Hi lovely readers, I'm sorry it has taken me longer than anticipated to do this post for you, it was difficult to motivate myself to sort through and crop all my photos! There are lots :) here they are now though which is the main thing!
Today's post is to show you all the new nail polishes I couldn't resist buying last friday. I went into The Original Factory Shop, and found a load of Essie polishes at £3, as well as some other brands that I wanted to try at crazy low prices, so I ended up spending £24 and walking away with 11 new polishes! I was only looking for a white! Well worth it though :)
The first polishes I want to show you are a couple of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength polishes (only £1 each!)
The pink colour is Pink Promise 06, and the pearly colour is 17 Platinum. I tried them out by themselves, over white, and over black nail polish, and here are the results, firstly we have Pink Promise -
It is 2 coats by itself on my index finger, and one coat over one coat of white polish on my middle finger. It went on easily and is a really pretty sparkly pale pink :) not a colour I would usually choose to wear by itself but I thought it might look nice over other colours, as it does have a very fine glittery finish. Here it is over black nail polish -
The pretty glitter is more obvious over a darker colour :) Next we have the Platinum both by itself and over white -
The ring finger is one coat by itself, and the little finger has one coat over white. Excuse the messy cuticles, I was just experimenting with what the colours looked like! Here is how the platinum looked over black -
As you can see, it does have some quite heavy pink tones in its finish. I'm not sure how much I like this polish, I didn't think it would be quite so opaque, I had hoped that I may be able to use it as a pearlescent topcoat, but it would just take over the whole look. I'll think of something I'm sure!
The white used above was also a new one, by a brand I haven't used before, NYC -
I bought NYC Pinstripe White 132, and a fast dry top coat which is called Grand Central Station 202, and I have to say I am so impressed with both of these since the brand is a relatively cheap one anyway, and these were even cheaper at £1 a bottle. The white has a smooth, streak free finish in 2 coats, and I have since used it successfully for stamping and with striping tape. The top coat does just what it's meant to, providing a smooth glossy finish.
Another brand that is new to me is w7, I bought their Black 28, as one of my blacks is on its way out, and one of my favourite bloggers uses w7 polishes quite a bit in her designs, so I figured it must be good! This one was £2 for a 15ml bottle -
Again, I am very impressed with this polish, it gives a good finish with just one coat, is easy to apply, and as with the NYC white, I have successfully used it for stamping and with striping tape, so all good :) It may have just become my go to black since my Rimmel Black Cab is nearly gone!
I am starting to realise what an epic long post this would be if I included the 6 Essie polishes I bought as well, so I shall save those for next time, in part 2 :) I also have some nail art to show you soon, as well as even more shiny new goodies, yey!
Blog you soon, S x
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