ORLY Nail Lacquer - It's Up to Blue

Spring is finally here! The weather is starting to warm up in this chilly little city of mine, and the snow is finally starting to melt :) I thought I would celebrate by taking a break from all the deep and dark nail polishes I've been wearing all winter, and do something a little more bright and cheerful.
I would have really loved to do a spring inspired pastel color, but unfortunately I didn't have many on hand. This was suitable enough to ring in the spring season, because it reminded me of an Easter egg.
Eventually I may need to take a trip down to my local Sally's/Shoppers and see if China Glaze, Essie or any other brands have released any pretty new spring colors yet!

ORLY - It's Up to Blue

The pictures don't really do it justice. I tried all kinds of lighting to try and get the color as accurate as possible, but it was showing up a little more on the blue side in photos when it's really a beautiful turquoise. I had to edit the pictures to get the coloring as close as possible! This had a metallic finish, I'd say. It was difficult to pick up the really gorgeous shimmer this color has when you put it on. You can see a little bit in the pictures if you look closely. It also reflects really pretty in the light but I couldn't get that, either.

This is probably the most color accurate picture

Just a little disclaimer here: I don't have the most wonderfully maintained hands/nails ever, nor am I very good at painting them LOL. I'm sure I will get better as I post more of these. I'm also going to attempt to grow out my nails. But the line of work I'm in right now makes it difficult to have pretty hands and nails. So please, don't judge my for my poorly painted nails or chapped hands and ugly cuticles!

The only thing I didn't like about this nail polish was that it was really watery and thin. I had to apply 3-4 coats of color in order to get it to actually show up nicely. Add that in with a base coat and top coat, and wow that's a lot of coats of nail polish!

ORLY nail polishes are about $7.50, and are sold at Sally Beauty Supply (which is where I got mine), or you can order them online via their website http://www.orlybeauty.com/.