Date Night Nails

Good evening!  Just wanted to share a quick post featuring my date night nails and outfit from when I went out last night.  My husband and I are getting to a pretty nice point where the kids are old enough to all be left with just about anyone and they don't get crazy.  So we are enjoying more nights out with each other alone!  Last night we celebrated out 10 year anniversary and we headed out to Fogo de Chao, a Brazilian steak house in the fancy shopping area over here.  Oh my goodness the food was so amazing and there was so much, it never stopped coming!  I wanted to eat more but there was no way I could even fit one extra tiny little bite by the time we left.  Aside from being stuffed we had a fabulous time.  

On my nails I had on 2 Orlys from the Spring 2013 Hope and Freedom collection.   Elation Generation, a coral/pink jelly full of holographic glitters.  I love the color of Elation Generation and I wish the holo glitters were easier to capture in pictures.  It has a great formula and application.  I used 3 coats of Elation Generation for full coverage.  I then used Coachella Dweller on some accent nails.  Coachella Dweller is a pale green/pistachio colored creme.  My outside pictures show it much brighter than it is, but the inside pictures show the true color.  Formula and application on Coachella Dweller were both great.  I used 2 coats.  I then added some pearl accents to my ring finger.  I topped all my nails off with 1 layer of topcoat. 

I thought it would be fun to show you my outfit too!  I'm holding my necklace in this picture.  It's a faux pearl strand from Chloe + Isabel.  

Here are my nails over my sheer crochet tank top.  I love that it had a very boho vibe and kind of just went with that for the whole look. 

My cute cut out wedge booties from Steve Madden.  These are going to be great for transitioning into the Fall.  And of course for night looks right now!  

Here's a bad body shot selfie, but I am including it so you can see my whole outfit.  I love the tank top so much!  I found it at Express while perusing the mall last week.  Yeah, I'm such a mall rat. 

And here's me!  Hello!  I did darker eyes and nude lips because.  I even attempted to get some body in my hair by actually using products!  My earrings are also from Chloe + Isabel.  

Orly Hope and Freedom Fest!

I don't normally show entire collections in one post but this collection was so pretty I had to share it!  This is Orly Hope and Freedom Fest.  It's the Spring collection and will be released sometime in March.  I was lucky enough to win all 6 polishes in a giveaway hosted by Orly on their Facebook page back in December.  

I suppose I'll just delve in!  There are going to be lots of pictures so get ready!  And so I don't sound redundant at the end of each blurb, I used 1 layer of topcoat over each polish.  

Up first is Boho Bonnet, a light grey creme.  The color isn't overly unique but I don't have many grey cremes in my stash so I am Happy to have this one.  Boho Bonnet is beautiful on it's own but it will be a great base coat for many glitter polishes.  I used 2 coats of Boho Bonnet and the formula was smooth and glossy. 

Next is High On Hope.  This is a very pretty blue polish with a gold-red-purple shimmer.  It really has a glowing effect.  On the nail you lose the gold shimmer and see more of the red and purple.  High On Hope was a tad sheer and thin.  2 coats were enough to level it out and get full coverage.  *While editing my pictures I can see a few spots that seem thin, so I would suggest using 3 coats of High On Hope.  

And now for the other creme in the set…Coachella Dweller.  I've never been to Coachella, but I would imagine that the grass (if there is any) is this dusty spring pea green color.  Actually I imagine everything about Coachella is covered in a fine layer of dust.  Maybe I should go one year so I can know for sure.  Coachella Dweller was a tad patchy and I needed 3 coats to even it all out.  

Melodious Utopia, the second shimmer in the collection, is a sheer yellow with red-orange shimmer.  I know yellow is one of the harder colors to work with but I found Melodious Utopia very lovely.  Actually, it's my second favorite from the whole collection.  It was a nice formula that didn't come out streaky or patchy.  The shimmer is gorgeous in real life, but sure was hard to capture in pictures.  I can't wait to wear this color on my toes in the summer!  I used 3 coats of Melodious Utopia.

indoors with flash

Moving along….this is Elation Generation.  And this is my favorite.  Elation Generation is a coral-pink polish with holo particles.  It's so sparkly and girly and pretty.  The formula was great to work with.  I had no application issues and had full coverage in 2 coats.   This is definitely a polish I will be wearing throughout the summer months.  Heck, it might be my favorite pink in my whole stash.

And last but not least Peaceful Opposition.  The only actual glitter in the set.  Peaceful Opposition is a milky white based polish that's full of white and silver squares and silver hex glitters.  The formula was nice on this polish, no application problems.  I have 3 coats of Peaceful Opposition alone on my index and pinkie fingers.  On my middle and ring fingers it's 2 coats layered over Boho Bonnet.  This is definitely a layering polish so when you wear it have fun with it!  Try it over pink, purple, blue, anything!

shade

*I won these polishes from a giveaway sponsored by Orly

So what do you think of the Hope and Freedom Fest collection?  I liked it a lot!  You can follow Orly on Facebook and on their website.

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