ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Orly Royal Navy
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
They say it takes 28 days to create a habit, or break one. Today is Day 28 of my untrieds challenge and one of the reasons I started this project was to get over what I’m calling a “blogpression.” It’s not that I didn’t love polish anymore or talking about it. It’s just that after four years I was feeling very mixed about blogging. As much as I love all of you for reading, commenting, emailing, etc I was putting so much pressure on myself. Wanting to fulfill every request and please everyone all the time made me avoid blogging. I wanted to swatch and compare every polish that came out to every other polish that ever existed. It’s simply not possible. So thank you for the endless support and encouragement. I’m happy that you enjoy the 365 of Untrieds as much as I do. It’s made me enjoy blogging more than I have in a long time. Now let’s move on with Orly Royal Navy. |
Formula & Application: Orly nail polish is 4-Free (including formaldehyde resin) and does not contain camphor, which can be an irritant. Orly polishes come with the fan fave rubberized cap. That signature easy-to-grip topper makes it easy to control the polish. The brush is long and thin with flexible bristles. I personally would like it if there were more bristles to get more coverage in each stroke.
Royal Navy was such a pleasure to apply I was actually a bit giddy as it glided on the nail. The formula has a semi-sheer jelly look to it but it flows on the nail like a smooth-as-butter creme rather than a squishy jelly. Due to its semi-sheer nature I used three coats and even though the picture shows VNL (visible nail line) it’s MUCH less apparent in person.
Orly Royal Navy is a an electrified royal blue jelly packed with turquoise micro-glitter. This color launched last summer as part of the patriotic themed In The Navy collection and this color clearly stole the show. It’s so amazingly vibrant in person that I can’t stop staring at it. Pictures can not do this one justice. It’s rich and bold but not in-your-face bright.
Bottom Line: Without a doubt Royal Navy is going on my all-time favorite blues list. It’s stunning and a “must-have” for any blue polish lover. I’m smitten and don’t want to take it off. You will have serious nail polish regret if you let this one pass by.
365 of Untrieds Stash/Share Verdict: As if you couldn’t guess… STASH STASH STASH
Orly Royal Navy is available online at SallyBeauty.com and TransDesign.com. Check your local Sally Beauty or UTLA for availability. Orly nail polishes retail for $6/ea for a .6oz bottle.
How many of you have Royal Navy? Are you as in love with it as I am? Come on, back me up! If you don’t own it, do you plan to hunt down a bottle?
Disclosure: I purchased this nail polish. For more info view my Disclosure Policy.
That color is awesome! But what I really came in here to say is THANK YOU for running this blog! This is hands-down, the BEST nail polish blog I’ve found. (I think part of the reason I like it so much is because you shape and cut your nails like I do, so it’s easy for me to imagine the polishges on myself). I really appreciate all the swatching and comparisons you do. Thank you!!!
I LOVE Royal Navy. I picked it up last summer and it’s one of my all-time faves for sure.
This is in my untrieds too, sad to say. It’s so easy to rack up a collection of untried polishes, isn’t it?
YAY! I went to Sally’s today & found Royal Navy & bought it plus Star Spangled & Fifty Four. Now if I ever get around to trying them…LOL. They were having a buy 2 get 1 free, so I couldn’t pass that up,-)
This is such a gorgeous blue by Orly. I love it so much that I even painted one of my male friends’ nails this color at a party! Hahaha…and he liked it, as long as he didn’t have to walk around in public with it.
I need to wear this again soon. You’ve reminded me how much I loved this bright blue.
I love jelly colors… and I wouldn’t even know what a jelly is if it weren’t for your blog! Thanks!!!!
Its a lovely blue & you have lovely nails too! Wish I could carry off blue but I’m kinda tanned so it’ll be odd…
Sorry to hear you’ve Blogpression – just wanted to let you know you’ve an Amazing site for us nail polish lovers & I’ve been following & always look forward to your reviews. (no pressure intended!)
365 of Untrieds is great! Think I wouldn’t want it to end when you finally hit #365.
I have to get Royal Navy! Love this! And I have to ask…how in the world do you keep the polish off of your cuticles. Have you just polished so much that you are perfect about the placement and don’t get it on your cuticles? Or do you have a trick or secret you can share!?
First, thanks so much for hosting this blog. I found your blog about a year ago and I just love it! And it fired up my latent nail polish love earlier this year. Now I’m purchasing nail polish left and right!
Second, love this color. I will have to check out Sally’s and/or Ulta to look for it. It’s absolutely spectacular!
Just bought this a couple days ago and LOVE it! Perfect timing for the royal wedding too!
I just picked this color up! I loveee in your face colors like this!
I love this on toes too!
I HATE blues… but I can’t help but LOVE Royal Navy. It’s so perfect in every way. I never wear it on my fingers but I adore it for toe-wear. And seriously… your blog is awesome. Don’t stop!
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I love Royal Navy. It too is my favorite. The only problem I have with it is the shimmer sets to the bottom of the bottle and I have to keep shaking it (I know that bad)but it’s worth it. Do you have any solutions to getting the shimmer to spread evenly through out the polish without shaking it?
Love the blue jelly! But aww… I’m looking for 1 without shimmers.
Thank you so much for all your blogging! It definitely keeps me (and obviously many others!) entertained at work, and I’m always rushing to get home after because ALU makes me want to do a manicure immediately.
I really like the jellys, although I haven’t tried any in Orly yet. I was wondering if you’d tried Orly It’s Not Rocket Science – it got me a lot of compliments this past weekend.
Thanks again for all you do!
I love this colour…I’m actually wearing it right now and it goes so well with my skin tone….def one of my fav nail polishes!
Holy cow that’s gorgeous!
I love it too. It’s ultra-gorgeous
Definitely agree that this is a must-have. It’s as close to Yves Klein blue as I’ve ever seen.
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