MY 3 CURRENT FAVOURITE WINTER NAIL POLISHES

You will never see me with chipped nails or even worse without nail colour on my fingernails and after all these years, I would feel utterly naked with bare nails and the same goes for my toenails. 

I have several brands that I always gravitate towards and I look within these brands for colours that I like, rather than being attracted to colours in another brand. 

My go to brand for many years has been Essie and over the past 3 years or so I have built up both a good collection and a love for the UK brand nailsinc. 

(Unfortunately nailsinc is no longer available in South Africa, but my UK Kiddiewink feeds my nailsinc passion)

The weather in Durban has cooled somewhat and my summer nail colours have made way for more Wintry shades, that I can wear with most outfits, however they will still look good on the beautiful sunny warm Durban winter days.

These are my current 3 favourites:

nailsinc - Porchester Square

essence - Girl With A Pearl

essie - Merino Cool

nailsinc Porchester Square - essence Girl With A Pearl - essie Merino Cool

Today I am wearing an essence High Gloss nail polish from their recently launched 

ALL THAT GREYS Collection. 

The colour is a slightly off white/grey colour and this is a budget brand that I am going to try more polishes from, as they offer both value and quality for only R39.95

 (Below is only 2 coats, although I do prefer to apply 3 coats as with most colours that I apply)

essence - Girl With A Pearl

essence and essie are available from

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nailsinc. unfortunately are no longer available in SA and have repackaged their polishes moving from the round bottle as shown above 

to the new square bottle.

nailsinc

MY 3 "GO TO" QUICK DRY NAIL POLISHES

As you can imagine after wearing nail polish daily on both my toes and my fingers for the 

past thirty odd years, I have tried many. 

With continued research and development the speed at which a polish dries has improved immensely and after all, that's what most of us are searching for "a quick drying nail polish". 

I'm sure we have all attempted to paint our nails quickly before going out only to be left with smudges and the feeling that we should have left the old polish on.

I have 3 brands that I turn to when a quick dry mani is essential.

1. 

INGLOT

Not only do they have a great colour selection, but this is my first "go to" polish for a

really quick dry.

To read my review

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2.

CNDVinylux

This has been a recent find for me and I am really impressed with the speed at which this range

of polishes dries and it gives a "chip free" mani for days.

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3.

Nailsinc.

This has to be my favourite nail polish brand and I have more nailsinc

colours than any other.

I love their vast colour range, the brush width, ease of application and speed of drying making this

an all round "fave" of mine for a couple of years.

To read my review

VICTORIA BECKHAM NAIL COLOURS

Style Icon Victoria Beckham and her three year old daughter Harper Seven Beckham can often be found at their "fave" nail salons having "manis and pedis" together.
 It's reported that the fashionista even sends her dog for "paw pedicures."

With her love for all things girly and especially nails, it seemed logical that at some stage she would launch a nail colour range and guess what... She has!

In December 2014 she launched a Limited Edition luxury nail colour collection in collaboration with Nails Inc. who just happen to be my best polish brand of all time.....can this get any better? 

Well it seems not, as for now, there are only two shades, the one being a tomato/orange shade called Judo Red and the other a pale shade named Bamboo White. 

Judo Red

Bamboo White

The nail polish comes in typical stylish VB black and white packaging and is inspired by the designer's upcoming Victoria Victoria Beckham spring/summer 2015.

Designed by Fabien Baron and Victoria Beckham, each bottle comes in matte black and matte white, and is created with fine Venetian glass, and is hand-frosted to leave a subtle reveal window. 

Bamboo extract helps nails regain their natural shine, reduces nail ridges and imperfections, and promotes nail growth. Stretch-To-Fit technology is an elastic-like polymer that provides a flexible, self-leveling finish and increases the stretching and tensing properties of the polish. The result is color that glides onto the nail and fits every contour, ensuring a perfectly smooth application.
I have no doubt that the quality will be exceptional considering the tie in with Nails Inc.
but do they warrant a price tag of £25?
Whether they do or not you can be sure of one thing...they will sell like "hot cakes" or should I say "hot nails".

 After all.. If Christian Louboutin can sell his nail colours for £50, then VB's seem well priced at 25 pounds.


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MOTHERS DAY WISH LIST

When my "Kiddiewinks" were younger they always looked forward to trundling behind mum around Woolworths Gateway, usually in the lead up to Christmas or Mothers Day, as this "follow" was always different to the others.On these two occasions it was not the normal follow mum story, as it was the time where I was instructed to walk around and touch the items on display that I would like to receive as a gift. The "Kiddiewinks" had to remember, not only where the gifts were in the store, but which gifts they were, allowing them to go back later with dad and decide which they should buy for me their mummy! 

(Occasionally they did get it wrong much to our amusement)

Now that these "Kiddiewinks" are all grown up, social media has moved this tradition along a little and I now showcase my desired gifts on my blog, so here is my Mothers Day Wish list for 2014, which by the way in South Africa is this Sunday 11th May.

1.

 Fleece Boot Slippers 

R140. 

Available at Woolworths countrywide

2.

 Any chocolate slabs from The Drakensberg Chocolate Memories..Delish! 

Order online 

www.chocolatememories.co.za

3.

 Natural Soap Making book by Bev Missing (founder of rain)

 R220. 

Available in all rain stores around the country 

order online

www.rainafrica.com

4.

 Nails inc. nail colour Brompton Place

 R110.

 Available at selected Red Squares and Edgars.

GLITZY NAILS

If you are looking to paint your nails then why not add some Christmas Sparkle this season...

Look no further than the nails inc. collection of special effect polishes at selected

 Red Squares nationwide.

Here are just a few to get you into the festive mood.

Enjoy!

Red Square Online