Today I have "Prelude to a Kiss" from Orly's Spring 2012 Cool Romance Collection

First thing's first: the name.  The Name!  Bleeergh- Orly, what were you thinking?  I knew I needed this shade in my life , but I had to cringe when I bought it.  It sounds like the title of a terrible Danielle Steel novel.



But look!

Daylight, Shade:

The color is ultra-flattering.  It's a pale, pinky-peach creme.  I have cool-toned, very pale skin with pink undertones, and Prelude to a Kiss seems like a natural extension of my skin color, but lighter & pinker.  It looks SO clean, and makes me look tanner than I am.  Very soft and pretty, and very work/interview appropriate.

I don't have anything else like it in my collection, but I believe it is an almost-dupe for Essie- A Crewed Interest.

Here it is next to the only other peachy color I have, China Glaze- Sunset Sail:

They look close in the bottle, but....

 

You can see they are very dissimilar (not to mention the micro-shimmer in Sunset Sail which I failed to capture.)

Polishes in a similar vein that I own are Misa- Blush Hour and famous Essie- Ballet Slippers, neither of which is really anywhere close (and neither could be called a peach):

Formula: I was hoping for a 2-coater, and in real life with careful application, I think you could get away with just two.  I did three for swatching purposes.  The first coat is definitely streaky, but a thicker second coat seems to even everything out. It doesn't self-level as much as I would like, but it's not completely unforgiving either. 

This polish is a great palette-cleanser, and I will definitely be keeping it.