ORLY Hook Up and Covergirl Coral Silk

Hello,

Yes it has been a while, but things have settled down now that I am out of Uni for the semester. I hope you have all been well too! I bring you some bright nails today!

I started with one coat of OPI Alpine Snow so that I had a white base to work from. Then I used two coats of ORLY Hook Up. It's a little sheer and you could see through it easily, which is why I decided to do strips of Covergirl Coral Silk. It would probably need three or four coats to really become opaque even with the white under it. 

Natural Light - Sun

I used striping tape, to add the Coral Silk. I really loved it's formula. Thick and opaque. It went on really well and I love all coral coloured polishes so it wasn't a surprise I needed it.

Natural light - Shade

The best thing about Hook Up is not only is it a pretty colour, it also has mini flecks in it that sparkle yellow. There aren't that obvious so no one will comment on it unless you stick your fingers in their face but over all I think it looks really great. I am still not sure if it's worth the amount of coats it would probably need to be fully opaque, but it is a nice colour.

Natural Light - Sun

I don't know if I will ever use Hook Up that much more unless it's summer, but Coral Silk was really nice and I would like to use it more often.

I plan to do Christmas themed nails starting next month, so lets see if I will be able to stand it for the whole month.


- Anna

Untried Polish Challenge - Number 3 Two colours

I didn't love my last ones, so today I filed and started on my third challenge. I used Revlon Sunshine Sparkle as the yellow, and Covergirl Coral Silk as my pseudo orange for nails that matched the tulips in my garden. The Sunshine sparkle is maybe the most amazing yellow I have ever seen the colour is great and the sparkles just add to the shine on it, but it is also pretty bad formula, it goes on goopy and streaks a ton. Another thing was it took three really thick coats to get a good coverage as it is super sheer, so I would probably recommend using a white coat under it if you want to try it. I never really use Revlon except for their glitters so I am unsure if all their polishes are this sheer.

The Coral Silk is amazing, I love the colour and it is super opaque so it gave great coverage with little effort. It also went on really nice and was thick enough that it was really easy to stamp.


I didn't want to do a full gradient as I just wanted a little yellow at the bottom like the tulips in my garden, so I used a sponge and then just rolled my nail, I was glad at how it turned out. I used a stamping plate to do the little Coral silk half flower on my thumb nail.

Revlon Sunshine Sparkle and Covergirl Coral Silk

I probably won't use Sunshine Yellow this one that often even though I love the colour as it's too sheer, but I will be using the Coral silk again after I finish this challenge!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered

Lizajane at Organic Neglect

Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

  If you would like to join in on this challenge check out Just Add Polish for all the rules and information.

Also I got Trixie, Yummy, Blu, Kerry, Happi, Austine, and Emme from Zoya for the Earth Day polish exchange. So worth it, now I just have to wait. The worst part for sure!

- Anna