Nail Art: Fluid Summer Neon's

Orange Polish | Orly - Cowabunga!^

Pink Polish | Orly - Shut Up Heather^

Clear DIY Fluid Polish

  

Nail Polish Swatches: Orly 1980s - Summer 2025^

To celebrate 50 years of Orly they are releasing decade boxes for the Color Pass last year;

Stay Rad // Be Kind Rewind // Shut Up Heather

Most Definitely // Cowabunga! // Mallrat

Stay Rad

Be Kind Rewind

Shut Up Heather

Most Definitely

Cowabunga!

Mallrat

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Orly - Cowabunga! (1980's Summer 2025)^

Cowabunga! is a neon polish and so it is very difficult to get a colour accurate photo. It is a neon orange cream and dries down demi matte so I used topcoat.

Colour | Orange

Finish | Cream

Opacity | Two Coats

How Much | 18ml

Brush Type | Paddle

Collection | 1980's Summer 2025

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | Gift

  

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Monsters Inc

Today is the prompt 'Monsters Inc' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Base Polish | Fancy Gloss - Midori Sour

White Polish | Barry M - Cotton

Black Polish | Barry M - Black Forest

Teal Polish | Barry M - Blueberry Muffin

2016 Version;

  

Nails: Top 5 Summer Polishes 2026

Summer Solstice was yesterday and so I'm sharing my top summer polishes for 2026. These are the polishes from my collection I will be reaching for more often.

If you are interested you can see my summer picks for 2025 here, 2024 here, 2023 here, 2022 here, 2021 here, 2020 here, 2019 here, 2018 here, 2017 here, 2015 here and 2014 here.

Nails Inc Baker Street // Prism Polish Selenite // Chameleon Nails Little Mermaid // A England The Scent of Azaleas // Danglefoot Polish Oh, Plesiosaur

Baker Street is a bright cobalt blue cream, last year it was one of the polishes I wanted to finish and I think there is only one or two sets of nails worth left in the bottle so want to use it this summer.

Selenite is a blue, flakie, topper polish. I've already worn it over a blue and want to wear it again soon.

Little Mermaid is a UV reactive polish going from green to purple, however the bottle I have no longer reacts. I do want to use it though because I like the sea foam green, flakie colour it now is.

The Scent of Azaleas is a mid purple holographic, which I like wearing in direct sunlight.

Oh, Plesiosaur is a dark grey, almost black holographic polish. It is different to Oh, Plesiosaur 2.0. Black may not seem particularly summer appropriate but there is something about holographic colours in direct sunlight which you don't get in winter, well in Northern England!

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Prism Polish UK - Selenite

Colour | Blue, Iridescent

Finish | Flakie Topper (shown over blue cream)

Opacity | One Coat

How Much | 11ml

Brush Type | Paddle

Vegan | Yes

Cruelty Free | Yes

Purchased From | PrismPolish

  

Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Goth Wedding

Today is the prompt 'Goth Wedding' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Base Polish | Orly - Smoke Jelly^ (awful formula)

Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black

Stamping Plate | Simply Polished - Flawed and Still Worthy

2016 Version;