Orly Nail Lacquer Review

After using Orly polish at polytech I went out and bought a beautiful nude shade and a rose gold shimmer. There are some gorgeous colours!! I used the polish in conjunction with Orly top and bottom coat and I can get almost a week out of a manicure if I'm careful!

I love Orly nail polishes. The colours are great and so are the consistencies. Smooth buttery finish almost every time. Amazing cap design. Only downside is the price in NZ. I'd only buy Orly if it were on sale.

I bought a beautiful golden Orly shade a few months ago to wear to a wedding (with a pink dress) from Farmers for about $15. I was mainly attracted to the cool rubber lid and thought I would give it a whirl since I had not tried this brand before.

I like the shape and size of the bottle, and the rubber grip lid is amazing! It makes it so secure in my hand. I find that two coats is sufficient and it goes on really easily and quite streak free. It dries really quickly which is a bonus.

This lasts a good 3 days on my nails before chipping which is great for me! I think the glitter in my shade helps with that.

Overall a really great nail polish and I will be buying more in the future!

I had never really heard enough about Orly nail polishes to take the plunge and purchase them for myself, I always through OPI was the leading nail polish brand, and little did I know they are just amazing at their marketing. So when I finally did pluck up the courage to purchase Orly Nail polishes, I had no idea what to expect since I hadn’t heard much about them.

Basically, it blew me away.

I have a blue one (will find out the shade soon), and brought it for around $10 off onceit. It has a smoothed shaped bottle with a rubbery texture lid. The nail polish wand seems to be a good length and reaches almost down to the bottom. The brush of this bottle is really nice too, it has a good shape and is slightly wider and thicker than your generic nail brush which means it covers the nail with less strokes, which also results in a smoother finish.

The thing I really love about this nail polish is the formula. Yes it smells and has the same consistency as any other polish, but my nails get full coverage with one coat of this stuff which makes it perfect for ombre nails, and using nail stencils.

This nail polish also wears really well on my nails; I can get to 5-ish days before it starts chipping which is saying a lot because some nail polishes I wear don’t even last the hour before they start to look chipped and tatty.

I really enjoy this polish and have already brought myself another colour. If you are a nail polish wearer or lover, this is well worth trying out.

I'm not going to mince words here: ORLY is cheaper than OPI and does just as good a job, with the added benefit of the fact that ORLY is cruelty-free!

The colour range is amazing, the product generally applies very smoothly (with a few exceptions, but that's true with every polish brand), and lasts a reasonable amount of time.

My only dislike of this brand is that I'm not overly fond of the bottles - neither the new or the old styles. They look cheap. It's the only time when companies like OPI or Essie beat them, in my opinion!

I only have a couple of orly polishes but the ones I do have I really love. I find them to be quick drying and reasonable in terms of wear time (although a couple of times my nails have chipped in 2 days, but I'm pretty hard on my hands). They have a great range of shades and finishes although they are quite pricey in NZ. I will definitely repurchase though when I run out!

I have been on a hunt for no chip top coats for quite a while and I think I might've found it! The top coat comes in quite a tall bottle with a grippy purple lid. The brush is also quite long and very comfortable to hold. It's quite a thick top coat and takes a wee while to dry, but once it dries it makes my nails feel noticeably harder. With this, my nail polishes can stay perfect for about 3 days then start chipping at the edges. I think this has lengthened the life of my manicures by at least 2 days. Considering how rough I am with my nails I'd say that's pretty impressive. I think this is definitely worth the price especially since each bottle can last for a long time.

I bought a set of minis when I was on holiday and really loved the bright, rich colours of green and blue. Though it was a mini size, the brush was easy to hold and apply and with 1 layer was already opaque and I was done with 2 layers. Such a shame that this brand is not sold at a lot of stores that sell nail polish as would love to buy more