pink jelly

I picked up this sportsgirl jelly polish on clearance for $1 last week and I am so glad that I did. I wasn't expecting too much from this but I ended up loving it. The pictures below are four coats and I don't think I'd wear this when my nails weren't super short since it's so ridiculously sheer but as it was I loved the juicy watermelon type colour on my little stumps. It just looked clean and polished and I felt very girly. Think I'll get a lot of use out of this in the summer.

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mystery silver

I brought this little gem about 3 years ago and it was my first foray into silver or gray nails. I got this before nail polish became an obsession and therefore peeled off the price sticker which unfortunately was the only place the name of the colour appears on Sportsgirl polishes. So I have no idea what this is called and that drives me crazy! Despite that little annoyance I still love this shade of silver. It's beautiful and metallic with a faint micro-shimmer to it. Just lovely. I don't wear it as often as I use to just because I now have so many other polishes to choose from but I still love it all the same. x

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Intriguingly matte

Intrigue is my first full size Jessica Polish and I like this polish but I'm not in love. It's a pretty pale taupey colour with purple undertones (actually quite similar to China Glaze' Below Deck). The formula was good, it applied quite well but nothing to rave about in my opinion. I didn't love the way this looked on me so I added a matte top coat which I think vastly improved it. What do you think? Better glossy or matte?

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a supernatural dupe

I was wandering through the sale section at Sportsgirl (for anyone not in Australia Sportsgirl is kinda like Topshop in the UK. Very similar clothes...) at the end of last year and came across this AMAZING polish, which if you can't tell is a dupe for the Chanel polish in Paradoxal. I'm in love with this. The formulation of the Sportsgirl polishes is actually extremely good. If you're in Aus then you must check out this line!

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