Knitted Gold by Maybelline

This is a recently released polish from the Maybelline Color Show Brocades Collection.  It is a beautiful polish, rose gold flakes of glitter in a gold base.  I was not sure how opaque I would be able to get this on its own so I layered it over one coat of Orly's Rage.  Two coats of this on top and it gave a beautiful look.  Very good for this time of year.

The polish was easy to apply and the flakes of glitter were easy to get out and well distributed on the nail.  Let me tell you, it was a pain to get off though.  I had to do the tin foil trick and even then I was scraping little pieces of glitter flakes off my nails.  It also stained my nails orange after three days of wear and that was with a base coat.  A lovely polish but it does have its drawbacks.

Next up is Nothin Mousie 'Bout It from OPI.

Until then,

Lealea x

Nothin Mousie 'Bout It by OPI

This is from the Vintage Minnie Mouse Collection from 2012, another Fragrance Direct bargain.  This is a glitter polish with pink micro glitter and pink heart shaped pieces.  This is strictly a topper polish so I layered it over Kiss Me On My Tulips.

There is an abundance of heart glitter in this polish and yet it is so hard to get out.  I spent a good 10 mins fishing around trying to get just one piece on the brush.  I eventually managed to get enough to get one on each nail but it was way harder than it should have been.  I think the effect does look cute but my husband told me it looked like I had small chips on each nail when the light hit the hearts.  The glitter is nice and would make a nice topper to any pink or purple without the hearts.

Next up is Ocean by GOSH.
Until then,
Lealea x

Kiss Me On My Tulips by OPI

Another OPI polish from the Holland collection from 2012.  This is a standard pink cream polish similar to 20 other polishes I have which are standard pink creams.  I love this colour which is why I am always attracted to it and why I have a great number of the same polish!

The formula is slightly on the thin side and two coats was not quite enough to be opaque - you can see some visible nail line still.  At £3.99 I don't mind that this is similar to other colours I have but I would not spend full price on a standard cream pink which you could get cheaper and a better formula elsewhere (Barry M Shocking Pink for example).

Next up is Knitted Gold by  Maybelline.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Just a Little Rosti at This by OPI

Another bargain polish from Fragrance Direct.  This is also from the 2010 Swiss Collection and it is dark red cream colour.  I liked the colour although it is similar to other polishes I own.  I also put it on my toes but it is a little too dark red on my toes for my liking, I much prefer bright reds and pinks on my toes.

The formula was great and it applied easily.  I would recommend it as a nice dark red cream polish to add to your collection, but I would not pay full price for it when there are other cheaper dark red creams out there.

Next up is Kiss Me On My Tulips by OPI.
Until then,
Lealea x

Gouda Gouda Two Shoes by OPI

Yet another cheap OPI polish from Fragrance Direct - sensing a theme?  I bought quite a few!  This is from the Holland collection from a few years ago.  It is a dusty pink colour with a gold/orange shimmer which runs through.  The is obvious in the bottle, less so on the nails but it does give the dusty pink a burnished colour.  So hard to explain.  It's not an obvious colour to like but as I wore it I found that I actually liked it a lot.

The formula is great, easy to apply.  I would recommend this polish, it's a weird one but a good one.

Next up is Just A Little Rosti At This by OPI.
Until then,
Lealea x

Fabfuschia by Orly

This is one of my most recent purchases.  I bought it in a pack of two Orly polishes from TK Maxx for £9.99.  The reason I bought the polishes was not for this colour but because there was a full size bottle of Rage in the pack.  As Rage is one of my favourite polishes I could not pass it up, I only have a mini bottle of Rage so the full size bottle was a must.

Fabfuschia is a mid toned satin finish pink with silver threads running through it.  Very similar to a number of other polishes I have, but a nice colour none the less.  It did chip quite quickly, after 24 hours of wear I had chips on my thumb, but I was wrapping presents and wrestling with Sellotape so that might have had something to do with it.

The formula of this polish is nice.  The brush is a little thin but nothing I could not work with.  All in all a nice polish.

Next up is Gouda Gouda Two Shoes by OPI,

until then,

Lealea x

Excuse Moi by OPI

This is another bargain OPI polish from Fragrance Direct.  I may have bought a few but I needed them, honest!  This polish is from the 2011 Muppets Collection and is a sparkly pink glitter polish with green and gold glitter particles.  In the bottle when it catches the light it is amazing, so glittery and shiny.  It does translate well on the nails too.  I used it as a topper over Diva of Geneva and the two combined were great.

I have not tried this polish on its own so I could not say what the coverage is like on its own.  However it applied really well and gave good glitter coverage.

Next up is Fabfuschia by Orly.
Until next time,
Lealea x