Essence Natventurista - Chirp Chirp

Grey toned cream with pink flash

Another one from the strangely named Natventurista collection.

Chirp Chirp is a slightly greyed cream colour with strong pink flash

Swatch is 3 coats with no top coat.

This one was slightly tricky to work with, it was more sheer than expected but overall I like it, it's unusual.

Nails Inc - Basil St

Pale neutral toffee creme

A classic nude from Nails Inc, Basil St. is an old shade that's only recently found it's way into my collection.

 It looks slightly too pink in the bottle shot, the swatch pics are more colour accurate.

Basil St is a BBB shade.  On me it's a little more brown toned than my skin but it's definitely a classic neutral that shouldn't offend anyone or any workplace.

 It's a regular, well behaved nails inc creme, this was two coats with no top coat and it's wonderfully shiny.

Nails Inc - Limited Edition Royal Collection - Part I

Royal Wedding themed collection of four polishes

Oh blimey, two days to go and I still haven't posted this collection!

First up, let me say, I'm not a Royalist nor a particular fan of Wills and Kate, but I am a fan of extra Bank Holidays (yay) and a sucker for Limited Edition collections (foolish, I know) and hey the whole world has gone Royal Wedding crazy!!

So the Royal Collection is a set of "4 limited edition glossy nail polishes to nail the regal look" according to Nails inc.

They come in a gold tinged presentation box, all the polishes have appropriately royal names and more unusually they have gold coloured caps rather than the usual silver.





So onto the polishes...

First up is Balmoral – a delicate biscuit nude


Direct Sun



Indirect light


Swatch is 2 coats with no topcoat. Application was the usual nails inc goodness.

This is a nice neutral nude, very work appropriate.

The second polish is Sandringham – a glossy metallic red







Again application was great and swatch is 2 coats with no top coat.

Sandringham is a lovely shimmery red, it's definitely got that lit from within glow.

Tune in tomorrow for the other two polishes in this collection.

Nails Inc - Cashmere Collection Preview

Single nail swatches showing the Cashmere Collection

It's fair to say I lose all willpower on the nails inc site. Last week I was placing an order for one of their one day specials when I spotted the Cashmere Collection, four muted soft colours - I was sold.

Here's the blurb




Hyde Park mews – mushroom brown

Cromwell Road – pink mink (how cute is that description?!)

Sydney Street – heather grey

Fulham Palace Road – iced coffee

I didn't have time to do full swatches but I was so excited I wanted to show you a quick single nail swatch of each of them - I wouldn't say these were totally colour accurate it was late in a very grey day so to me these look a little muted. 


Fulham Palace Road - my second fave


Cromwell Road - you can't see it much here but this has lots of fine shimmer


Hyde Park Mews - browner than it looks here..


Sydney Street - hands down my favourite - a lovely dusky mauve with lots of fine shimmer