Barry M - Limited Edition - Golden Sands

Pinkish nude with gold shimmer  

Golden Sands is a Boots exclusive Barry M.

It's a peach nude creme that is packed with gold flakie shimmer - super pretty!

Swatches are 2 coats with no top coat.  As you can see this polish doesn't have a super shiny finish.

Unfortunately this was limited edition for Summer 2016 so you might have trouble getting hold of this one.

SpaRitual - Can You Dig It?

Brown/burgundy shimmer  

New month, new brand - my first SpaRitual

Can You Dig It? is a warm brown/burgundy shimmer with lots of fine gold shimmer within.

The base colour is an interesting shade, sometimes a warm brown, sometimes leaning more burgundy and even heading towards purple.  Almost duo-chrome although I'd hesitate to call it so.

Swatches are 2 coats with no top coat.  This isn't necessarily a colour I'd be drawn to but it does look good on.

SpaRitual is a brand I've been aware of for a long time, it used to pop up regularly in the 'olden days' of nail blogging, but was never very easy to get hold of in the UK and pretty expensive with it.

CYDI is a classic shade that's been around since 2008 at least.

This polish came to me through the wonders of TKMaxx, I'm so much more likely to take a punt on a polish where I don't have to pay postage and it's massively reduced from RRP - pretty sure this one was £3 or £4

Kiko - Pearly Golden Sesame 479

Taupe packed with golden flaky shimmer  

You know those frustrating polishes where you fall in love with the gorgeous shimmer in the bottle but once you've applied it to your nails it's all but disappeared?

This isn't that polish!  If anything the shimmer is even more visible and packed in on the nail - what a refreshing surprise!

I picked up Pearly Golden Sesame in the Kiko store because it's a light taupe with golden flaky shimmer, what's not to like?   I was expecting a taupe with some gold shimmer, a bit like Leighton Denny Coconutty, but on the nail this almost looks more gold than taupe!

Pearly Golden Sesame is a light taupe packed with fine golden flaky shimmer, application was good and swatches are just 2 coats with no top coat.

Total win from me, I really like the taupe/gold combination and it's so pretty on the nail.  Thumbs up to Kiko

Nails Inc November - Sloane Mews

Sheer pink with subtle sparkles  

After yesterdays sparkle-fest, the nail polish equivalent of a palate cleanser....

Close-up - can you see the fine gold shimmer?

Flash pic to show the sparkles

Sloane Mews is a very sheer pale pink with fine gold sparkles

Swatch shown is 2 coats, no top coat.

This polish is totally not my kind of thing but if you like the subtle look or you're restricted for work then this could be perfect for you.

Sloane Mews isn't a current Nails Inc colour but pops up pretty often on ebay for a couple of quid.
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