Nails Inc for Marie Claire UK: Fashion 501

As we move tentatively into spring down here - and I say that because the wintry weather is still hanging on - I'm sharing my final winter manicure for 2015.

I found this wonderful pastel grey polish a few months ago as a freebie with the April 2015 issue of Marie Claire UK and I can never resist a good freebie!  Fashion is a chic cool toned grey cream with a kiss of lilac and I loved this colour so much that I've actually worn it twice over the last few weeks - initially as a vacation mani in Singapore and then again once I arrived back in Melbourne.  The formula was opaque enough to wear as a single coater but I opted for two coats on the second outing as featured in these pictures.  

All pictures taken indoors under artificial light:

Until next time!

Nails Inc: We ♡ Ita

Another old Limited Edition nail polish is the star of this post and it's from UK brand Nails Inc. I don't have many Nails Inc polishes because until recently they've been an online only proposition here in Australia and for some reason (call me old-fashioned I suppose) I prefer to see my colour choices in the flesh before I buy them.  Okay there is one notable exception and it just happens to be a Nails Inc: the stunning, obsession inducing cobalt blue Baker Street, previously posted here.

Back onto the polish of the day.  This one was a freebie score from Australian magazine Cleo and I think I've had it sitting on my bedside table for 18mths tempting/taunting me to wear it.  The unusual name We ♡ Ita makes sense when you find out that Ita Buttrose was the founding editor of Cleo. This vibrant neon orange cream was named in her honour and probably represents her feistiness in setting up the then ground breaking magazine which left no taboo untouched.  Enough of the Australian media lesson!

Onto the pics - colours like this always freak out the camera but anyway...

Shade

 

Sun

 

Until next time!
 

Nails Inc: Baker Street

There's a little tale to tell about this nail polish -

I've recently realised I have a new colour obsession - cobalt blue - as the colour was appearing more and more in my wardrobe. Of course that meant I had to have THE perfect cobalt blue polish to complement the wardrobe.  And the perfect cobalt blue polish is....Nails Inc Baker Street! So, I order it online, the order is invoiced when the seller realizes it's...OUT OF STOCK!!! My mood goes from excitement to frustration and then I must WAIT another two weeks. 

Well, finally it's mine and yes it's the blue I dreamt of, the blue I really didn't have, the blue I HAD to have.  A true cobalt blue creme and soooo hard to capture accurately.  I've colour corrected the hell out of this and I still don't think I've done it justice.  Just trust me on this one, okay!  It really is up there if you're a cobalt-obsessed person like me!!

All pictures taken in cloudy condtions:

What's your current colour obsession?