For Christmas my darling husband gave me the OPI Top Ten Mini Collection. I've never really spent a lot of money on nail polish. Until this year, my nail polish collection consisted mostly of Rimmel London polishes, a few supermarket ones and a couple of other cheap polishes I'd picked up here and there on a whim.Since Christmas I've been slowly trying out these polishes. I still have a few to go but I've already found some new favourites. I grown to love Tickle My Francey, I didn't like it at first, but after a day of wear I loved it. It's the perfect subtle polish for days when I need something subdued but I don't feel like the usual pale pink.
Kiss Me on My Tulips is another fast favourite. I love pink, it's one of my favourite colours and if I can't work out what polish to use, I'll always turn to a pink. And I really love creme pinks. The formula is great, it applies easily and two coats is all it takes to get a nice opaque cover.
My nails do have a lot of ridges, two coats didn't cover the ridges but I think either a thick top coat or a third coat would. I also had a new glitter polish I wanted to test out. In my February Bellabox I'd received a bottle of Sally Hansen, Golden Rule. I'm not a huge fan of glitter polishes, mostly because they're a pain to remove and I especially hate the feeling when the cotton round snags on the glitter. Because of this I thought I'd try glitter on just the tips.
It wasn't as difficult to apply as I thought it'd be. I watched a few tutorials on youtube and then had a go. I wiped nearly all the polish off the brush, then dabbed at the tip of my nail. Then, when the brush was nearly dry, dragged it through the glitter working from the tip of my nail towards the cuticle.
The glitter effect was so pretty! It's more of a pale gold glitter, not a bold gold colour. The glitter is very fine and easy to apply. I did apply it a bit more heavily on some nails than others, but it was my first go at applying glitter tips. It did feel a bit rough and I probably should've applied a top coat, but I'm all out of seche vite which has been my current favourite top coat.
It was a very pretty combination and lasted three days before I got a tiny chip on my right index finger. I am right handed and quite rough on my hands and nails, so I was pleasantly surprised that it lasted that long! I'm sure I could've ignored the chip for another day or two but I wanted to try another new polish.
Removal of the glitter wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I soaked a cotton round in nail polish remover and held it to my nails for two mins before simply wiping the glitter off. In a few places the glitter was more stubborn and caught on the cotton round but it wasn't too bad. Much easier than I'd expected!
