NOTD: Zoya "Posh"

I still have red cuticles and nails from the paint spill so I chose another red polish. As I was going through the drawers I picked this old gem out. I remember I love the mattes :) I have a problem with dry cuticles still, and they keep snagging on my clothes, so again I have a very sore and weepy bit on a finger, I do apologize...

This is a bit thick and unwieldy to apply but this is just 1 coat with no top coat. I like to put on 2 coats of base coats for mattes, as they are so pigment rich they usually stain your nails. Since I've got paint stained nails already I wasn't too fussed about that today.

This dries fairly swiftly to the touch but remains soft and dentable for about an hour, so it's definitely a 'apply then watch a movie without popcorn' polish...

NOTD: Sinful "Mint Apple"

I felt like something special today, something that is VHTF and just is that polish you would never want to run out of.

Bring on "Mint Apple". It was a nail polish addict lemming like no other when it came out. And I managed to swap for one with a nice lady in America back in the day!

This is 2 coats with MegaShine top coat (still no sign of the Lumos bottle...). It has a gold shimmer to it that makes it soooo unique :) I really love this polish!

I know I've got some reviews to post but I've been so busy I've seriously fallen behind. I will try and do a few this weekend so they are ready to post when I do my NOTDs :)

NOTD: Rimmel 60sec "Rapid Ruby"

Had a bit of a disaster yesterday with a tin of red outside window paint vs. my beige carpet :( Ugh, and it's only just 2yrs old.... Looks like we're going to have to pay for a whole new hall carpet (no accidental damage cover on the home insurance, let that be a lesson to you...) After soaking up most of the paint inside the cupboard with kitchen towel and sanitary towels (yes they do work miracles on viscous liquids!) we covered the stains on the carpet with a seed tray so the cat won't get to it. What a smell! It stained my hands red and it has given me endless asthma symptoms :S

Anyway I painted my badly stained nails with a similar colour to cover it over... It's a really old polish so application leaves, well, most things, to be desired... My fingers are also really really dry and I have several bad sore bits on the cuticles :( Just really not having a good beauty time just now. This is 2 coats of "Rapid Ruby" with a slick of Megashine top coat (couldn't find my bottle of Lumos again...)

Now I am off to open all the windows to air out the paint fumes before bedtime!

NOTD: Chanel "Particuliere"

For the second episode of the new "Dallas" I decided to put on something expensive and exclusive, so I chose Chanel's "Particuliere" that sparked the whole 'greige' nail polish trend a couple of years ago. Many has tried to copy it. But there is nothing like the satisfaction of owning the actual polish itself! And with the formula, you can't help but love this polish. This is 2 coats of "Particuliere" and a coat of top coat, and it's perfection! :) I apologies again however for the torn hang-nail on my ring finger... It just keeps happening :( I am hoping it won't happen again, I will need to protect it somehow.

NOTD: Boots 17 "Navy Glint"

I saw this in Boots when I went for lunch the other day, it's one of their new ones for autumn. I don't have a navy shimmer since I swapped away Rimmel "Electric" some years ago so decided I wanted this one :)

The photos are all very dull, not at all like the polish I see on my fingers. It's like the camera is only seeing the navy base colour and somehow the glinting bits of blue glitter is making the whole thing look dull and sort of grey?.. I am going to try and get some photos in bright daylight of this and compare.This is 2 coats with Lumos top coat. The formula is pretty awful; it's fully opaque in 2 coats but it's thick and goopy. Makes a lot of mess! Takes some time to dry too - maybe the top coat doesn't play well with this polish?... But I like the colour so it can stay! :) I might try and see if some Seche Restore might improve the formula.

'Dallas' NOTD: Collection 2000 Hot Looks "Big Hair" with bling

I am SOOOO excited about the premiere of the new 'Dallas' on Channel 5 tonight so I've got my 80's nails on :D

This is one of my favourite reds, it's sort of cheap 80's orange-red. This is 2 coats of polish and then I attached some rhinestones into the wet polish. I let it dry and then I slapped on A LOT of top coat, and once that's fully dry I will put on another thick coat, to make sure the rhinestones stay on for more than a day!

It will need to be accessorized with some rhinestone earrings and some sexy 80s secretary wear for tomorrow :)

NOTD: Isadora "Bardot Pink"

I've had this for some time (a year, two?) and never worn it. But since I didn't have a specific colour/polish in mind, I decided to pick something out of the drawers and then just go for it whether I liked it or not. Out came this and I went 'ugh'... It's not really my colour, but on it went. It's a very pale pink-lilac. I am not sure how many days it will stay on until I need to re-paint. But I will try and wear it til Wednesday unless it chips :P

This is 2 coats with a coat of Lumos (I found the bottle behind my Yogalates kit - the cat had knocked it off the desk...). The formula was surprisingly good and opaque to apply for such a light-coloured polish :) Just makes me remember why I love Isadora!