While on my quest to try out Orly's different versions of the french manicure, I decided to stick with the classics today.

Here are the products I used, in the order I used them:

Base coat: Beauty Secrets Base Coat (been using this for awhile. Have to say, it's a really good base coat)
Base color: Essie Adore-A-Ball - To whiten my nails, I used a very sheer coat of this bad boy
Tip color: 2 coats of Orly French Tip Pointe Blanche
Top color: Essie Sugar Daddy - very sheer coat
Top coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I really like this combination for a french tip. Adore-A-Ball really whitened my nail, and made it look really clean, and prefect. I free hand the manicure, I find it more fun doing it this way. I wish I shaped my ring finger first though. It always seems to grow a weird shape.

Ok, this will be on my nails for a few days, I worked too hard on it to let it go! Till next time, toodles!

I bought some nail polish....

I went to Sally Beauty Supply today. It was my first time going there, and wow is China Glaze and Orly cheaper there! I was so overwhelmed, I didn't know what to do. I went there to pick up the box in the middle of the picture below, but more about that later. Also, the pictures are shot inside today. It's raining outside, and I don't want to get sick, lol.

Now for the individual pictures!!!

I really wanted a mini varnish of black. I wouldn't use black often, so I really just wanted to get a small one. This one was cheap, only $0.99. I picked up a glitter as well, because I wanted that too. Neither have names, but I'm assuming it's Sally's brand, so it doesn't bother me.

Orly Fifty Four

I fell in love with this nail polish as soon as I found it!! I think it will look gorgeous on top of a pale pink or putple. It's almost metallic in the bottle, but more on the pearl side. Great glitter color.

Orly Pointe Blanche

I use Essie Marshmallow for my french tips. I really don't like the formula for a french tip, so a few weeks ago I went on the Orly website to look at what they had. I wanted Pointe Blanche so bad, but they didn't have it at my local Ulta. I snatched it up when I saw it at Sally's!

China Glaze Celtic Sun (Neon)

Probably about as bright yellow as you can get. I was shocked at myself for buying, but I definitely have nothing like this in my collection. So excited for this guy.

Front

Back

China Glaze Go Go Pink and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

It also came with an adorable key chain. Guess how much!? $8.99!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! The top coat alone would cost that much! What a steal! I am loving it.

Such a great buy today. All of the nail polish came out to be $29.77. Not to mention I got Pirates of the Caribbean (the 5 or 6 disk edition) for $26, and Sims 3 Pets today (It's EA, so it's a rip off either way). Expensive day, but so worth it!!!

I swear those posts that I mentioned are coming! I have them made, I just need to go through and edit some more.