Friday Favorites: Orange

Hi friends! I am back today with another Favorites post. The fav color for this one is orange. I love a good orange polish, it is probably one of my favorite colors to wear in the summer time - especially if the orange is bright or sparkly! And that is exactly what kind of polish I picked out for my top four favorites!

China Glaze Riveting, RBL Nails & Noms, Takko Lacquer Strangely Delicious, Zoya Beatrix

Nail of the Day: Happy Jack

The other night, while doing a bit of blog reading, I saw this post on Oooh Shinies and fell head over heels for that bottle of Catrice. Sadly, Catrice isn't sold here in the US (lame), & my search on ebay came up empty. Days later, I still couldn't get that color out of my head, so I did the next best thing - Franken! I used to franken polishes waaaay back in the day, when nail polish was something fun & I wasn't serious (or obsessed) like I am now. But I decided to grab some older polishes and tried my hand at mixing.

 

 

 

Yellow toned Orange w/ shimmer a.k.a. "Happy Jack"

 

I love how it turned out! It's a great orange & the shimmer is really eye catching! I decided to call it Happy Jack, because it looks so much like the perfect pumpkin shade.

 

 

 

Here's my "recipe"

 

1/3 Sally Hansen ( Xtreme Wear) - Sun Kissed

1/3 Sally Hansen (HD Collection) - Lite 

1/3 Maybelline Color Show - Fierce N Tangy

 

 

Since I was going for a copycat look, I added a top coat of Essie Shine of the Times and finished with Hard Candy's Matte-ly in Love. I really like how the matte brings out a neon quality!

Sephora + Pantone Color of the Year Set

Recently, I picked up one of the Sephora and Pantone Universe "Color of the Year" sets. Pantone is a color branding company that "creates" color used by artists, designers, fashion houses, etc. Every year they determine what color will be the trend and develop a color palette revolving around that specific shade. This year's color is Tangerine Tango. The polish set comes in a really nice pixelated package & includes 4 full sized polishes.

Front

Back

Inside

Each polish is a variation of the Tangerine shade, in 4 different finishes - Cream, Shimmer, Matte, & Glitter.

If you love orange polish, I definitely suggest getting this set. The colors are lovely & I think the different finishes is a great way to diversify the set. The formula on all is a bit thin. It took 5 coats for full coverage, but other than that, it was great. All dried very quickly & flowed very nice. No drips or other problems other than the sheer formula. Overall, I really love this set & am happy that I got it. On Sephora's website, it retails for $17, along with other Sephora + Pantone Universe make up collections.