utterly urban night

Urban Night from the China Glaze Metro collection is such a frustrating polish! It's beautiful but they way it changed colour on me in different lights drove me a bit mad. In some lights it looked like the lovely dark eggplant purple it is but in others it looked either black or like a deep wine red. V.odd. I kept looking down at my fingers thinking I was wearing something like OPI's William Tell Me About OPI. Now that I know what to expect from it I don't think it will bother me when I wear it in the future but it did throw me at first, not getting as much out of that lovely purple colour in the bottle as I thought i would.

don't think twice

Don't Think Twice is another polish from Duri's Back To Classics Collection and I'm in love. It's a beautiful dove gray with a slight blueish tint. There's also some hidden silvery shimmer but it's a bit shy and only shows up every so often. I wore this for about 5 days. Only just took it off minutes before I started typing this up. although, after the first couple of days I added a coat of Last Friday Night by OPI and it looked rather lovely. Should have taken a pic but I'm rubbish and never got around to it...

you're a doll

You're a Doll is from one of the OPI holiday collections from a couple of years ago. 2009, I believe... Anyway, not the point. The point is, this is fast becoming one of my all time favourite polishes. If I had a definitive top 10 this would have a place no questions asked. It's a gorgeous grayed out pinky mauve with flecks of silver and copper. It is amazing. Unlike anything else I own and just so flattering. I can't get enough of this polish! I'm actually thinking about seeking out a backup and I'm not really a backup kind of person. It's just that good!

funny face

I don't usually go for such 'obvious' pinks but Funny Face is one of my favourite movies so I just couldn't resist. I'm actually really glad I'm a sucker for names because I ended up really enjoying wearing this polish! It's such a fun happy looking shade. Really lifted my mood! So thanks Essie, you surprised me again.

and just for the hell of it here's a picture of dear old Fred and Audrey in Funny Face.

Aren't they lovely!

pink rose diamond

Yet another Sally Hansen Nail Prisms holo. Pink Rose Diamond is, I think, my favourite one of these so far. It kinda just looks like a neutral pink in the shade but when it hits the light it's like, BAM! crazy holo glitterness! And while i'm not a huge holo lover it is an interesting finish and fun to play around with every now and then.
:)

easily edyta

I'm not sure what to say about Zoya's Edyta. It's a lovely complex deep green shimmer but unfortunatly this polish has taught me that I can't really pull off yellow greens. I find blue greens work a heck of a lot better for me. Looking back at these photos it doesn't seem too bad but honestly every time I looked down at my fingers while I was wearing this it was just so jarring. Edyta looked strangely odd on me...which makes me a little sad because it is rather pretty.

blaze

Today I have a rather old Revlon polish to show you. Blaze is a bright jellish red polish and it's about 10 years old. Keeping that in mind I was super impressed with how lovely this polish was to work with. The pictures below are 2 coats without top coat and I have to say this lasted incredibly well on me. I took it off after 4 days and there was only minimal tip wear at that point. Vintage Revlon, never disappointing.

duke of wellington place

After wearing The Thames by Nails Inc the other day (which you can see here) I decided It was high time I wore my latest gray polish to come from Nails Inc, Duke of Wellington Place and this one matches my bed cover even better then The Thames! (which apparently is an important criteria of nail polish...) Anyway. While I prefer The Thames this polish is still highly lovely and is a much welcome addition to my ever growing gray collection.

lovely little drummer boy

Little Drummer Boy is from the 2010 China Glaze Christmas collection and I'm only getting around to wearing it now...for shame! This polish is an amazing inky one coat blue. I'm not even talking one thick coat. This polish just went on so easily for me. I honestly didn't even consider going to the trouble of layering an extra coat it just didn't need it. V.impressed!

housten we have a purple

Why did I wait so long to get this polish!? Housten We Have A Purple from OPI's Texas Collection earlier this year is simply stunning. It's one of their "sorbet" finishes (aka jelly) and it's so lovely. It's a very red based raspberry type purple and with the squishy texture it's just pure magic. In love with this polish! Gah! don't know what else to say except, i love it.