is held over wet polish, it creates designs.  Well, it always intrigued me when looking at swatches online, but for a while it was pretty hard to come by.  Now, several companies have them in the states, as well as more affordable versions than before.  I have two different brands, and probably the only two I will have, Julep and Claire's Magnetix polish.  The swatch I have today is for the Julep brand polish, which I received in my Julep maven box this month.  The name is Kylie, and it is a pretty plum purple on its own, but has silver magnetic particles when used with a magnet.

Overall, I am pleased with the look of the polish.  It is exactly what I expected, but I feel like I am already over it. One problem I had with the Julep brand polish though, is that the magnet it comes with is terrible and does not work.  I used my Claire's polish magnet with the Julep polish and it worked just fine. 

The effect on the nails does look much cooler in person, as opposed to pictures.  If you are looking for a magnetic polish, you can get several brands now at the drugstore.  Check out your local Sally's Beauty Supply for a China Glaze or Fingerpaints one, or I know I have seen a new brand at Rite-Aid.  Application is very simple, and easy to do.  Just make sure you follow directions and you'll get the results you want!

Hope you enjoyed and at least get to try this trend out yourself!

**Strawberry Nail Art Tutorial**

I wanted something fun for this warmer weather, and so I thought I would share this strawberry nail tutorial with you.  It's pretty basic, simple, and great for short nails. Hope you enjoy!

Step 1: Paint all nails red (I used Essie's Really Red, my all time favorite red polish)

Step 2: Paint a green tip on your nail.  It doesn't have to be perfect, because the edge will be covered up in the next step anyway. (I used Sinful Colors in Innocent, an opaque lime green)

Step 3: Using a small paintbrush, nail art brush, or even the very edge of the nail polish brush, create small vees at the edge where the green meets red. Again, this doesn't have to be perfect, because strawberry leaves are not perfect! I did them in varying lengths as well.

Step 4: Either using the same paintbrush, or even a toothpick this time, make small dots using a yellow polish (white works also) for the seeds. You don't really want them perfectly round, so you don't have to be so precise here either. (I used China Glaze Lemon Fizz as the yellow)

Step 5: After everything is dry to the touch, paint a clear topcoat over your nails.  You want to make sure everything is already dry or you will smear your design, as I did on some of my nails. Oops! I used Revlon's Quick Dry Top Coat, a new favorite of mine.

Now you're good to go for summer and I hope you enjoyed!