Nails I Love
Hi
Goddesses
So,
last week we started counting down my Top 10 polishes of all time, and in
typically cruel fashion, I started at 10 and …. Finished at 6 J
So,
in a moment, we will go from 5 to …. 1 – NO PEEKING !! But first, let me remind you of numbers 10 to
6.
10.
SALLY HANSEN – Mystic Lilac
9. OPI Planks A Lot
8. China Glaze – MUMMY MAY I
7. Sally Hansen – CONCRETE
6. Zoya KELLY
So
here we go … into the sweet meat …..
5. DEBORAH LIPPMANN – Ruby Red Slippers
Wow,
what a polish. Ruby Red Slippers is now
famous and much duped, but it’s important to remember how I GASPED the first
time I saw it. Until then, I’d had no
idea that polish could be so magical, and it was this polish more than any
other that persuaded me there was life beyond OPI and Zoya.
The
formula is now famous – black jelly crammed with red glitter – large hex pieces
and micro dots. The finish is as
breathtaking as ever. No other polish
represents the awe and magic of glitter as much as this one J
4. OPI – Parlez Vous OPI - here
The
first OPI I ever lost my heart to, PVO still has me under her spell. Smoky before Caitlin and Kelly were a
meta-twinkle in Zoya’s eye, this is pretty much the perfect colour – rich lilac
grey, feathery and dusty, warm and cold.
It has that “what IS that” quality all great polishes have – quite
simply, PVO is too haughty, serene and hot-damn beautiful to be categorised as
a colour. Nail polish as lifestyle
choice starts here
There’s
something very magical about a Lippmann, something that makes you feel very
lucky to own it. This particular piece
of magic is a sublime navy jelly crammed with silver and lavender glitter. It’s absolutely spellbinding.
I
know many of you will rate Across The Universe much higher than LSTB, and it’s
true, that one is glorious too. But
there’s just something about the depth of this one that carries me away. It’s that rare thing, a dark polish that
carries the light inside itself.
Beautiful to behold.
Well,
there had to be ANOTHER purple somewhere near the top, didn’t there ? lol. If I’m totally honest, I still don’t think I have
found THE purple to end all purples, so you know, with great burdensomeness, I will
just have to wear a load more of my untrieds in the next few weeks J
Anyhow, let’s not
rob DS Original of her moment of glory.
Holotastic. I could end it there,
but let’s not do her a disservice. Original
is a beautiful lilac-purple. Delicate
and dazzling in equal measure, it ups the volume when you get it in bright
light, and dials it down in the shade.
It has more dazzle dust per nano-particle than any other thing on the
planet, and is so gossamer thin and sheer that it’s like layering angel’s
wings.
No other holo comes
close to this. Sure, some look better
from a distance, or might be a prettier colour, but the first holo still cuts
the deepest. Every particle brings its
own rainbow to the party; every droplet carries starlight; every brush stroke
breathes magic.
1.
GLITTER GAL – Red Sparkle Holo - here
Glitter
Gal, how I love thee, and never more so than for creating this masterpiece,
which took the majestic beauty of Red Holo and IMPROVED ON IT.
This
is like wearing pure fire on your nails.
It’s glorious. Bright, holtastic,
light catching, this burns red, orange, yellow, and a whole host of other
colours in between.
So,
Glitter Gal RED HOLO SPARKLE. Just to be
clear, that means she is red. And
holo. And she sparkles. Red – holo – sparkle. Red holo sparkle. My. If
holo was my coke, I have just fallen off the wagon and found my heroin.
Seriously,
look at her!! She’s red. Not just “mmm well I guess I could be red”,
or “yeh, I’ll be red in a lame ass pinky way”. No. This baby is R-E-D. Red.
She has depth. She has
roots. She has vibe. She is deeply, plushly, boldly, brilliantly
red.
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.
