LEIGHTON
DENNY – The Heiress
Hi
Goddesses
When I did my post about British nail
polishes the other week, I missed out 1 quite important brand – Leighton Denny. I don’t know how I forgot about it, but I did
– oops!
So, here are some facts -
·
They have
the 2nd best bottle ever, after Deborah Lippmann. It’s a real heavy hunk of glass
·
They are
quite a luxury brand, similar price point to Nails Inc
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In the
UK, they’re about £12 brand new (approx. USD18)
·
They do
last quite well – the bottle quotes a “long lasting and chip resistant” formula. On the couple of occasions I’ve worn them, I’d
have to agree
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For all
you taupe and nude lovers out there, they do a very famous polish called
Supermodel, which is lush – go Google it
And then this is The Heiress. I am really struggling with what to call this
colour. It is so cold and haughty and
aloof – and amazing! It’s also been
quite hard to photograph with the camera that hates purples so, you need to know
–
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It’s not
as blue as the photos taken in the photo room / utility room (with the bright
white light)
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It’s
tone is better captured by the photos with the golden background (the ones with
glitter)
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The golden
backgrounded photos don’t capture enough of the blue in the polish
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Aaaargh! Lol
Basically this is an amazing blue – purple concoction
with a big blob of white chucked in to pastel it down some. Think Caitlin, think Planks A Lot, those
sorts of colours. I am very partial to
them, and I think they deserve a colour of their own. They are not lilac and not purple; not purple
and not blue. They have voltage. They
are blurpilacs ?? Blurpi-lec-lacs?? Lipurplues ? lol. The point is: electric blurple, pastelised.
I have loved wearing this and all day I have
been convinced it’s a dupe for another one of my many purplishes, but surprise
surprise – no!
Left to right – Zoya Caitlin (paler, greyer),
Zoya Mira (considerably more purple), CG No Name Yet (greyer), OPI Planks A Lot
(less blue), OPI Parlez Vous OPI (considerably brown in comparison).
And here she is next to her closest colour
compatriots – Caitlin, No Name Yet and Planks A Lot.
Whilst The Heiress is distinctly, definitely
and dazzlingly purple on the nail, these photos highlight her extremely blue
base. This is what gives her that
electrical sizzle, as well as what confuses my camera!
I then played around with my new favourite
glitter. Being in the UK, I find it
difficult to get hold of stuff by LA Girl and this is from their Glitter Addict
range. Goddesses, this is Celebrate.
Celebrate is just a whole vat of holy
wowness. This glitter was MADE for
me! A clear base and then micro and
small particles in pink, blue, purple and silver. Just GORGEOUS!
This weekend I discovered glitter tips whilst
prepping one of my Christmas manis, and the instant The Heiress arrived I grabbed
Celebrate. Don’t they make a fabulous
couple? Essence nail art twins, eat your
glittery heart out!!!
I am particularly pleased with the pattern
skittle, varying how the glitter was applied.
This caused quite a few ooooo’s in the office today.
Me ?
Super happy with this. Double
combo winner!!!
Enjoy xx J
J
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.
