ORLY SATIN SWATCHES

Last night I did a couple swatches from my three new bottles of Orly Satins that I got. And all in all I have to say that I really do like them all. Also I think the whole matte thing has kind of hit dudsville since the OPI swatches came out, am I right or what? I don't think I have heard much in the way of positive news about them. I would like to see swatches where some one has put a top coat on them though, has anyone seen that anywhere?


Anyway, the Orly Satin polishes aren't really "matte" polishes but rather "satin" finish polishes. I think that is why these still have a little bit of that shine & shimmer to them, where as the matte polishes I have seen from OPI there is a distinct difference. But like with mattes, in order to achieve "the look" you need to leave a top coat off. I still think these all have a unique look to them even when a top coat is applied. All pictures below are each a different amount of coats but all have no top coat.

SATIN SOCIETY

I was actually a little impressed with this one. It was much more white than when I had first tried it out on one nail.

SATIN GRACE

Ahhh, my urine sample of a nail polish! This took the most coats, I actually lost count but I know it was at least 5. This did look better on that I thought it would considering how waterery it is in the bottle. I'm still hoping someone out there might have some frankening tips for me on how to make this more opaque with out losing the "satin" finish it has. I am thinking using a yellow eyeshadow instead of another polish, but I'm not for sure.

And just to see what it looked like, I painted it over a bright yellow base. I really liked it over a yellow base, it looked more like that buttah in a bottle look I was going for.

SATIN PASSION

This one was the most like my original purple one I had. This color was gorgeous! It was opaque in two coats and I love that it is bright red. Hands down the best from this bunch but I still think my purple one is the best of them all. I think these were all worth the $3.50 that were paid for them, but I wouldn't break my neck trying to hunt the rest of the collection down.

I mean really, how pretty is that?