Nails Inc Queen Victoria Street

I was feeling very summery today and thought I'd go for a daring green colour. Nails Inc's Queen Victoria Street is a polish I don't wear too often, but when I do, I vow that I will wear it more often. And here's why: it is a beautiful shade of green, is very easy to apply and I get great wear from it. I painted my nails today and have had many compliments about it.

Avon Nailwear Pro Inky Blue and OPI Gold Shatter Layered Manicure

I've had these photos on my camera for ages, and feel it's high time I posted!

I really love this polish. In indirect light it looks almost black, yet when the light catches it, you get a flash of electric blue.

Once more, Avon have come up with the goods and produced an excellent polish, with great coverage and durability. The problems arose when I tried OPI Gold Shatter. It didn't shatter! Whether I applied it too thinly or thickly, I don't know. I still got a pleasant enough looking manicure, but I wanted shatter!

As you can see, the gold was lovely and sparkly, but there was no shatter. The picture below shows a little bit of shattering on my little finger.

Avon Nailwear Pro Decadence

I have to say that this polish became very boring- but in a good way! I had it on for 8 days without chipping or wearing on the nail tips. Either this is one amazing polish or I don't do enough housework!

I was a little bit sad to remove a perfectly good manicure, but I have plenty of other polishes calling for my attention! I thought that metallic polishes looked a little bit 1980s, but I'm beginning to love them again.

OPI La Paz-itively Hot

Another of my oldie-but-goodies! I have worn this polish many times over the last 11 years and it still draws compliments. It is not your standard pink creme; there is a very subtle purple shimmer. Like most OPI polishes, it has great longevity and only needs removing once nail regrowth starts to show.

It cheers me up through these miserable winter months!

OPI Nice Hands... Great Nails

So here is a review of another of my ancient polishes; this polish is 10 years old and is still going strong! It has the smaller OPI brush that I prefer and applies very smoothly. These pictures were taken after the polish had been on a week, with only the nail edge repainted and an extra coat of top coat for maintenance- excellent durability.

The polish is orange, but has is muted my a soft shimmer; the photos make it look more garish than it really is.

Avon Nailwear Pro Lucky Penny

So, another of my Christmas loot:

This polish is quite astonishing: I put had it on for 8 days. No chipping, no dulling, no hassle. In fact, I only removed it as I was getting a bit bored with it. It is vibrant copper metallic and will look gorgeous in the autumn.

Avon Speed Dry+ Lime Splatter

I received 6 Avon polishes for Christmas, so I will attempt to review a couple of them in the coming weeks. I started with Lime Splatter as I have not got a similar colour in my collection. For some reason I have not really worn green polishes before and I have to say: I love it! It is a very unusual creme pastel lime-green, very different to the minty greens that were popular in 2012.

When I applied the first coat it streaked and I thought, "Oh no, this doesn't bode well!" I needn't have worried. The second coat went on a treat with excellent coverage. I received so many compliments when wearing it too!