Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Best thing ever: Orly Royal Navy



Orly Royal Navy. I don't know if I've ever felt this strongly about a blue polish before. I've always loved blue, I find that blue polish really flatters my skintone and I wear it quite often. I have a rather obscene amount of blue polish. But this blue.... I've never seen anything like it. It blows all my other blues out of the water. First of all, it looks like a creme but if you look closely it is accented with tiny little iridescent green glitter flecks a la Pure Ice Heartbreaker. They are not a stand-out feature of the polish- this does not look like your usual jelly plus glitter combination. It mostly strikes me as a creme polish with subtle glitter accent. The glitter is so small it's almost more just fine shimmer, but you can see definite pieces and particles.

Second, this is insanely vibrant. It's dark but bright at the same time. It must have some neon pigment to it because it dries semi-matte. It is the brightest bluest richest blue I've ever worn. It's so blue that it even looks like there's a hint of rich violet added to it.

It was truly love at first sight. It was much different than I anticipated- from the promos I thought it would be like a blue Ruby Pumps, but it's so much better. I saw the bottle and I think I got heart palpitations. I can't even describe how much I love this. And, just when I thought it couldn't get any better than this, my friend commented on it. He said, "Holy crap, that's crazy! That's so vibrant, it's insane."

I wore it for a few days in a row and decided to try to spice it up a little more and ended up with this:


...Which I think looked okay, but I don't know how much I like the speckled silver stamp. I think I want something more crisp looking next time. Or perhaps a stamp in bronze or gold would look cool against the blue too.


But now I'm obsessed with this polish. I keep reaching for it. I'm wearing it on my toes right now and it makes me want to wear sandals just so I can keep looking at my feet.

43 comments:

  1. I have the same with this polish. It's absolutely gorgeous and vibrant, I keep staring at it. Great swatches too!

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  2. Must get this one. Gorgeous swatch! :)

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  3. which collection is it from? cannot find it anywhere online!

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  4. I saw that at Sally's back in June but I didn't get it. Dangit!

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  5. Your passion for this colour is contagious...I want it now!

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  6. This is so gorgeous. I agree that I don't think I've seen a more vivid blue before!

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  7. I swatched this too (here), it's beautiful!! I think it's from the "In the Navy" collection, but I am pretty sure I saw it added to the permanent collection last time I was at Sally's. Get it!

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  8. This looks amazing...I saw it in Sally Beauty Supply the other day, and it did not look nearly this awesome in the bottle. Hopefully it will still be there when I return!

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  9. i love this one too, its a real true fn vibrant blue...and its great on all skintones...big ups to orly

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  10. I completely agree! I wore this for a week (added some HT over top towards the end- gorgeous!) and really just wanted to re-apply. LOVE IT!

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  11. Is that Orly Polish new edition?

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  12. That is such a beautiful color! Do want.

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  13. yes. that is it. THE blue. I am totally going to get it!!
    :cD

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  14. WOW!! I think it's better on it's own. It just own's your hand. Eff it. It owns, period.

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  15. I have this, and I cold wear it, I could even photograph it, but I can't do justice to it the way you do, Scrangie-Goddess!!!!!!!

    It is a beautiful polish!

    (I also have Bailamos, which I am sure I should just send you!)
    ;D

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  16. O That blue is amazing i must get it..

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  17. I got this on a random run to Sally's, not even having seen swatches and was totally in love at first swipe. Putting it on my toes is a good idea... hmmm...

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  18. I love this one!
    I'm getting it!

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  19. I could shoot myself! I stared at this for like 10 minutes in Sally's yesterday but ultimately decided not to get it! Woe!

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  20. PLEASE let it be permanent. My no buy isn't up until 9/25.

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  21. Put a coat of opi's catch me in your net over it, it's amazing!!!

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  22. Gorgeous. I think it would look awesome with a really stark white design of some sort.

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  23. I have got to have that color! I got a blue from Orly a while back but it was so dark it looks black. T^T I was way bummed. I love their polish and had big plans for it! Lol.

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  24. Looks like a potential dupe for Illamasqua Force!

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  25. OMG it does look absolutely amazing! Must have it! :-D

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  26. I totally understand you, I'm a huge blue lover myself. My first 2 polishes were both dark blue with shimmer and I still love the different shades of blues best. Closely followed by everything purple, with a special interest in greyed out purples and greyed out blues. I just can't resist them.

    On the other hand - reds, yellows, oranges (except on halloween), browns and most pinks are not for me ;) It's mid July and I sported red nails for already 2 times this year ^^ that's more than in the previous two years *grins* Essie long stem roses and orgasm cosmetics "your mother said NO!" were the "persuading polishes" and I must say, I only wore the latter because of the name.

    But today I'm wearing OPI's "Ink" and I'm feeling so much more comfortable! Tomorrow's gonna be a light blue, either "what's with the cattitude" or "sag harbor" :)

    I admire reds and pinks and bright colors on other people's nails, but not on mine ;)
    (except bright blues, of course ;))

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  27. I got this a few weeks ago and I've been wearing since. It's my new favorite blue!

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  28. I just picked this polish up a few weeks ago. I just couldn't stop staring at it! I've yet to wear it, but it has bumped right to the top of my list after seeing your swatch. :)

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  29. I saw swatches of this and loved it. I bought it and stared at the bottle and said "I love it." I put it on my nails and went "EW". I don't know what it is about this one, it really is a nice blue but I kind of hate it on me. I think I want the sparkle to be more noticeable.

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  30. I just bought this and I looove it. I wanna go swimming in it. Blue Ruby Pumps sounds freakin' awesome. Like a deep rich blue like this, not like DH?

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  31. Agreed, great blue! I love how it's bright and pops out, but not in a really obvious way.

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  32. Agreed, great blue! I love how it's bright and pops out, but not in a really obvious way.

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  33. Oh my goodness, this is a STUNNING blue! It just jumps out at you. Really love this - and it looks awesome on you.

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  34. How many coats did you do? B/c I've seen a lot of bloggers saying that this is sheer with VNL at three coats.

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  35. Two coats, it didn't strike me as being sheer at all

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  36. I love, love this color in your pics! I had to pick it up as I am a total blue polish addict.

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  37. Where did you purchase this color? I'm having a hard time finding it on-line. It looks fantastic.

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  38. It is such a great color!!! I just bought it yesterday and I put it on today! And it does looks fantastic with gold. I really wanted to put the two together so I applied a gold design to my accent nail.

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  39. Totally agree - it is hands down my favourite blue!

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