A French Affair...

The other day I received some of the polishes I ordered while on my Essie kick.

Most notably four polishes from the French Affair 2011 Spring collection. I know a lot of people would complain about boring Essie pinks and nudes, but I actually really liked the four polishes I ordered. So much so that I ordered the other two polishes while I continued my Essie ordering kick.

 Topless and Barefoot is a nude. It's streaky at the first coat, depending on application you may even need 3 coats. In saying that the formulae is smooth and I liked the application. It's an Essie polish. The colour of Topless and Barefoot is why I love this polish. It's a nude beige with a hint of pink and I think it's the perfect nude for me.

 Coat Azure will be the only polish that most nail fanatics will want from this collection. It's a stunning blue with silver shimmer. Reminiscent of Lapis of Luxury but not quite the same blue, and definitely not a straight creme

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 Sand Tropez is another stunning nude. A beigey tan with a grey tint. I think this is another nude that looks near perfect on me, but it lacks the pink girlishness of Topless and Barefoot. So Sand Tropez will have to settle for being my second favourite nude!

French Affair is the Essie pink of the collection. It applies well and opaquely. I don't recall French Affair being quite as stark as it looks in my pictures. French Affair is a pretty soft pale pink. Very feminine, not normally my colour but I actually like it. I don't own many pale pinks.

Anchors Away

So I spent most of today in bed, lounging around, feeling sorry for myself. The headaches gone, I was just feeling very blah. Lucky for me I didn't have to be anywhere today!

This years spring collection from China Glaze is nautically themed and has a wide variety of colours to suit anyones tastes. From pretty pastel tones, greys, to brights. Glass flecks, to cremes to shimmers and secret shimmers.

I decided I absolutely had to have 6 colours from the collection, the other 6 I'm kinda meh about. I don't need more bright cremes, I'm not into yellows and I didn't think I needed the grey...though I might yet!

White Cap. A very pretty flecked white that I expected to be comparable to Frosty from the holiday collection. It's not really. It's white yes, its 'frosty' but White Cap is so much more than Frosty. The flecks in White Cap shine like a light. Getting all metaphorical...but it truly does make me think of the white caps of waves, with light from the light house hitting the tips.

Knotty. I expected Knotty to be a glass flecked version of sunset sail. I expected them to be close in colour...wrong! Knotty is comparable to Classic Camel in colour, I'll have to compare them later. When I put them together using my nail wheels they were very similar tones. I really didn't like classic camel too much, I thought it looked odd on me. What a difference glass flecks make, because I really like knotty!

Sunset Sail. A very pretty peach with secret shimmer. Sunset Sail is pretty, it's delicate, it's spring.

Sea Spray. Sea Spray is a colour I was looking forward to but dubious about. I wasn't sure how it'd go on me. I wasn't sure how the application would be...but hey, its a very nice blue with grey tones. Secret shimmer again. It was a bit thick to apply, but nothing I can't cope with!

Below Deck. Well this polish has been a rather hyped one. Supposed to dupe the famous Channelesque. To be honest I didn't buy it because it was supposed to be a dupe, I just thought it'd be a nice colour to wear when I have to be slightly more grown up! In my books Below Deck is a sophisticated colour that says yes I'm trendy but I'm sophisticated too.

Ahoy! Sparkling pink with golden flecks. Ahoy! is a very pretty dark bright pink. I was tossing up...Ahoy! or Pelican Grey...I'm glad I choose Ahoy! it's a very pretty polish that I will wear far more than Pelican Grey.