OMG! Christmas is a little bit more than a week away! Aren't you excited? I am!

Following my Red Lippies post, I decided to offer you a red and festive nail ones. Maybe you're bold enough to rock both, or maybe you would prefer to keep it on your nails so you're not staining everyone you kiss on Christmas Eve... I scoured my room to find 10 festive red nail polishes, and here is what I found:


If you're more into bright reds,

OPI Dress to Impress: This is an orangy red, with tiny glitters in it. A good colour to keep for summer as well!

Lancôme Vernis Magnétique in Code Red: Red with a slight blue undertone. It has a creamy finish, for those who doesn't like glitters.

Nails Inc St James: Another blue toned red, but with the subtlest of shimmers.

Nails Inc Dean Street: Look a lot to St James, but redder. Again, a shimmery (but not glittery) polish.

Lancôme Vernis Absolu: Blind Date: This is edging on mauve, and is shimmery as well.

 And now to the deep reds:

Mavala Madras: Deep shimmery red, almost duochrome.

Essie Leading Lady: This is a clear polish packed with red glitters.  It came in last year's Christmas colllection, but I bought it this summer at TK Maxx in a set. A bloggers favourite.

Barbara Daly Envy: This is my favourite, I talked about it a lot already, it is a true shimmery red.

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle: Looks a lot like Leading Lady, but the glitters are a little bit on the purply side.

Nicole by OPI Sealed With a Kris: One of the Kardashians polishes I picked up at Dollarama for 3$! A creamy claret.

And now tell me your favourite Christmas time nail polish!

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Ah, Fall!

We didn't have any summer here so I was ready for it! I mean, at least assume wearing scarves and darker colours!

In the 5 nail polishes I'm going to wear a lot this Fall, 2 are new additions from London!

While I was trying to downsize the amount I would showcase in this post, I realize that 2 of them were already part of last year's Favourite Fall Polishes:  Barbara DAly Envy and L'Oréal After Hours. That's just to show how much I love them. But I'm going to have them share the love with these this year:

Motcomb Street, Lychee, Majestic Green, Wait until Dark, Grey Dawn

Nails Inc Motcomb Street: This dark blue is actually almost black. After one coat, you can still see it's dark blue, but after the second, it's barely enough to say it's not quite black.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine Lychee: This was part of the collection that launched in the Spring or Summer, but it's a colour you can transition. The only thing I don't like about it is that it's gloopy and makes some bubbles. They last for a few days though, so you win some, you lose some!

L'Oréal Color Riche Majestic Green: I think this was limited edition last year. I think we tend to forget about crispy apple greens in the fall and prefer burgundy and dark reds. But this is a unique colour perfect for fall!

Ciaté Paint Pots Wait Until Dark: I received this in either Marie Claire or InStyle UK a few years ago, but now is time to flaunt it! It's kind of a dirty plum colour.

Liz Earle Strengthening Nail Colour Grey Dawn: I totally ran by the Liz Earle London boutique by chance last month, and yep, I had to go in. Without even realizing they were just released (the day before), I bought this greige shade of polish. They apply like a dream and the colour last about 5 days (and I'm working manually). They're cheaper than Nails Inc, and I wish I had picked up more colours!

What's your favourite thing about fall?

I really liked the burgundy colour of this polish in its bottle. Unfortunately, on the nails, the burgundy doesn't translate as much, and we are left with a raspberry colour. Which is also nice, but I prefer the promise of burgundy the bottle gave me!

This coclour was released this summer in the Texas colllection, when OPI introduced the "sorbet" (jelly) formula. I really like the glossy finish it gives, but unfortunately, what I am not keen about is the sheerness of it. I put two coats, and you can still see my nail lines, so maybe a third would be perfect?


What is your favourite OPI shade?

Today I have Leighton Denny's Sex Kitten for you. To be honnest, I have no clue why this is called Sex Kitten. To me, Sex Kitten would be red or blackish, but not this colour at all!

Anyway, Sex Kitten was part of The Risque Collection. It is described as a "sassy blue in a satin finish". It is indeed a silver, frosted blue. A nice colour, far from the darks that I am excited about right now, but it reminds me of the morning frost in Canada.

I like the glossy finish it gives, it makes me think of Shellac. Now I have never tried Shellac before, so I have no clue what I am talking about here, but from what I have heard and seen on pictures, the glossy gellish finish would be similar in my opinion.

The only downside I have is that it takes a while to dry.

P.S: Don't mind my henna tattoo.

A few days ago I was posting about this offer Nails Inc had for a day: a lucky dip of 5 polishes for under £15.

So here they are. They were getting behind with the shipping as the offer was so popular! But I did got mine a few days ago, only my neighbour were helding them captive as I wasn't there when it was delivered.

So I received (left to right): Westbourne Terrace, A&E Treatment Base Coat, Battersea Park, Augustus Street and Whitcomb Street.

Westbourne Terrace is a muddy colour, a cross between brown and red. To be honest, this is my least favourite Nails Inc polish I have.

The A&E Treatment is a multitasking product. It can be used either as a base coat or a treatment for dry and damaged nails. The website says:
For an intensive treatment, apply one layer of base coat to your nail every day for a week. Remove your base coat at the end of the week and continue this process for 4 weeks.

I am trying this one at the moment. I don't think I will do the whole 4 weeks process, as my nails are not dry or damaged, but I think they can use a little boost

Battersea Park is my favourite! It is almost an army green, but I would say it is slightly more yellow. if you're familiar with John Deere tractors (I know totally random!) this is a similar color.

Augustus Street looked really nice in the bottle. A glitter-packed grey like I love them. Once swatched, I noticed that it is actually a suede polish! That disappointed me. I am not against the idea of suede polishes, but just that the bottle promised me something I didn't get. Maybe later I will say I am totally amazed by it, but for now, it is just ok.

Whitcombe Street is a nice glittery brown. The brown hue is more on the red side. Of all those, this is my boyfriend's favourite. I was kind of surprised by that actually since he's not into browns usually!

Did you take advantage of the lucky dip offer? What did you get?