Orly Rock It

Like Stone Cold and Rock the World, Rock It was released by Orly as part of the Mineral FX collection for fall 2011. It is also a shimmer polish, this time with a deep burgundy-leaning berry/magenta jelly base packed with pink foily shimmer flakes that have a slight pink/orangey gold duochromatic shift to them in certain lights. It appears mostly as a semi-metallic dark but vivid magenta with nuances of crimson and red violet and a beautiful speckled cerise pink glow in indirect light. In direct sun, Rock It blazes with scintillating sparks of hot pink.

Application was fabulous. The consistency of my bottle of Rock It was slightly thicker than the other two I swatched from this collection, fluid and smooth with excellent flow over the nail and a very nice balance between fluidity and viscosity. All three of these Mineral FX polishes have been very well-behaved and a pleasure to apply, but Rock It especially so. It seemed to be made for application with Orly's longish slender brush. The only thing you have to look out for are shimmer-thin areas in the coverage, which will leave bare looking spots when you look at it under direct sun. I thought I'd gotten completely opaque coverage in two coats until I looked at my nails in the sun and saw one nail with a bare-ish area near the cuticle. I added a third coat to that nail, which took care of the issue, and then decided that the color at three coats looked richer and more dramatic, so I added a third coat to all the rest of my nails also. Rock It is the kind of polish where every coat adds a bit more saturation and depth to the look, it's a matter of personal preference whether you stop at two or go on to three. 

Cleanup was easy but this is a polish that can tint skin and cuticles upon removal. Extra care taken in application and a good handwashing with soap and water after removal takes care of that issue handily. Rock It dries naturally in good time to a smooth shiny finish. As with Stone Cold and Rock the World, topcoat definitely enhances the color and composition of this polish.

Photos show three coats of Rock It over Seche Rebuild treatment and Pretty Serious All Your Base basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

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Rock It is beautifully composed. The interplay between the reflective shimmers within the polish and light is fascinating -- its appearance changes with every new lighting situation, appearing more red and metallic in one place, more berry-colored and shimmery in another, and more red-violet and vampy in another. It's dazzling and dramatic, a truly fierce polish!

love,
Liz