Fabulous Nails #46

Hi everyone! Today's nail look is one of my all-time favourites, and it features a top coat I picked up in my Lips and Nails haul HERE...

This is Maybelline Color Show Polka Dots (in black and white) layered over Models Own Apple Pie (one of their scented pastels). I LOVE it! Such a pretty, simple look for the summer!

I got plenty of compliments on my nails when I was wearing this, but the best part for me was the lasting power! Sometimes I find using a 'novelty' top coat like this one can leave my nails dry and prone to flaking off in large chunks but this stayed put and pristine for three days before any chips started to appear. It is a bit of a pain to remove (like most pretty top coats), but it's not impossible and if you do it while something interesting's on the telly you won't even notice!

You can buy Maybelline Color Show Polka Dots instore from Boots or Superdrug for £2.99, and the Models Own Apple Pie polish is £5 HERE.

What do you think of the Maybelline top coat? Are you a fan of pastels for summer?

xx

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Fabulous Nails #39

Happy Sunday everyone! Today is obviously an especially happy Sunday as tomorrow is a bank holiday - hooray! I decided to post especially Spring-like nails today, enjoy...

This is MUA (Make Up Academy) Pistachio Ice Cream - a gorgeous creamy mint green that I really love. This is one of the polishes I featured in my Spring Pastels post (HERE). MUA have recently changed the packaging of their nail polishes, so they look very similar to Essie - not something I approve of and yet another way in which MUA have completely lacked in any originality recently...

The polish itself is not the best quality, it's quite streaky and it takes 3 coats to get a nice even coverage, however the colour is really gorgeous and for only £1 you can't really go wrong. Obviousy this is the old packaging, if you purchase this now you'll get this:

Much prettier! You can purchase MUA Pistachio Ice Cream online HERE for £1.

What's your view on MUA copying Essie's packaging?

xx

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