ORLY Flicker: Perfect October Orange

Hey everyone!!

Sorry for my long absence! I have been really busy settling down in my grad school life (phew!) but I am back now and ready to blog with some fun products for Fall and Winter. Yay!

 

As you can probably tell, I am big on nail polish, and I do not have many orange polishes in my current collection.

 

Orly recently released a Fall collection and I decided to add the pretty red-orange 'Flicker' to my stash for $8.

 

This is a shiny, metallic, slightly duochrome polish that looks just like a flickering flame!

 

 

Two coats and this baby has a lot of depth and looks great for Halloween time!

 

 

This lasted about 5 days with minor tip wear and looks good as a base for black glitter as well!

 

 

Overall Thoughts: A great wearable orange just in time for All-Hallows-Eve!

 

Price: 8/10

Staying Power: 8.5/10

Packaging: 10/10

Color/Wearability: 10/10

Quality/Branding: 9/10

 

Total: 45.5/50 = A- = Happy Panda!

 

Do you guys have any of the other ORLY Fall polishes? I thought they were all so pretty!

 

xoxo PrettyPanda

ORLY Flicker: Perfect October Orange

Hey everyone!!

Sorry for my long absence! I have been really busy settling down in my grad school life (phew!) but I am back now and ready to blog with some fun products for Fall and Winter. Yay!

 

As you can probably tell, I am big on nail polish, and I do not have many orange polishes in my current collection.

 

Orly recently released a Fall collection and I decided to add the pretty red-orange 'Flicker' to my stash for $8.

 

This is a shiny, metallic, slightly duochrome polish that looks just like a flickering flame!

 

 

Two coats and this baby has a lot of depth and looks great for Halloween time!

 

 

This lasted about 5 days with minor tip wear and looks good as a base for black glitter as well!

 

 

Overall Thoughts: A great wearable orange just in time for All-Hallows-Eve!

 

Price: 8/10

Staying Power: 8.5/10

Packaging: 10/10

Color/Wearability: 10/10

Quality/Branding: 9/10

 

Total: 45.5/50 = A- = Happy Panda!

 

Do you guys have any of the other ORLY Fall polishes? I thought they were all so pretty!

 

xoxo PrettyPanda

Hello Flawless!

Hola!

I was recently given a sample of Benefit's Hello Flawless Foundation Powder in 'Petal' to try out.

The biggie version retails for $34, which is around the same price as any highish-end foundation these days.

Petal is a light beige color with neutral undertones. It goes well with my very pale skin. This also has an spf of 15 in it, but I would still use a regular sunscreen under it.

I purposefully caked a lot of this on so you could see the color, because when blended in, it really does appear 'flawless'. This is a creamy powder, so it feels more like a traditional foundation on the skin.

Here is the product fully blended onto my hand. For me, this looked cakey on my face. It had great coverage but I wasn't comfortable with how it settled into my tiny lines.

This is a great product and I think many will like it. There is a decent shade range, especially for pale girls (which is a hard thing to find sometimes) but I feel like this just sits on my skin. Not for me. I wish it was because the color match is great.

Final Thoughts: Proceed with caution if you do not like your foundation settling into fine lines after a while.

Price: 8/10
Staying Power: 8/10
Packaging: 10/10
Color/Wearability: 9/10
Quality/Branding: 9/10

Total: 44/50 = B+ = Pleased Panda (Color-wise, but not overall)

Have you tried this? Love it? Hate it?

xo PrettyPanda