Wednesday, January 14, 2015

ILNP Black Orchid

This post includes swatches of ILNP Black Orchid, which is a beautiful vampy cranberry black-red linear holo polish, and a mani fail of nail art I attempted with flakies. It wasn't truly a fail, because I think it could've been a good mani, but it wasn't what I was going for.

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ILNP Black Orchid

(By the way, I'm using Blogger's iOS app for the first time and I'm a little very disappointed in the lack of options here... It certainly doesn't offer the functions that the PC version does, nor have they updated it since May 2013!!! What?!? Fyi, don't bother, this app is NOT user friendly...)

So yeah, Black Orchid by itself is gorgeous. Here is one coat of it over a coat of OPI Nail Envy:

One coat of ILNP Black Orchid


Not too bad, a bit patchy, but it tended to be a bit fussy and didn't like being overworked. I did a thicker second coat which seemed to help. 

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Two coats of ILNP Black Orchid, no topcoat


Next I tried using the Aztec nail vinyls from Glam My Mani, and they would have looked great if I used a better color rather than flakies. I was just so excited to use polishes from my nail mail that I wasn't thinking clearly. So here is Black Orchid and ILNP Atlantis:

ILNP  Black Orchid and Atlantis

With a flash so you can see this had the potential to be gorgeous, I just wasn't feeling it.



Flash to show holo


I even thought if I slept on it, that if feel better about it in the morning. Nope. I took Black Orchid and my topcoat to work with me because I couldn't bear to sport this mani. I'm sure my cube neighbors loved me! *shrug*

Still, ILNP Black Orchid is a winning polish in my book, so I highly suggest it if you are looking for a classic vampy look with a twist of holo. 

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ILNP Black Orchid


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ILNP Black Orchid with flash to show flame

How do you blog? Are you mobile or do you work strictly from a PC? How about a tablet? Any better way to blog on the go?




20 comments:

  1. Mobile is rough! I tried it once and my post came out all terribly! So I stick to laptop posting for the time being! Love this polish though, it was one of my favorite polishes in 2014!

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    1. Ugh, it won't even let me fix the formatting on PC! Lol. Yes, this polish is a stunner! So pretty, and even more gorgeous when it picks up the light! =)

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  2. First: The last shot is super stinking gorgeous!
    Second: I'm always on the computer when I blog. My fingers are too fat to do it on anything else without a ton of headaches!

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    1. Thank you!! Lol, I'd prefer to always be on my PC when I blog... work is making that hard nowadays... ;-)

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  3. Love this polish, so rich and gorgeous! So far I have only blogged from my PC or laptop. But I have it set up so I could send an email to my blogger and it will publish as a blog post. I just haven't been brave enough to try it, LOL

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    1. Oh wow! I need to get on that! Lol, figure it out and share the details please!! =D

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  4. Gorgeous polish. I blog from my iPhone but occasionally have to break out the laptop for various features.

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    1. Thanks! On your iPhone, do you blog from the web then, or an app?

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  5. I always blog on my laptop. I tried to use the blogger app, and yea..no thanks! And seriously..does a crappy ILNP exist..? Cuz I haven't seen one :D

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    1. Hahahaha, I haven't come across one yet.... ;-) And thanks for the feedback, yeah, I agree, no thanks!

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  6. I love Atlantic more than black orchid.....but u did a good job combining both. They look glam together.

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    1. Thank you! I love every multi chrome flaky I have of theirs so far!! I'm currently wearing Atlantis. It should be up soon on the blog!

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  7. Love black orchid, and I think you had a great pairing with Atlantis - it was so rich!! Gorgeous!

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    1. Thank you!! I felt like it was so similar to a mani I had done a couple of months ago. I think that's why the hesitation about the combo on my part.

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  8. Black Orchid is definitely one of the great classic ILNP shades!

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  9. Beautiful shade. Why must there be so many polishes that I'm anxious to try. Lol. I blog on my tablet and cell sometimes, mostly on my laptop though.

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    1. Oh, there are so many polishes that I see and it takes all I have to hold back and not buy ALL THE POLISHES! :-p Thank you for the feedback about how you blog!

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  10. ILNP has so pretty polishes. I loved that flash shot so much

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    1. Thank you! I know, they definitely do multi chromes and holos well!

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