NOTD: Topshop Nail Polish in Hopscotch

I fell in love with this colour as soon as I laid eyes on it. Topshop's nail polish in 'Hopscotch' is a lovely pale grey colour. Similar I suppose, to that of the concrete in a playground - hence the name 'Hopscotch'! This nail colour went on beautifully and I was very impressed with the way it comes out on the nails - the colour match to that of the polish in the bottle is perfect so there's no unpleasant surprises.

This colour's very classy and I think it's perfect for all occasions. The nail polish also dries quite fast, so drying time isn't bad at all. I'm now waiting to see how soon it takes to chip! Durability is a big factor for me, and for most people, when it comes to nail varnish. I find I like at least 4 days' solid wear before the varnish begins to chip. Well by the 4th day it did start to, but before then it had remained untainted so I thought it did pretty well considering!

I've been hearing some people complain about the price of the Topshop nail polishes. They retail at £5 a bottle but I think that's fairly reasonable considering the number and diversity of colours on offer. I know Barry M offer great value nail varnishes that really offer good quality, but I find that Barry M's range doesn't offer the nice candy colours that Topshop's does at the moment.

Stay tuned as my next NOTD will also be on another of Topshop's nail varnishes in the very cute yellow colour: 'Bee's Knees'!

NOTD - Ruby Red Slippers

I love Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and her amazing Ruby Red Slippers! Once I spotted a girl wearing an awesome pair of sparkly, ruby red ballet pumps. I really wished I'd asked her where she'd bought them from! Since that day I've been endlessly searching for those shoes.

I have a pair of red patent leather ballet pumps and I'm often asked if I click my heels together will they take me home, haha! But I often think back to those sparkly ones that I saw once upon a time and daydream - I find plenty of ruby red slippers with heels, but I preferred the ballet pumps and believe me, if you'd seen this pair you'd have preferred the non-heel variety too!

My search continued... UNTIL TODAY! My saviours of the Ruby Red Slipper Mission? ASOS (see piccie above for the prettiest pumps I think I've ever owned, hehehe). I think I'm going to have to write to them to say how much I love them for coming to my ruby red rescue!

As an ode to those pretty shoes, today's Nails of the Day are sparkly and red just like them. The nail polish I used here is an old brandless bottle that I wouldn't be able to tell you where to find it. But you'll be pleased to hear that Barry M offer an exact replica called Red Glitter for £2.95 a bottle - hoorah!

NOTD - GOSH Nail Lacquer in Wild Lilac

My first Nail of the Day (NOTD) - how exciting!

This nail varnish caught my eye in Superdrug over a month ago - on each visit I kept trying to ignore it when I saw it lurking at me. Needless to say I couldn't push it out of my mind - it's such a gorgeous colour, a very candy-colour purple! It's a lot like MAC's Love & Friendship Limited Edition Nail Lacquer that came out in A Rose Romance collection this summer (see my old blog post!) but it sold out like hotcakes and alas I failed to get my little pinkies on *sniff*

But fear not my polish-loving-pretties - GOSH came to the rescue and at only £4.89 a bottle I think my saviour is an absolute bargain - take a look for yourselves...

A Rose Romance - out now!

For those of you who don't know, the eagerly awaited A Rose Romance launched yesterday (I was onsite with work nextdoor to Soho's very own MAC PRO store where they were prepping the store before opening) :-D

I'm really loving the two Beauty Powders that MAC_Whore from Specktra reviewed a few weeks ago after the US launch. I don't have a bird's-eye view image of the powders myself, but if you go to her blog you'll see her piccie - oh the crumpled rose petal effect is so original and very, very pretty! In fact, as she says, you almost don't want to use them in fear of them fading lol! I think I'm gonna have to get me one :-P

Second of all, and I normally I don't get that excited about nail polish, but I saw her post on the Love and Friendship Nail Lacquer as part of the Rose Romance collection and my oh my, it's gorgeous. Very feminine, very pretty, very me. It's going on the Wants List! The shade is a lavender-pinky colour and quite dusky and it comes in three finishes: Cream, Sheer and Frosted.

Never have nails looked so darn pretty! :-P