Picture Polish Orchid perfect summer polish

It’s finally warm in the UK, spring is giving way to summer, apart from the past couple of days which were more like November! My summer dresses are out, and I want some bright, pretty nails to go with them! I had my eyes on plenty of summer polishes in yesterday’s best of nail polish post, so Picture Polish Orchid is perfect for right now.

This bright, slightly magenta-leaning purple is packed with little sparkly, holographic flakes.  The polish base is a bit jelly-like, which helps the flakes to peek through.  But despite this, it covers really nicely in two coats.

I always find that jelly polishes clean up really easily and rarely stain, and Orchid is no exception.  No purple cuticles with this one!

This comes highly recommended by me – great colour and formula, and it’s really easy to paint on and clean up. The perfect summer polish!

I used top coat over these swatches, for a smooth finish and to make them extra glossy.  My skin looks a little odd, but the polish is colour accurate.

I had to add some nail art to this to match the bottle!  Some white stamping was called for, and although I don’t have an exact match, this MoYou London design works really well.

Polishes and tools

Orly Bonder
Picture Polish Orchid
Hit the Bottle White
MoYou London Explorer 03
Clear Jelly Stamper The Big Bling and The Bling Brush
Seche Vite

White stamping polish is always easy to clean up, and by only stamping on a couple of feature nails it makes this a quick design.

Picture Polish Orchid

No questions, this is my perfect summer polish! Easy to paint and clean up, no staining, bright and sparkly.  What’s not to love! Solo Nails did a great job with this collaboration polish.

What’s your favourite nail polish colour in the summer?