Popular by Revlon

Yet another Fragrance Direct £0.99 bargain.  I saw the swatch and thought it looked lovely.  It is a pale dusty pink with tons of silver glitter particles.  On the nails though I actually hated it.  The pink is too milky for my liking, the glitter looks white rather than silver.  Just no, not for me.  My five year old might like it but I do not.

I used three coats to achieve full coverage and I must say the amount of glitter that comes out is great.  I just did not like how it looked on my nails.  At least it was only £0.99 so I did not waste too much money on it.

Next up is Red Lights Ahead...Where? By OPI.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Planks A Lot by OPI

This polish is a Fragrance Direct bargain.  It is from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection that was released a couple of years ago.  It is a gorgeous dusky cream lilac.  Although I have tons of lilac shades this is actually nothing like any of them.  I really really like.  It would be a great spring shade so I'm sure I'll get lots of use out of it then.

The formula is good, I did two coats although three would probably be better for it to be truly opaque.  I would highly recommend this polish if you like lilac/purple colours.

Next up is Popular by Revlon,
Until then,
Lealea x

Pixel Pretty by Sally Hansen

I bought this polish for £0.99 from Fragrance Direct when I did a recent purchase.  It is part of their HD collection which I do not believe was released over here.  The colour is a green metallic, quite dark.  I liked the swatch colour I saw online, I like the colour in the bottle and on my nails but I don't love it.

The formula is great and it was not streaky like some metallics can be.  It was a nice polish and for the price I paid you can't beat it. They did not have any other colours from the HD collection that I really wanted (the blue looked nice but they did not have it) but I would definitely them for that price if they did.

Next up is Planks A Lot by OPI.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Pennies from Heaven by Sally Hansen

Merry Christmas everyone!  Hope you are having a fantastic time whatever you are doing.  I am cooking Christmas dinner for eight people, fingers crossed it all goes well!

Today's polish is Pennies from Heaven by Sally Hansen.  I bought this as a free item in Boots's 3 for 2 sale as a third item (I had two and needed a third).  I saw this and thought of Penny Talk by Essie which is one of my all time favourite polishes.  It is a beautiful metallic copper colour.  It's much darker, much more bronze than Penny Talk which has more of a gold tone.  I like it, but it has not swayed me away from Penny Talk.

The formula is great for a metallic, it is not streaky and does not show all your brush strokes as some metallics do.  I really like this polish and would recommend it if you can't get your hands on Penny Talk.

Next up is Pixel Pretty by Sally Hansen.

Until then,

Lealea x

Peachy Keen by China Glaze

I have heard this polish mentioned so much by nail bloggers and on YouTube but had never seen it to buy and then a couple of weeks ago I was in my local TK Maxx and I saw it by itself on the shelf and snapped it up straight away.  It is a peach colour (hence the name) which I thought would be quite similar to Peach Melba by Barry M.  However it is nothing like.  It's very orange rather than peach and just totally the wrong shade for my colouring.  Not for me at all.

The formula was not great, it was streaky and took three coats to achieve an even opaque look.  Not my favourite at all.  Wish I had left it on the shelf now!

Next up is Pennies from Heaven by Sally Hansen.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Ocean by GOSH

I bought this polish in Superdrug in their 3 for 2 sale.  I needed a third item and saw this on the shelf and could not leave it.  It's a lovely green/blue metallic colour very similar to my favourite Gorgeous by Sinful Colors.

I've never tried a GOSH polish before although have heard good things.  The formula was good and it applied easily.  I can't say it made me want to rush out and buy more GOSH polishes but if I saw a colour I wanted I would not hesitate to buy it.

Next up is Peachy Keen by China Glaze.
until then,
Lealea x

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