Orly Matte Vinyl with stamping

Today I felt like going with something classic, like black and gold. I used Orly Matte Vinyl for my basecoat. This is a dream to apply and is opaque in 2 coats and dries quickly. Stamping with my favourite China Glaze 2030 to finish.

Base colour: Orly Matte Vinyl

Nail plate: Konad M63
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Then topped with Essie Matte About You

Orly zebra stripes

I've been wanted to give some zebra stripes a try for a while now . . . and having done it, I'm really not that thrilled with the result. For some reason I'm just not that struck with how it turned out. Anyway I thought I'd share the final result.

The base is Orly Matte Vinyl which is a lovely opaque formula. It goes on super easily and is quick drying. Then I stamped using China Glaze Millennium which is very nice to stamp with (as long as you are quick!) I finished with Essie Good to Go and then China Glazes Matte Magic on top of that.

Base colour: Orly Matte Vinyl

Nail plate: Konad M57
Stamp colour: China Glaze Millennium

So is it better glossy or matte?

My first French Manicure!

This is my first attempt at a French manicure and I think it turned out ok - except for the terrible discolouration of my nails showing through! lol Better to stick with opaque colours I guess.

Base colour: OPI passion with Orly White Out for tips

Nail plate: Konad M73
Stamp colour: Konad Special polish:White
Topped with Seche Vite

Iron Butterfly with Black Konad

Following on from the last post this is Iron Butterfly from Orly stamped with Konad Black Special polish. Argh I haven't used this black special polish for ages and forgot how messy it is!

The previous photos were taken in the sun and you can really see how matte it is. No sign of sun here today so these are inside with flash on.

Base colour: Orly Iron Butterfly

Nail plate: Konad M63
Stamp colour: Konad Special Polish Black

Iron Butterfly from Orly

Oh my! I've never owned a matte or suede polish before - but I just love this - in every way. Not only is it almost opaque in one coat but it dries ultra fast. In fact it dries so fast that one side of my nail was drying as I was applying polish to the other.

Will do some stamping a bit later on  . . .