Friday, July 8, 2011

Orly Happy Go Lucky Back To School Swatches

Orly's Happy Go Lucky Back To School Collection contains four shades--three cremes and one shimmer. This is a collection that I absolutely love! I almost passed on buying these because I thought I likely had some similar colors. I haven't found any exact dupes yet, but even if I do, the formula on each and every one of these is absolute perfection. Not too thick, not too thin, and nearly opaque in one coat. They're highly pigmented and dry to a glossy finish.

Frisky is the perfect mix of sky blue and turquoise. There's just enough green mixed in, but not too much. Love, love, love!

Fresh is a lime green shade that's vivid and well, fresh!

Flirty, the lone shimmer in this collection, is a bright lighter fuchsia pink that's filled with silvery white micro shimmer.

Frolic is an intense dark lavender creme with fuchsia undertones. It was interesting when I removed this one, because the cotton ball had the dark lavender shade in the center, and it was surrounded by a fuchsia tone.


My favorite shade in this collection is Frisky, but I love every one of them. The formula was the same on all four--perfect. Orly has always had what I consider to be an above average formula, but these were even nicer than they usually are. I used two coats on each shade and photographed them outdoors in full sun. Fun colors, perfect formula, cute names. Well done, Orly!
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  1. Jessi M (Lacquered, Painted, Polished)July 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    Orly never disappoints! And I love their bottles. My favorites colors from this collection are the green and purple, Fresh and Frolic. Of course I want them all, but those two are calling out to me the most. Thank you for the great swatches!

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  2. LadyLuckJuly 8, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    ooooh so pretty!

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  3. WannchaJuly 8, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Great colours, I love them all four :)

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  4. nail crazyJuly 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    amazing colors, you gotta love this collection :-D

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  5. UnknownJuly 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    I bought Frisky and Flirty... I think I need the other two. LOVE

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  6. UnknownJuly 8, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    WOW i love the blue!! wantz!

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  7. LucyJuly 8, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    Love them all. Just have to add them to my wants list! Frolic is my favorite.

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  8. KatieJuly 8, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    I really like Frisky and Frolic! Good to know they have good formulas!

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  9. PhyrraJuly 8, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    I have flirty and love it. I almost picked up the aqua, but figured I'd hate it since it's a cream.

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  10. rijaHJuly 9, 2011 at 3:01 AM

    Wauw they are just as pretty as I imagined them since I saw the first bottle pics! I cant name a favorite, really! They are all super pretty :D

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  11. AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    I really, really like Frisky!

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  12. beachgalJuly 9, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    They look like high school teen colors - by maybe that's what they were going for - in naming it back to school! I don't think of teens popping for the $ for an Orly polish however. I do feel we have seen these shades a zillion and one times over.

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  13. kavithaJuly 10, 2011 at 2:22 AM

    the colours are so pretty!!

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  14. AnonymousJuly 10, 2011 at 4:23 AM

    They all look great!

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  15. Akuma KanjiJuly 10, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Oh oh oh!!!!!! I'm so excited over Fresh!!!!! It's beautiful!!!

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  16. I Drink Nail PolishJuly 16, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Love these beautiful vibrant shades so much! Thrilled to hear about the fabulous formula too! I'm definitely nabbing these as soon as possible. :D

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