Sunday, October 14, 2012

LynBDesigns Five Orange Pips

Have you ever watched the BBC series Sherlock? I haven't, but my boyfriend is a huge fan. I do, however, have a lovely Sherlock-inspired polish to share with you today: LynBDesigns Five Orange Pips! You can purchase LynBDesigns on Jenna's Etsy shop, where she has an entire Sherlock-themed collection. Five Orange Pips is a shimmering orange base with orange hex and heart glitter.





What you see here is three coats of Five Orange Pips all on its own. This polish applies well but I did have to fish a bit for the heart glitters. Unfortunately though, I had a much bigger issue with Five Orange Pips: it stained my nails to holy hell.  My nails were orange for at least a week--like, Snooki orange. It was not cute. Only after a good soak in some lemon juice, then another soak in a water/hydrogen peroxide mix, then two more soaks in a hydrogen peroxide/baking soda paste were my nails starting to return to normal. It was an ordeal, to say the least. I know, I know, first-world problems.

I've always felt my nails are more prone to staining than most and I did wear a glue basecoat with this instead of my normal Seche basecoat, so those could be contributing factors. Obviously your mileage may vary with this polish and I think it's perfect for fall. It makes me think of cider and crispy leaves. But unfortunately I can't see myself wearing it again after the epic staining it left behind.

9 comments:

  1. that's a really interesting color! too bad about the staining:/

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  2. Omg, OBSESSED with Sherlock. It's really just a brilliant show. Your boyfriend *yay!* clearly has good taste ;)

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    1. Thanks Amanda! I'll let him know you said so. :)

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  3. Ahh I love Sherlock so much!! I'm going to have to give this collection a look! :D The colour is really nice, but such a bummer about the staining :(

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    1. It's definitely a fun collection, probably even more so if you're a fan of the show!

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  4. beautiful glitter, but ugh I hate when it stains, especially that bad!

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