OPI A Roll In The Hague

Collection: Holland (2012 Spring)

Bright orange cream. Did you know that while the term Holland frequently refers to the whole of Netherlands, it is actually a region in the Western part of the country?

There’s a strong red tone here, very similar to tomato red. The color is a bit of a chameleon, turning almost red in certain lightings. The formula flows very easily and covers very well in two coats. I strongly recommend using a base coat as it stained my cuticles during cleanup.

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Polish peels:
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat (1 coat)
• OPI A Roll In The Hague (2 coats)

Euro 2012 Netherlands

I’m quite sad that the Netherlands are out of the running already. They have a good range of talented players but it just didn’t translate into a good team.

Also known as Oranje, it’s no surprise that the home jersey is the same eye-catching shade. Did you know the top red band of the current flag was originally orange?

I have very little experience with freehand drawing so I used tape to create the crisp lines. I know my color choices are not the same as the jersey shows orange (red-toned) accents on an orange (yellow-toned) base. Since I only had one orange cream, I used red as an accent instead.

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Polish peels:
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat (1 coat)
• OPI A Roll In The Hague (2 coats)
• Essie First Dance (1 coat)
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat (1 coat)

All jerseys featured are for illustrative purposes only.

Elianto Tangerine Orange

Collection: Sparkling Diva

Orange jelly with gold micro-glitter. I don’t have any orange nail polish, this belongs to my mum. I asked her to get the Elianto polishes for me and she got this for herself at the same time. Two weeks later, when when she was deciding which color to paint her toes, I discovered that she already had a very similar shade from SkinFood! Isn't it funny how we keep buying colors we already have? Still, it’s a bright, sparkly and summery orange which I find myself liking! I’ll have to try it out on my toes someday.

The jelly base is not as sheer as Shimmer Pink, though it still required three coats to cover up some bald spots. The application and finish of this is similar to all the others from the Sparkling Diva collection. It is not very thick, allowing for easy control and dries to a smooth, shiny finish.

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Polish sandwich:
• Elianto Tangerine Orange (3 coats)