Nails I Love
Hi Goddesses
I don't know about you, but I love lists. Favourites, weirdest, funniest, I love it all. This is the first of what's going to be quite a series, not only my Top 10 Polishes of All Time, but there will be separate features on my favourite blues, red, pinks etc as well as glitters and effects.
Each entry will also link back to it's original post, so that you can see it in all its glory or read my little ramblings lol.
I'm going to start with Part 1 of my Top 10 - and I hope this will change every month or so as a new beauty catches my eye. To
get maximum suspense out of the situation, we’re going to go in reverse order,
from No 10 up to No 6 … mwahahahahahaha J
10.
SALLY HANSEN – Mystic Lilac - here
My
holy grail of nail varnishes is always to find the perfect lilac-grey-taupe and
oh my god does Mystic Lilac deliver.
Stop the clocks, the search is over J Mystic Lilac is
amaaaaaazing. Its beyond gorgeous.
Mystic
Lilac is a greige base with some lilac / lavender applied. There is no bright whiteness here – just a
whole lotta sludge going on. This is a
dirty girl’s lilac. A swampy lilac. A concrete lilac. A lilac porridge.
It’s
dusty and murky in tone with just that beautiful lilac hue and then …. It has
green glass flecks. Teeny tiny itsy
bitsy flecks that catch the light and turn it into an elfin masterpiece. This is the colour the rebellious teenage
elves would wear in ElfLand to match their dirty blonde hair and their
grass-stained knees.
9. OPI Planks A Lot - here
One
thing you can always rely on from OPI, a super glossy crème that spreads like
butter and shines like moonlight. From
the Pirates of The Caribbean collection, Planks is pretty much the perfect
lilac. Subtle, but not pale; deep, but
not overly rich; colourful, but not overpowering; juicy, but not sickly.
Every
time I wear this, I stare and stare and stare at my nails. It’s the ultimate in elegant, aloof
prettiness.
8. China Glaze – MUMMY MAY I - here
I
found this totally by accident on eBay, but as I can never have enough purples,
thought “what the hell” and added it to my order. In the bottle, it is super pretty, devilish
and full of voodoo. A purplish black
base, flecked with violet, on the nail this looks like blackcurrant crush, the
clash of the bruised skin mixing with the sweet inner juices.
This,
girls, is BEYOND magical.
7. Sally Hansen – CONCRETE - here
Sally
Hansen’s Concrete is delicious. She’s
soft, she’s feminine, she’s subtle – she’s awesome! Concrete is a super-soft fairy-lite taupe
with barely there lilac overtones. She’s
like a pastel version of one of my all-time faves, OPI’s Parlez Vous OPI.
The
perfect taupe is one of my polish Holy Grails, and Concrete has just about
ended it. She’s such a perfect blend of
the cool and the warm, the aloof and the luscious, the greige and the
lilac. This is one delicious babe.
6. Zoya KELLY - here
Kelly
is an amazing melodrama of a polish. A deep dark plume of darkest grey smoke
with purple and bluish tinges, this colour stops traffic, and heralded the
start of the recent grey / smokey colours.
Kelly
is fabulous and twisted in a conventional yet unconventional way. She’s dark, indigo-hearted and perfect for
wintry nights.
So, which polishes do you think made it into my Top 5 ???? And what are your favourites ?
Enjoy :) xx